ISSEA
Politecnico di Studi Aziendali | |
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Former name | Politecnico di Lugano |
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Type | Unaccredited |
Established | 1987 |
Parent institution | ISSEA SA |
Rector | Gregory Overton Smith |
Director | Massimo Silvestri |
Location | , , |
Language | Italian |
Affiliations | EMUNI |
Website | www |
The Politecnico di Studi Aziendali (Polytechnic University of Business Studies), formerly also referred to as Politecnico di Lugano (Polytechnic University of Lugano), is an unaccredited distance learning, proprietary, for-profit university located in Roveredo, Switzerland (previously in Agno, Ticino) operated by ISSEA SA.
Degrees
The school has no campus and issues degrees based on online learning courses and life experiences. Candidates for a degree are usually required to discuss a project. It issues Bachelor's,[1] Master's,[2] and Doctoral degrees.[3] Despite being based in Switzerland, the school has Italian landlines and the personnel only speak Italian because the degrees are offered mostly to Italians, as unaccredited universities are illegal in Italy.[4]
Legal status
Its parent company, ISSEA SA, can operate because of the economic freedom and scientific freedom guaranteed in Title 2 of the Swiss Federal Constitution (art. 27 and art. 20) but the institution is not accredited[5][6][7][8][9][10] by the Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities (CRUS)[5] nor by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports of Ticino.[7][9] ISSEA SA has also been denied accreditation by the Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland.[11] The same federal court permanently banned ISSEA and its Politecnico di studi aziendali from the European Erasmus Programme because of their unaccredited status.[12] Since January 1, 2015, the usage of the words "polytechnic" and/or "university" by unaccredited institutions has been declared illegal by the Canton of Ticino, which is why the Politecnico di Studi Aziendali had to leave Ticino.[13]
In 1993, the Italian Ministry of Education included the Politecnico di studi aziendali in a list of private institutions which are not allowed to issue valid academic qualifications.[8]
ISSEA is a member of the general assembly of EMUNI University[14] so it can receive European public funds (such as €50,000 in 2012)[15][16]—although Switzerland is not in the European Union—and is certified by SQS.ch with registry number 34044.
In 2016, the Canton of Grisons' parliament asked to stop the company from operating even in the new location.[17]
Other names
After the Swiss authorities declared the name "Politecnico di studi aziendali" illegal, the institution's ads started to use different names as well, such as Polotecnico di studi aziendali (one vowel was changed), Unipsa, Issea, C.I.S.M.A.D. (Centro Italiano Studi Multidisciplinare a Distanza, www.cismad.it).
References
- ^ "Facoltà di Scienze Aziendali" (in Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "Master a distanza" (in Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "Dottorato di Ricerca" (in Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ Fittipaldi, Emiliano (21 March 2012). "La casta beffata dal falso rettore" [The political caste deceived by a fake rector]. L'espresso (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Recognised or Accredited Swiss Higher Education Institutions". crus.ch. Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ "Swiss Center of Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (OAQ)". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Area degli studi universitari della DCSU" [University studies office of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports] (in Italian). Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Le politiche di contrasto" [Policies against frauds] (PDF). Le fabbriche di titoli [Degree mills] (in Italian). Rome: Cimea. 2009. pp. 158–159. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
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(help) - ^ a b "Elenco delle scuole universitarie riconosciute, accreditate o in via di accreditamento" [List of universities that are recognized and accredited or will be accredited]. Republic and Canton of Ticino (in Italian). Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "Bocciatura per l'ISSEA, che vede l'università sempre più a distanza" (in Italian). Switzerland: Ticinonline. March 1, 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ http://www.tio.ch/News/Ticino/678740/Vuoi-iscriverti-a-medicina-senza-il-test-di-ammissione-Facile/
- ^ "Tribunale amministrativo federale, Sentenza del 13 agosto 2013" (PDF). Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland (in Italian). 13 August 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ Moles, Diego (16 December 2014). "Atenei sui generis nel mirino: In Ticino le università sono solo quattro – Chi abusa del nome sarà denunciato penalmente" [Unusual universities in the line of fire: Ticino only has four universities; the false use of the name will be prosecuted] (in Italian). Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ http://www.emuni.si/en/about-emuni/organisation
- ^ "Borse di studio Master INPDAP Certificate" (in Italian). 30 April 2005. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ Ilarietti, Davide (18 June 2015). "Lauree sotto inchiesta: "Ci insegnavano a pulire le cozze"" [Degrees under investigation: «They taught us how to clean mussels»] (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Grigioni, università fantasma" [Ghost university in the Grisons' canton] (in Italian). 28 August 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2016.