Academic calendar
Fall Semester 2026 runs Sep 28, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall Semester 2026Relevant now
- Academic Year 2026-2027
- Spring Semester 2027
- September Examination Session 2027
Campus language
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A
- Appello
- The specific date/session scheduled for a final exam.
- ASU
- Assemblea Statale Universitaria, a long-standing student political and social organization.
C
- Civis
- The 'Casa Internazionale dello Studente', a major student residence located in the Foro Italico area.
D
- De Lollis
- The DiSCo Lazio student residence located on Via Cesare de Lollis, adjacent to the main campus.
E
- ELSA
- European Law Students' Association, active within the Faculty of Law.
F
- Fuoricorso
- A student who has not completed their degree within the official timeframe of the program.
L
- Lode
- The 'honors' distinction added to a grade of 30 (30 e lode), the highest possible mark.
M
- Matricola
- A first-year student (freshman) or the unique student ID number assigned upon enrollment.
- Mensa Castro
- Short for Mensa Castro Laurenziano, the cafeteria serving the Economics and Law faculties.
- Mensa De Lollis
- The central student cafeteria managed by DiSCo Lazio on Via Cesare de Lollis.
- Mensa Economia
- Another common name for the Castro Laurenziano cafeteria due to its proximity to the Economics department.
- Mensa Regina Elena
- The cafeteria located near the Viale Regina Elena medical buildings.
R
- Regina Elena
- The student housing facility located near the university hospital and medical faculties.
S
- Salto dell'appello
- The act of skipping an exam session to wait for a later one, often to improve grades.
- Sapienza in Movimento
- One of the largest student representative lists and organizations on campus.
- SISM
- Segretariato Italiano Studenti in Medicina, the local chapter for medical student activities.
T
- Trecentesca
- Slang for the central university administration, historically derived from the size of the staff or old administrative codes.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Borse di studio
- Regional or university scholarships based on income (ISEE) and academic merit.
- CFU
- Crediti Formativi Universitari, the ECTS credit system where 1 CFU typically equals 25 hours of work.
- Città
- Short for 'Città Universitaria', the main enclosed campus designed by Marcello Piacentini.
- DiSCo Lazio
- The regional agency (formerly Laziodisu) that manages scholarships, housing, and dining services.
- Fisica Vecchia
- The historic Guglielmo Marconi building housing the physics department.
- Infostud
- The mandatory online portal used by all students to register for exams, pay tuition, and print certificates.
- Marco Polo
- The renovated building complex on Circonvallazione Tiburtina housing the humanities and linguistics departments.
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- Mensa Facoltà di Economia
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- Mensa Facoltà di Ingegneria
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- Mensa Via De Lollis (Central Canteen)
- Rettorato
- The Rector's office building (CU001), also housing the main administrative services and the Aula Magna.
- Ricevimento
- The designated office hours when professors meet with students for questions or thesis supervision.
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- Rita Service Marco Polo
- San Pietro in Vincoli
- The iconic Engineering faculty campus located in a former convent near the Colosseum.
- SML
- Scienze della Mediazione Linguistica, referring to the linguistics department buildings.
- Verbalizzazione
- The official process of recording an exam grade into the digital system by a professor.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall Semester 2026 runs Sep 28, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 17 approved campus terms and 16 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.