Administrative procedures to follow for graduating, with deadlines for A.Y. 2019/2020 and 2020/2021
Extension of the exam session and final examination deadline to 15 June 2023
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:
The graduation session (if scheduled) will be held 25 and 26 of May
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.
Graduation sessions A.Y. 2022/2023 | First deadline by which the application to graduate must be submitted | Last deadline for the submission of the application with a surcharge payable |
Second deadline:
|
Third deadline Approval of final title and dissertation |
13 e 14 July 2023 |
Entro 15 May 2023 |
20 June 2023 |
30 June 2023 |
3 July 2023 |
13 - 14 - 15 December 2023 |
Entro 15 September 2023 |
13 November 2023 |
24 November 2023 |
27 November 2023 |
18 – 19 - 20 March 2024 |
Entro 15 January 2024 |
1 March 2024 |
28 February 2024 |
4 March 2024 |
In Italy students "apply" to graduate in a certain Appello di laurea (graduation session). There are three sessions per year, and students choose one. After submitting a dissertation, they defend it in front of a graduation panel (and usually of family and friends) and obtain the title on the same day.
They are eligible to graduate once they have acquired all the credits required by their study plan, apart from those for the final examination (15 ECTS credits).
This page explains the procedures involved. For any doubts, please do not hesitate to contact the Teaching Office.
Students wishing to be admitted to the final examination must, by the deadlines listed below, first:
Graduation sessionsA.Y. 2021/2022 |
First deadline by which the application to graduate must be submitted |
Second deadline for the submission of the application with a surcharge payable |
First session 13 - 14 July 2022 |
16 May 2022 |
30 June 2022 |
Second session 14 – 15 – 16 December 2022 |
15 September 2022 |
21 November 2022 |
Third session 14 – 15 – 16 March 2023 |
16 January 2023 |
24 February 2023 |
*NB: it is not necessary for all exam passes to have been recorded by this date – this must be done by the second deadline, by which time all exams must have been passed and the dissertation submitted.
It is not possible to submit the graduation application after the second deadline.
For the first deadline students have to pay 32 € for two tax stamps.
If the application is submitted for the second deadline there is a supplementary payment of 100 €.
All payments can be made online using Studenti Online or at any branch of the Unicredit bank by printing the on-line payment code.
What students must do
To be admitted to defend their dissertations and graduate students must have:
Students wishing for whatever reason to withdraw from the graduation examination must immediately inform the Students Office by e-mail (segforli@unibo.it), using their University e-mail address (nome.cognome@studio.unibo.it) and indicating as the subject of the e-mail “RINUNCIA LAUREA”.
NB: degree fees already paid remain valid for the entire academic year.
By When? |
Graduation date |
4 July 2022 | 13 - 14 July 2022 |
1 December 2022 | 14 - 15 - 16 December 2022 |
1 March 2023 | 14 – 15 – 16 March 2023 |
By the second deadline all outstanding fees must have been paid and all exam results recorded. You can check the latter on the "Certificati e Autocertificazioni" section of Studenti Online.
The Students Office will carry out a final check to ensure that students have completed the course requirements and paid all outstanding fees (though not necessarily by the second deadline) and will contact students by e-mail solely in the case of any anomalies.
Approval of final title and dissertation |
Graduation date (defence) |
7 July 2022 |
13 - 14 July 2022 |
6 December 2022 | 14 - 15 - 16 December 2022 |
6 March 2023 | 14 – 15 – 16 March 2023 |
By the third and final deadline the dissertation, supervisor must have approved the final title of the degree dissertation.
NB: Students must ensure that the supervisor has approved the final TITLE of the dissertation online at https://almaesami.unibo.it, as well as the DISSERTATION itself. This title will appear in the official graduation document and degree certificates.
The graduation application is valid for the entire Academic Year. Should a student not graduate during the session for which s/he applied, s/he must reapply using the Studenti Online webpage for another session by the third and final deadline without any payment being necessary.
If, however, the new application is submitted in the following Academic Year, it will be necessary to repay the cost of the tax stamps, but not the graduation fee or the payment for the degree parchment (except to pay any differences due to increased costs).
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