Graduating
The planned length of the single cycle degree course in Medicine and Surgery is six years, divided into 12 semesters. A total of 360 credits must be obtained before graduation as follows.
- 274 credits are distributed as traditional lessons, training work in small groups, classroom exercises, laboratories, and seminars, and distance training
- 60 credits will be obtained from activities with high-professional content (clerkships)
- 8 credits are obtained from individually selected activities (elective courses)
- 18 credits are obtained upon discussion of the final thesis written in English. The discussion is subject to the previous obtainment of 342 credits.
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.
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.
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).
- Deliver one paper copy of your thesis following the instruction of your course programme.
Use Microsoft Office 2016 Powerpoint, or later versions, to prepare your dissertation presentation.
The computer in the Malliani room, as in other classrooms, is equipped with the following software:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 – 64 bit
• Office documents: Microsoft Office 2016 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Office documents: LibreOffice 7.0
• Video player: VLC Media Player
• PDF file reader: Adobe PDF Reader
Powerpoint 2016 supports WMV (native Windows format) and MP4 files.
However, the video and audio codecs in the MP4 container must be H.264 and AAC for the video to work reliably.
More details on the Microsoft page: https://support.microsoft.com/it-it/office/formati-difile-video-e-audio-supportati-in-powerpoint-d8b12450-26db-4c7b-a5c1-593d3418fb59
The main-campus logistics centre for teaching (Caslod) will only provide PC technical support. It will not assist students with their dissertation files.
You can rehearse your presentation in your allocated slot, as agreed with the main-campus Caslod.
IT contacts, for technical information unicloudareacentro@unimi.it, telephone 02 503 13000
Summer session (first session - single round) - a.y. 2020/2021
- Final exams: 28 June 2021
- Online application for graduation: from 3 May to 21 May 2021
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 21 May 2021
- Deadline for completing exams: 15 June 2020
- Online thesis submission: within 25 June 2021
- On the day of the final exam, students must deliver 1 signed copy of their final work to the Committee.
Autumn session (second session - single round) - a.y. 2020/2021
- Final exams: from 5 to 8-10-2021
- Online application for graduation: from 2-08-2021 to 03-09-2021
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 03-09-2021
- Deadline for completing exams: 24-09-2021
- Online thesis submission: within 30-09-2021
- On the day of the final exam, students must deliver 1 signed copy of their final work to the Committee
Winter session (third session - single round) - a.y. 2020/2021
- Final exams: from 5-04-2022 to 13-04-2022
- Online application for graduation: from 20-12-2021 to 13-02-2022
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 13-02-2022
- Deadline for completing exams: 28-02-2022
- Online thesis submission: within 28-03-2022
The extraordinary session is reserved for students who are off track in 2020/21 (or in their last year in 2019/20), with no more than two exams pending at the time of the graduation application.
Only students complying with their study plan, as last approved, will be admitted to the final exam.
The degree programmes will set extraordinary exam sessions in May 2021, only students who have submitted their graduation application for the extraordinary graduation session academic year 2019/2020 will be able to access.
Extraordinary session 2019/2020 (Academic Senate resolution of 16 March 2021)
- Final exams: from 07-06-2021 to 15-06-2021
- Online application for graduation: from 22-03-2021 to 09-04-2021
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: by 09-04-2021
- Deadline for completing exams: 21-05-2021
- Online thesis submission (only Master's programmes): within 31-05-2021