GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

To be admitted to the graduation session students must earn all the credit points provided for in the program structure except for those credits of the thesis.
Students are awarded the degree after passing the Degree Final exam and after earning at least 300 credit points.
The thesis is worth 12 credit points.
The thesis preparation is divided into the following phases:

• thesis assignment
• graduation reservation
• thesis submission
• admission to the graduation session
• thesis oral presentation and awarding of the graduation grade.

The University offers assistance as follows:

• at each Department graduating students deal with the Thesis Service in the Advisor's Department of reference;
• at the Secretary's Office of the School of Law (Building of via Roentgen 1, I floor Room E3-03/04) the Service offers guidance for the phase of the IT procedure of the thesis (inserting the assignment and the approval for the submission of the thesis).

The thesis is formally assigned by the thesis advisor, who will supervise the progress of the work.

The advisor may nominate a second advisor:

• the thesis covers more than one field of study; the second advisor is chosen from a Department which is different from the advisor's, and collaborates in supervising the work;
• in case of long term Visiting Professor.

Once the thesis has been assigned, the thesis advisor will nominate a discussant to act as the interlocutor during the presentation (defence) of the thesis. There is only one discussant.

The discussant is chosen from among the professors who can assume the role of thesis discussant according to rank and qualifications, as defined by the University.

The Department of reference for the thesis is the same as that of the advisor.

The first graduation session available for fifth year regular CLMG students 2011-2012 will be held in July 2012.

Assignment procedures 

In order to obtain thesis assignment graduating students:

• access to the Punto Blu "Graduation Application procedures"function; fill out the Thesis title submission section via web by specifying:
  • thesis title
  • thesis language
  • thesis advisor’s name;
•  After submitting the title the graduating student canimmediately upload, only upon approval of the advisor,  attached files* (relating to the chapters or to sections of his/her final paper) via the Punto Blu,‘Final paper attachments’ function.
• print out 2 copies of the form for submitting the thesis title which is partially filled out by using the thesis title submission print form function;
• contact their Advisor who completes the form by specifying any second Advisor (referring to a different Department than the one of the Advisor) and discussant;
• go to the Secretary's Office of the School of Law (Via Roentgen 1 1^st floor E3 room FM01) to hand in the two copies of the form filled out (in order to have it inserted in the IT procedure).

* Uploading the attachments, in this phase, is not to be considered as final. However the contents of each uploaded file will be made available to the professor.

Thesis title cancellation/change
Students who have not carried out the graduation reservation yet can cancel the title entered via Punto Blu by using the function "Graduation>Graduation Application procedures>Cancel Thesis Title".
In this case graduating students who wish to submit a new thesis title must repeat the whole assignment procedure.
 

Students who have already made the graduation reservation and submitted the Thesis title form and wish to cancel the title or change it, they must print out via Punto Blu the form (Thesis title Cancellation/Change) and submit it to the School of Law after filling it out.

Students who have already made the graduation reservation and wish to change the title upon the approval of the Tutor Professor at the ending phase of the Graduation procedure, can write on the Approval Form the final title that has been modified.

After advisor professor has approved the contents of the student’s thesis and its structure, students can proceed, only upon approval of the professor and by following his instructions:

1. uploading the PDF format file of the single chapters as they are written by using the function Thesis attachments on the Punto Blu or
2. uploading the complete final version of the work in one-single PDF file by using the Punto Blu function Thesis’ final attachment’ (see also paragraph  Thesis assignment)

With reference to phase 1, once the students have uploaded the attachments via Punto Blu, the files will be made available to the Advisor professor who can read them and suggest any corrections to the graduating students. In this phase the uploaded files cannot be considered as definitive and can be changed. Once the contents of the thesis are definitive (upon approval of the professor) and do not need to be modified the graduating student can upload the definitive file of the completed work (see ‘Submitting the completed thesis and the approval form’ paragraph).

NOTICE: the definitive version of the Thesis file MUST in any case be uploaded through the procedure 'Final Paper Title - Information Completion' - see phase 2.
With reference to phase 2, the graduating student uploads his thesis in one-single final file (thus avoiding uploading the various chapters); the attachment will be automatically made available to the Advisor Professor for the final reading.

In this phase the uploaded file is definitive and cannot be modified.

Graduating students, after interacting with their Advisor for writing the thesis: 

• through the Punto Blu function "Thesis Title - Information Completion" enters the abrstract summarizing the thesis topic in a maximum number of lines set by the procedure (around 250 words) and authorizes or do not authorize thesis consultation;
• through  the Punto Blu function "Thesis Title - Information Completion" and attaches one definitivefile of his/her final thesis [notice: to upload the definitive file you must follow the instructions described in NOTE]At the same time, by clickingthe appropriate flag he/she confirms that the work uploaded is definitiveand complete;
• download and print the approval form in 2 copies through the Punto Blu function "Print Approval". This form includes thesis title, thesis advisor’s name, Thesis Advisor’s Department of reference, discussant, thesis abstract, authorization/non-authorization to the thesis consultation;
• submit the thesis approval form to the thesis advisor.
  The thesis advisor will check the accuracy of the abstract, make any corrections to the thesis title and sign the form;
• hand in 2 copies of the signed approval form in duplicate to the Secretary's Office of the School of Law. in accordance with the deadlines set on the graduation calendar.

NOTE: The definitive file must include as first pages the following 4 sheets ordered as follows:

• 1^st page: title page
• 2^nd page: a white page
• 3^rd page:  thanks or a white page
• 4^th page: a white page.

The text of one’s work (index,introduction, contents and so on) must start after the 4 pages above.

The final file uploading on the Punto Blu using the function Thesis final attachment is to be considered as definitive and replaces CD rom thesis submission phase ( thus students no longer have to submit any file on paper or CD Rom).

In addition, once the file has been uploaded on the Punto Blu, changes are no longer possible. When the student prints out the approval form, the Advisor professor receives the notification of the definitive upload and can proceed with final reading.
The deadlines regarding the various phases of the graduation procedure are specified on the graduation calendar.

The thesis will be submitted to the Degree Assessment Board for assessment only if all the criteria to graduate are fulfilled.

Students will receive notification about acceptance to graduation via an online message sent to their yoU@B student Diaries. This message will also contain the student's GPA.

• The thesis presentation agenda (day, time, room and Degree Assessment Board) can be checked in the yoU@B student diary. It is also posted on the bulletin boards located on the ground floor of the University building at via Sarfatti 25. It is released around one week prior to the presentation.
• After the presentation students can ask the Board to return the printed copy of the thesis. The Graduation, Diplomas and Certifications Office  will not return any copies.
• In general, in the following days after the thesis defence, graduates can print graduation certifications at Punto Blu or request them at the Academic Affairs Division Desk. Graduates who require a certification  with "marca da bollo" (pre-paid stamp duty) can make the request at the Academic Affairs Division Desk. Please note that the official certification will only be issued if graduates bring along the correct "marca da bollo".
• The degree diploma will be sent to the graduate's address which he/she provided when the graduation session was reserved.
• As a general guide the pictures taken during the degree defence will be available on the yoU@B student Diary 15 days after the graduation session. It is also specified that such pictures are free.
• After reserving a graduation session students can no longer enrol in the new academic year unless they renounce the graduation reservation. Renouncement must be done in writing and handed in to the Academic Affairs Division Desk.
  After re-enrolling in the new academic year and settling any pending financial obligations, students can make another graduation reservation.

• period for reserving the graduation session;
• deadline for taking the last exam;
• deadline for submission of the thesis.

Below please find the step-by step procedure that students must carry out to complete the graduation application procedure at best and without any issues.

For detailed information we suggest you to carefully read the chapter 7 ‘Thesis and Graduation Session of this Guide.

Students, after deciding which is the session they wish to graduate in, must:

1. Access, via Punto Blu to the Graduation>Graduation application procedures section and fill in the Thesis Title Submission section;
2. print the form already filled out by using the Thesis Title-Print Form function and submit two copies of it signed by the Advisor Professor to the Secretary’s Office of the School of Law (Via Roentgen 1 1st floor E3 rooms 03 and 04);
3. pay the graduation fee;
4. carry out the graduation reservation via Punto Blu by using the function Graduation>Graduation-Application procedures>Graduation Reservation;
5. upload, via Punto Blu by using the Thesis Attachments function and only upon Advisor Professor’s request, the files of the thesis as soon as they are drawn that will be made available to the Advisor Professor for the reading (notice: the thesis attachments upload in the drawing phase of the thesis must be requested by the professor. If not requested the students must upload only the definitive thesis as described in point 8);
6. sit for all exams provided for in the study plan;
7. enter, via Punto Blu by using , the abstract summarizing the thesis topic by using the Thesis title - Information completion function;
8. upload, via Punto Blu the Thesis title - Information completion function, in one-single attachment in pdf format and in accordance with details and format specifications published in the Guide to the University, the definitive file of the thesis and the flag to confirm that the uploaded thesisis the definitive one(notice: notice: once the uploaded thesis is confirmed as the definitive one, the thesis can no longer be modified); 
9. print out two copies of the approval form via Punto Blu;
10. submit the approval form signed by the Advisor Professor to the Secretary’s Office of the School of Law (via Roentgen 1, 1^st floor Sector E3 rooms 03 and 04);
11. fill in the following by the relating deadlines, via yoU@B as soon as they can be viewed:

• the placement form;
• the evaluation of university experience questionnaire.

Students will subsequently receive via yoU@B:

• confirmation message on the admission to the graduation session and detailed information on the date of the graduation session;
• communication on the graduation grade.

Students are invited to:

• verify in the Uploading the completed thesis and submitting the approval form the rules to be respected for the correct upload of the work in the Punto Blu
• check the Guide to writing a degree thesis Combined Bachelor and Master of Science Program (Italian version"  which has been written with the aim of giving orientation to students in writing the thesis and pay particular attention to the rules for writing citations and bibliography;
• respect the deadlines for each graduation session published on the website in the Timetable, Calendars and rooms>Graduation section;
• verify that their financial status is in line with what published in Graduation Reservation.