Cybersecurity Study Plan #
Most of the information on this page has been taken from the Attendance page of the Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity page dedicated to Custom-tailoring Your Programme.
In the General Cybersecurity Telegram Group you can discuss, compare and ask for advices regarding your plan.
Study Plan Basics #
Students of the Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity must submit a valid study plan (“percorso formativo”) for approval to be able to book and take exams. A study plan defines the set of teachings a student plans to attend and complete during his/her first and second year.
A study plan already in force can be revised by submitting for approval a new plan which includes all teachings whose exams have already been cleared.
Submission and Revision Dates #
You can submit your study plans at most once per year during the following period:
- From September 15 to December 31
Study plans still pending evaluation cannot be changed. For this reason, you are strongly advised to submit their study plans only when you have a clear idea about which teachings to attend, especially for their next academic year.
Only enrolled students can submit a study plan
You must be enrolled to submit the Study Plan, but you can anyway follow the lectures if you are sure you will graduate within the October or December sessions.
How to Submit a Study Plan #
Study plans must be submitted using the online submission system called “Percorsi Formativi”, accessible from within Infostud.
When and How does an Approved Study Plan Come into Effect? #
Students whose study plans are approved will receive a notification to their institutional email address.
Study plans come into effect starting from the Academic Year in which they were submitted and remain in effect until a new substitute study plan is eventually submitted and approved.
Study plans approved between September and December will come into force from January 1 of the following year. This means that, to take any exams in the session held from September to December (which, in fact, belongs to the previous academic year), the associated teachings must be part of a study plan approved in the previous academic year.
The Infostud system forbids students from booking or taking any exam that is not included in their study plan currently in force.
The consequence of this rule is that students without an approved study plan cannot book or take any exam.
Exams Ahead of Schedule
Once your study plan is approved you can virtually book all the exams and finish your Master’s Degree in one semester. In practice if you book and pass an exam of a semester that you didn’t attend yet, the administration might remove it from your career record. The dangerous part is the “might” because if they notice right before your graduation, you might have to delay it; or, worse, if they notice it after you graduated they can legally invalidate your degree.
What happens if a study plan is rejected? #
If a study plan is rejected, the student will be immediately contacted by a member of the evaluation committee to give recommendations, fix the problems, and find an agreement on a new study plan, which will be submitted and approved by the committee.
Their previously approved study plan (if any) will remain in force and can still be used to book and take exams
Contacts #
Prof. Daniele Venturi is the responsible for the Study Plans Evaluation Committee of the Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity and can be contacted via email: venturi@di.uniroma1.it. The committee kindly invites students not to ask questions whose answers are already present in the text above.
The committee will do their best to answer within a week.