To graduate, you have to sit a final examination designed to verify that you have reached the education objectives set by the Degree Programme.
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.
Thesis Supervisor
All the professors responsible of teaching activities can be chosen as thesis supervisors.
Students are required to graduate in a subject included in the teaching plan of their degree programme.
If a student wishes to write his/her dissertation in a subject that is NOT included in the teaching plan of the degree programme, she/he must submit a motivated request for authorization to the Degree Programme Director, before starting to write the thesis. This request must be sent to the Programme Coordinator .
Co-Supervisor
The name of the co-supervisor has to be indicated in the online graduation application.
Please note: if the co-supervisor is external to the University of Bologna, the main Supervisor must submit a formal request, attaching the curriculum vitae of the external proposed expert.
Thesis Evaluation
The Graduating Committee can assign from 0 to 6 points to the master’s thesis, on top of starting grade.
By this deadline (by 11.59 pm CET) you have to:
fill in the online graduation application on Studenti Online (SOL) It is possible to submit the online application even in the event if not all the exams included in your study plan have been officially registered;
pay:
two stamp duties (for a total of 32 €) according to the methods indicated in the online graduation application, IF you applying for the first time,
or
one stamp duty of 16 €, if you have already submitted a graduation application in the previous academic years, according to the methods indicated in the online graduation application.
Please note! The online graduation application is considered properly submitted only when the payment of the stamp duty (“imposta di bollo” in Italian) has been completed (please, see also the section Payment methods).
In the "view details" section of the graduation application, the "verification traffic lights" will be displayed in yellow and/or red until manual and individual verification by the Student Administration Office.
Manual checks can generally continue up to one week before the graduation.
Once the checks are completed, the status of the application will be changed to "requirements satisfied," and the traffic light will turn yellow (the traffic light turns green after the graduation grade is recorded).
Only in case of issues, you will be notified via your official Unibo email or contacted via Microsoft Teams or on your mobile phone.
By this deadline, you must:
By this date (11:59 PM), you must have obtained the online approval of the thesis upload from your Supervisor.
Attention! Once the thesis is approved by the Supervisor, it cannot be modified. If the deadline is approaching and you haven’t received approval, contact the Supervisor.
If, after submitting your online graduation application, you wish to change the date of your graduation session within the same academic year, you must:
- Send an email as soon as possible to the Student Administration Office (segforli@unibo.it), and they will cancel your current application;
- Log back into StudentiOnLine to book a new session – without any additional fees (no stamp duty) – by the new "1st Deadline " indicated in the calendar. This change can be made multiple times, always following the same procedure (email, cancel application, submit a new application).
If you have submitted your graduation application and are unable to graduate by March (the last session to graduate in the academic year), you must:
Send an email as soon as possible to the Student Administration Office (segforli@unibo.it), and they will cancel your application;
Regularize your university fees;
Submit a new graduation application (only paying the stamp duty).
Near-graduate students will receive the official convocation - including date, time and room - approximately one week before the graduation session
Schedule of the final examinations and deadlines of online applications
| Deadline 1 - online submission of the application for the final Examination |
Deadline 2 - requisites | Deadline 3 - online approval by the dissertation’s supervisor |
Final examination date |
|
12 May 2025 (*until 12 June with extra fee) |
17 June 2025 |
19 June 2025 |
9-10 July 2025 |
| 26 August 2025 (*until 10 September with extra fee) |
16 September 2025 | 18 September 2025 | 6-7 October 2025 |
| 19 September 2025 (*until 19 November with extra fee) | 25 November 2025 | 27 November 2025 | 15-16-17 December 2025 |
| 23 December 2025 (*until 12 January with extra fee) | 16 January 2026 | 19 January 2026 | 5 February 2026 |
| 13 January 2026 (*until 12 February with extra fee) | 17 February 2026 | 19 February 2026 | 16-17-18 March 2026 |
(*)Extra fee =100 euro
The Rector congratulates on this important milestone and trusts that the session will be conducted orderly, and invites the candidates and their guests to respect the rules of civil coexistence before, during and after the sessions.
In particular, reminds that it is forbidden to introduce glass bottles, confetti or other material likely to offend or disturb the sessions, and that, at the end of the sessions, it is forbidden to linger outside the structure and create gatherings.
Ruffilli libraries organize training courses online (Pronto Soccorso tesi, tesine & co), self-learning guides and tutorials on how to use bibliographic resources and electronic catalogues.
