Procedures and final examination

Banking, Finance and Insurance Sciences

Undergraduate Programmes

The student intending to graduate must:

  1. choose a topic, checking the 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 dissertation in the prescribed manner

The topic of the final examination, agreed with the professor, must be submitted via the dedicated function on the iCatt personal page (Online registrar > Final examination > Application for graduation), meeting deadlines and requirements.

If the date of the graduation session is changed, it does not have to be resubmitted.

As of a.y. 2021/22 - first graduation session July 2022:

  • the choice of topic for the final examination must be made at least three months before the session
  • at least 120 ECTS credits must be acquired with the exclusion of supernumerary examinations

Please refer to the Faculty Guide for further details on the final examination.

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The student is required to produce a report or a dissertation when submitting an application for graduation.

  1. REPORT

    a. must be drawn up by students with a weighted average lower than 25/30 and a number of ECTS credits lower than 90 obtained at the end of the second year after the last available call.It can also be chosen by students who have higher average and ECTS credits than indicated above.

    b. must have a maximum length of 20-25 pages;

    c. allows 0 to 3 points to be awarded for the final dissertation;

    d. does not permit the award of honours;

    e. does not include a presentation, but only the proclamation ceremony.

  2. DISSERTATION

    a. can only be chosen by students with a weighted average higher than 25/30 and with at least 90 ECTS credits obtained at the end of the second year (after the last available call);

    b. must have a maximum length of 40 pages;

    c. allows 0 to 5 points to be awarded for the final dissertation;

    d. allows the award of honours;

    e. includes a presentation and a proclamation ceremony (the date of the degree is the date of the presentation).

 

The application for admission to the final examination (application for graduation) must be submitted via the dedicated function on the iCatt personal page (Online registrar > Final examination > Application for graduation), meeting the deadlines and requirements:

  • submission deadline: at least 45 days before the session. Details in the calendar
  • curricular requirements: no more than 40 ECTS credits in debt

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

  • completion and forwarding of the application to the professor for approval;
  • approval or rejection by the professor;
  • payment of the graduation fee by 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 dissertation must be sent to the professor via the personal iCatt page (Online registrar > Final examination > Submit final dissertation). The professor may request a hard copy if necessary.

The dissertation must be uploaded to the personal iCatt page no later than 10 days before the start date of the proclamation sessions (see calendar).

The deadline for submitting the dissertation is not to be missed.

In the event that computer equipment is needed to support the presentation, the Computer Equipment Request Form must be submitted to the Building Supervisory Office in Largo Gemelli.

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 Request for information form under Lessons, Exams 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 stamp duty 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 registrar > Final Examination section).

JULY 2024 CALL
Sessions: 4,5 July 2023
Proclamation: 18 July 2024
Submission of final examination topic: from 25 January 2024 to 15 April 2024 (see indications "Choice of final examination topic")
Submission of application for graduation: 20 May 2024
Submission of dissertation (in electronic format): 24 June 2024
Report: 8 July 2024

OCTOBER 2024 CALL
Sessions: 7,8,9 October 2024
Proclamation: 12 October 2024
Submission of final examination topic: from 16 April to 12 July 2024 (see indications "Choice of final examination topic")
Submission of application for graduation: 22 July 2024
Submission of dissertation (in electronic format): 27 Sectember 2024
Report: 2 October 2024

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 CALL
Sessions: 25,26,27 November 2024
Proclamation: 2 December 2024
Submission of final examination topic: from 15 July to 23 August 2024 (see indications "Choice of final examination topic")
Submission of application for graduation: 11 October 2024
Submission of dissertation (in electronic format): 11 November 2024
Report: 22 November 2024

FEBRUARY 2025 CALL
Sessions: 10,11,12 February 2025
Proclamation: 17 February 2025
Submission of final examination topic: from 24 August to 8 November 2024
Submission of application for graduation: 11 December 2024
Submission of dissertation (in electronic format): 31 January 2025
Report: 7 February 2025

MARCH/APRIL 2025 CALL
Sessions:  24,25,26  March 2025
Proclamation: 10 April 2025
Submission of final examination topic: from 9 November to 20 December 2024
Submission of application for graduation: 7 February 2025
Submission of dissertation (in electronic format): 14 March 2024
Report: 30 March 2025

The following criteria are applied for the calculation of the final mark:

 

BASIC COUNTING

All marks of the profit examinations are added together multiplied by the number of ECTS credits of each examination (30 cum laude is counted as 31).
Marks for 'Theology' examinations and supernumerary examinations are excluded from the count.
The sum is divided by the total weight in ECTS credits of the courses considered (average in thirtieths).
The average in thirtieths thus obtained is converted into 110ths by multiplying the value obtained by 11 and dividing it by 3.

 

 

FINAL EXAMINATION MARK 0 to 5 points if dissertation; 0 to 3 points if report

 

 

THEOLOGIES BONUS

 

1 point if the average mark is >= 27;
0.3 points if the average marks is < 27 and > 23
 
For students enrolled in the first year from the academic year. 2019/ 20:
1.5 points if the average mark is 30 cum laude;
1 point if the average mark is from 30 to 29
 0.5 points if the average mark is from 28 to 26;
 0 points if the average mark is from 25 to 18.
 
 

 

 

 

LAUDE BONUS 1 ECTS credits for every 2 laude, up to a maximum of 2 points

 

 

 

DUAL DEGREE BONUS 2 points

 

 

INTERNATIONAL STUDY EXPERIENCES BONUS 1, if recognised by the Faculty

 

 

SPEED BONUS

2 points for graduation by December (third year),
1 point for graduation in corso (last graduation call of the third year)

 

 

SECOND YEAR

Being in possession at the end of the second year (after the last available call) of a weighted average and number of ECTS credits according to the rules in the table below

 

 

 

Number of ECTS credits

 

 

<70

≥70

Weighted average mark on ECTS credits

< 23

1 point

2 point

≥23

2 point

3 point

 

 

 

 

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