Procedures and final examination

Economics

Graduate Programmes

Students intending to graduate must:

  1. choose a topic, verifying curricular/time requirements
  2. pay the expected contribution
  3. submit the application for admission to the final examination, verifying the curricular/temporal requirements
  4. deliver the final paper and microfiches in the prescribed manner

The topic of the final examination may be on subjects present in the study plan or, alternatively, on other subjects provided that they are part of the educational offerings of the course of study in which the student is enrolled. The topic chosen by the student must always be agreed upon and approved by the respective lecturer who is responsible for evaluating the consistency of the topic with the specific educational objectives of the same course of study.

The topic must then be entered on the iCatt personal page (Online Secretariat - Final Examination) by the deadline indicated in the 'Four-year and Graduate Degree Programmes Calls' section of this page.

In order to be able to present your thesis topic, you must comply with:

  • submission deadlines:
    • graduate degree programmes: at least 5 months before the session
    • four-year degree programmes: at least 6 months before the session
       
  • curricular requirements:
    • graduate degree programmes: at least 56 ECTS credits acquired and course debts cleared
    • four-year degree programmes: at least 17 examinations taken, including compulsory first-year examinations
       

Please refer to the document 'Directions for the final thesis' for further details

When writing your thesis, please use the template (editable version) below.

Template for Italian language courses

Template for English language specialising Master programmes

 
Further information is available in the Faculty Guide of the campuses of Milan e Rome

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In order to apply for admission to the final examination, you must comply with:

  • submission deadline: at least 45 days before the session;
  • curricular requirements: have no more than 3 examinations in debt (counting does not include 'Theology' courses)

to apply for admission to the final examination, the student must:

The dedicated function (Online registrar > Final examination > Application for graduation) involves the following steps: 

  • filling in and forwarding the application to the professor for approval;
  • approval or refusal by the professor/lecturer;
  • payment of the graduation fee with Pago PA.

Any changes to the title of the final dissertation, approved by the professor, must be made at the time the application is completed. The title contained must therefore be definitive, as no further changes can be accepted.

 

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The .pdf file of the paper must be uploaded via your iCatt personal page (Online Secretariat, Final Dissertation, Submit Final Dissertation).

Follow the directions for undergraduates at the link: Delivery of the final paper - Instructions for undergraduates

In the event that the professor appointed to chair the commission is unable to do it, as communicated close to the date of the exam, a substitute will be appointed to open the exam call on the scheduled date, avoiding postponement of the call. 

In order to reduce the critical situations linked to the excessive proximity or overlap of the date of the end of the exam session (last call) with the date of the start of the graduation session, it will be possible for undergraduates to close their careers (understood as the recording of all exams) within 7 calendar days of the start of the graduation session, i.e. the time required to carry out the checks on the student's career. To this end, the examination calendar will be scheduled so that undergraduate students can take advantage of the profit exam calls as follows 

Students registered in the summer session (June-July): the first 2 out of 3 calls (or the first call out of 2, where applicable). 

Students registered in the autumn session (September-October): first call in 2. 

Students registered in the special session (December-April): the first 2 out of 3 calls (or the first call out of 2, where applicable). 

The last call of each session may also be used if the examination is registered within 7 calendar days before the start of the graduation session. 

Rome Campus  

The deadline on which the last exam can be taken is communicated to the graduating student at the same time in the message containing the dates of the degree appointments.  

Undergraduate students who fail to graduate in the call for which they have applied for admission to the final examination must notify both the professor/supervisor and the Student Services Centre of the relevant seat.
Notification to the Student Services Centre should be made by writing via the iCatt Information Request form under Lessons, Examinations and Final Examination - Final Examination.

For a subsequent graduation session, a new application for admission to the final examination must be submitted with a €16 revenue stamp and a receipt of payment of the Undergraduate Contribution.

Graduating students will receive the convocation exclusively via their iCatt personal page approximately 10 days before the scheduled graduation date (Online Secretariat - Final Examination section).

DECEMBER 2024 CALL
Sessions: 16,17,18,19,20 December 2024
Submission of thesis topic (four-year degree programmes): 8 June 2024
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 16 ECTS thesis): 08 June 2024
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programmes): 06 July 2024
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 12 ECTS thesis): 06 July 2024
Submission of graduation application: 4 November 2024
Thesis delivery: 2 December 2024

FEBRUARY 2025 CALL
Sessions:  17,18,19,20,21 February 2025
Submission of thesis topic (four-year degree programmes): 01 August 2024
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 16 ECTS thesis): 01 August 2024
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programmes): 07 September 2024
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 12 ECTS thesis): 07 September 2024
Submission of graduation application:  3 January 2025
Thesis delivery: 3  February  2025

APRIL 2025 CALL
Sessions: 7,8,9,10,11 April 2025
Submission of thesis topic (four-year degree programmes): 19 October 2024
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 16 ECTS thesis): 19 October 2024
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programmes): 16 November 2024
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 12 ECTS thesis): 16 November 2024
Submission of graduation application: 21 February 2025
Thesis delivery:  24 March 2025

JULY 2025 CALL
Sessions: July 2025
Submission of thesis topic (four-year degree programmes): 11 January 2025
Submission of thesis topic (graduate degree programme INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 16 ECTS thesis): 11 January 2025
Submission of thesis topic (graduate degrees programmes): 15 February 2025
Submission of thesis topic (graduate degree programme INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 12 ECTS thesis): 15 February 2025
Submission of graduation application:  June 2025
Thesis delivery: July 2025

OCTOBER 2025 CALL
Sessions: October 2025
Submission of thesis topic (four-year degree programmes): 16 March 2025
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 16 ECTS thesis): 16 March 2025
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programmes): 19 April 2025
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 12 ECTS thesis): 19 April 2025
Submission of graduation application: August 2025
Thesis delivery: September 2025

DECEMBER 2025 CALL
Sessions: December 2025
Submission of thesis topic (four-year degree programmes): 8 June 2025
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 16 ECTS thesis): 8 June 2025
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programmes): 6 July 2025
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 12 ECTS thesis): 6 July 2025
Submission of graduation application: November 2025
Thesis delivery: December 2025

FEBRUARY 2026 CALL
Sessions: February 2026
Submission of thesis topic (four-year degree programmes): 1 August 2025
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 16 ECTS thesis): 01 August 2025
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programmes): 07 September 2025
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 12 ECTS thesis): 07 September 2025
Submission of graduation application:  December 2025
Thesis delivery: February  2026

APRIL 2026 CALL
Sessions: April 2026
Submission of thesis topic (four-year degree programmes): 19 October 2025
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 16 ECTS thesis): 19 October 2025
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programmes): 16 November 2025
Submission of thesis topic (Graduate degree programme INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - 12 ECTS thesis): 16 November 2025
Submission of graduation application: February 2026
Thesis delivery:  March 2026

MARCH 2022 CALL

  • Graduation session: 16 March 2022 Business Administration and Consultancy 
  • Graduation session: 17 March 2022 Management of Services

Presentation of the thesis topic: 22 October 2021

Opening date for the submission of graduation application: 14 January 2022

Closing date for the submission of graduation application: 18 February 2022

Delivery of paper (in electronic format): 04 March 2022

July 2022 call:

  • Graduate degree programme session: 14 July 2022 Business Administration and Consultancy.
  • Graduate degree programme session: 15 July 2022 Management of Services.
  • Presentation of the thesis topic: 05 March 2022
  • Opening date for the submission of graduation application: 13 May 2022
  • Closing date for the submission of graduation application: 27 June 2022
  • Uploading of final paper: 04 July 2022

September 2022 calls:

  • Graduate degree programme session: 28 September 2022 Business Administration and Consultancy.
  • Graduate degree programme session: 29 September 2022 Management of Services.
  • Presentation of the thesis topic: 05 May 2022
  • Opening date for the submission of graduation application: 05 August 2022
  • Closing date for the submission of graduation application: 13 September 2022
  • Uploading of final paper: 19 September 2022

December 2022 calls:

  • graduate degree programme session: 13 December 2022 Business Administration and Consultancy.
  • graduate degree programme session: 14 December 2022 Management of Services.
  • Presentation of the thesis topic: 16 July 2022
  • Opening date for the submission of graduation application: 24 October 2022
  • Closing date for the submission of graduation application: 30 November 2022
  • Uploading of final paper: 05 December 2022

March 2023 calls:

  • Graduate degree programme session: 15 March 2022 Business Administration and Consultancy.
  • Graduate degree programme session: 16 March 2022 Management of Services.
  • Presentation of the thesis topic: 16 December 2022
  • Opening date for the submission of graduation application: 14 January 2023
  • Closing date for the submission of graduation application: 18 February 2023
  • Uploading of final paper: 05 March 2023

CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING THE FINAL GRADE, CREDITS AWARDED AND THESIS EVALUATION CRITERIA

The final graduation mark is the weighted average (for the ECTS credits of each course) of the marks obtained in each profit examination. 

The grade 30 cum laude is counted as 31.

The average in thirtieths thus obtained is converted into 110ths

For graduate degree programmes only, the marks for any debts or consolidations are also added.
 

With reference to the credits awarded and the assessment of the final thesis, please refer below to the sheets prepared for each degree or profile.

 

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