Bachelor's degree thesis

The departments within the Humanities Division of the School of Humanities offer seven examination sessions, distributed as follows:
June – July – October – November - December – February – March

If you are a third-year student, the first available session in which you can graduate is June, and the last is March of the following year.

NB: the February session is the last one in which you can enrol in the same year on a University of Genoa open-access Master’s degree programme (unless different deadlines have been set by the relevant academic departments for the Master’s programme in question).

If you are a final-year student, you must submit the thesis title submission form at least three months in advance of the session chosen for the defence.

The title entered on the form is considered provisional; you will specify the final title in your degree application. If you need to make substantial changes to the title – for example, if you change the thesis topic or the supervisor and/or co-supervisor – you will need to resubmit the form, which will result in the deadlines being reset.

The form, duly completed and signed by the supervisor, must be sent to the email address tesiarealettere@unige.it.

To register for your degree examination, the online application service opens approximately two months before the examination session.

The graduation application is completed online via the Student Portal (UnigePass authentication is required), at the same time as completing the AlmaLaurea questionnaire.

The degree application is approved online by the supervising lecturer and DOES NOT need to be submitted to the Student Services Desk; nor is it necessary to submit the receipt confirming completion of the AlmaLaurea questionnaire.

By the deadline for the degree application, please remember to:

• check that you are up to date with fee payments
• pay the stamp duty for the issue of your degree certificate (payable via the online services – payment of fees and contributions)
• check that you have sat all the exams and other learning activities
• check that they are all recorded on your online academic record

Any delay in registration of exams and other study activities will not prevent you from confirming your graduation application online, which must in any case be completed by the deadline.

You can only pay the graduation fee after you have confirmed your graduation application online.

You can check your status by logging into the Degree Dashboard.

By the deadlines set out in the table, you must submit a copy of your dissertation to your Supervisor and Co-supervisor, in the manner agreed directly with the lecturers (submission of a bound copy, or via email or another service such as WeTransfer).

N.B. Uploading a PDF of your dissertation to the dedicated portal is not required for three-year degrees, despite this being indicated in the Dashboard. It is compulsory only for master’s degrees.

Before the deadline for submitting your degree thesis, you must ensure that you have returned any library materials you may have borrowed. To do this, log in to your Online Services portal > Webstudenti

The completion of the teaching evaluation questionnaires is an important tool for identifying any issues or weaknesses in degree programmes.

If you are a student in good standing, you can complete the annual teaching evaluation questionnaire for your degree programme at the end of each academic year.

N.B. The annual evaluation is not available to students who are behind in their studies.

You may only submit your application for a degree after you have completed the annual teaching evaluation questionnaire (unless the deadlines have passed: in which case there will be no delay to your application).