Conduct of the final examination
In order to be admitted to the graduaition examination, the student must: have passed all the prescribed profit and knowledge examinations and have acquired the certificates and any ECTS credits laid down in the regulations; be up-to-date with the payment of fees, university contributions and incidental expenses; be registered for the graduation examination.
The final examination consists of the discussion of a paper relating to a teaching subject of the degree course, in which the student must show that he/she is able to carry out, from a multidisciplinary perspective, using the most up-to-date results of research and international scientific literature, the analysis of a problem inherent to the scope of the disciplines of the degree course.
The Degree Course Committee decides on the procedures for the assignment of the topic and the collaboration of professors/instructors and researchers in the preparation of the paper; in the preparation of the paper, the student may be assisted by an official professor/instructor or a researcher working within another degree course, provided that the discipline is one of those in which the student has taken the examination, but in that case he/she must be authorised by the Committee.
In awarding the degree mark, expressed in a mark out of 110, with honours where appropriate, on a unanimous proposal, the Commission takes into account the progress of the discussion and the candidate's curriculum vitae.
Dissertations, regardless of the number of ECTS credits in the final examination, are divided into:
CURRICULAR TOPIC: this means a dissertation that addresses a circumscribed topic and is accompanied by a critical review of the literature on the subject.
RESEARCH DISSERTATION: this is understood to be the dissertation that requires a thorough and comprehensive treatment, expressing good independent working skills and critical reflection.
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