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Academic Framework & Procedures.

This page brings together essential academic rules and practical procedures: assessment, integrity, extensions, deferrals, retakes, studies and disabilities, and the people to contact.

Student requests Studies & disabilities

01 — Overview

Clear rules, clear contacts.

DSTI’s academic framework is deliberately structured: professors define assessment within courses, Direction of Studies follows progression and requests, and formal committees remain sovereign for graduation and disciplinary matters.

Assessment

How programmes are evaluated

Courses, Teaching Units, grades, pass rules and graduation decisions are presented in a compact, readable way below.

Requests

What to do when something happens

Extensions, deferrals and retakes follow clear routes, forms and deadlines through Direction of Studies and the support platform.

Support

Studies and disabilities

Students or applicants concerned by a disability or medical situation should contact DSTI early so the situation can be reviewed properly.

02 — Assessment framework

How academic progress is assessed.

The assessment framework applies to Bachelor and MSc programmes, across study modes and rhythms, unless a specific programme rule states otherwise.

Curriculum

Teaching Units and courses

Programmes are composed of Teaching Units, each made of one or several courses. Courses may include lectures, practicals or a mix of both, and all courses are evaluated.

Attendance

Assiduity matters

On-Campus study requires mandatory physical attendance, and Live Streamed students must be connected with audio and video on. Online student assiduity is followed through Direction of Studies meetings and DSTI Learn activity logs.

Assessment

Exams, coursework and participation

Assessment may include final examinations, intermediate examinations, coursework, attendance and participation. Professors announce the nature of assessment for their courses.

Grades

Pass rules

Grades are expressed out of 100 and rounded up to the nearest multiple of five. A course and a Teaching Unit are acquired at 60%. Graduation requires a global average of at least 60%. Only one course per Teaching Unit is allowed to be failed. In all cases, the DSTI Graduation Committee is sovereign.

Credits

Credit accumulation and transfer

Each course and Teaching Unit acquired carries ECTS credits, and those credits are accumulated: once acquired, they are retained. A single year at DSTI is not, by itself, a degree-awarding year — but it earns and records the ECTS credits for every course and Teaching Unit acquired, which is a partial validation of the studies completed. Should the student later move to another programme or institution, that institution is free to recognise all, part or none of these ECTS credits towards a transfer (a “passerelle”). Such recognition is at the receiving institution’s discretion and is not guaranteed by DSTI. These acquired ECTS credits are recorded on the student’s official transcript, which is the formal document evidencing them for any receiving institution.

03 — Academic integrity

Serious work, proper sources.

Academic integrity is part of DSTI’s engineering culture. Students are responsible for the authenticity of every exam, assignment, paper, report, project or document they submit.

Plagiarism

Sources must be clear

Students must check that their work contains no plagiarism. Sources must be quoted and included in the bibliography where relevant.

Exams

No unauthorised help

Communication with other candidates, unauthorised documents, materials or equipment, suspicious online activity and shared answers may trigger disciplinary review.

Generative AI

Use must be declared

When generative AI tools are used as part of an assignment or student work, that use must be mentioned. Undeclared use, or use that wholly replaces human work, is treated as plagiarism.

04 — Extensions, deferrals and retakes

When something affects an assessment.

Requests should be made early, through the support platform, with the correct form and evidence where required. Direction of Studies and the relevant professor review requests according to the applicable policy.

Deadline extension — DE1

For full-time students. Requests must be submitted before the deadline. Extensions are normally up to 10 working days and carry no fee.

Deferral of Assessment — DA1

For full-time students. Deferrals concern serious extenuating circumstances and usually move the assessment to the next cohort. Evidence is required.

Retake of assessment — RA1

For full-time and Online students. Retake requests should normally be made within five working days after the grade is made available.

Procedure	Timing	Evidence	Application deadline	Fee
Deadline extension	Maximum 10 working days	Optional	Before submission date	No fee
Deferral of Assessment	With next cohort	Mandatory	Normally before the assessment, with limited retrospective windows for extenuating circumstances	€60 / €110
Retake of assessment	With next cohort	Optional for a first retake; mandatory for a second retake	Within five working days after the grade is made available	€60 / €110

05 — Graduation & appeals

Graduation Committee and appeals.

The Graduation Committee reviews academic and professional results and decides whether a student is awarded their degree.

The Committee may award the degree, including by a sovereign decision, or refuse graduation. A partial refusal may lead to retaking selected modules or the whole programme; a full refusal means exclusion. Decisions involving a sovereign award or refusal are accompanied by reasons.

A student who has not obtained their degree may appeal under Article 7. A separate Appeal Committee reviews the case and submits its opinion; DSTI’s Board of Directors makes the final, reasoned decision.

Read the Graduation Committee regulations Read the appeals procedure

06 — Studies & disabilities

Review support as early as possible.

DSTI School of Engineering aims to provide an inclusive learning environment while remaining transparent about the practical and academic requirements of its programmes.

Early review

Contact DSTI from application stage

If you are concerned by a disability, a medical situation or a possible need for reasonable adjustments, contact the team as soon as you apply. Each situation is reviewed individually.

Documented capacity

Current accommodation scope

Mobility disability affecting movement, not hand use, on DSTI’s PRM-enabled physical campuses.
Mild visual or hearing impairments, supported by live access on a personal computer and recorded, digitised lessons.
Permanent or temporary medical situations where a one-third examination time allowance may be granted by Direction of Studies.

Sébastien CorniglionCo-founder & CEO

DSTI’s position is to be clear from the beginning: accommodations are reviewed early and case by case, so applicants and students understand what can be supported within the requirements of the programme.

Laurence CrucifixDSTI Disability Advisor

The Disability Advisor provides individual support and facilitates the educational integration of students with disabilities.

laurence.crucifix@dsti.institute
04 89 41 29 44

Important

Programme requirements remain central

Because DSTI programmes involve technical computing, examinations, professional projects and hands-on work, some situations may be incompatible with study or assessment at DSTI. The school reviews this carefully and transparently.

07 — Contacts and links

Use the right channel.

Assessment requests, progression questions and support matters should be handled through the proper DSTI channel so they can be tracked and reviewed consistently.

Assessment requests

Direction of Studies and support tickets

Extensions, deferrals, retakes and progression questions should be submitted through the DSTI support platform, with the relevant form and evidence where required.

support.dsti.institute

French resources

Disability information links

These official and specialist resources are in French. They may help students understand recognition, rights and support pathways in France.

How to be recognised as a disabled worker Disabled adults’ allowance (AAH) My disability path Agefiph

Next step

Need guidance on a specific case?

For admissions-stage questions, speak with Admissions. For an enrolled student request, use the support platform so Direction of Studies can review the situation properly.

Open a support ticket Direction of Studies Contact DSTI