To graduate, you have to sit a final examination designed to verify that you have reached the education objectives set by the Degree Programme.
Next Graduation sessions:
The final examination consists in writing a dissertation on a subject pertinent to your studies, elaborated in an original way, under the guidance of a supervisor. The dissertation will be discussed publicly during a specific final examination session in front of a Board.
The Board will assess your performance using 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 application online, you must access Studenti Online before the deadlines set for the application submission and the requirements.
In order to graduate, you must have:
The Student Administration Office will verify all requirements and will contact you if there are any issues, to allow you to regularise your position before the final examination.
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.
Students are expected to follow the formal requirements for thesis editing according to the Guidelines for thesis editing. See the attachment Thesis proposal.
Students are required to sign and bind the Statement of Originality in the thesis book to be delivered. See the attachment Statement of Originality.
The administrative tasks to accomplish and the corresponding deadlines are reported in the graduation instructions ("administrative procedures and deadlines").
The graduation application has to be submitted on-line within the deadline reported each year in the "administrative procedures and deadline". For the instructions for applying see the attachment Graduation on-line application student manual.
| Mirees internal deadline: Thesis submission to the Supervisor | Deadline 1 - Graduation application online for the final examination | Deadline 2 - Thesis upload on Studenti Online and Requisites | Deadline 3 - online thesis approval by the Supervisor |
Final examination date (discussion) |
| 24 July 2026 | 07 August 2026 (late application until 21 August with extra fee*) | 28 August 2026 | 4 September 2026 | 17-18 September 2026 |
| 15 October 2026 | 29 October 2026 (late application until 12 November with extra fee*) | 19 November 2026 | 26 November 2026 |
10-11 December 2026 |
| 26 January 2027 | 3 February 2027 (late application until 15 February with extra fee*) | 22 February 2027 | 01 March 2027 | 10-11 March 2027 |
*Late online graduation deadline allows to submit the Graduation application online for the final examination within an extended period with an Extra fee =100€.
The Graduation Committee members and the date and time of discussion of each graduating student, will be made available one week before the final examination date on Studenti Online www.studenti.unibo.it
Mirees internal deadline "Thesis submission to the Supervisor":
The graduating student submits via e-mail the final thesis to the supervisor. The supervisor will have to read the final thesis and to assess if the graduating student can be admitted to the graduation session. After that, only minor changes can be made to the thesis.
Deadline 1:
Graduation application: Online procedure for the final examination (domanda di laurea):
Important information for Non-EU students: If your Italian permit of stay has expired, please contact segforli@unibo.it
Deadline 2 - Thesis upload on Studenti Online (Compilatio) and Requisites
Thesis:
Use the template of the title page available online.
The thesis shall consist of an academic piece of work between 30,000-40,000 words, excluding the bibliography. It is not possible to substitute the thesis once it has been uploaded.
The Statement of Originality must be included in the thesis (after the title page).
The abstract (maximum 2000 characters) shall be written in the relevant box, as well as the key words and the prevalent language of the dissertation.
The final version of the thesis shall be uploaded on Compilatio for the check on the guarantee of originality according to the instructions that will be given to the students by the Academic Tutor. Mirees Administrative Office will send a copy of your thesis to the second reader appointed by the Mirees Board for evaluation.
Requisites:
Graduating students before the deadline must:
In case you have chosen additional exams (extra credits) in the “Group of choice of elective courses – type D” and you do not want to take them any longer, please inform the Student Administration Office at segforli@unibo.it as soon as possible.
Important: students who graduate within March, do not have to pay the tuition fees for the new academic year.
Degree Certificate with Transcript of Records: from the on-line service Studenti Online (select: certificates and self-certifications) it is possible to download on-line certificates in Italian and English language (digitally signed by the University of Bologna) and self-certifications (available only in Italian language).
The Rector congratulates on this important milestone and trusts that the session will be conducted orderly, and invites the candidates and their guests to respect the rules of civil coexistence before, during and after the sessions.
In particular, the Rector reminds that it is forbidden to introduce glass bottles, confetti or other material likely to offend or disturb the sessions, and that, at the end of the sessions, it is forbidden to linger outside the structure and create gatherings.
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Thesis Title page (example) 8049
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Graduation on-line application student instructions
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