Information on how to prepare and present 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. Since the 1st year of LMEPP curr PAE and curr HEMAP, you are required to make some choices and fill in your individual study plan on Studenti Online. Your study plan needs to be filled and submitted within certain periods in the year, and anyway before sitting the exams.
To fill in your study plan, you will have to be in line with your tuition fees payments and, if you are a non-EU citizen, to hold a valid residence permit.
You can complete and amend your study plan on Studenti Online during the following two periods of the academic year 2026/2027:
1st period:
- from 1st October to 7th November 2026
- from the 1st to the 12th of December 2026 exclusively for enrolling students or students transferring from another university
2nd period:
- from 12th January to 19th February 2027
It is possible to edit your Study Plan by adding or deleting courses in the two periods indicated. Please make sure that all the courses/teaching activities you are going to be marked for are actually included in your online study plan.
No exceptions to these intervals are possible.
Following expiry of the deadlines, the last study plan presented will be deemed valid and no further amendments will be possible.
The study plan can be presented via Studenti Online portal, by logging in with your University credentials. You can complete or modify your study plan if you are an enrolled student who needs to:
complete the study plan with elective courses;
modify choices made in previous academic years.
You may also choose educational activities offered by the University, subject to approval by the Coordinator of your degree programme (see the guidelines in the attachments). You will not be able to select educational activities belonging to degree programmes with restricted enrolment.
After making your choices, remember to click “Save” so that your study plan can be correctly submitted. The completed study plan will be visible immediately after completing the online procedure.
We also recommend that you always print a copy of your completed study plan. In fact, this copy represents the only means of verification in the event of any formal or substantive irregularities that may occur after the plan has been uploaded.
You may submit a paper version of your study plan only if you are unable to complete the study plan online or if you wish to choose courses belonging to degree programmes with restricted enrolment. In this case, please use the form provided in the attachment. The form must be completed correctly in all its sections and sent from your institutional email address to didatticascaravilli.studenti@unibo.it in PDF format.
In the subject line, you must indicate your first name, surname, student ID number, and degree programme.
1- Most of the courses are mandatory (please, refer to the course structure diagram), so they will appear automatically in your study plan.
2- In addition to the mandatory courses , in your first year you are required to choose 6 CFU from the Law for Public Policy subject group (either Diritto delle Amministrazioni Pubbliche or Public Economic Law),
3- and 6 CFU in the Open Source Programming subject group (either Python for Economists or R for Economists).
4- Electives Maximum 18 cfu. You can also select the CRASH COURSES, Introductory Economics and Introductory Statistics, and their corresponding credits (3 CFU each) will be counted as extra credits.
Please, always refer to the course structure diagram.
1- In the 2nd year you have one mandatory learning activity and various optional activities
2- in "Econometrics for Public Policy" group, you are required to choose one (6CFU) amongst the two available learning activities
3- in "Economics and Public Policy" group you are expected to choose three learning activities (in total 18 CFU).
4- Additionally, to earn further 3 CFU, you have to choose one of the learning activities listed in group 4.
5 - Electives: The minimum number of credits to spend in electives is 12, but you can add more if you wish (though no more than 24 extra, therefore up to 36 CFU). All exam grades, including those from modules exceeding the mandatory elective 12 CFU, will average up and count for the final grade.
Most of the courses are mandatory, so you will find them automatically in your study plan. You only have to update your study plan by choosing
CRASH COURSE
B1076 INTRODUCTORY ECONOMICS (3 ECTS that will be considered extra credits)
6 ECTS among the following:
98352 HEALTH INEQUALITY OVER THE LIFE CYCLE: MEASUREMENT AND POLICIES
87421 ECONOMIC EVALUATION AND HEALTH
12 ECTS between the following:
B3134 HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH AND HUMAN RESOURCES
B3133 REGULATION IN HEALTHCARE INSURANCE AND MARKETS
5 ECTS
B2045 WORKSHOP: THE LABOR MARKET IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR
You can start your internship 2 (6 cfu) at the end of your first year, therefore you can add it in your study plan (you can do that during the second opening of the study plan).
PLEASE NOTE
- if you are planning to graduate in the 2024/25 academic year, that is within March 2026, you cannot edit your Study Plan in the a.y. 2025/26 (that is in October 2025). If you do, you will not be allowed to graduate within March 2026.
- it is NOT allowed to take exams of elective courses before the academic year in which these activities are planned in your course plan;
- it is NOT possible to fill in the Study Plan outside the two above mentioned periods.
In the 2nd year you have mandatory courses as well as electives.
You have four groups of choices:
1. One among the following (6 ECTS):
79076 Economics of the Biopharmaceutical Industry
79077 Health economics and policy in low and middle income countries
70138 Lifestyles and health outcomes
2. One among the following (4 ECTS)
79079 Internship*
79078 Workshop: building empirical case studies in health economics
ELECTIVES COURSES suggested by the programme (6 ECTS)
79076 Topics in Global Health
81796 Internship 2*
70126 Health systems
or one of the following courses if not previously selected:
79076 Economics of the Biopharmaceutical Industry
79077 Health economics and policy in low and middle income countries
70138 Lifestyles and health outcomes
or any course which is held in English and is available in the University of Bologna.
Please note:
*If you wish to do an Internship, you can choose a 100 hours internship (4 ECTS) or a 150 hours internship (6 ECTS). You can also choose to do a 250 hours internship (6 ECTS + 4 ECTS), by adding both activities to you study plan. Please note: even if the Internship 1 and Internship 2 are indicated in "Period 1" you can have it whenever you want.
- if you are planning to graduate in the 2025/26 academic year, that is within March 2027, you cannot edit your Study Plan in the a.y. 2026/27 (that is in October 2026). If you do, you will not be allowed to graduate within March 2027.
- it is NOT allowed to take exams of elective courses before the academic year in which these activities are planned in your course plan;
- it is NOT possible to fill in the Study Plan outside the two periods mentioned above.
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 the Degree Programme Board.
For the internship for the preparation of the final examination, read the instruction on this page.
Teaching activities choice form docx
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The form must be correctly filled out in all its parts and sent from the institutional email address to didatticascaravilli.studenti@unibo.it (the form must be submitted in .pdf format).
Teaching activities choice form pdf
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