Personal assignment of a supervisor:

1. Consult the Thesis Bulletin Board  to find a project of interest and/or
2. Consult the faculty pages on the Department website to learn about the research topics of each Professor in order to identify those which may be of interest;
3. Contact the professor with whom you would like to work on your  thesis to discuss a potential project to work on together;
4. Via email obtain the explicit consent of the professor, for example, by using this form;
5. After having made arrangements with the faculty member, fill out the Assignment of the Thesis Supervisor form (online form, please use an incognito browser session to access the form); 
6. The thesis office will accept the application, unless otherwise specified.
   The application can be submitted at any time of the year, with the exception of periods dedicated to ex officio assignments. 

Ex officio assignment of a Supervisor:

If you have not contacted a professor personally, you can apply for the ex officio assignment using this form online (please use an incognito browser session to access the form).

1. The request for the ex officio assignment must be made during the following periods of the year: 18-28 February, 20-30 June, 20-30 October.
2. The places available and professors working in each field of research can be found at this link. The more positions available, the greater the chance that you will be assigned to a faculty member in that research field.
3. The student states his or her preferences for each field in the application, in order, starting from one’s first choice to the last.
4. At the end of the periods allowed for the submission of applications, the Thesis Committee reviews the applications that were submitted. Applications are evaluated in order according to:

• The number of CFU achieved (the more CFUs, the higher in the ranking); if the students have the same ranking,
• The date on which the Supervisor request form was sent will be considered.

      The CFU to be considered are those achieved on the date of the application, excluding supernumerary credits

    5. The Thesis Commission evaluates the list thus formed and students will be assigned a Supervisor who corresponds to the highest choice for which a professor is available.
    6. The topic of the thesis must be agreed upon with the faculty member who will assume the role of Supervisor.

Changing Supervisor:

If you wish to change your choice by relinquishing the assignment of the supervisor (with a personal assignment or ex oficio assignment), you must submit a relinquishment application through the same online form provided for the personal assignment of the supervisor. At the same time as applying for the relinquishment of the supervisor, the student must submit the request for the assignment of a new supervisor. On the first page of the online form, both operations can be carried out by choosing the option "A request to change a previous assignment".