Thesis and Graduation
Please see the academic calendar to know the graduation sessions
The thesis is a dissertation drafted in English, under the guidance of a supervisor, on one of the topics studied during the Bachelor’s Degree and listed in the student’s career plan.
For the students enrolled in 2018/19 a.y. or earlier the thesis lenghth should be 30-40 standard page (6 ECTS), while for the students enrolled in 2019/20 a.y. or later thesis lenghth should be 15-20 standard page (3 ECTS).
The thesis must be in English. Binding the thesis is not mandatory.
The supervisor must be a professors, associate professors, researchers, RTDa, RTDb, contract professors of the Degree Course, or a professor/researcher of the School of Management and Economics, ESOMAS
For contract professors the SSD must be the same as the one mentioned in the contract.
Tutors and Teaching assistants, as well as the contract professors from the other study programs (for example, teachers of the courses listed here on the pages 4 and 5) cannot be supervisors for the thesis.
The thesis topic should be selected among the disciplinary sectors of the exams that are listed in the student’s career plan.
The scientific disciplinary sector of each course is mentioned on the website, on the course’s page, under the section “Course disciplinary sector (SSD)”.
If students want to write their thesis about their internship they should connect their work experience to one of the courses in their career plan.
In order to graduate, students should submit an online graduation application through MyUnito, within the deadlines established for each graduation session.
in order to be sure to be able to graduate within the graduation session and avoiding withdrawing the graduation application, it is recommended to submit the graduation application just after having passed, even if not yet registered, at least 162 ECTS (CFU).
Summer graduation session 2023-2024
Autumn graduation session (October 2024) and Spring graduation session (Extraordinary 23/24 a.y. session – Anticipated 24/25a.y. session) – (April 2025)
Starting from the Autumn session planned in October 2024, the graduation application procedure will change.
The new procedure will be active and available on MyUniTO starting from July 22th, 2024.
See the step-by-step guide for applying.
Below are the consecutive steps of the new procedure that students will have to take in order to apply for the graduation session.
Step 1: Title submission
- Log in to MyUnito
- Click on "Enrollment"/"Iscrizioni" > Personal Data": check whether your personal information is correct ( since it will later be reported in the degree parchment) and whether the uploaded ID is valid.
- Click on "Final Examination"/"Prova finale" > "Degree Awarding"/"Conseguimento titolo" : fill in the fields in the "Submit the thesis title"/"Presenta il titolo" section, indicate the type and title of the thesis, the name of the supervisor and other information required. This procedure must be completed by the deadline indicated for the Study Program.
Non-extendable deadlines for the graduation application
"Professor’s acceptance"
Once the thesis title has been submitted, the supervisor will receive notification of this request, and only after his or her approval the candidate can proceed to the next step.
Step 2: Filling in the Almalaurea questionnaire and submission of the graduation application
- Log in to MyUnito
- Click on "Final Examination"/"Prova finale" > “Alma Laurea registration”/”Registrazione Alma Laurea”: register on the Almalaurea portal and fill out the end-of-course
- Click on "Final Examination"/"Prova finale" > "Degree Awarding"/"Conseguimento titolo": submit the graduation application within the deadline specified for the Study Program and pay the graduation fee.
Non-extendable deadlines for the graduation application
Step 3: Thesis upload
- Log in to MyUnito
- Click on "Final Examination"/"Prova finale" > "Degree Awarding"/"Conseguimento titolo": upload the thesis within the deadline indicated for the Study Program
Non-extendable deadlines for the graduation application
"Professor’s approval"
Once the thesis has been uploaded, the supervisor will receive a notification and will then proceed to approve or reject the material uploaded by the candidate:
- in case of approval the procedure is completed,
- in case of rejection, the candidate will have to make the required corrections and re-upload the corrected thesis within the deadline
If for any reason you want to withdraw your graduation application, you should send an official request. You should:
- Fill in the form (the form needs to be filled in also if the student withdraw through the online procedure)
- Send the form through the Help Desk and at internationaldegrees.management@unito.it.
If you do not send the withdraw request, you will not be able to submit the graduation application for the following graduation session.
If you want to graduate to the next graduation session you will have to re-send the graduation application.
Starting from the Summer Session of the a.y. 2019/20 (July 2020) the scores attributed to obtain the Bachelor's Degrees will follow the rules indicated in the Teaching Regulations (a.y. 2020 / 21), approved on 19th June 2020, which provide for improvements.
The Committee will evaluate the dissertation, for which no defense is envisaged, on the basis of the supervisor's assessment and will assign a score from 0 to 3.
The final evaluation will also be awarded an additional score calculated on the basis of the average of the student’s grades as follows:
1- Score related to the initial weighted average:
- initial score 91/110 or lower: + 0 points;
- initial score from 92/110 to 96/110: + 3 points;
- initial score from 97/110 to 101/110: + 4 points;
- initial score 102/110 or higher: + 5 points.
2 - Graduation session score
Some additional points will be attributed as follows:
- + 3 points for students graduating in the summer session (July);
- + 2 points for students graduating in the autumn session (October);
- + 1 point for students graduating in the winter session
Students enrolled for no more than 3 academic years (full time enrolment) or 4 academic years (two years of part time enrolment and two years of full time enrolment) are entitled to the additional points.
Committees may award a maximum of one hundred and ten points; if the final grade is at least 111, degree cum laude is unanimously granted.
The student's initial score is calculated on the basis of the weighted average which is calculated on the basis of the marks of all exams in the career plan. Students can see their weighted average on their MyUniTO page, under the “libretto” section.
Summer Session – July 2024
Bachelor's Degree Awarding
The joint Committee for all Bachelor's Degree of the School of Management and Economics, meeting in a closed session, will define the grade and fill in the graduation register:
- Summer Session July, 16th, 2024 (Degree awarding date)
Starting from July 8th, it will be possible to see the graduation session and the candidates' list at the Graduation Notices Board.
Please note: neither discussion, nor the candidates’ attendance are required on the degree awarding date.
All graduates will be able to download the degree certificate from their MyUniTO page, which can be submitted for all purposes permitted by law from the day following the graduation date.
Proclamation ceremony
- July, 16th, 2024, 10 am - surnames from A to DA...
- July, 16th, 2024, 11 am - surnames from DO... to MI...
- July, 16th, 2024, 12 am - surnames from MO to Z...
Please note that attendance at the ceremony is not mandatory as it is a time of sharing and celebration and not an administrative act. Therefore, the date of the ceremony could be different from the Degree awarding date.
Autumn Session – October 2024
Proclamation ceremony
- October 24th, 2024