Agriculture, food and environmental sciences

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 paper 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), respecting deadlines and requirements.
If the date of the graduation session is changed, it does not have to be resubmitted.

In order to submit the dissertation topic approval form, you must comply with:

• submission deadlines: at least 6 months before the session. Details in the calendar
• curricular requirements: not foreseen

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

A Master’s thesis is required to be experimental in nature and must therefore include a data analysis component. The data are typically collected—either directly or indirectly—by the student.

Guidelines for enhancing the value of your thesis work

• How to enhance thesis work (ita)
• Instructions for writing an experimental thesis paper (ita)
• Collection and use of experimental data (ita)

Available Master’s thesis topics

Complete list of topics and academic supervisors

Applicable only to the Sustainable Viticulture and Enology Curriculum

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

• submission deadline: at least 45 days before the session. Details in the calendar

• curricular requirements: no more than 36 ECTS in debt (the final examination is not included in the count)

Students must agree with the supervisor on the definitive title in order to proceed with the application for admission to the final examination.

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.

The .pdf file of the paper must be sent to the professor via the iCatt personal page (Online secretariat - Final paper - Submit final paper). The professor may request a hard copy if necessary.

Instructions for uploading the paper: Loading of the Paper

The paper must be uploaded to the iCatt personal page no later than 10 days before the start date of the proclamation sessions (see calendar). The deadline for uploading the paper is not to be missed.

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 graduates 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 graduate students can take advantage of the profit exam calls as follows: 

• Students registered in the summer session (May-July): the first 2 out of 3 calls (or the first call out of 2, where applicable). 
• Students registered in the autumn session (August-November): first call in 2 (or the only call, where applicable). 
• Students registered in the special session (December-April): the first 3 out of 4 calls (or the two calls out of 3, 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. 

Graduate students who fail to graduate in the call for which they have applied for admission to the final examination must notify through the personal iCatt page (Online registrar - Final Examination - Graduation Application - by clicking the "Revocation" button).

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 Graduate 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).

Agricultural Science and Technology | Sustainable and Precision Agriculture | Food Science and Technology

APRIL 2026 CALL
Proclamation sessions: 20, 21, 22, 23 April 2026
Thesis topic request: 17 October 2025
Submission of graduation application: from 2 February to 2 March 2026
Delivery of paper (in electronic format): 10 April 2026

JULY 2026 CALL
Proclamation sessions: 24, 27, 28, 29 July 2026
Thesis topic request: 19 January 2026
Submission of graduation application: from 5 May to 5 June 2026
Delivery of paper (in electronic format): 14 July 2026

SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2026 CALL
Proclamation sessions: 28-29-30 September, 1, 2 October 2026
Thesis topic request: 20 March 2026
Submission of graduation application: from 1° July to 31 July 2026
Delivery of paper (in electronic format): 18 September 2026

Food Marketing and Sales Management

FEBRUARY 2026 CALL
Proclamation sessions: 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 February 2026
Thesis topic request: 6 June 2025 *
Thesis topic presentation: 25 July 2025
Submission of graduation application: from 9 December 2025 to 9 January 2026
Delivery of paper (in electronic format): 6 February 2026

APRIL 2026 CALL
Proclamation sessions: 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 April 2026
Thesis topic request: 12 September 2025 *
Thesis topic presentation: 8 October 2025
Submission of graduation application: from 23 January to 25 February 2026
Delivery of paper (in electronic format): 27 March 2026

JULY 2026 CALL
Proclamation sessions: 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 July 2026
Thesis topic request: 14 November 2025
Thesis topic presentation: 9 January 2026
Submission of graduation application: from 19 May to 19 June 2026
Delivery of paper (in electronic format): 7 July 2026

OCTOBER 2026 CALL
Proclamation sessions: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 October 2026
Thesis topic request: 20 february 2026
Thesis topic presentation: 17 April 2026
Submission of graduation application: from 18 August to 18 September 2026
Delivery of paper (in electronic format): 9 October 2026

 
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* Deadlines reserved for students enrolled in the second year 2024/25 of the course or a year out of the course after the second year.

Agricultural and Food Economics | Food Processing and Innovation

APRIL 2026 CALL
Proclamation sessions: 24,27 and 28 April 2026
Thesis topic request: 23 October 2025
Submission of graduation application: from 6 February to 6 March 2026
Delivery of paper (in electronic format): 14 April 2026

JULY 2026 CALL
Proclamation sessions: 22,23 and 24 July 2026
Thesis topic request: 21 January 2026
Submission of graduation application: from 29 April to 29 May 2026
Delivery of paper (in electronic format): 13 July 2026

OCTOBER 2026 CALL
Proclamation sessions: 5, 6, 7 October 2026
Thesis topic request: 2 April 2026
Submission of graduation application: from 20 July to 21 August 2026
Delivery of paper (in electronic format): 25 September 2026

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

Students who matriculated before the a.y. 2013/14 can go to the Student Services Centre to check how the graduation average is calculated.
Students following the Double Degree programme at Wageningen University should contact the Student Services Centre in Cremona for information on the graduation average.