Final examination: modalities

The final examination

The final examination consists in writing a dissertation on a subject pertinent to your studies, elaborated in an original way, under the guidance of a supervisor. The dissertation will be discussed publicly during a specific final examination session in front of a Board.
The Board will assess your performance using your curriculum as a reference. During the dissertation discussion, you may use slides and the Commission may ask you in-depth questions on methods, results and any developments of your work

Graduation application

To submit your application online, you must access Studenti Online before the deadlines set for the application submission and the requirements.

Graduation applications require the payment of €32.00 in stamp duty (imposta di bollo).
Applications submitted after the ordinary deadline but within the final cut-off date (“scadenza tardiva con mora”) must be submitted with a €100.00 late fee. 

Admission Requirements

In order to graduate, you must have:

• sat all the exams in your study plan and had them recorded;
• paid all tuition fees;
• uploaded the dissertation in pdf format on Studenti Online. The dissertation can be uploaded multiple times, until the requirements deadline expires. When uploading the dissertation, the system will ask you to enter some key words and a brief abstract;
• compiled the Alma Laurea questionnaire on Studenti Online.

The Student Administration Office will verify all requirements and will contact you if there are any issues, to allow you to regularise your position before the final examination.

Students who do not manage to graduate within the selected date must ask the Student Administration Office for an annulment and submit their application again for the following graduation dates, by the established deadlines, with no additional payment.

The renewal of the graduation application is necessary to graduate in an academic year that is subsequent to the one selected for the first time. This entails the payment of €16.00 in stamp duty (imposta di bollo).

Deadlines a.a. 2023/2024

Graduation dates are set during a single graduation session.

Thesis upload and metadata submission

Follow the instructions published on StudentiOnline.

AlmaLaurea

Check the information to fill inthe AlmaLaurea survey here

Further information on the final thesis

Refer to the following University webpage to know more about the final exam.

Photographs and video recording during graduation session

Read carefully the information contained at the following page

ORGANIZATION OF THE FINAL EXAMINATION

Thesis defence

The next final examination session will take place in July in person in Sala Lauree, via Selmi 3, Bologna.

The schedule of the discussions will be published on this page. Graduands will also be contacted via e-mail with further information regarding the organization of the final examination.

Graduands have 15 minutes to present their thesis by using a ppt/pdf presentation. Further 5 minutes are dedicated to the discussion with the Commission.

Proclamation of the graduate

At the end of the thesis defense, the Board will then proclaim the graduand as a graduate with Master’s degree, declaring the grade and cum laude honour (if granted). The candidate must bring the presentation on the day of the discussion on a pendrive in a format compatible with Windows 10, ppt or pdf.

It is recommended to save the presentation in e-mail, so that it can be recovered in case of malfunctions.