Preparing the study plan

What is a study plan?

The study plan is the complete set of exams that you need to sit in order to graduate. Some exams are compulsory, while others are elective.

A study plan can be presented by properly enrolled students who have paid their tuition fees and, in the case of international students, who hold a valid residence permit.

When to present your study plan

You can present and amend your study plan in these periods during the academic year:

• 1° period: from 23 September to 20 November 2025

• 2° period: from 12 February 2026 to 6 March 2026

• 3° period: from 14 to 29 May 2026

Following expiry of the deadlines, the last study plan presented will be deemed valid and no further amendments may be made.

How to present your study plan

The study plan can be presented:

• via Studenti Online by enrolled students who, accessing the website using their University usernames and passwords:

  - need to add optional subjects to their plan;

  - need to amend choices made in prior years.

  After making the desired choices, remember to click on “save” so that your study plan can be presented correctly.

  It is also advisable to print a copy of your completed study plan. This copy is in fact the only way to check for formal or substantive errors that might arise after uploading your study plan.

• with Hard-copy forms. Students who are “fuori corso” (past envisaged completion time for the degree course) or who have transferred in cannot use the Studenti Online system and must use the hard-copy forms. All parts of the form must be completed correctly and delivered to administrative office.

Approval of your study plan

If you select elective subjects from among those offered by the degree programme, there is no need for assessment and your plan is approved automatically and input to your career file.

On the other hand, if you want to choose exams not specifically offered by your degree programme, approval or otherwise will be decided by Board of the Study Programme.

To choose courses activated in a Degree programme with restricted access you must ask beforehand the authorization (nulla osta) of the Council of the Degree programme where the teaching activity is offered.

Then, if the course has an SSD included in the LIST of fields consistent with the Didactic Offer, follow this procedure:

Access the online study plan

Choose in the Group of elective courses at the third year, the course that you would follow in case your request would not be approved

Complete the study plan

Save the study plan

Print the Study plan

Write by hand the course that you plan to attend, in place of the exam that you want to substitute, specifying:

code of the study course- code of the course you choose- name of the course- SSD-CFU

Send by email to segforli@unibo.it the document together with the motivation letter as an unique .pdf file.