1.   Definition of exams. Exams must be provided for in the Programme Regulations and regularly registered on the Infostud information system. All so-called "mid-term exams", "partial exams", and "qualifying exams" which do not entail registration on the information system are not considered exams. The mid-term exams of multi-semester courses, although they are not exams, are subject to the provisions of this article.

2.   Publicity of the calendar and exam procedures. By the start of the educational activities, the educational bodies define and publish in the course catalogue the annual calendar of exam sessions and exam dates, as well as a detailed description of the exam procedures, which cannot change during the academic year except in exceptional cases or in cases of force majeure. Exams cover the syllabus of the course. The content, method and number of exams, mid-term exams, partial exams and qualifying exams that do not require registration in the information system are communicated at the beginning of the lectures. On the basis of the number of students booked or other ways of estimating the number of examinees in advance, the lecturers schedule the exams for each student and advertise them appropriately. 

3.   Types of exams. The Programme Regulations of each degree programme establish (within limits provided for by Ministerial Decrees of degree classes) the number and type of exams suitable for the student’s acquisition of the assigned ECTS. Such exams may be performed orally, in writing, by means of practical tests or in any combination of these options, according to the procedures established by the competent Board. The oral exam is public. The educational bodies ensure due publicity for the other performance modalities.

4.   Exam periods. The Educational calendar must provide for the non-overlapping of periods devoted exclusively to teaching with those devoted to ordinary exams (exams, qualifying exams). Exam dates must be scheduled by the Faculty Committee, with the mandatory opinion of the student representation on the body.

The educational calendar must provide for at least five ordinary exam dates per academic year plus two extraordinary ones pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Article. Further ordinary or extraordinary exams may be scheduled for those subjects that show criticalities at the Faculty Committee's request.

There are three ordinary exam periods, structured as follows.

For courses delivered in the first semester:

• the first ordinary exam period takes place in January/February, and in any case, may start from the end of the educational activity; it includes at least two exam dates;
• the second ordinary exam period takes place in June/July, and in any case, may start from the end of the second teaching cycle; it includes at least two exam dates;
• the third ordinary exam period takes place in September/October and ends in any case before the start of educational activities; it includes at least one exam date.

For courses delivered in the second semester:

• the first ordinary exam period takes place in June/July, and in any case, may start from the end of the educational activity; it includes at least two exam dates;
• the second ordinary exam period takes place in September/October; it includes at least one exam date and ends in any case before the beginning of educational activities;
• the third ordinary exam period takes place in January of the following calendar year; it includes at least one exam date;
• the fifth ordinary exam period may be placed in any period of suspension of educational activities, at the discretion of the Faculties.

For one-year courses, the schedule of exam periods for second-semester courses applies.

5.   Exam dates. Within the periods referred to in paragraph 4, the degree programmes shall set the dates of the exams based on the following criteria:

• each exam date is scheduled after a minimum of 14 natural and consecutive days from the previous exam date of the course itself;
• normally, the dates of ordinary exam dates should not coincide with lecture periods;
• Scheduling exam dates on the same day for courses of the same year and degree programme is not allowed;
• exam dates are as evenly distributed as possible for subjects in the same year of the same degree programme;
• exam dates may not, under no circumstances, be anticipated in relation to the calendar published pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article;
• any postponement of exam dates in relation to the calendar published pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article shall be permitted on an exceptional basis if authorised by the Programme Coordinator and shall be publicised and communicated to students in good time;
• Professors must sign and "close" all open exam reports, even in the absence of candidates, within five (5) days from the date of the conclusion of the exam and, in any case, in the case of summer sessions, no later than August 10 of each year.

Exam dates are published in the Course Catalogue, on the pages of each degree programme, under the heading Attendance: clicking first on the individual course and then on the name of the lecturer will display first the exam syllabus and then the dates.
Go to the Course Catalogue

For any additional information, please contact your Educational Affairs Office.

Extraordinary exam dates. A minimum of two extraordinary exam dates must be provided for each course, also outside the exam periods referred to in paragraph 4, as well as during lecture periods, such exam dates are reserved for:

 -those enrolled fuoricorso; 
 -those enrolled in part-time learning;
 -​​those with a recognised disability;
 -those with a diagnosis of specific learning difficulty, (Academic Senate's Resolution June 12, 2018);
 -parents with child(ren) under the age of three and pregnant students (Academic Senate's Resolution July 9, 2019);
 -those who have completed all years of attendance (Academic Senate's Resolution October 13, 2020);
 -student-athletes, as defined in Art. 25, paragraph 6, of these Regulations (resolution of the Academic Senate of September 14, 2021);
 -those who are simultaneously enrolled in two degree programmes, pursuant to Article 9 of these Regulations (Academic Senate's Resolution January 17, 2023).
 -student workers (resolution of the Academic Senate of March 2, 2021) who have performed for at least 60 days, including non-continuous periods, in the six months prior to the start date of the extraordinary exam period:

• paid and contractualised activity on behalf of private individuals, including cooperative societies or public bodies;
• self-employed activity with or without a VAT number;
• universal civic voluntary work in a public or private organisation;
• business activity of a commercial, artisanal or agricultural nature.

The student-worker status must be self-certified and sent from your institutional e-mail address to the professor of the relevant course and to the Student Affairs Office of your degree programme within 20 days from the beginning of the extraordinary exam session. The form to be completed is available on the university website on the Student forms page.

7.   What exams can be taken. Provided that exams are booked within the set deadlines, it is only possible to sit exams at the end of the scheduled lectures relating to the year of enrolment and, normally, only and exclusively exams provided for in the Programme Regulations (Manifesto) in which the student is enrolled, in accordance with the annual educational activity schedule.

The rights below are guaranteed:

a) take the exams in all the exam dates of each session, regardless of the outcome of the previous ones

b) take an exam from another name/timetable grouping, in the event of courses being delivered divided into two or more student groups, subject to the authorisation of the Programme Coordinator and if there are justified reasons;

c) take the exam on the syllabus of the course in the year of students' enrolment, provided they take the exam within the two academic years following the year in which the course was taught.

8.   Exams that cannot be taken. Under no circumstances may an exam already taken and passed in the same degree programme be taken again, not even as an optional exam. Those enrolled in bachelor's degrees may not take as an optional exam any of the subjects listed in the master's degrees Programme Regulations, with the exception of the subjects envisaged in the first three years of single-cycle degree programmes (Ministerial Decree 270/04). The Student Affairs Office will proceed to cancel any exams taken in breach of this provision.

9.   Attendance obligations and propaedeutic exams. It is necessary to comply with the attendance obligations, if any, and with any propaedeutic requirements indicated in the Programme Regulations of the degree programme, under penalty of cancellation of any exams taken irregularly. Students enrolled in degree programmes that do not provide for compulsory attendance and who have difficulty attending for work or personal reasons may request specific teaching aids from the course lecturer. Attending and non-attending students are tested on the same syllabus.

10.   How to book an exam. Bookings for exams are made through the Infostud system on condition that students have paid their tuition fees and that the exam is included in those scheduled for their degree programme.

Before booking the exam, it is necessary to check:

• That the exam is included among those scheduled for your degree programme;
• to be in good standing with the payment of contributions and fines. Failure to do so will result in the exam being cancelled only after regularisation of the payments, which must take place within 10 natural and consecutive days from the date on which the first exam taken in default of payment was recorded, subject to cancellation of all exams taken after the deadline for payment of contributions.

Exams taken under the forfeiture regime are automatically cancelled.

In order to book exams which are not present on Infostud, e.g. for degree programmes under the old academic system (prior to Ministerial Decree 509-99), you must contact the Educational Affairs Office of your degree programme.

After the closing date of the exam booking, it is no longer possible to print exam booking receipts from Infostud: it will be possible to print them from your institutional e-mail address. When booking the exam, you are required to complete the Student Opinion Survey on the evaluation of the educational activity carried out.

11.   Identity recognition and exam registration. On the day of the exam, it is compulsory to present a valid ID card or student card and the exam booking receipt printed out from Infostud and signed by the lecturer at the time of the exam and given back to the student.

After the exam, it will be possible to check on Infostud that the result has been registered. The professor can admit students who do not hold the booking receipt to the exam: in this case, no document will be issued to the student, but the exam will still be registered, and it will be possible to check the results through the Infostud system.

The results of exams are registered by the professor on Infostud within 5 days of the end of the exam.

12.   Assessment and acquisition of credits (ECTS). Assessment of individual proficiency is expressed by a grade expressed in thirtieths for exams. The exam is passed with a grade of at least 18 out of 30. In the case of the highest grade (30 out of 30), honours may be awarded. The mark is registered in the relevant minutes. The credits associated with the subject are in any case acquired by passing the exam. In some cases, explicitly provided for by the Programmes' Regulations, the assessment is graded as “qualified/not qualified”. The qualifying exam is passed with a grade of "qualified", which is registered in the relevant minutes.

At the end of the exam, it is students' right to ask to be informed of the assessment criteria that determined the formulation of the grade as well as to see their exam paper, if written.

13.   Registration of negative outcomes. A negative assessment does not result in a grade, so it does not affect the average final grade. It is registered in the minutes under the heading ‘’renunciation‘’. At the student's request, the negative assessment is registered as "failed".

14.   Registration of the refusal of the grade. The lecturer must also record on Infostud any grade equal to or higher than 18 that the student has decided not to accept, noting it on the minutes with the wording "refusal" together with the refused grade. The grade recorded in this way remains in any case unrelated to the student's career, is not included in the study plan in any way and does not affect the average for the final grade (Academic Senate's Resolution March 28, 2017).

15.   Exam repetition. An exam that has already been successfully passed and registered cannot be repeated.

16.   Anticipation of exams. Those who have already taken all the exams scheduled for their programme year and for previous years may request to take two exams per year in advance, subject to authorisation from the relevant educational bodies (Educational Area Board, Degree Programme Board or Faculty Board), which must issue the appropriate document and simultaneously notify the Student Affairs Office, which will proceed to enable the exams to be booked on Infostud. Authorisation may only be granted if the exams for which advance payment is requested relate to the same academic system as the programme in which the student is enrolled. If the academic system is different, authorisation may only be granted on condition that the Infostud code for the exams the advance of which is requested is under the new academic system is the same as the code for the same exams in the immediately preceding system, in the academic year in which the request is presented.

17.   Changing the name/timetable grouping of the course for attendance and taking the exam. Information regarding the possibility of changing one of your course’s name/timetable grouping for attending courses and taking exams is available in the Attendance section of the Course Catalogue, by searching for your degree programme. In lack of specific information, you can contact your Educational Affairs Office.

18.   Request of exam syllabuses for previous years. Exam syllabuses are available in the Course Catalogue in the Attendance section of each degree programme. By clicking on the individual course you can view the relevant exam syllabus. For syllabuses of courses from previous years that are not available in the catalogue, please contact the Educational Affairs Office of your degree programme.

The contact details of the Educational Affairs Office are published in the Course Catalogue in the Contact section of the website for your degree programme.

19.   Curricular internships and other educational activities. The documentation required for the recognition of curricular internships and other educational activities must be submitted to the educational body to which the degree programme belongs.

20.   Study plan. The study plan, where applicable, is completed on Infostud. Any information can be requested from your Educational Affairs Office.