Graduating
Delivering the traineeship completion form
The traineeship and bibliographic research completion form must be delivered to the Academic Office following the specific instructions specified for each session. All the internship completion forms are available on your course web site.
Summary
The final paper summary must be posted on the dissertation summary management website within the deadlines provided for each session. You can access the procedure using your University credentials.
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).
- Delivering the copy of the final work following the specific instructions specified for each session.
Thesis and completion form delivery in paper format is not necessary for online graduation sessions.
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 22 to 26-07-2024
- Online application for graduation: from 15-05-2024 to 01-07-2024
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: 01-07-2024
- Deadline for completing exams: 01-07-2024
- The internship completion form must be digitally signed by the tutor and sent to cl.biol@unimi.it within the deadline for the online application for graduation. The form is available at the online page of the Degree programme, study - "Stage and internship".
- Delivery of dissertation summary: within 15-07-2024 via www.riassuntitesi.scienzemfn.unimi.it starting from 7 days following the deadline for online application for graduation
- Online thesis submission: within 15-07-2024
- A copy of the thesis must be sent in pdf format within the deadline for the online thesis submission to the address cl.biol@unimi.it adding in cc the tutor. The first page must be digitally signed from the tutor as approval.
- Final exams: from 21 to 25-10-2024
- Online application for graduation: from 15-07-2024 to 30-09-2024
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: 30-09-2024
- Deadline for completing exams: 30-09-2024
- The internship completion form must be digitally signed by the tutor and sent to cl.biol@unimi.it within the deadline for the online application for graduation. The form is available at the online page of the Degree programme, study - "Stage and internship".
- Delivery of dissertation summary: within 14-10-2024 via www.riassuntitesi.scienzemfn.unimi.it starting from 7 days following the deadline for online application for graduation
- Online thesis submission: within 14-10-2024
- A copy of the thesis must be sent in pdf format within the deadline for the online thesis submission to the address cl.biol@unimi.it adding in cc the tutor. The first page must be digitally signed from the tutor as approval.
- Final exams: from 9 to 13-12-2024
- Online application for graduation: from 03-10-2024 to 18-11-2024
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: 18-11-2024
- Deadline for completing exams: 18-11-2024
- The internship completion form must be digitally signed by the tutor and sent to cl.biol@unimi.it within the deadline for the online application for graduation. The form is available at the online page of the Degree programme, study - "Stage and internship".
- Delivery of dissertation summary: within 02-12-2024 via www.riassuntitesi.scienzemfn.unimi.it starting from 7 days following the deadline for online application for graduation
- Online thesis submission: within 02-12-2024
- A copy of the thesis must be sent in pdf format within the deadline for the online thesis submission to the address cl.biol@unimi.it adding in cc the tutor. The first page must be digitally signed from the tutor as approval.
- Final exams: from 21 to 28 February 2024
- Online application for graduation: from 15 December 2023 to 31 January 2024
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 31 January 2024
- Deadline for completing exams: within 31 January 2024
- Delivery of dissertation summary: within 14 February 2024, the thesis summary must be posted on the website www.riassuntitesi.scienzemfn.unimi.it starting 7 days after the closing date for the graduation application and within the deadline indicated. The procedure is accessed using the university credentials.
- Online thesis submission: within 14 February 2024,
- A copy of the thesis must be sent in pdf format within the deadline for the online thesis submission to the address cl.biol@unimi.it adding in cc the tutor. The first page must be digitally signed from the tutor as approval.
- Deadline for submitting the internship completion form: The student must submit the end-of-internship completion form to the email address cl.biol@unimi.it within the graduation application deadline.
- Final exams: from 15 to 19 April 2024
- Online application for graduation: from 7 February to 25 March 2024
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 25 March 2024
- Deadline for completing exams: within 28 February 2024
- Delivery of dissertation summary: within 8 April 2024, the thesis summary must be posted on the website www.riassuntitesi.scienzemfn.unimi.it starting 7 days after the closing date for the graduation application and within the deadline indicated. The procedure is accessed using the university credentials.
- Online thesis submission: within 8 April 2024
- A copy of the thesis must be sent in pdf format within the deadline for the online thesis submission to the address cl.biol@unimi.it adding in cc the tutor. The first page must be digitally signed from the tutor as approval.
- Deadline for submitting the internship completion form: The student must submit the end-of-internship completion form to the email address cl.biol@unimi.it within the graduation application deadline.