Graduating
Summary
Online delivery of final paper / dissertation summary must be submitted within the deadlines.
Thesis
To be admitted to the final exam, students must do the following:
- upload a digital copy of the thesis in PDF/A format by accessing - from UNIMIA -> SIFA Online Services -> Administrative services -> graduation application -> Thesis upload. You cannot apply for graduation without uploading the thesis within the deadline.
- Create a PDF/A file of your thesis starting from a Word or LibreOffice document (follow instructions on the video tutorial).
- Students must deliver a copy of their final work to their supervisor and co-supervisor. On the day of the final exam, students must deliver a copy of their final work to the Committee.
There are three graduation sessions per year, for both Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes:
- Summer session
- Autumn session
- Winter session.
In the Deadlines and calendars section you will find the dates for each session and all the steps required to take the final exam.
Students who graduate by the third session of the academic year need not pay the first instalment for the next academic year.
To graduate students must:
- Be current with tuition and fees until the last year of enrolment
- Pass all the exams required by your last approved study plan, within the deadlines
- Agree on the thesis title with your supervisor before applying for graduation
- Apply for graduation and pay the graduation fee
- Fill in the upcoming graduate survey
- Comply with programme-specific formalities and deadlines for each session
The graduation application must be submitted online by the deadline set for your session. Do not hand it in to the Student Registrar.
Payment
The payment of the € 116.00 graduation fee (including the € 16.00 stamp duty) may be made through Pago PA:
- when submitting the online application, or
- after submitting the graduation application, through the payment service
Upcoming graduate survey
Upcoming graduates are required to fill in the survey within the term set for each session.
You can access the survey only after submitting the graduation application.
Failure to fill in the survey by the deadline will result in exclusion from the graduation session.
Deadlines, procedures and graduation calendars
Deadlines, calendars and procedures are different depending on the degree programme.
Each application is valid for a single exam session.
Students who forfeit an exam must promptly notify the Registrar through the Informastudenti Service. Students must submit another application through the online procedure, indicating the newly chosen exam session.
Once paid, the graduation fee is valid for the new session also. Postponements are not allowed.
- Final exams: from 16 July and 17 July 2025
- Online application for graduation: from 20 May to 17 June 2025
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 17 June 2025
- Deadline for completing exams: 27 June 2025
- Academic record must not be submitted
- End of thesis: within 27 June 2025
- Online delivery of dissertation summary: from 27 June to 1 July 2025
- Online thesis submission: within 1 July 2025
- Thesis: deliver 1 signed copy of the thesis to the Committee on the day of the final exam.
- Final exams: 9-10 October 2025
- Online application for graduation: from 19 August to 12 September 2025
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 12 September 2025
- Deadline for completing exams: 19 September 2025
- Academic record must not be submitted
- End of internship (online procedure): within 19 September 2025
- End of thesis: 19 September 2025
- Online delivery of dissertation summary: from 22 to 25 September 2025
- Online thesis submission: within 25 September 2025
- On the day of the final exam, students must deliver 1 signed copy of their final work to the Committee.
- Final exams: 10-11 December 2025
- Online application for graduation: from 14 October to 11 November 2025
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 11 November 2025
- Deadline for completing exams: 21 November 2025
- Academic record must not be submitted
- End of internship (online procedure): within 21 November 2025
- End of thesis: 21 November 2025
- Online delivery of dissertation summary: from 24 to 27 November 2025
- Online thesis submission: within 27 November 2025
- On the day of the final exam, students must deliver 1 signed copy of their final work to the Committee.
- Final exams: from 25 to 26 March 2026
- Online application for graduation: from 2 February to 2 March 2026
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: 2 March 2026
- Deadline for completing exams: 28 February 2026
- Academic record must not be submitted
- End of internship (online procedure): within 28 February 2026
- End of thesis: within 28 February 2026
- Online delivery of final paper summary: from 9 to 12 March 2026
- Online thesis submission: within 12 March 2026
- On the day of the final exam, students must deliver 1 signed copy of their final work to the Committee.