Information about graduation

The “laurea” (graduation) exam

As a preparation to the final exam the student will start, choosing the most appropriate methods and techniques,  his (her) own independent project of  scientific research and of critical assessment of an advanced topic, so upgrading his/her knowledge of that field as well as the skills acquired during the LM course.

The final exam of the LM (“laurea”, i.e. graduation exam) course consists in a public presentation and discussion of a thesis aimed at proving the candidate’s acquired capabilities of understanding problems and issues in research and of developing original solutions; the research may be also done within a training stage at other institutions or firms and working on a topic suggested by one or more teachers.

The selection of the thesis topic and the writing of the thesis will be performed in collaboration with and under the supervision of a tutor chosen by the student: the name of the tutor and the title of the thesis (that has to briefly summarize the topic the thesis deals with) have to be approved, at least one month before the thesis discussion, by the Consiglio del Corso di Studi (CCS). Within the same deadline the Consiglio di Corso di Laurea, on request by the supervisor, has to nominate a referee.

The thesis shall be the record of an experimental or theoretical scientific research activity, carried on independently by the student and featuring an original or innovative  approach to the topic, compatible with the educational objective of the Master Degree in Physics.

The thesis may be written in English, when authorized by the CCS. In such case an abstract in Italian must be written and given to the Secretariat together with the thesis.

From the students matriculated in the academic year 2011-2012 onwards, the thesis must be written and presented in English (no abstract in Italian is needed).

Procedures

The procedures that have to be followed to apply for graduation may be also found in the following document: Guida alla presentazione della domanda di Laurea (only in Italian).

Deadline of the request for graduation

The deadlines for submitting the application for the graduation exam, both online and in writing, and for returning the university student record-book can be found at Bacheca Appelli di Laurea.

Graduation Sessions A.Y. 2011/2012

• 12th July 2012 at 9am, c/o Sala Lauree, Rettorato, via Savonarola 9
• 8th October 2012 at 9am, c/o Sala Lauree, Rettorato, via Savonarola 9
• 13th December 2012 at 9am, c/o Sala Lauree, Rettorato, via Savonarola 9
• 21th March 2013 at 9am, c/o Sala Lauree, Rettorato, via Savonarola 9
  
  

Application for the graduation exam

• The application must be submitted via web at http://studiare.unife.it at least 30 working days before the date of the degree session.
• A late application can be submitted 5 working days from the deadline at the latest, and must be presented at the Students Secretariat after paying the due contribution.
• No later than 13 working days before the date of the degree session the following forms must be delivered to the Students Secretariat (via Savonarola, 9):

• A printed form for request of degree obtainment, signed by the student
• A printed thesis dissertation, signed by the student and by the tutor (and by an additional supervisor, if present)
• Receipt of payment
• Receipt released by Almalaurea after filling up their questionnaire
• A copy of the thesis signed by the student and by the tutor (and by an additional supervisor, if present)
• Original university student record-book, with all the exams and their marks entered
• A printed form, signed by the student, where the student takes responsibility upon himself/herself about his/her own and his/her guests behaviour during celebrations.

Payment of university fees

The students that get the degree within the March extraordinary session do not have to pay the university fees for registration to the following academic year.

Thesis preparation

A thesis that does not comply the following standards will not be accepted:

• Duplex print;
• At least 25 lines per page, (footnotes not included);
• Thin cardboard cover, glue binding (do not use spiral binding)
• A4 paper

Final mark

The final exam is evaluated 45 credits, and consists in the public discussion of the thesis.

The examination committee evaluates the scientific maturity of the candidate on the basis of the results obtained and presented in the thesis, and of the curriculum of studies. The  mark is in fractions of 110, with the possibility in outstanding cases of a “cum laude” mark. The numeric value of the mark is computed by adding to the weighted mean of the votes in the exams a grade, max. 8 points, for the thesis work, with the numeric result capped at 110. The addition “cum laude” can only assigned by unanimous decision of the Commission when the exams weighted  average is higher than 103.

The student can be admitted to the final exam only after having attained the number of credits fixed by the “Course Regolament”, credits that have to be properly  distributed among the different scientific disciplinary areas as indicated in the “School regulations and Program”.