Graduating
To be admitted to the final exam students must have attended an internship and written a Master's degree thesis in English. During the internship, which can be carried out in academic, private or governmental institutions with expertise in cosmetic products, students are expected to develop a personal project (thesis project) on a topic consistent with the Master's degree programme in order to acquire relevant 34 ECTS (for students who also need to acquire the 3 ECTS for Additional Language Skills - Italian) or 37 ECTS (for all the others).
The final exam consists of:
- the preparation of a poster to describe the main contents of the thesis project (the poster will be left with the Graduation Committee);
- a 10-minute oral presentation of the thesis as described in the poster.
The day of thesis students are also expected to bring their thesis work (even if only on a USB drive), which will be given back to them at the end of the graduation session.
In order to be admitted to the final exam session students need to
- Apply for graduation (within the defined period, even if you have not yet completed exams).
- Complete the Graduand Questionnaire on the AlmaLaurea platform: it may be accessed from UNIMIA – Section “Jobs and traineeships” using University credentials (students must register when accessing the AlmaLaurea platform for the first time)
- Complete all the exams, included
- Additional Language Skills: Italian or Additional Thesis Work
- Thesis Work (an examination call will be scheduled for each degree session)
- Experimental laboratory (when included in the study plan): an examination call will be scheduled for each degree session - when registering for the exam, students are required to check that their academic tutor sends the relevant "Experimental laboratory score proposal" to the Head of the Master’s Degree Programme who is in charge for recording
- Complete the Internship: on the last day indicated in the training programme, you will receive by email a link to the final evaluation questionnaire to be completed. Upon completion, you are asked to save the PDF version of the document and then to send it to the Master’s Degree tutor indicated in the training programme
- Upload a digital copy of the thesis in PDF/A format by accessing Thesis upload online (Submitting your thesis or final paper)
Summary
Online delivery of final paper / dissertation summary must be submitted within the deadlines.
Thesis
To be admitted to the final exam, students must do the following:
- upload a digital copy of the thesis in PDF/A format by accessing - from UNIMIA -> SIFA Online Services -> Administrative services -> graduation application -> Thesis upload. You cannot apply for graduation without uploading the thesis within the deadline.
- Create a PDF/A file of your thesis starting from a Word or LibreOffice document (follow instructions on the video tutorial).
- Students must deliver a copy of their final work to their supervisor and co-supervisor. On the day of the final exam, students must deliver a copy of their final work to the Committee.
There are three graduation sessions per year, for both Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes:
- Summer session
- Autumn session
- Winter session.
In the Deadlines and calendars section you will find the dates for each session and all the steps required to take the final exam.
Students who graduate by the third session of the academic year need not pay the first instalment for the next academic year.
To graduate students must:
- Be current with tuition and fees until the last year of enrolment
- Pass all the exams required by your last approved study plan, within the deadlines
- Agree on the thesis title with your supervisor before applying for graduation
- Apply for graduation and pay the graduation fee
- Fill in the upcoming graduate survey
- Comply with programme-specific formalities and deadlines for each session
The graduation application must be submitted online by the deadline set for your session. Do not hand it in to the Student Registrar.
Payment
The payment of the € 116.00 graduation fee (including the € 16.00 stamp duty) may be made through Pago PA:
- when submitting the online application, or
- after submitting the graduation application, through the payment service
Upcoming graduate survey
Upcoming graduates are required to fill in the survey within the term set for each session.
You can access the survey only after submitting the graduation application.
Failure to fill in the survey by the deadline will result in exclusion from the graduation session.
Deadlines, procedures and graduation calendars
Deadlines, calendars and procedures are different depending on the degree programme.
Each application is valid for a single exam session.
Students who forfeit an exam must promptly notify the Registrar through the Informastudenti Service. Students must submit another application through the online procedure, indicating the newly chosen exam session.
Once paid, the graduation fee is valid for the new session also. Postponements are not allowed.
- Final exams: from 14 to 18 of July 2025
- Online application for graduation: from 13 of May to 10 of June 2025
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 10 of June 2025
- Deadline for taking exams and registering internship, where required: 20 of June 2025
- Online thesis submission: within 30 of June 2025
- On the day of the final exam, students must deliver a copy of their final work to the Committee.
- Final exams: from 20 to 24 October 2025
- Online application for graduation: from 25 August to 23 September 2025
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 23 September 2025
- Deadline for taking exams and registering internship, where required: 26 September 2025
- Online thesis submission: within 3 October 2025
- On the day of the final exam, students must deliver a copy of their final work to the Committee.
- Final exams: from 15 to 19 December 2025
- Online application for graduation: from 20 October to 12 November 2025
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: within 12 November 2025
- Deadline for taking exams and registering internship, where required: 21 November 2025
- Online thesis submission: within 28 November 2025
- On the day of the final exam, students must deliver a copy of their final work to the Committee.
- Final exams: from 23 to 27 March 2026
- Online application for graduation: from 26 January to 18 February 2026
- Graduand questionnaire completion deadline: 18 February 2026
- Deadline for taking exams and registering internship, where required: 27 February 2026
- Academic record must not be submitted
- Online thesis submission: within 6 March 2026
- On the day of the final exam, students must deliver a copy of their final work to the Committee.