What is a study plan?
The study plan is the complete set of exams that you need to sit in order to graduate.
Each degree programme envisages a certain number of learning activities (course units, laboratories, other activities): some are compulsory, others are elective. The sum of the compulsory and elective activities represents your study plan.
When compiling your study plan, you can choose some exams from a predetermined list (optional) and others with complete freedom (free choice) in order to achieve the credits required for graduation.
You can also submit an individual study plan including courses that are not listed in your Study Programme In this case, you have to submit the official request (
Istanza al Rettore) to the Student’s Affair Office and get the approval by the Study Program Board.
Extra credit exams
“Esame in sovrannumero” in Italian, do not contribute to achieve the required number of credits necessary graduation: passing them is optional and therefore they are not included in calculation of the score average. Students can add up to 24 crediti of these exams for each academic year. Please note that Exams from Faculty of Medicine and Surgery cannot be added as extra credit exam to the study plan, unless you are a Medicine student. Please check the Academic Regulations of your study programme to verify if there are any limits to the inclusion of specific as extra courses.
How to submit the study plan
A study plan can be presented by properly enrolled students who have paid their tuition fees. The study plan must be presented via the Student Portal. The forms and methods of presentation are detailed on the website of the degree programme.
When to present your study plan
You can present your study plan from October until December depending on the degree course you are studying and amend it throughout the year. An email will be sent to your university email box several days before as a reminder.
For more information on filling out the study plan click here
Amend the Study plan
● Enrolled student in regular position: can review and modify the study plan during the period when the system is open for study plan.
● Enrolled student in repeating position: doesn’t need to reconfirm the last study plan but can amend it submitting the official request (Istanza del Rettore) within the deadlines to the Student’s Affair Office.
● Student about to graduate: can amend the study plan 2 or 3 months before the graduation submitting the request (Istanza al Rettore) to the Student’s Affair Office. A service fee of 82 euros will be charged.
The
Academic Calendar is a summary of various deadlines of activities to be carried out during the whole academic year, for example renew the enrollment, confirm the study plan, pay the tuition fee etc. Click
here to download the Academic Calendar of Year 2023/2024.
Do remember to check also the academic calendar of your course/faculty on its website: the exact start and end date of lessons, exam and graduation sessions are decided by each faculty.
The academic year provides:
● an exam session at the end of the 1st semester
● an exam session at the end of the 2nd semester
● an exam session in September
● an special exam session in November for students who are about to graduate.
The dates of the exam sessions are available through the Student Portal.
How to register to exams
You can register to an exam 20 days prior to the exam up until 2 days before the actual exam date.
Step 1: enter your
Student Portal;
Step 2: go to the
Questionnnaire section to fill out the survey relevant to the exam;
Step 3: go to the
Exam section to choose the session;
You can register to an exam in the Student Portal only if:
● you paid all university tuition fees
● that course is included in your Study Plan
● you passed all propaedeutic exams related to the one to which you want to be registered
● you attended the course, in case the attendance is compulsory
Results of exams
Results of exams will be sent to the university email box via email.
From the arrival of this email, you will have 5 days to deny the result in Student Portal – Bacheca Esiti if you want to repeat the exam to get a better result. Without any action taken in these 5 days, the result will be confirmed and accepted automatically by the system. If after some weeks a passed exam is not listed among your passed exams, please contact the professor to check if he/she has registered the result in the system.
Students who fail the exam can resit it in the subsequent session
