Elective activities: how to submit your study plan

It is possible to choose the following elective activies:

• Courses offered by the degree programme
• Internships - for more information please contact the Internship and Placement Office.
  Note: Unlike the other elective courses (that have a final mark), at the end of the internship your will receive a pass/fail evaluation only
• Students can also choose as elective courses other courses offered by any other degree programme of the University of Bologna, belonging to one of the scientific-disciplinary sectors indicated in the list. It is possible to check the sector and the syllabus of each course at the following webpage: http://www.unibo.it/en/teaching/course-unit-catalogue. Anyway it is not possible to select one single discipline that ispart of an integrated course (but you have to choose the entire integrated course). Moreover, if the course is offered by a degree programme with a limited number of positions, it is necessary to ask for the permission to the student office of the degree programme and get in contact with your programme coordinator to have the form for the course selection (the online selection in this case is not possible) 

Find out the list of the elective courses and their syllabus at this link! - please check the study plan for students enrolled in the third year

Students who put elective credits with the indication of the sector only in their learning agreement, must submit in their online study plan. It is not possible to select the credits as they are indicated in the learning agreement (for ex. 15 ECTS credits of SECS-P/08). Therefore, it is necessary to select some “backup” courses. Then, if the student asks for the recognition of all the 12 elective credits at the end of the experience abroad, it will not be necessary to complete the “backup” exams and it will be possible to ask to the student administration office to delete them. On the contrary, it will be possible for the student to take the “backup” exams indicated in the online study plan.

To choose the elective course it is necessary to log in on “Studenti on line ” service and click on “Study plan” in the following periods:

• 1^st period: from  ​30 September to 19 November 2026
• 2^nd period: from 8 February  to  13 March 2027
• 3^rd period: from 12 April  to 14 May 2027

To correctly submit the on line study plan it is necessary to be up to date with tuition fees payment and permit of stay.

Please note: if you change the free elective courses chosen in the past academic year (a.y. 2025/26) you will not be able to graduate within March 2027.

It is possible to submit individual study plans for the a.y. 2026/27 in the following periods:

• 1^st period: from  ​30 September to 19 November 2026
• 2^nd period: from 8 February  to  13 March 2027
• 3^rd period: from 12 April  to 14 May 2027

The Joint Teaching Committee and the Degree Programme Board will evaluate if the proposed individual study plan is coherent with the Degree programme regulations and learning outcomes.
The number of exams, courses and ECTS of the individual study plan cannot be less than the ones foreseen in the official study plan.
The written and motivated request for an individual study plan has to be submitted to the programme coordinator within the before mentioned periods (with a 16,00€ stamp duty).

Students may request to take more elective credits than the 12 established by the academic regulations; however, the maximum number of extra-credits (i.e., credits taken in addition to the 180 required to earn the degree) may not exceed 30 credits.