The exam timetable is organized in periods that do not coincide with the lessons. Each exam period consists of one or more sessions. The exam timetable allocates 4 exam sessions; 2 of them are scheduled after the teaching semester, the third and fourth sessions are considered as supplementary exam sessions. For foreign language courses and Computer Science/Computer Skills 5 exam sessions are scheduled.
Lessons are suspended at mid-semester in both the first and second semester for 1st partial exams. 2nd partial exams are held at the end of the semester. Partial exam dates may or may not coincide with those fixed for general exams.
Students can generally take exams in all sessions as long as they satisfy the attendance requirements (semester course lessons in the study plan must be finished). For some types of exams and for some courses, there can be some exam access limitations.
The exam periods and exam sessions (reference period: October 2017 - September 2018) are scheduled as follows.
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Period
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Courses I semester
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Courses II semester
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From
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To
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Period I
16/10/17
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21/10/17
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1st Partial exams
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Period II
11/12/17(*)
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21/12/17(*)
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2nd Partial exams
1 session
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04/01/18
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18/01/18
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19/01/18 (**)
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03/02/18 (**)
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2nd Partial exams
1 session
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1 session 2016-2017 academic year
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Period III
19/03/18
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07/04/18
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1 session
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1st Partial exams
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Period IV
21/05/18
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16/06/18
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2nd Partial exams
1 session
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18/06/18 (***)
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14/07/18 (***)
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2nd Partial exams
1 session
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Period V
27/08/18
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08/09/18
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1 session
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1 session
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(*) In the period 11-21 December 2017 an exam session, open to all enrolled students is scheduled for 1/2 compulsory courses per program/year of studies replacing the January 2018 exam session which, as a consequence, will not be scheduled.
(**) From the 2017/18 academic year for the compulsory, compulsory courses chosen by the students, the second partial exam if written is generally scheduled in both sessions of the exam periods scheduled at the end of the teaching period.
As a consequence, for the course typologies above, a second partial exam is scheduled:
- with reference to the first semester, in the period 19 January to 3 February 2018 as an alternative to the one scheduled in the period 4 to 18 January 2018;
- with reference to the second semester, a second partial exam is scheduled in the period 18 June to 14 July 2018 as an alternative to the one scheduled in the period 21 May to 16 June 2018.
There are rules and limitations to access the exams, for all details check paragraph 4.5 Exam registration procedure.
Note
- "session" refers to both the exams of the current academic year and the previous years;
- the fourth exam session for II semester courses will be held in February 2019;
- exam sessions for the foreign language courses are scheduled for: October 2017; February, June, July, September 2018;
- exam sessions for the Computer Skills for Law courses are scheduled for: October 2017; January , February, June and September 2018;
- if students choose a course relating to the Master of Science programs as an elective course, they must follow the exam calendar of such Study Program.
- A reserved exam session has been scheduled in December (11-21 December 2017), for 1st semester courses, open only to students who:
- are participating in: Exchange, Themis and Free Mover programs abroad in the 2nd semester 2017/2018 academic year;
- are Incoming 1st semester (Exchange, Themis and single courses for visiting students);
- are participating in curricular internships abroad or in Italy in January/February 2017 period;
- are participating in the Moot Program (as participants or as a coach).
Please note that for the reserved exam session students CANNOT sit exams for previous year's courses which have not been passed, only those students whose teaching activities described in points 1,3 and 4 will start before the end of the February exam period (3 February 2018) are admitted to participate in such session.
- Due to the fact that second semester incoming students are supposed to sit all the exams by 31 May, second semester courses attended by these students should have one exam session by that date. Should that not be possible, a reserved session for incoming students will be scheduled by 31 May.
There is NO overlapping between compulsory course exam sessions of the same year and same degree program; therefore no two exams on the same day are usually scheduled except for February (19 January to 3 February 2018), March-April and September exam periods as the available exam days are limited. Such overlapping rule refers only to compulsory courses of the year in which the student is enrolled and do not refer to previous years' exams which have not been passed yet.
