Preparing the study plan

The online Study Plan can be submitted  online by students regularly enrolled in the Master Program with active career (having paid all tuition fees and, for Non EU students, holding a regular permit of stay).

When (Academic Year 2026/27)

Students can complete the Study Plan on Studenti On-Line in the following periods: 

• 1^st period:  from 1st  October to 7^th November 2026
• Extraordinary opening: from 1st to 12th December 2026  (ONLY for students enrolling in their first year or students transferring from another university)
• 2^nd period: from 12^th January to 19th  February 2027

HOW?

Enter your Studenti On-Line page, state your choices and press the Save button before quitting the programme.
It is possible to edit your Study Plan by adding or deleting courses in the two periods indicated.

Please make sure that all the courses/teaching activities you are going to be marked for are actually included in your online study plan. 

1st YEAR STUDENTS

In addition to your mandatory 1st  year modules, you have to choose one activity  among the following, depending on your interests:

• Contemporary Art Appreciation
• Heritage, History and the Issue Of Organizing

Also, if you wish to take the elective internship, you can do it starting from the summer at the end of your first year, by including it in your second semester study-plan.

2nd YEAR STUDENTS

Optional Activities

In addition to your mandatory second year modules, you have to choose optional courses and laboratories, depending on your interests and/or on the teaching period each is offered (1st/2nd semester).

Please refer to the Course Structure Diagram.

Electives

In addition to mandatory and optional modules, in your second year you will spend at least 8 credits in electives. These can be chosen from teaching activities or an elective internship.

You can add up to 16 elective credits, bringing the total to 24. You can choose from the following options:

a) Elective internship Please note that if you completed the elective internship in your first year, you have already earned the 8 credits required for electives. More information on internships here.

b) Other GIOCA courses not previously selected To insert these courses ,please click on the arrow next to Insegnamento a scelta su CORSO 6795 - INNOVATION AND ORGANIZATION OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS.

Please note that online submission is not possible for GIOCA activities such as laboratories. You will need to complete the form in the attachment and follow the steps described in section f).

c) Other elective courses of the University of Bologna: if you wish, you may ask to include, as electives, courses from other degree programmes, as long as they have consistency with the GIOCA programme. Please click on the arrow next to Insegnamento a scelta su ATENEO 010 - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA, insert the chosen course(s) and wait for the Director's approval. Important:

• only courses from open-access degree programmes (a numero aperto) can be selected.

• you will need these non-GIOCA choices to be approved before actually taking them. We recommend you insert sensible options, consistent with GIOCA, from Degree Programmes taught in English. The request will be evaluated by the Programme Director and Board, then, if approved, added to your SOL records online.

f) Modules from restricted-access degree programmes: If you wish to add modules from restriced-access degree programmes , you will need to first ask availability to the instructor of such module(s), then fill in the form in the "attachments" box of this page and send it to didatticascaravilli.studenti@unibo.it  for the Course Director's approval.

Such choice(s) should be, anyway, somehow consistent or not too different from the general goals of GIOCA and possibly taught in English.

In the email subject line, please include your first name, last name, student ID number, and degree programme.

Very important!

For all students:

• it is not possible to fill in or modify the Study Plan outside the two above mentioned periods;
• you are not allowed to take electives before your second year;
• you need to include your chosen modules in your study plan before sitting the related exam 

  and select an internship before carrying it out, not after.

FOR GRADUATING STUDENTS 

- Graduating students who make changes to their Study Plan in the 2026/27 academic year will NOT be eligible to graduate in March 2027 (which is the third graduation session of the 2025/26 academic year, considered on time).
- it is NOT allowed to take exams of elective courses before the academic year in which these activities are planned in your course plan;
- it is NOT possible to fill in the Study Plan outside the two above mentioned periods. 

Students on international mobility

Students on a study exchange abroad (Erasmus or other opportunities) must complete the Study Plan online ONLY for those courses/activities NOT included in the Learning Agreement.