Graduating
REQUIREMENTS
In order to graduate, students must have completed and registered all the exams required by their study plan at least 15 days before the start of the graduation session, as well as paid university fees, met all deadlines and followed the procedures for submitting degree applications and theses.
We recommend consulting the information on https://www.unipd.it/laurearsi
HOW TO APPLY
Application deadlines for graduation https://www.unipd.it/laurearsi
The degree application must be completed in Uniweb, as indicated on the University website page > Domanda di laurea.
Students who postpone graduation are requested to follow the instructions at the link https://www.unipd.it/laurearsi and promptly notify the waiver to email: graduation.medicine.surgery@unipd.it, copying (Cc): conseguimentotitolo.studenti@unipd.it and medicina.studenti@unipd.it
It is also possible to request, after the graduation application and within 15 days from the beginning of the session, the optional inclusion of a co-supervisor (Correlatore). In case he/she is not present in the Unipd faculty database, it is required to send an email to conseguimentotitolo.studenti@unipd.it from the Co-supervisor copying (cc) the supervisor or vice versa, indicating the Co-supervisor's first name, last name, place and date of birth and Codice Fiscale number, as well as specifying which undergraduates he/she will be co-supervisor of.
FINAL ASSESSMENT REGULATIONS
The degree regulations can be consulted at the following link: https://unipd.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/ and on Moodle.
BONUS SCORE
For the calculation of the bonus points indicated in the Degree Examination Regulations (referred to in the previous section) and the procedures for submitting bonus point documentation, graduating students will receive an informative email after the deadline for submitting applications on Uniweb.
The email will contain all the necessary information, including the relevant Moodle page and the deadlines for uploading documents.
Please note that all activities must have been carried out and completed by the deadline for submitting documentation.
GRADUATION SESSIONS
April 2026: From 22 to 23 April
Application from 12 January to 10 February
Deadline for bonus points documentation submission18 February
Last date for exams 07 April
July 2026: From 02 July to 08 July
Application from 20 April to 19 May
Deadline for bonus point documentation submission 27 May
Last date for exams 17 June
October 2026: From 15 October to 16 October
Application from 15 June to 14 July
Deadline for bonus point documentation submission 22 July
Last date for exams 30 September
December 2026: From 03 to 04 December
Application from 31 August to 13 October
Deadline for bonus point documentation submission 21 October
Last date for exams 18 November
GRADUATION DIARY
Graduation Diary - graduation session December 2025 (updated 18/11/2025 at 11.15).
N.B. Please check the website periodically for updates.
Important information for the graduation day:
- A maximum of 30 guests is allowed to be present per graduate student in the Aula di Medicina at Palazzo Bo. Co-supervisors, whose presence is optional, are not included in the 30-guest limit.
- Photographers are allowed access in accordance with the guidelines at https://www.unipd.it/laurearsi
- Undergraduates and guests should report at the time indicated in the graduation diary.
- To facilitate the discussion, graduation studentes are recommended to hand in the PPT presentation of the thesis on a USB flash drive, 30 minutes before the start of the session (e.g. at 8:30 a.m. for the 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. session).
THESIS
After agreeing on the final version of the thesis with the supervisor, the student must produce the thesis in a PDF/A file with a maximum size of 40 MB, as per the instructions, and upload it to Uniweb following the guidelines.
A paper copy of the thesis is not required.
The Supervisor, having verified that the PDF/A matches the final agreed version, approves the thesis following the instructions reserved for faculty members at least 5 days before the graduation day (e.g., for a graduation day on July 5, approval of the thesis on Uniweb must be done by 11:59 p.m. on June 29). Once approved on Uniweb, the thesis will be available for consultation to the Graduation Board.
Please note that, as per the Graduate Examination Regulations, at least 10 days before the graduation day, the approved thesis must be emailed to the Examiner.
Any further updates will be available at the following link:
EXPERIMENTAL THESIS FORMS
For graduating students with experimental theses, it is possible to indicate this type of thesis when applying for graduation online. When entering the thesis title in the graduation application, in the "thesis title" field - "thesis type", you can select one of the following two options: written thesis or experimental thesis. The thesis supervisor, when approving the thesis title, will also approve the type of thesis.
In addition, for graduates applying to Specialization Schools in the health sector, the self-certification form for experimental theses is provided below, which can be completed by the graduate and the thesis supervisor.
DELIVERY OF GRADUATION DIPLOMAS
The graduation diploma will be delivered at the same time as the proclamation by the Chairman of the Commission.
PADUA THESIS AND DISSERTATION ARCHIVE
Theses uploaded to Uniweb, whether freely accessible or subject to embargo, will be sent to the Padua Thesis and Dissertation Archive, the portal for the publication and search of bachelor's and master's theses, following the completion of the student's degree programme. In addition to the thesis attachment, the following will also be sent: the abstract (4000 bytes≈3500 characters including spaces), which must be approved by the supervisor together with the final thesis document, the keywords and the thesis title.
If a student wishes to change the way in which the thesis can be consulted, they must follow the instructions on the page https://www.unipd.it/laurearsi in the section “gestione elaborato finale”.
To access Padua Thesis and Dissertation, simply click on the following link https://thesis.unipd.it, without the need to register.
