Graduating

Final Thesis

You will spend at least six months in a research laboratory, at the University of Milano, the Politecnico of Milano, or other research institutes.

You will work on a project on the development or application of bioinformatic tools and piplelines for the analysis or the organization of genomic data, either in basic or applied research.

Summary and thesis online submission

Summary

The final paper summary must be posted on the dissertation summary management website within the deadlines provided for each session. You can access the procedure using your University credentials.

Thesis

To be admitted to the final exam, students must do the following:

  • upload a digital copy of the thesis in PDF/A format by accessing - from UNIMIA -> SIFA Online Services -> Administrative services -> graduation application -> Thesis upload. You cannot apply for graduation without uploading the thesis within the deadline.
  • Create a PDF/A file of your thesis starting from a Word or LibreOffice document (follow instructions on the video tutorial).
  • Delivering the copy of the final work following the specific instructions specified for each session.

Delivering the internship completion form

Students must deliver the internship completion form following the specific instructions specified for each session.

General and Faculty information
Graduation sessions

There are three graduation sessions per year, for both Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes:

  • Summer session
  • Autumn session
  • Winter session.

In the Deadlines and calendars section you will find the dates for each session and all the steps required to take the final exam.

Students who graduate by the third session of the academic year need not pay the first instalment for the next academic year.

Graduation requirements

To graduate students must:

  • Be current with tuition and fees until the last year of enrolment
  • Pass all the exams required by your last approved study plan, within the deadlines
  • Agree on the thesis title with your supervisor before applying for graduation
  • Apply for graduation and pay the graduation fee
  • Fill in the upcoming graduate survey
  • Comply with programme-specific formalities and deadlines for each session

The graduation application must be submitted online by the deadline set for your session. Do not hand it in to the Student Registrar.

Payment

The payment of the € 116.00 graduation fee (including the € 16.00 stamp duty) may be made through Pago PA:

  • when submitting the online application, or
  • after submitting the graduation application, through the payment service 

Upcoming graduate survey
Upcoming graduates are required to fill in the survey within the term set for each session.
You can access the survey only after submitting the graduation application.
Failure to fill in the survey by the deadline will result in exclusion from the graduation session.

Deadlines, procedures and graduation calendars
Deadlines, calendars and procedures are different depending on the degree programme.

 

Each application is valid for a single exam session.

Students who forfeit an exam must promptly notify the Registrar through the Informastudenti Service. Students must submit another application through the online procedure, indicating the newly chosen exam session.

Once paid, the graduation fee is valid for the new session also. Postponements are not allowed.

Summer Session (first session - single round) - a.a. 2022/2023
  • Final exams: from 17 to 21-07-2023
  • Online application for graduation: from 15-05-2023 to 26-06-2023
  • Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 26-06-2023
  • Deadline for completing exams: 26-06-2023
  • The deadline for completing exams includes the career registration of the 3 cfu for “Language Skills and other activities (attendance to seminars, etc.)”, which can happen only after registering for the exams through the SIFA service
  • Delivery of dissertation summary: within 10-07-2023
  • Online thesis submission: within 10-07-2023
  • The internship completion form must be digitally signed by the tutor and sent to biotecindamb@unimi.it within the deadline for the online application for graduation. The form is available at the online page of the Degree programme, study - "Stage and internship".
  • A copy of the thesis must be sent within the same deadline for the online thesis submission in pdf format to the address biotecindamb@unimi.it adding in cc the tutor. The first page must be digitally signed from the tutor as approval.
Extraordinary session - reserved for PhD candidates
  • Final exams: 25-26 September 2023;
  • Candidate must submit a request via InformaStudenti within 1 September 2023. At the time of submission, the candidate must have already presented the online application for graduation and applied for the PhD.
  • Deadline for completing exams: 4 September 2023.
  • Online thesis submission: 18 September 2023.
Autumn Session (second session - first round) - a.a. 2022/2023
  • Final exams: from 2 to 6 October 2023
  • Online application for graduation: from 15 July 2023 to 11 September 2023
  • Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 11 September 2023
  • Deadline for completing exams: 11 September 2023
  • The deadline for completing exams includes the career registration of the 3 cfu for “Language Skills and other activities (attendance to seminars, etc.)”, which can happen only after registering for the exams through the SIFA service
  • Delivery of dissertation summary: within 25 September 2023
  • Online thesis submission: within 25 September 2023
  • The internship completion form must be digitally signed by the tutor and sent to biotecindamb@unimi.it within the deadline for the online application for graduation. The form is available at the online page of the Degree programme, study - "Stage and internship".
  • A copy of the thesis must be sent in pdf format within the deadline for the online thesis submission to the address biotecindamb@unimi.it adding in cc the tutor. The first page must be digitally signed from the tutor as approval.
Autumn Session (second session - second round) - a.a. 2022/2023
  • Final exams: from 11 to 15 December 2023
  • Online application for graduation: from 2 October 2023 to 20 November 2023
  • Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 20 November 2023
  • Deadline for completing exams:  20 November 2023
  • The deadline for completing exams includes the career registration of the 3 cfu for “Language Skills and other activities (attendance to seminars, etc.)”, which can happen only after registering for the exams through the SIFA service
  • Delivery of dissertation summary: within 4 December 2023
  • Online thesis submission: within 4 December 2023
  • The internship completion form must be digitally signed by the tutor and sent to biotecindamb@unimi.it within the deadline for the online application for graduation. The form is available at the online page of the Degree programme, study - "Stage and internship".
  • A copy of the thesis must be sent in pdf format within the deadline for the online thesis submission to the address biotecindamb@unimi.it adding in cc the tutor. The first page must be digitally signed from the tutor as approval.
Winter session (third session - first round) - a.y. 2022/2023
  • Final exams: from 19 to 23 February 2024
  • Online application for graduation: from 15 December 2023 to 29 January 2024
  • Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 29 January 2024
  • Deadline for completing exams: 29 January 2024
  • The deadline for completing exams includes the career registration of the 3 cfu for “Language Skills and other activities (attendance to seminars, etc.)”, which can happen only after registering for the exams through the SIFA service
  • Delivery of dissertation summary: within 12 February 2024
  • Online thesis submission: within 12 February 2024
  • The internship completion form must be digitally signed by the tutor and sent to biotecindamb@unimi.it within the deadline for the online application for graduation. The form is available at the online page of the Degree programme, study - "Stage and internship".
  • A copy of the thesis must be sent in pdf format within the deadline for the online thesis submission to the address biotecindamb@unimi.it adding in cc the tutor. The first page must be digitally signed from the tutor as approval.
Winter session (third session - second round) - a.y. 2022/2023
  • Final exams: from 15 to 19 April 2024
  • Online application for graduation: from 7 February 2024 to 25 March 2024
  • Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 25 March 2024
  • Deadline for completing exams: 28 February 2024
  • The deadline for completing exams includes the career registration of the 3 cfu for “Language Skills and other activities (attendance to seminars, etc.)”, which can happen only after registering for the exams through the SIFA service
  • Delivery of dissertation summary: within 8 April 2024
  • Online thesis submission: within 8 April 2024
  • The internship completion form must be digitally signed by the tutor and sent to biotecindamb@unimi.it within the deadline for the online application for graduation. The form is available at the online page of the Degree programme, study - "Stage and internship".
  • A copy of the thesis must be sent in pdf format within the deadline for the online thesis submission to the address biotecindamb@unimi.it adding in cc the tutor. The first page must be digitally signed from the tutor as approval.

The extraordinary session is reserved for students with no more than two exams pending at the time of the graduation application.

The degree programmes will set extraordinary exam sessions in May 2023, only students who have submitted their graduation application for the extraordinary graduation session academic year 2021/2022 will be able to access.

Extraordinary session A.Y. 2021/2022
  • Final exams: from 7 to 15 June (can be modified according to the decision of the degree programme)
  • Online application for graduation: from 30 March to 6 April 2023
  • Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: 6 April 2023
  • Exam calendar only for graduand with no more than two exams pending compared to the study plan: 24 May 2023 (calendars under definition)
  • Online thesis submission (only after completing exams): within 31 May 2023