PhD graduation procedure

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The general principles governing the PhD final examination are established in

Art. 8.10 and following of the Regolamento recante modalità di accreditamento delle sedi e dei corsi di dottorato e criteri per la istituzione dei corsi di dottorato da parte degli enti accreditati


Art.25 of the SISSA Statute


Art. 16 of the Regolamento dei Corsi di PhD della SISSA (English translation to be updated!!!!)


A PhD student must defend its research work in front of an examination committee formed by at least 6 members of which at least two external examiners (not necessarily those who reviewed the thesis and sent their report, see next paragraph). The students' supervisor should propose the names of the external referees to the "Faculty" (Collegio dei Docenti) in due time; the date of the defense will be agreed according to the availability of the examination committee members.


The thesis (which must contain an abstract) must be sent as a pdf file to two external referees and to the Students' Secretariat at least one month before the defense (timing may differ; check exact rules of your course about this). If you or your supervisor prefer the Students' Secretariat send the thesis to the external referees, please let us know. At least 7-10 days before the Defense, the external referees will then send back (to the student's supervisor and to the Students' Secretariat) a detailed report on the thesis that should clearly state whether the thesis can be defended on the expected date. They can also suggest corrections/improvements. The expected report is 2 pages long underlining thesis scientific qualities and highlighting its originality. The referee must sign it and write it on his/her institutional letterhead.

A report on the students' activities and the scientific articles published during the PhD course must be sent to the Students' Secretariat.

At the same time the candidate will have to submit the following form to the Students' Secretariat: PhD request.


At least two days before the defense a pdf file of the thesis must be uploaded on the SISSA Digital Library

- Regulations in English

- Regulations in Italian

- How to do it


This version thesis will be distributed to the members of the examination committee possibly one week before the examination date. Hard binded copies of the thesis can be asked to 150orists students.

SISSA diploma


The thesis can be approved, approved cum laude, or rejected. In the last case, the defense can be repeated only once.


Cover for the Thesis


You can find an not editable pdf at the following link (this is an editable pdf). At this page of MAMA website, you can find a .docx and a .tex templates.


Certificates and Diploma


Certificates in English can be downloaded from ESSE3 webpage. If you need any not-standard certificate or you do not remember your username and password for ESSE3 portal, write to Students' Secretariat (phd@sissa.it).

If you need a diploma you should fill in this form and submit it to the Students' Secretariat (phd@sissa.it) and to protocollo@sissa.it.

Both the "Final Examination Form" and the "Diploma Form" can be sent to protocollo@sissa.it and to phd@sissa.it as a pdf file. You can pay the marca da bollo by PagoPA. Here's the Instructions for payments with PagoPA.