Graduation application

For qualifying degrees, namely the master's degrees of the School of Psychology, single-cycle master's degrees in Medicina e chirurgia, the single-cycle master's degree courses in Odontoiatria e protesi dentaria and Medicine and surgery; Chimica e tecnologia farmaceutiche and Farmacia, degree courses in Organic Crop Management and Tecnologie digitali per l'edilizia e il territorio, it is necessary to pay the state tax and the regional tax before taking the final assessment, as provided for by Articles 176 and 190 of Royal Decree 1592 of 31/08/1933:

• the state tax of € 49,58 must be paid into postal current account no. 1016 in the name of Agenzia delle Entrate – centro operativo di Pescara – tasse Scolastiche (University), using the pre-printed form available in all post offices;
• the regional qualifying tax must be paid by following the instructions given on the Regione Veneto web page.

The procedure, available in the degree award section of Uniweb (here is the specific guide), consists of the following steps:

• Entering the thesis details: title, title in English, keywords and supervisor
  Please note: if the thesis is written in English, the same title must be entered twice, both in the “thesis title” field and in the “thesis title in English” field.
• completion of the Almalaurea questionnaire.
• Approval of the title by the supervisor.
• Submission of the degree award application, after selecting the session.

Only at this point will the application be validly submitted and the 16 euro payment slip will be generated in the “Contributions” section of Uniweb.

Please note: the entire procedure must be completed by midnight on the last day of the application submission window.

For students on the Scienze della formazione primaria (four-year programme, before Ministerial Decree 509/1999), there is a specific procedure.

Uniweb Student Guide - entering the degree application 

Subsequently, within the deadlines set by the department, it is necessary to upload the final paper file to Uniweb. For any needs relating to this aspect, please contact the department’s teaching office.

Guidelines for uploading the final document for the final assessment.

Cancel thesis details:  a student who, before the closure of the degree application submission window, wishes to cancel the thesis details previously entered, may request this by writing to conseguimentotitolo.studenti@unipd.it

Change title: the supervisor can update the thesis title (including the English version) within their Uniweb, on their assigned graduating students page. Coordinate with your supervisor, as the change can only be made before approval of the final attachment (PDF).

Change supervisor: The new supervisor must write to conseguimentotitolo.studenti@unipd.it, stating the need to take over from the previous supervisor, possibly indicating the updated thesis title (including the English version) and the student ID number of the graduating student.

Move to the next session within the same period: if more than one session is available, the student may request to move to the next session by writing to conseguimentotitolo.studenti@unipd.it by the last day of the first session.
Please note: it is not possible, however, to move to the previous session.

Move to the next period: to move to the next period, it is necessary to cancel in Uniweb the application submitted for the previous one and submit a new one within the relevant deadlines. If no changes need to be made to the title/supervisor, the approval obtained from the previous application remains valid. However, it will be necessary to pay the new 16 euro fee notice.

Students enrolled under systems 509/1999 and 270/2004 must pay the following tuition fee instalments in order to graduate, depending on their graduation period:

• First period (from February to April): they must be up to date with payments relating to the first and second instalments of the academic year;
• Second period (from June to July): they must be up to date with payments relating to the first, second and third instalments of the academic year;
• Third period A (from September to October): they must be up to date with payments relating to the first, second and third instalments of the academic year (they do not have to pay the first instalment of the following academic year);
• Third period B (from November to December): they must be up to date with payments relating to the first, second and third instalments of the academic year (they do not have to pay the first instalment of the following academic year);

Exceptions

Students enrolled under the pre-509/99 system are entitled to the extraordinary session: if they graduate in the months from February to April, the last instalment they must have paid is the one due the previous May.

Students enrolled in a Bachelor's Degree Programme in the Health Professions (Classes L 1-4SNT), who obtain their degree in a graduation session beginning by the end of April 2027 and who have completed all attendance requirements by the end of September 2026, are exempt from payment of the first and second tuition fee instalments for the academic year 2026/27. Further information on tuition fees is available on the page www.unipd.it/tasse.

Graduates from January 2022 onwards
From January 2022, anyone who selected open access when uploading their thesis on Uniweb will see their dissertation published also on the Padua Thesis and Dissertations Archive website.

If you would like it to be removed, you must complete the thesis publication withdrawal form and send it to your relevant back office together with a copy of your identity card.

Graduates between July 2021 and December 2021
For those who graduated between July 2021 and December 2021, only the title and keywords are published on Padua Thesis and Dissertations Archive (Unitesi).

If you would like your dissertation to be published in full, you must complete the thesis publication request form and send it to your relevant back office together with a copy of your identity card."

Documentation

Each student may freely choose any photographer or videographer they know: professional, non-professional or a relative.

Only one photographer, chosen by the student, may enter the premises where the final graduation examination takes place to carry out filming.

The University is not a party to the contractual relationship established between the student and the photographer and is in no way responsible for the service itself.

• There are currently no agreements in place with accredited photographers

The operator is not authorised to photograph other people without their prior consent. The service must not interfere with the regular conduct of the graduation session, nor become a source of disturbance or distraction for the candidate and for the graduation commission. The graduation commission is entitled to remove any photographer who does not comply with these simple rules of conduct.

The diploma, usually presented at the graduation ceremony, is an A3-format certificate in a red folder. 

It is issued in a single copy in Italian and includes personal details, the qualification awarded and the date it was awarded (joint degree diplomas are an exception). 

You can find all the information here

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The Associazione Alumni of the University of Padua aims to bring together all its graduates of every age, field, position and location within one community. Who are the Alumni? The Alumni of the University of Padua are all graduates (Bachelor’s, Master’s/specialist degree, single-cycle Master’s degree, prior degree course regulations) and diploma holders, Master’s diploma holders (first level and second level), PhD graduates and graduates of the Specialisation Schools of the University of Padua.

Alumni become members of the association free of charge.

More information: https://www.unipd.it/alumni