The Master's Degree Course in Vehicle Engineering is an open access course. However, it is necessary to meet certain curricular requirements (Calculation Sheet for self-assessment of admission requirements) indicated in the admission notice and to have graduated with a grade of 90/110 or higher (or a grade higher than two-thirds of the maximum envisaged, if the qualification was obtained abroad) and to hold a B1 level language certificate of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
 Please check carefully the deadlines set out in the Admission Notice.

The Master's Degree Course in Vehicle Engineering has established the obligation for all students to compile a study plan.

Submission of the study plan must take place during the second year, approximately from 15 November to 30 January (dates to be confirmed each year). It does not have to be completed during the first year.
 Compilation must normally be carried out via WEB on Esse3, at the address, "Career Plan" and only in special cases in paper form using the special form distributed at the Engineering Student Secretariat (Via Campi 213/b).

Please note that a student who has not completed his or her study plan within the prescribed period will be assigned a compulsory standard study plan that will become his or her actual plan.

CURRICULUM CHARACTERISTICS - ACTIVE COHORTS*

Students enrolled cohorts* 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022

In addition to compulsory teaching activities, the study plan provides for 12 cfu of free choice, regardless of the curriculum.

Students in this cohort are also expected to have acquired level B2 English (ministerial indication) by the end of their education.

The possibilities are as follows:

• if the student, on enrolment in the course of study, presents an international certification deemed suitable (see B2 level) or a certificate of passing a university examination of a similar level, the teaching activity "Level of language competence in English B2" - grade Eligible - 0 cfu, which demonstrates this acquisition, is entered on the university transcript;
• if he/she does not present any documents, the student will have to follow the B2 level English language courses provided by the Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA) and pass the relevant examination. These courses provide for the recognition of 3 cfu with a passing grade and will be validated for the teaching of "Level B2 English language proficiency". As a consequence of this, the credits for the Internship/Project Activities will be rescheduled to 6 cfu, so that the student will not acquire more than 120 cfu.

The student then has to choose what he/she has been allocated in the study plan (he/she will see two options: English Language Proficiency Level B2 - 0 cfu + Internship/Project Activity - 9 cfu or English Language Proficiency Level B2 - 3 cfu + Internship/Project Activity - 6 cfu).

Standard-statutory plan for the cohort* of students enrolled in 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022: Students who have not completed their study plan within the prescribed period are assigned a standard-statutory study plan which becomes their compulsory plan and which provides for the 12 CFU of their choice Automotive Construction (6 cfu) and Composite Materials (6 cfu). In addition, the pair "English language proficiency level B2" 3 cfu + Internship/Project work of 6 cfu is assigned to meet the requirement of achieving English level B2.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON ONLINE COMPILATION

There are two alternatives for filling in the online plan, which can be viewed once you have entered the Esse3 personal area, under the heading Career plan:

1. an 'APPR' plan scheme, whereby the completed plan is automatically approved: in this scheme, only the courses offered by the Master of Vehicle Engineering degree course are offered;
2. a 'PROP' plan outline to be then evaluated by the Course Council and to be chosen only by:

- students coming from a transfer/transfer from another Degree Course/Athenaeum who have had elective examinations recognised as having already been approved by a resolution of their Course Council and uploaded onto their electronic transcript. Only in the event that the examinations of the passage/transfer resolution have not been uploaded onto the electronic transcript or if the validation request has not yet been made, the plan must be completed using the special paper form available at the Student Secretariat in via Campi 213/b, to be returned before the deadline during reception hours;

- students who are sure to participate in the Formula Student project, after having asked the Student secretariat to upload the teaching activity to the booklet;

- students who have taken optional Erasmus examinations that have already been approved by resolution of their Course Council and uploaded onto their electronic transcript;

- students who wish to sit extra-attendance examinations in Vehicle Engineering, after having asked the Student secretariat to upload the teaching activities to their transcripts; if you intend to sit extra-attendance examinations, it is advisable to obtain prior information from the President of the Degree Course, to avoid any non-approval, which would mean that if the extra-attendance examinations have already been taken, you would NOT be able to consider them in your career (since they will be considered supernumerary) and would not be included in the number of CFUs needed to obtain the degree and would therefore require you to sit further examinations.

Plans in PROP status will be evaluated by the Course Council following the deadline for completion. In case the plan is rejected, the student will be contacted for a new compilation. 

The Master's degree is obtained after passing the Final Examination, which the student may enter after having passed all the educational activities envisaged by the degree course.

The final examination is designed to ascertain the achievement of the specific educational objectives of the Master's degree course and consists of the discussion of a written thesis, prepared in an original manner by the student under the guidance of a lecturer.

In particular, the final examination may consist 
in:
 a. the presentation and discussion of a project, usually including an experimental and laboratory part, developed under the supervision of a lecturer; 
b. the presentation and discussion of the activity carried out, under the supervision of a lecturer, in industries, companies or external bodies, on the basis of specific agreements, or in a research laboratory of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia or other public or private bodies.

Students, after having passed all the compulsory examinations of the first year or having acquired at least 75 cfu, apply to the CCdS for approval of the assignment of the thesis topic and the name of the thesis advisor.

The Commission assesses the final examination and, in the event of a pass, awards a full mark from 0 to 7 hundredths for the final examination, taking into account the quality of the work carried out and the expository capacity demonstrated.

The Final Examination may be taken in a foreign language, agreed in advance with the President of the CCdS. 

Tutoring, in compliance with the provisions of Article 13 of Law 341/90, is a service designed to assist students enrolled at university throughout their studies, removing obstacles to successful course attendance and encouraging active participation in university life.

The tutor is a point of reference to whom one can turn for advice, for help in getting into one's studies and for all forms of assistance aimed at making university studies more effective and productive.

The tutor teacher in particular can provide methodological and didactic support, aimed at overcoming learning difficulties (e.g. preparing for an exam, relating the contents of the various disciplines, clarifying doubts on study subjects) or can contact students in difficulty directly to propose support actions arranged by the University.

• Berni Fabio, Bertolini Massimo, Dalpadulo Enrico, Iarriccio Giovanni, Leali Francesco, Mattarelli Enrico.

The active compulsory propaedeuticities for the cohort* of students enrolling in the a.y. 2024/25, 2023/24, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021 and a.y. 2019/2020 are:

Starting with the cohort of students who matriculated in the 2015/2016 academic year, the Vehicle Mechanics examination will be considered a compulsory propaedeuticity for the Vehicle Dynamics examination in Year II.

Compulsory propaedeuticity means that in order to be able to take Vehicle Dynamics, you must have already passed and recorded the Vehicle Mechanics examination on Esse3 at the time of booking the calls.

* A cohort of students is defined as all students who, having matriculated in an Academic Year (A.A.) or enrolled in the first year from another School, Department or University, or enrolled in the first year as repeat students, follow the normal Bachelor's degree course over the three years.

You can find the Study Program's documents about the Quality Assurance at the link below.