Student guide 2015 - 2016 (ord. D.M. 270/04) | Taking FINAL MSc EXAM and deadlines

The rules, the procedure and the evaluation of the thesis are established by competent didactic structures, while the subject is decided together with the student’s tutor.

The procedure to submit the admission request is entirely on-line. For further details on the steps of the procedure please see the section “Final Exam” in the On-line Registrar’s Office.

The final paper is to be handed in within the deadlines fixed for each session of the academic calendar, according to these indications: a hard copy of the thesis at the Architecture Registrar’s Office - Valentino 's Castle (Segreteria Didattica Architettura - Castello del Valentino), a copy to the tutor and a copy for the Graduation day.

The thesis has to be printed in UNI A4 format paper sheets, hard copy, signed by the candidate and by the tutor.

N.B.: Please see the “Notice Board” section of your Master of Science course for possible peculiarities regarding the submission of abstracts and/or theses in electronic form.

Final Exam Evaluation

The final grade is set by the degree board, which will examine the overall score of the exams on 110.

The Degree Board will be able to add to this score up to 8 points considering:

the evaluation of the work done for the thesis (diligence, autonomy, methodological accuracy, significance of the results, etc.);
the presentation of the thesis (clarity in argumentation, etc.);
excellence of the course of studies (for example, number of exams passed with distinction, experience in universities and research centres abroad, possible extracurricular activities and students’ team etc.)

The award of a degree with honours is subject to the discretion to the board by a qualified majority (2/3 of the board members).

If the thesis has the required characteristics, the publication can be recommended only in case the final grade is 110 cum laude and with the board’s unanimous opinion.

Deadlines

Session	21^st - 26^th September 2015
Thesis request deadline	19^th June 2015
Deadline to pass exams	7^th September 2015
Final exam submission deadline	10^th September 2015
Thesis submission	16^th September 2015

Session	16^th - 23^rd December 2015 ⁽¹⁾
Thesis request deadline	11^th September 2015
Deadline to pass exams	19^th September 2015
Final exam submission deadline	27^th November 2015
Thesis submission	11^th December 2015

Session	22^nd - 27^th February 2016
Thesis request deadline	4^th December 2016
Deadline to pass exams	4^th February 2016
Final exam submission deadline ⁽³⁾	8^th February 2016
Thesis submission	18^thFebruary 2016

Session	18^th - 23^th July 2016
Thesis request deadline	8^th April 2016
Deadline to pass exams	^{2^nd}July 2016
Final exam submission deadline ⁽³⁾	6^th July 2016
Thesis submission	14^th July 2016

Session	26^th Sep. - 1^st Oct. 2016
Thesis request deadline	17^th June 2016
Deadline to pass exams	^{10^th} September 2016
Final exam submission deadline ⁽³⁾	14^th September 2016
Thesis submission	19^th September 2016

Session	15^th - 21^st December 2016 ⁽²⁾
Thesis request deadline	9^th September 2016
Deadline to pass exams	24^th September 2016
Final exam submission deadline ⁽³⁾	30^thNovember 2016
Thesis submission	9^th December 2016

⁽¹⁾ The session is available also for students enrolled to a.y. 2014/2015 who pass all the exams by September 2015.
⁽²⁾ The session is available also for students enrolled to a.y. 2015/2016 who pass all the exams by September 2016.

⁽³⁾Within the submission to the final project exam deadline you need to get and to have registered in your career the IELTS 5.0 certification or an equivalent one (https://didattica.polito.it/cla/en/certificates/). Remember that without this certification the submission to the graduation session won’t be possible. We suggest, to those who want to do the exam provided by C.L.A ( Language Centre), to check terms of submission for each IELTS session (https://didattica.polito.it/cla/en/sessions/).
IELTS session which grants the delivery of results in order to submit to the graduation session in time is:

5^thDecember 2015 for February graduation session
21^stMay 2016 for July graduation session
9^th July 2016 for October graduation session
22^nd October 2016 for December graduation session

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