Information about graduation / How to apply for graduation
The application for the final dissertation must be submitted on-line. You can find the link here: Studenti OnLine.
Blended mode
Blended mode will be allowed for final exams scheduled until 31 August, according to the requests of graduating students who suffered damage in the flood: to this end, please contact the Graduation Board.
To submit your application online, you must access Studenti Online before the deadlines.
In order to graduate, you must have:
The Student Administration Office will check if your requirements are fullfilled and will contact you in case you need to fix your position.
The graduation application is valid for just one graduation session. If you graduate in a later session, you will have to resubmit your graduation application and pay only the duty stamp.
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SESSIONS for A.Y. 2022/23
Periods for graduation application |
Deadline request submission |
Late request |
Requirements fullfillment |
Upload final thesis |
Approval of final thesis by supervisor |
Publications of members of commission on SOL |
First summer session: from 19/07/2024 to 25/07/2024 |
24/05/2024 |
from 25/05/2024 to 07/06/2024
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19/06/2024
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02/07/2024
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08/07/2024
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12/07/2024
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First autumn session: from 28/10/2024 to 31/10/2024 |
20/09/2024 |
from 21/09/2024 to 30/09/202 |
01/10/2024 |
09/10/2024 |
16/10/2024 |
21/10/2024 |
Second autumn session: from 17/12/2024 to 10/12/2024 |
17/10/2024 |
from 18/10/2024 to 24/10/2024 |
11/11/2024 |
18/11/2024 |
25/11/2024 |
09/12/2024 |
Third winter session: from 24/03/2025 to 27/03/2025 |
24/01/2025 |
from 25/01/2025 to 07/02/2025 |
21/02/2025 |
04/03/2025 |
11/03/2025 |
17/03/2025 |
1) Graduation session
The defence of the final thesis entails the discussion of a dissertation that is written under the guidance of a supervisor. Usually, the session covers more than one day. Students are generally informed about the exact date of their defence and the composition of the Graduation Board one week in advance through their institutional e-mail address. This piece of information is also available at www.studenti.unibo.it in the section called “Graduation”.
2) Application
Regular
The application for the graduation session is available 20 days before the deadline. You can apply for graduation and pay the graduation fee of €32 only once per academic year.
you decide not to graduate within the session you have chosen, you have to send an e-mail to the Registrar Office (Segreteria Studenti) at segecosta@unibo.it from your institutional e-mail address. Thus, the Registrar Office will cancel your reservation and allow you to book forthcoming sessions. In this case, no further fees are due within the same academic year
The title of your thesis – as previously agreed with your supervisor – has to be specified in your application. Please remind that this title will be reported in the official degree certificates.
Late application (with a fee)
Candidates are allowed to undertake a late application – after the first deadline – by paying an additional late payment fee of €100.
3) Requirements fullfillment
Candidates have to:
4) Upload of the final thesis
Candidates have to upload their thesis in pdf format (max 30 MB) in the appropriate section of their application on www.studenti.unibo.it. It is not possible to upload a thesis after the deadline. Candidates who do not manage to upload it within the required terms are not allowed to graduate in the chosen session.
Candidates should check that the title of their thesis as indicated in the application is consistent with the title they have indicated in the pdf file. The title of the thesis can be modified within the upload deadline. Please remember that the indicated title will be included in degree certificates.
5) Approval of the final thesis
Your supervisor will approve the final dissertation within 3 days since the upload deadline. Please check the state of approval of your thesis and contact your supervisor if needed.
Degree diploma and certificates
Students will receive their diploma directly at the address they have indicated in www.studenti.unibo.it for communication purposes. Please check carefully the address you have indicated within your application and remember to modify it if needed.
If you would like that your diploma is sent to an address outside of Italy, please write an email to Registrar office (segecosta@unibo.it) indicating your name and the full address to which you ask the delivery of the parchment, and attach a copy of your passport.
Students can get their degree certificates on www.studenti.unibo.it.
6) Final dissertation session
In order to allow your guests to take part in the graduation remotely, click on the button “Ospiti” available in the Graduation procedure on Studenti Online. You will receive an email with the credentials that should be used to log in to Teams and access the graduation virtual room. These credentials can be used by multiple people at the same time. Only after, share the link included in the invitation.
For their graduation sessions, students and PhD students of all university campuses can freely choose any professional or amateur photographer/video camera operator to record the event.
The photographer/video camera operator chosen by students and PhD students are among the guests of the graduation session and they must:
The University of Bologna does not certify photographers/video camera operators for graduation sessions any longer (the previous regulation has been abolished).
Any inappropriate behaviour will be reported to university staff and/or to the President of the graduation board.
Useful contacts:
Registrar Office
Indirizzo zoom
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 - 12:00; Tuesday and Thursday 14:00 - 15:30
Tel +39 051 20 80334 (Monday 9:00 - 11:30)
Helpdesk Cesia
From Monday to Friday 09,00-13,00 and 14,00-17,00
helpstudentionline@unibo.it
Tel.: +39 051 20 99 882
Office hours
Direct access: Wednesday 9am - 12pm; Friday 9am - 12pm
Appointments only: Monday 9am - 12pm; Tuesday 2pm - 3:30pm; Thursday 2pm - 3:30pm
Email:
segecosta@unibo.it
Access on-site (by appointment) is meant for document submission and collection only.
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Email:
didatticasociale.emslauree@unibo.it
The office provides information about the organization of graduation sessions. Please specify your Degree Programme in the email’s subject, e.g. "Graduation + Degree Programme name". For information about students records and applying for graduation please contact the Student Administration Office.
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