Final examination: procedure and deadlines

Graduations ceremonies usually take place over several days. Graduands are notified of the exact day of graduation and the composition of the Board by an e-mail to their institutional e-mail address approximately one week in advance.

Information can be found on www.studenti.unibo.it in the details of your graduation application.

The application can be sent via the Studenti Online platform by simply selecting the “Graduation” option and following the instructions (see the attachment Student handbook to apply for graduation - only available in Italian). The online application service is available approximately 20 days before the deadline for applying.

The graduation application is submitted only once per academic year in the chosen round, within the deadlines indicated. A graduation fee (€ 32.00) is payable.

If you decide not to graduate in the chosen round, you must promptly send an email from your institutional address to the Student Administration Office (see contacts box on the right). The Student Administration Office will cancel your application. You will then be able to resubmit your application in the next round(s) of the same academic year at no extra cost.

If you submit your application for a given academic year but do not graduate in one of the scheduled rounds, you must resubmit your degree application for the following academic year by paying only a supplement of € 16.00 (virtual revenue stamp on the new degree application).

A late application for graduation is subject to an additional late fee of € 100 on top of the € 32 fee.

By the due date you must:

• Have paid all fees due.
  The Student Administration Office will make a final check, not necessarily by the deadline for meeting the requirements, and will contact you via your institutional email if there are any anomalies. In the case of fees with a due date after the above date (e.g. the instalment for ER.GO students), you must still meet the deadline for fulfilling the requirements in order to complete the graduation process.
• Have sat all the examinations foreseen in your study plan.
  Check that your grades are correctly registered in the records which you can print out when completing your graduation application. You are not required to return your transcripts. The Student Administration Office will carry out a final check on your career and will contact you via your institutional email if there are any anomalies.
• Have received online approval from the Degree Programme Director / from your Supervisor.
  Before this deadline, you should check your institutional email regularly to ensure that your proposed title/topic has been validated or, if necessary, to make any changes requested. If the deadline is approaching and you have not received confirmation of the lecturer's approval, please contact him/her directly. Once you have received approval, you will not be able to change the title of your final examination anymore. Remember that the title/topic approved by the lecturer is the definitive one that will appear on your university certificates.
• Have completed the AlmaLaurea online questionnaire.
  You will find the link to AlmaLaurea directly when you fill in the online degree application (successful completion will be acknowledged by the system a couple of hours later).

For graduands in CLASS, STATS&MATHS, CLAMDA, IM, GIOCA, CLAMFIM, CLAMEP, EPELM, LMAEM, LMEPP, HEMAP, CLAMED, LEIF, LEGO, QF, GRENFIN, CLAMSEI, CLAMSEI-BA and CLAMSS:

By the deadline you must upload your thesis file and any summary in English in pdf format (max 30 MB) in the detail of your application. It will not be possible to upload the pdf file after the deadline and so if you do not upload the file in time you cannot graduate in the chosen round.

Please check that the thesis title you entered on your graduation application is the same as the title in the pdf file. You can change the title of your thesis within the deadline for uploading your thesis. Remember that the title you enter will appear on your diploma.

In exceptional cases only, if you need to change the title after the deadline, please contact the Student Administration Office to request the change, or contact your supervisor who will have to make the change when validating your thesis.

The supervisor will validate your thesis within approximately one week after the upload deadline. Please check that your thesis has been approved and contact your supervisor if it has not.

Attention! Only for CLEA, CLAMM, CLEF and CLABE graduands:

In this case, you do not have to do the upload but  you must send the paper in support of the final examination in pdf format to the email address below by the deadline, using only your institutional email address (name.surname@studio.unibo.it).

The pdf file must contain the title page and the full final paper.

CLEA and CLAMM: email to facecon.provafinale@unibo.it
CLEF: email to didatticascaravilli.tutorclef@unibo.it
CLABE: email to didatticasociale.tutorclabe@unibo.it

In this case, you do not need to solicit the approval of the title on StudentiOnline.

You will receive the parchment directly at the address you have chosen on www.studenti.unibo.it for the delivery of communications. Carefully check the address you entered when completing your graduation application and remember to change it if necessary.

You will also be able to find degree certificates on SOL as early as a few days after the final examination.

If you wish your parchment to be sent to an address outside of Italy, about 4 months after graduation please write an email to the Student Administration Office (segecosta@unibo.it) from your @studio.unibo.it account. In the email text you will:

Ask the Student Administration Office to post the parchment to your non-Italian address.
Indicate your (reliable) delivery address
Attach a copy of your passport.

Certificates, self certifications and Diploma Supplement:

Transcript of records (for students who haven't yet graduated), Degree certificates and  self-certification forms are available for download, in Italian and in English, in the "Certificates and Self-certifications" section of your StudentiOnline profile. Please click here for more information on the certificates available, self-certification models, on how to request specific certificates, and on the Diploma Supplement.