Graduating students' fees

If you intend to graduate by 31 March 2025 (last graduation session of the 2023/24 academic year), you are not required to register for the 2024/25 academic year (outside the course of the old system or beyond the normal duration of the new system) and pay the corresponding student contribution.

If, after graduation, you intend to continue your career, please note that:

• If you obtain your final degree by 28 February 2025 (or any earlier deadline set by the relevant teaching structures), you may enrol in the Master's degree programme for the academic year 2024/25 by 10 March 2025 (for enrolment deadlines, please consult the deadlines page);
• If you achieve your final degree after 28 February 2025, you will be able to enrol in the Master's degree starting from the academic year 2025/26.

If you are unable to graduate by 31 March 2025, you can enrol late in the 2024/25 academic year (outside the course of the old system/beyond the normal duration of the new system) by paying, also by that date:

• 1st payment (stamp duty and regional tax)
• 2nd instalment payable after payment of the 1st instalment

with related indemnities for late payment

By 20 June 2025 you will have to pay the3rd instalment (the balance of the university fee), which can be reduced by 50% if by 31 March 2025 you have passed all your profit exams and owe only the final or graduation exams. (*)

If you are not sure whether you will graduate by 31 March 2025 and you wish to avoid paying any late fees,you can precautiously register for the academic year 2024/25 (fuori corso del previgente ordinamento o oltre la durata normale del nuovo ordinamento), with payment of the student contribution by the ordinary deadlines envisaged (1st instalment by 3 October 2024; 2nd instalment by 13 December 2024), taking the following into account:

• In case ofachievement of the final degree by 28 February 2025:
  • If you intend to continue your career, you may enrol for a Master's degree in the academic year 2024/25 by 10 March 2025 (for enrolment deadlines see the page). The 1st and 2nd instalment contributions already paid will be considered valid for this enrolment. You must pay the 3rd instalment by 20 June 2025.
  • if you do not intend to continue your career, you will be able to request the refund (**) of the contributions paid (see procedure How to obtain payment of individual refunds).
     
• In the event of achievement of the final title in the period from 1 to 31 March 2025: .
  • If you intend to continue your career, you will be able to enrol in the Master's Degree starting from the academic year 2025/26.
    N.B.The contributions already paid cannot be used for this eventual enrolment. Therefore, you will be able to request the refund (**) of the contributions paid as a precautionary measure (see procedure  How to obtain payment of individual refunds).
  • if you do not intend to continue your career, you may request the refund (**) of the contributions paid (see procedure How to obtain payment of individual refunds).

If you do not obtain your final degree by 31 March 2025 (last graduation session - academic year 2023/24), your out-of-course enrolment from the previous system/beyond the normal duration of the new system will already be active.

By June 20, 2025you will have to pay the third instalment (the balance of the tuition fee), which can be reduced by 50% if by March 31, 2025 you have passed all your examinations and owe only the final or degree examination. (*)

Starting from academic year 2024/25, all regularly enrolled students interested in the graduation of student contribution amounts will have to comply with the following new deadlines for submitting the DSU (Dichiarazione Sostitutiva Unica) for the purpose of issuing the university ISEE:

• from 1 January to 31 October 2024 > ordinary period
• from 1 November to 30 November 2024 > deferred period, with payment of a late fee of € 100.00
• from 1 December to 20 April 2025 > period in arrears, with payment of a late fee € 200.00

Students regularly enrolled for the a.y. 2024/25, in order to obtain the rescheduling of the 2nd instalment (due 13 December 2024), will be required to self-certify their ISEE-U data to the University through the appropriate procedure on UNIGE's online services by 31 October 2024.

The final and mandatory deadline for self-certification of income data will be 20 April 2025.

If you are interested in recalculating your student contribution, we advise you to sign the Dichiarazione Sostitutiva Unica (DSU) by the ordinary deadline of 31 October 2024: in the event of late enrolment for the 2024/25 academic year (due to failure to complete your degree or continuation of studies), after having paid the first instalment (the online self-certification is reserved only for students enrolled in the current academic year), you will have the opportunity to self-certify online the ISEE-U data in order to obtain the recalculation of the regional tax and of the 2nd and 3rd instalments of the student contribution (any credits from the 2nd instalment will be offset against the 3rd instalment).

For more information, see the pages:

• Taxes and benefits
• ISEE statement for university benefits - ISEE-U
  • If you are a foreign student: ISEE-U parificato

(*) For checks on the application of the 50% reduction envisaged in the 3rd instalment (due on 20 June 2025) in the case of examinations completed by 31 March 2025, you can contact the SPORTELLO UNICO STUDENTI of your area of competence as the deadline approaches.

(**) You may be reimbursed, provided that you have not applied for certificates of enrolment for the 2024/25 academic year, made any changes to your study plan and/or carried out student work (e.g. part-time - tutor) for the same academic year.