Thesis Regulation (German/Italian)

Thesis Guidelines

Summer Session – MA 25.2

Final exam: Thursday, 17/07/2025 and/or Friday, 18/07/2025 (depending on the number of graduands)

Hand-in deadlines:

• Choice of supervisors and submission of the topic: 13/03/2025
• Mid-term presentation and discussion about work in progress: 16/05/2025
• Submission of written draft to supervisors: 17/06/2025
• Final exam enrolment / upload of final thesis mySNS / plagiarism check / Almalaurea: 03/07/2025
• Submission of 3 copies of the written thesis to the secretariat + submission of summary of project description of online media, catalogues and alike (for the press): 10/07/2025
• Photographic documentation + upload of the pictures to Showcase: 14/07/2025
• Presentation of thesis project and exam: 17 and/or 18/07/2025

Autumn Session – MA 25.3

Final exam: Thursday, 13/11/2025 and/or Friday, 14/11/2025 (depending on the number of graduands)

Hand-in deadlines:

• Choice of supervisors and submission of the topic: 11/07/2025
• Mid-term presentation and discussion about work in progress: TBA
• Submission of written draft to supervisors: 13/10/2025
• Final exam enrolment / upload of final thesis mySNS / plagiarism check / Almalaurea: 30/10/2025
• Submission of 3 copies of the written thesis to the secretariat + submission of summary of the project description of online media, catalogues and alike (for the press): 06/11/2025
• Photographic documentation + upload of the pictures to Showcase: 10/11/2025
• Presentation of the thesis project and exam: 13 and/or 14/11/2025

Winter Session – MA 26.1

Final exam: Thursday, 19/03/2026 and/or Friday, 20/03/2026 (depending on the number of graduands)

Hand-in deadlines:

• Choice of supervisors and submission of the topic: 06/11/2026
• Mid-term presentation and discussion about work in progress: TBA
• Submission of written draft to supervisors: 19/02/2026
• Final exam enrolment / upload of final thesis mySNS / plagiarism check / Almalaurea: 05/03/2026
• Submission of 3 copies of the written thesis to the secretariat + submission of summary of the project description of online media, catalogues and alike (for the press): 12/03/2026
• Photographic documentation + upload of the pictures to Showcase: 16/03/2026
• Presentation of the thesis project and exam: 19 and/or 20/03/2026

Supervisors

At least one supervisor has to be a tenured professor or a researcher (tenured professor or a researcher (Researcher with a fixed-term contract or AR) of the Faculty.

The first supervisor can be:

• a tenured professor or a researcher (Researcher with a fixed-term contract or AR) of the Faculty
• a contract professor of the Faculty (Teaching staff) 

The second supervisor can be:

• a tenured professor or a researcher (Researcher with a fixed-term contract or AR) of the Faculty
• a contract professor of the Faculty (Teaching staff)
  a professor and/or researcher of a national or international University or Research Institution (prior approval by e-mail to the Study Course Director indicating the motivation and a CV of the expert; at least 10 days before the deadline for the submission of the final topic of the final thesis)
• an expert with proven professional experience (prior approval by e-mail to the Study Course Director indicating the motivation and a CV of the expert; at least 10 days before the deadline for the submission of the final topic of the final thesis)

Each supervisor is available to the graduand for 5 hours until the date of the final exam.

Information

Each student has to check his/her own study plan.

In order to be able to submit the final topic, all 3 specialisation workshop courses provided by the curriculum must have been successfully completed (safety course does not count as a workshop course). A maximum of two exams (with a maximum of 12 CP) can be taken during the official working period.

At the latest 15 days before the graduation exam, all credits necessary to obtain the degree must have been registered.

Final mark:

The commission can award a maximum of 110 points. The basis for the assessment is:

• the arithmetic average, calculated in hundred tenths and weighted by CP, of the curricular exams taken. The average is then divided by 3 and multiplied by 11. 0,5 points are added to the arithmetic average for each examination that was graded "cum laude";
• the points that the commission can award for the assessment of the thesis (max. 10 points).

For an outstanding thesis that achieves a grade of 110, a grade of 110 cum laude may be awarded. This requires the unanimous vote of the commission.