Final exam (graduation)
Graduation exam
SUMMARY
GENERAL INFORMATION |
ONLINE THESIS UPLOAD |
DEGREE GRADING |
General information
Each Department posts final exam deadlines, instructions and documents required for registration on its website.
- Department of Economics and Law
- Department of Law
- Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism
- Department of Political Science, Communication and International Relations
- Department of Humanities – Languages, Language Liaison, History, Arts, Philosophy
To qualify for the award of a degree:
- You must have settled payment of fees due;
- You must have achieved the required Credits (ECTS) or have passed all exams and obtained successful assessment in workshops, qualification tests, seminars, work placements and training, at least 15 days prior to the date of final examination
- Meet teaching and administrative requirements within schedule and in line with instructions specified by the Student Administration Office of the Department
- Pay € 71,38 for the issuing of the original degree, using the debit slip notice you can find clicking on Payment [‘Pagamenti’] in the Log-In Area [‘Area Riservata’] on the website studenti.unimc.it
- Answer the questionnaire for graduating students by visiting the webpage
If you have applied but wish to defer the final exam you must notify the Student Administration Office of your Department at once and check instructions to apply for the following final exam session.
Online Thesis Upload
As of the next graduation session (April 2020), it will no longer be necessary to submit or send in a hardcopy of the thesis.
The document must be uploaded in PDF/A format in the student’s personal web page studenti.unimc.it following the procedure set forth in the following document*.
Attention!
The maximum file size is 10 MB.
Those students that have already submitted a hardcopy of the thesis to the Student Administration Office do not have to upload the digital copy to the system.
After submitting the online degree application, students must upload the final draft of the thesis in PDF/A format (maximum 10 Mb) using the same link as the online degree application. After logging into the reserved area for online services (http://studenti.unimc.it) using your university credentials, select “Student Area” from the menu.
On the page that opens, go to the Thesis Summary section and click on Upload Thesis to begin the procedure to upload the final copy of the document.
On the Complete Thesis page, you can insert the abstract of the thesis and the abstract in the second language (if required by your course of study). In addition, you can modify and/or confirm all of the information entered during the Degree Application phase and proceed with the Next button.
On the Final Thesis Draft Management page, click Add New Attachment to upload the final copy of the thesis in PDF/A format (the only format supported). The maximum file size is 10 Mb.
After inserting the type and name of the attachment, upload the file. At this point, you must check the Confirm Final Thesis box to complete the procedure.
Careful! Once you have checked the Confirm Final Thesis box and clicked on Next, you will not be able to change the attachment.
After the file has been uploaded, the next page will allow you to view the attachment by clicking on “actions.”
On the following page (Confirm Thesis), you only have to confirm the information entered by clicking on the Complete Thesis button.
At this point, you can return to the main page using the Back to the Main Page button.
Upload Additional Thesis Files
After uploading the final draft of the thesis, you can upload additional files required by your specific degree (for example, the scan of the signed title page).
From the Main Page for Degree Completion, go the Thesis Summary page and click on Upload Thesis Attachments to begin the procedure for uploading attachments required by the Student Administration Office.
Click on the Add New Attachment and the customary dialogue box will appear. At this point, you can upload another document.
Remember that the document must be in PDF format.
Graduatio exam assessment and degree grading
The awarded degree is graded on the basis of three components that are jointly assessed:
- Average marks received on exams (except for qualification tests and other activities that enable students to earn Credits but are not rated on an 30-point scale)
- Assessment is made by the Final Examination Board on the grounds of criteria established by the relevant teaching bodies, taking into account the duration and quality of student academic performance, including honors the student may have been awarded and extra-curricular activities he/she has engaged in (e.g., whether the student has passed additional modules not included in the program of study, taken part in excellence courses, Erasmus projects, etc.)
- Assessment of written or oral independent work the student may have submitted for the final exam
Note |
If all exams in program of study carry the same weight (1) the averaged mark is the arithmetical mean; if exams in the program of study carry different weights (in terms of credits) the average mark is the weighted average (WA). The arithmetical mean is calculated adding all marks rated on a 30-point scale and dividing the result by the number of exams. The weighted average is calculated by using awarded Credits as weighing for each activity that has been assessed with marks rated on a 30-point scale, on the basis of the following formula: Σ (grade x credit) Mp = ----------------------------- Σ credits |
Duplicate copy of the original degree
If the original degree is stolen, lost, destroyed or damaged, you may obtain a duplicate by applying to the Student Administration Office of your Department. Return the appropriate form bearing a € 16 revenue stamp and enclosing:
- A copy of the statement made before the relevant authorities, if the degree has been stolen, lost or destroyed;
- A self-declaring statement and the original degree, if it has been damaged.
In order to apply for a duplicate in parchment, you must pay € 71,38 by debit slip notice provided by your Student Administration Office of the Department, clicking on Payment [‘Pagamenti’] in the Log-In Area [‘Area Riservata’] on the website studenti.unimc.it. In that case the receipt of the payment is to be included too.