Registration Information
Here you will find important information on the steps required for registration at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas – Angelicum.
Here you will find important information on the steps required for registration at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas – Angelicum.
Registration
29 May – 22 September 2023: for the year or for the first semester (August closed);
8 January – 26 January 2024: for current students for second semester.
Deadline for Course Changes
1st semester: 14 October 2023
2nd semester: 23 February 2024
Our students are divided into several categories: Ordinary, Extraordinary, Fuori Corso, Guest, and Auditor.
Ordinaries are those who are eligible to earn an academic degree. – they meet all requirements for entering their degree program of choice.
The category “extraordinary” includes 2 subcategories – simpliciter and ad tempus.
Guest students are those who may not register for more than 4 semester-long courses in the academic year.
Auditors: are students who, with the consent of the Dean or the President, register for one or more courses for their personal benefit, paying a special fee for each course, but with no right to examinations or diplomas. They may request a certificate of attendance, issued by the Dean or President.,
Fuori corso (Extra cursum) students are those who, after having followed the regular program of studies, are yet to complete their academic requirements (examinations, theses, written work). They can only take 2 free courses that serve to complete their curriculum.
Such students are required to pay the prescribed fees by the Administration. They may retain the status of Fuori Corso for a maximum period of five years, after which they must begin their cycle of studies all over again.
(This norm comes into force from the academic year 2017-2018).
In order to be admitted as an ordinary student, it is necessary:
Registering at the Angelicum is quick and easy.
If you want to enquire about a specific Faculty or Institute and their programs of study you can either submit a request via this form or contact the relevant Faculty/Institute Secretary, who can then guide you through the registration process.
The formal registration process will then occur via the Angelicum’s online portal.
You can access the portal via the following link: https://portale.angelicum.it. Then, follow these steps:
Returning students need to register for a new academic year or program via the Angelicum’s new online portal.
You can access the portal via the following link: https://portale.angelicum.it.
Sign into the portal using your pust.it email account and password. The follow these steps:
Note also that the University offices are closed for the month of August. You will hear back from the Dean/Director’s Office when they return in September.
At the time of registration the student shall make a down payment of € 250.00 towards the academic fees for the appropriate semester. The payment may be made in one of the following ways in the Office of Administration:
Should the registration be cancelled, this initial payment shall not be refunded.
One may not register for a successive year, if one has not paid the dues for the preceding year.
Students whose mother tongue in neither Italian nor English must acquire a facility in their language of instruction by the end of the first semester of their enrollment. At the end of the semester there will be a proficiency examination. Any further determinations concerning language proficiency are established by the individual faculties.
29May – 22 September 2023: for registration for the year or for the first semester (August closed);
8 January – 26 January 2024: for registration for the second semester.
In addition to the payment of arrears, the written permission of the Dean or Director is required for those who enroll after 22 September and not later than 14 October for the first semester, and after 23 January and not later than 23 February for the second semester.
Enrolment after these periods requires the special permission of the Rector, upon the request of the Dean or Director.
In order to obtain an academic degree, simultaneous enrolment as an ordinary student at other Pontifical Universities or Athenaeum, or in other Faculties and Institutes of the Angelicum, is forbidden. Such a double enrolment will be annulled and all examinations invalidated.
Enrollment in the doctoral program is valid for two years; after which, the student, even though continuing the preparation of his dissertation, may enroll in another Faculty.
Every student should prepare a plan of study, in accordance with the program provided by the appropriate Faculty or Institute, or as agreed to by the Dean or the Director. The plan of study should include the student’s obligatory, optional, and seminar courses. In choosing his courses, the student must bear in mind:
1st semester by October 14, 2023
2nd semester by February 23, 2024
Every student, during the period already indicated, must record on the appropriate card his courses, both obligatory and optional, and seminars.
The completed card must show:
Requests for dispensations of every type are dealt with by the Dean or Director year by year, upon presentation of the relevant documents, if this has not already been made.
Attendance at courses and seminars is obligatory, and any student who, at the end of a course or seminar, has been absent for a third of the lectures or more, loses every right with respect to that course or seminar.