UniPoliSi

UniPoliSi
Other name
PoliSI
Former name
IPUS
TypeUnaccredited
Active2012 (2012)–2018 (2018)
Location
Switzerland
LanguageItalian
Websitewww.unipolisi.eu (inactive)

The UniPoliSI, formerly known as IPUS and Politecnico degli Studi Internazionali PoliSI (Polytechnic University of International Studies), was an unaccredited[1] distance learning, proprietary, for-profit university previously located in Chiasso (Ticino), Switzerland, and later in Disentis (Switzerland).

The institution had no campus and issued degrees mostly based on "life experiences", though supplementary examinations may be required. The school issued Bachelor's, Master's, and even PhDs[2] in several fields (engineering, economics, law, computer science, physical therapy, nursing school), but most students were Italians working in construction surveying (geometri) who wanted a faster degree in civil engineering without attending Italian institutions.[3][4][5][6][7] In Italy, the same kind of unaccredited university would be illegal.

Vincenzo Amore, director of UniPoliSi, was arrested in February 2018 for running the fake universities IPUS and UniPoliSi with his wife.[8] He was later sentenced to three years.[9]

  1. ^ "Enti universitari presenti in Ticino" [Universities in Ticino] (in Italian). Republic and Canton of Ticino. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  2. ^ "Dottorato di Ricerca" [PhD]. unipolisi.eu (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
  3. ^ "Comunicazione per il collegio dei geometri di Cagliari" [Communication for the Council of Surveyors of Cagliari] (PDF) (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Comunicazione per il collegio dei geometri di Brescia" [Communication for the Council of Surveyors of Brescia] (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Comunicazione per il collegio dei geometri di Ragusa" [Communication for the Council of Surveyors of Ragusa] (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Comunicazione per il collegio dei geometri di Latina" [Communication for the Council of Surveyors of Latina] (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Comunicazione per il collegio dei geometri di Pescara" [Communication for the Council of Surveyors of Pescara] (PDF) (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Ipus, Arssup, Unipolisi: le false università che truffano gli studenti e spariscono nel nulla" [Ipus, Arssup, Unipolisi: fake universities that scammed students and disappeared] (in Italian). Business Insider. 13 February 2018. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Chiasso: sottrasse soldi veri all'università finta" [Chiasso: he embezzled real money from a fake university]. cdt.ch (in Italian). 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-12-15.