Natural Sciences

Graduation Session – October 20, 2026

AAF1185 | For the knowledge of at least one foreign language (English)
English course starts: Friday, October 2, 2026, in Classroom 1 De Lollis (entrance via Via De Lollis or Via Tiburtina 205)
Teacher: Prof. Marianne Marinelli (Language Expert collaborator, in-class teacher)
Prof. Valentina Mastrantonio is the grade registrar, do not contact her for academic matters
Materials and information
Class materials and other course information will be available on

• Google Classroom using the code 4jsfa4ij
• the teacher's webpage: https://cla.web.uniroma1.it/en/marinelli-marianne

Recognition of qualifications: certificates must be uploaded – using your Sapienza institutional email address to log in – via the Google Form at this link 

1. For the L-32 degree programme in Natural Sciences, students who present a certificate equivalent to B2, obtained in recent years and issued by a body recognised by the Ministry, will be deemed eligible without having to sit the tests. Dr Marinelli will share the list of these bodies on Classroom for the purposes of exemption.
2. Given that many students obtain their certification whilst attending secondary school, for the purposes of exemption, the B2 certificate must have been obtained no more than 3 years prior to enrolment on the Natural Sciences degree programme, bearing in mind that language proficiency is required in the first year of the programme.
3. Where a student submits certificates at C1 level or above, these documents do not have an expiry date.
4. Certificates must be submitted as soon as possible in a readable PDF format to the Academic Registry by completing, using Sapienza institutional mail to access, the Google form at this link  and in any case in good time for verification and administrative procedures prior to the examination session.
5. Students must register and attend the examination session as they would for any other examination or proficiency test, for the purposes of recording the result in the examination register.

FRESHMAN ORIENTATION DAY: OCTOBER 14, 2026, FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. — ROOM 11, DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES

TIMETABLE A.Y. 2026-2027  (please view online; do not print or share the file, as you may miss updates!)

Start of lectures: First year from 14 September 2026: PRE-COURSES IN MATHEMATICSS, Room 11 (Building CU05)
Pre-courses in Mathematics  for the Bachelor’s degree in Natural Sciences will start on September 14th, 2026 in Room 11 (CU05) with the following schedule
From Monday 14 to Wednesday 23 September 2026 (both streams), Room 11 (Building CU05)

• Monday 14 and Tuesday 15, 1.00–4.00 pm
• Wednesday 16, 11.00 am–2.00 pm 
• Monday 21 and Tuesday 22, 1.00–4.00 pm
• Wednesday 23, 11.00 am–2.00 pm

From Monday 28 September to Friday 9 October, Room 11 (Building CU005), (separate streams)

• Strean 1 (A–L): Monday 28 September and 5 October: 4 pm–6 pm; Tuesday 29 September and 6 October: 2 pm–4 pm
• Stream 2 (M–Z): Wednesday 30 September and 7 October: 9 am–11 am; Friday 2 and 9 October: 11 am–1 pm

 All the other classes will begin from 24 September 2026.
- First semester: starting from 24 September 2026, ending by 15 January 2027;
- Second semester: starting from 25 February 2027, ending by 11 June 2027.

The topics covered in the preparatory courses are essential prerequisites for the degree programme’s core courses in Mathematics and Physics 
The preparatory courses are strongly recommended for all first- and second-year students with academic debts, and are open to all students who, wishing to enrol on the Natural Sciences Bachelor's degree, intend to strengthen their knowledge of mathematics and/or Earth Sciences in order to tackle the university curriculum.
First-year students who have attended at least 50 per cent of the preparatory course lectures will be eligible in October to sit a special examination designed to help them make up for their academic debt.
Further information on prep courses: GO to this link

FRESHMAN ORIENTATION DAY: OCTOBER 14, 2026, FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. — ROOM 11, DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES
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