Information on writing the final dissertation

instructions for the Thesis Project Form

Choosing and proposing a subject

To graduate, you must propose a dissertation subject to a Supervisor, who must be a professor/reasearcher of the DIFA (Department of Physics and Astronomy) or a professor on contract  within your Degree Programme, who will assess the validity of your proposal in relation to your study plan. As soon as you have planned your thesis project, and at least six months before the Application deadline for Uploading the Dissertation, you must follow the instructions for the Thesis Project Form.

Upon approval by the Degree Programme Board, students may, in exceptional cases, propose their thesis to professors or researchers from other degree programmes within the University of Bologna.

In these cases, students must submit the External supervisor form  to the Thesis Project's Team (physics.thesis@unibo.it), before starting the thesis project and at least 6 months before the thesis submission.

If an external supervisor is chosen, it is strongly recommended to also appoint an internal co-supervisor from the student’s curriculum. After obtaining their agreement, the student must include both the external supervisor's and the internal co-supervisor's name in the External Supervisor Form.

Guidelines for thesis editing: formal requirements

The paper must be written in English. For students of the "Didattica e Storia della Fisica" curriculum only the paper can be written in Italian or in English.

In particular, the paper must have a title page as in the template attached and follow the general instructions reported at https://www.unibo.it/en/university/who-we-are/image-identity-brand/use-of-the-university-trademark-in-theses-papers, if you wish to use the University seal.