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 exam session and final examination deadline for a.y. 2021/22 has been extended to 15 June 2023 (Decree-Law No. 316 Prot. no. 62200 of 7 March 2023).
If you were unable to graduate in March due to issues related to the pandemic, you can submit a graduation application for the extraordinary session, but only if you are enrolled regularly, “fuori corso” (past envisaged completion time for the degree course) or as a repeating student in a.y. 2021/22 in the last year of a full-length degree programme.
You are only eligible for this extension if your study plan was complete and you fulfilled all attendance requirements by the end of a.y. 2021/22.More specifically: if you are enrolled regularly, “fuori corso” (past envisaged completion time for the degree course) or as a repeating student in a.y. 2021/22 in the second year and, by the end of the academic year, you included in your study plan all the learning activities provided for in your degree programme in order to take the exams and graduate.
If you have to take exams in order to meet all the necessary requirements, please contact the teacher in question directly. Remember that the deadline for the requirements is the 21 April.
You are not eligible for this extension if:
Please note: this is not an early session of a.y. 2022/23. If you are enrolled in a.y. 2022/23 in the last year of a full-length degree programme, you are not eligible for this extension.
If you are eligible for this extension, from 31 March you must go to Studenti Online and select the extraordinary session. The dates of the session for most degree programmes are as follows:
Remember that if you have paid your tuition fees for a.y. 2022/23, you are entitled to a refund that will be processed after your graduation.
The final examination consists in writing a dissertation on a subject pertinent to your studies, originally elaborated, under the guidance of a supervisor. The dissertation will be discussed publicly during a specific final examination session in front of a Committee.
The Committee will assess your performance according to 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.
To submit your online application, you must access Studenti Online (Graduation) before the given deadlines set for the application submission and the requirements. The graduation application is valid for just one graduation session. If you graduate in a later session, you will have to re-submit your graduation application and pay only the duty stamp.
Graduation fees: €32, valid for the entire academic year. The payment slip is generated automatically at the end of the online application procedure and can be downloaded from “studenti on-line" under “TAX SITUATION”.
Payment Method: online with credit card, or at any Unicredit branch, upon presentation of the payment code.
Should you miss to graduate for the declared session, you should inform the Students administrative office, and apply anew for another session. In that case:
In order to graduate, you must:
Teaching activities: specify the topic according to the content of the thesis/dissertation;
Title of the final thesis/dissertation. Important: the title in the form must be the same as the one in the file uploaded online;
Abstract: short abstract of the content (max 6000 words);
Keywords: list of words that identify the main topic;
Language: language used to write the thesis/dissertation;
File: "browse" to select and upload the final thesis/dissertation in .pdf format ( max 30 MB)
The Student Administration Office will verify all requirements and will contact you if there are any issues, so you will fix your position before the final examination.
The GPA will be available on this page (see Attachments) no earlier than the week before graduation session.
The Graduation Committee, the schedule of the defense and the list of graduating students will be available online about two weeks before the defense date (see Attachments).
Students expecting to graduate by the Winter session do not have to pay the fees for current academic year.
When the final examinations take place, candidates and guests must comply with the following rules of conduct.
Littering (indoor and outdoor spaces) with food, drinks and confetti is strictly forbidden.
In the event of disturbances, the President of the Examination Board is authorised to suspend the session.
For any doubts, check the FAQ on Unibo website.
For any doubts, check the Unibo website
The session includes a number of dates, each with their deadlines for the submission of the graduation application, requirements and dates.
Deadline for: - the online application for the graduation (students can sit and register exams until the fulfillment of the graduation requirements) |
Deadline for: - belated online application (payment of late application to the final dissertation € 100) |
Deadline
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Deadline
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Final dissertation defense dates (between brackest a spare date should it be needed)
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15 May 2023 |
22 June 2023 | 22 June 2023 | 5 July 2023 |
17 (18) July 2023 |
21 August 2023 | / | 23 August 2023 | 25 August 2023 | 11 (12) September 2023 |
15 September 2023 | 29 September 2023 | 29 September 2023 | 6 October 2023 | 23 (24) October 2023 |
19 October 2023 | 16 November 2023 | 16 November 2023 | 23 November 2023 | 11 (15) December 2023 |
15 January 2024 | 22 February 2024 | 22 February 2024 | 29 February 2024 | 18, 22, (25) March 2024 |
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Final Dissertation Defence RESD 27_03_2023 h. 9 am
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Final Dissertation Defence RESD 20_03_2023 h. 10 am
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General GPA RESD 27_03_2023 h. 9am
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General GPA RESD 20_03_2023 h. 10 am
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