Graduation

The final exam consists in the elaboration of a written thesis, the result of mature critical elaboration, assigned by a professor on a topic agreed with the student. The thesis will be presented, with the participation of a co-supervisor, in front of a Dissertation Panel composed according to the regulations in force.

The master's degree course ends with the elaboration and discussion of a thesis. Compared to the final exam of the students at the end of the Bachelors, the Master’s Thesis is undoubtedly a more complex experience in terms of duration and commitment. The aim of the Master's Thesis is, in fact, to attest the acquisition of specialized knowledge and skills in the field of study; on the other, of an advanced formation that shows in particular critical autonomy and scientific research capacity. The Master's Degree Thesis must be understood as the result of a research work, not necessarily empirical: the elaborate, starting from the state of knowledge of the research object, and therefore finding an adequate foundation knowledge of literature and the state of scientific debate, which should result in an original contribution by the graduating student to the topic of  study (although, in general, specific and circumscribed).

The thesis must be an original contribution from a scientific and a methodological point of view and there must be non-plagiarism. The thesis can be written in Italian or English, for students of the socio-political-economic curriculum (if in English, the thesis must be accompanied by an abstract in Italian of 10 pages). Students in the curriculum in English will have to perform the thesis exclusively in English.

The student agrees on the topic of the thesis with a supervisor, who follows the elaboration of it, and which must take place in a scientific disciplinary sector among those present in the study plan of the master's degree of the student. (It is not possible to graduate in the scientific disciplinary sector of the chosen activities, if different from those foreseen by the didactic regulation).

The thesis is developed autonomously by the student; the preparation methods are agreed with the Supervisor who will provide advice and all necessary assistance. In relation to the number of credits associated with the final exam, the number of pages of the Master’s thesis should be between 100 and 150, each must be circa 2.000 characters page (including spaces, tables, figures, charts, diagrams, footnotes, etc.), for a total of circa 200/300 thousand characters. The students are expected to work on the elaboration of their thesis from a minimum of 6 months to a maximum of 10 months.

The final grade is given by the sum (over a total of 110 points) of the following contributions: weighted average of the grades obtained in the exams performed during the master course, with weights given by the credits; the result is normalized to 110 points. You can get two more points if you are completing the programme “in corso”. Final examination grade is added to the starting grade. The final examination grade vary from 0 to 8. The grade is awarded at the incontestable discretion of the Dissertation Panel on the basis of the following criteria: Completeness, accuracy, and validity of your Master’s thesis; Novelty and research capacity; Quality of your presentation and discussion; Assessment of your academic career.

Graduation session - July 2020 - October 2020 - December 2020 / January 2021

 

Graduation session - July 2020 

From Monday, 6 July to Friday, 24 July

Please note that the graduation application must be submitted on INFOSTUD through an on-line procedure following the instructions given on this page.

In order to submit the application for the final exam (graduation), the student must first pay the graduation fees of 32 euros, downloadable from InfoStud,  which must be paid at least 5 working days prior to submitting the application.

Submission of the online application and acceptance of the application by your thesis supervisor (relatore) must happen between from Wednesday, 1 April 2020 and Monday, 11 May 2020.
 The Student Affairs Office will approve the application after 11/05/2020.

Please follow the instructions carefully.

Kindly note: Additional information about Graduation Application Instructions, can be found in the links listed below:
https://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/field_file_allegati/tutorialgraduationapplication.pdf.

Requirements

By Friday, 8 May 2020:

The student should have acquired 96% of the credits required to submit the Graduation Application. As required by the University Regulations, the application will not be accepted unless 96% of the credits have been achieved and recorded. This means that you cannot have more than 9 credits to take. Exclusively for the session of July, students enrolled “IN CORSO” in order to be eligible for the graduation session of  July,  must have finished all the exams of the first year and 1st semester of the second year, by February 15, 2020.
Before submitting online the graduation application, students must first go to the Educational Affairs Office (Via Salaria, 113, first floor, offices B2/B3) to submit the "modulo esami da sostenere” http://www.coris.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/allegati/dichiarazione_esami_da_sostenere.rtf  to be approved. The approved form must then be uploaded with the other documents when the application is submitted online. All the credits relating to the missing exams of the second semester of second year have to be passed in the first date of June’s examination sessions.

First deadline

By Monday, 11 May 2020: Student must submit the online application on INFOSTUD and the thesis supervisor (relatore) must approve it. It is strongly recommended to avoid submitting the graduation application close to the deadline, as all the applications that are not completed by this deadline (even due to possible INFOSTUD malfunctions), will not be accepted.

Second deadline

 

Starting from Monday, 8 June 2020: View the list of second thesis supervisors (correlatore) that will be published on the Coris website's home page/news section: http://www.coris.uniroma1.it/

 

Third deadline

By and no later than Monday, 15 June 2020: Upload on-line copy of the last missing exam (if this is not already recorded on Infostud): Deliver to the internship office (address Via Salaria 113, first floor, room B4) all the documentation relating to the recognition of the credits for the internship (If you have not already done so). Upload your final thesis on INFOSTUD in pdf format. It is also strongly recommended, in this case, to avoid uploading the final thesis PDF close to the deadline, as after the deadline, the platform will not allow any uploads.

Fourth deadline

Starting from Monday, 22 June 2020: Student will be able to see when and where their final thesis examination will be held, view the calendars that will be published on the Coris website's home page/news section: http://www.coris.uniroma1.it/

Fifth deadline

By and no later than Monday, 22 June 2020: Deliver a copy of the thesis to the second thesis supervisor (correlatore) with two copies of the thesis summary (one page of 30 lines). A copy will be retained by the second thesis supervisor (correlatore) and one will be returned to the student with the signature of the second thesis supervisor (correlatore) and the delivery date.

Please note that during the completion of the graduation application, the following documents must be uploaded in your profile:

  • Identity document (Valid), (if not already present in your Infostud profile) - Mandatory
  • Health card or tax code card (if not already present in your Infostud profile) - Mandatory
  • Receipt of the completion of the Almalaurea questionnaire - Mandatory

If there are problems with uploading files (due to possible INFOSTUD malfunctions), please visit – IN LARGE ADVANCE PRIOR THE  DEADLINE -  the Student Affairs Office, located in the main campus (Città univeristaria): Building CU029 (the nearest entrance is Viale Regina Elena, 334).

For more information, please visit their website: https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/segreteria-studenti-di-scienze-politiche-sociologia-e-comunicazione

 

Graduation session - October 2020

From Tuesday, 6 October to Friday, 23 October 2020
Please note that the graduation application must be submitted on INFOSTUD through an on-line procedure following the instructions given on this page.
In order to submit the application for the final exam (graduation), the student must first pay the graduation fee of 32 euro, downloadable from InfoStud. Students are required to pay the graduation fee at least 5 working days prior to submitting the application.
Submission of the online application and acceptance of the application by your thesis supervisor (relatore) must happen between Monday, 8 June 2020 and Friday, 31 July 2020.
The Student Affairs Office will approve the application after 31/07/2020.
Please follow the instructions carefully.
Kindly note: Additional information about Graduation Application Instructions, can be found in the link listed below:
https://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/field_file_allegati/tutorialgraduationapplication.pdf.
 

Requirements
By Friday, 24 July 2020:

The student should have acquired 96% of the credits required to submit the Graduation Application. As required by the University Regulations, the application will not be accepted unless 96% of the credits have been achieved and recorded. This means that you cannot have more than 9 credits to take.
 

First deadline
By Friday, 31 July 2020:

Student must submit the online application on INFOSTUD and the thesis supervisor (relatore) must approve it. It is strongly recommended to avoid submitting the graduation application close to the deadline, as all the applications that are not completed by this deadline (even due to possible INFOSTUD malfunctions), will not be accepted.
 

Second deadline
Starting from Monday, 14 September 2020;

View the list of second thesis supervisors (correlatore) that will be published on the Coris website's home page/news section: http://www.coris.uniroma1.it/

 

Third deadline
By and no later than Tuesday, 15 September 2020;

Upload on-line copy of the last missing exam (if this is not already recorded on Infostud):

Deliver to the internship office (address Via Salaria 113, first floor, room B4) all the documentation relating to the recognition of the credits for the internship (If you have not already done so). Upload your final thesis on INFOSTUD in pdf format.

It is also strongly recommended, in this case, to avoid uploading the final thesis PDF close to the deadline, as after the deadline, the platform will not allow any uploads.
 

Fourth deadline
Starting from Monday, 21 September 2020:

Student will be able to see when and where their final thesis examination will be held, view the calendars that will be published on the Coris website's home page/news section: http://www.coris.uniroma1.it/
 

Fifth deadline
By and no later than Friday, 25 September 2020;

Deliver a copy of the thesis to the second thesis supervisor (correlatore) with two copies of the thesis summary (one page of 30 lines). A copy will be retained by the second thesis supervisor (correlatore) and one will be returned to the student with the signature of the second thesis supervisor (correlatore) and the delivery date.
 

Please note that during the completion of the graduation application, the following documents must be uploaded in your profile:

  • Identity document (Valid), (if not already present in your Infostud profile) - Mandatory 
  • Health card or tax code card (if not already present in your Infostud profile) - Mandatory 
  • Receipt of the completion of the Almalaurea questionnaire - Mandatory

If there are problems with uploading files (due to possible INFOSTUD malfunctions), please visit – IN LARGE ADVANCE PRIOR THE  DEADLINE -  the Student Affairs Office, located in the main campus (Città univeristaria): Building CU029 (the nearest entrance is Viale Regina Elena, 334).

 

For more information, please visit their website: https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/segreteria-studenti-di-scienze-politiche-sociologia-e-comunicazione

 

Graduation session - December 2020 / January 2021
From Tuesday, 8 December 2020 to Friday, 22 January 2021

Please note that the graduation application must be submitted on INFOSTUD through an on-line procedure following the instructions given on this page.
In order to submit the application for the final exam (graduation), the student must first pay the graduation fee of 32 euro, downloadable from InfoStud. Students are required to pay the graduation fee at least 5 working days prior to submitting the application.
Submission of the online application and acceptance of the application by your thesis supervisor (relatore) must happen between Tuesday, 1 September 2020 and Friday, 16 October 2020.
The Student Affairs Office will approve the application after 16 October 2020.
Please follow the instructions carefully.
Kindly note: Additional information about Graduation Application Instructions, can be found in the link listed below:
https://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/field_file_allegati/tutorialgraduationapplication.pdf.

 

 

First deadline
By Friday, 16 October 2020:

The student should have acquired 96% of the credits required to submit the Graduation Application. As required by the University Regulations, the application will not be accepted unless 96% of the credits have been achieved and recorded on INFOSTUD. This means that you cannot have more than 9 credits to take. Student must submit the online application on INFOSTUD and the thesis supervisor (relatore) must approve it. It is strongly recommended to avoid submitting the graduation application close to the deadline, as all the applications that are not completed by this deadline (even due to possible INFOSTUD malfunctions), will not be accepted.

 

Second deadline
By and no later than Monday, 16 November 2020;

Upload on-line copy of the last missing exam (if this is not already recorded on Infostud): Deliver to the internship office (address Via Salaria 113, first floor, room B4) all the documentation relating to the recognition of the credits for the internship (If you have not already done so).
 

Third deadline
Starting from Monday, 23 November 2020;

Student will be able to see when and where their final thesis examination will be held, view the calendars that will be published on the Coris website's home page/news section: http://www.coris.uniroma1.it/
View the list of second thesis supervisors (correlatore) that will be published on the Coris website's home page/news section: http://www.coris.uniroma1.it/
 

Fourth deadline
By and no later than Monday, 7 December 2020:

Deliver a copy of the thesis to the second thesis supervisor (correlatore) with two copies of the thesis summary (one page of 30 lines). A copy will be retained by the second thesis supervisor (correlatore) and one will be returned to the student with the signature of the second thesis supervisor (correlatore) and the delivery date.
 

Fifth deadline
By and no later than Monday, 14 December 2020;

Upload your final thesis on INFOSTUD in pdf format.
It is also strongly recommended, in this case, to avoid uploading the final thesis PDF close to the deadline, as after the deadline, the platform will not allow any uploads.
 

Please note that during the completion of the graduation application, the following documents must be uploaded in your profile:

  • Identity document (Valid), (if not already present in your Infostud profile) - Mandatory 
  • Health card or tax code card (if not already present in your Infostud profile) - Mandatory 
  • Receipt of the completion of the Almalaurea questionnaire - Mandatory

If there are problems with uploading files (due to possible INFOSTUD malfunctions), please visit – IN LARGE ADVANCE PRIOR THE  DEADLINE -  the Student Affairs Office, located in the main campus (Città univeristaria): Building CU029 (the nearest entrance is Viale Regina Elena, 334).

 

For more information, please visit their website: https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/segreteria-studenti-di-scienze-politiche-sociologia-e-comunicazione

 

 

The final exam consists of two steps:
1. Request of the thesis
2. Submission of the online graduation application. The graduation application can be eventually revoked and presented again at a later date.
On the Department website, it is possible to find:

 

  • the graduation schedule
  • deadlines
  • the operational indications
  • the guidelines
  • the topic proposals indicated by the professors
  • formats ready to lay out texts

See the dedicated page on the Department website.