Professional practice qualifying graduation application
Starting from the 2023/24 academic year, Interministerial Decree No. 652 of 5 July 2022 stipulates that the final exam for the single-cycle Master's Degree in Veterinary Medicine will qualify graduates to practise as veterinary surgeons. The decree contains provisions ensuring that the final exam includes a practical test to assess the professional skills acquired during the internship included in the study programme to ascertain the level of technical preparation.
Characteristics
The practical evaluation exam is structured into three parts, one for each professional field:
- companion animal, equine, and exotic animal clinics
- veterinary public health and food safety
- animal production and livestock medicine
Requirements and procedures
To take the practical evaluation exam, it is necessary to:
- have completed all internship activities and submitted the documentation (logbook) to the Academic Services
- register via the online exam registration service by selecting Teaching activities and other events > Practical evaluation exam
Timing
It is possible to take the practical evaluation exam during a graduation session that is different from the one in which the final degree exam is taken, as long as they belong to the same academic year.
To take the degree exam, the qualification fee of € 200 and the government tax of € 49.58 must be paid by the deadline indicated for each graduation session.
Payment forms are available on the Unimia portal > Sifa Services > Payments, fees and exemptions > Payment management > Other due payments.
Fees Validity
The qualification fee and the government tax remain valid also in the case of failure to pass the practical evaluation exam and do not need to be paid again.
The graduation application must be submitted, by the deadline set for your session, only online and it should not be handed to the Academic Services.
Application validity
The application is valid for one session only.
In case of withdrawal from the exam, the candidate must promptly notify the Academic Services via the InformaStudenti service. The student will then need to re-enter the application details online for the session in which they intend to graduate. The graduation fee paid with the first application remains valid.
Under no circumstances can extensions be granted.
Payment
The € 116.00 graduation fee (including the € 16.00 stamp duty) can be paid through Pago PA:
- when submitting the online application, or
- after submitting the graduation application, via the payment service
Upcoming graduate survey
All upcoming graduates are required to complete the Graduand questionnaire within the term set for each session.
You will only be able to access the survey after submitting your graduation application.
Failure to complete the survey by the deadline will result in exclusion from the graduation session.
- Degree exam period: from 27 to 31 October 2025
- Practical evaluation exam period: from 13 to 17 October 2025
- Online degree application submission: from 11 August to 16 September 2025
- Registration for the practical evaluation exam: from 18 August to 22 September 2025
- Deadline for payment of the qualification fee and government tax: from 17 to 22 October 2025 (only for students graduating in this session)
- Completion of the mandatory Graduand questionnaire: from 11 August to 16 September 2025
- Handing in internship documentation: by 2 October 2025
- Deadline for completing exams: 30 September 2025
- Submission of thesis summary: from 18 to 25 September 2025
- Online submission of final thesis: from 7 to 14 October 2025
- Degree exam period: from 16 to 20 February 2026
- Practical evaluation exam period: from 26 to 30 January 2026
- Online degree application submission: from 15 December 2025 to 9 January 2026
- Registration for the practical evaluation exam: from 1 to 22 December 2025
- Deadline for payment of the qualification fee and government tax: from 2 to 6 February 2026 (only for students graduating in this session)
- Completion of the mandatory Graduand questionnaire: from 15 December 2025 to 9 January 2026
- Handing in internship documentation: by 8 January 2026
- Deadline for completing exams: 30 January 2026
- Submission of thesis summary: from 12 to 16 January 2026
- Online submission of final thesis: from 2 to 6 February 2026
- Degree exam period: from 14 to 18 July 2025
- Practical evaluation exam period: from 23 to 27 June 2025
- Online degree application submission: from 5 May to 10 June 2025
- Registration for the practical evaluation exam: from 5 May to 23 May 2025
- Deadline for payment of the qualification fee and government tax: from 30 June to 4 July (only for students graduating in this session)
- Completion of the mandatory Graduand questionnaire: from 5 May to 10 June 2025
- Handing in internship documentation: by 5 June 2025
- Deadline for completing exams: 27 June 2025
- Submission of thesis summary: from 14 to 19 June 2025
- Online submission of final thesis: from 1 to 4 July 2025
- Degree exam period: from 26 to 30 October 2026
- Practical evaluation exam period: from 12 to 16 October 2026
- Online degree application submission: from 10 Sugust to 15 September 2026
- Registration for the practical evaluation exam: from 17 August to 22 Septembre 2026
- Deadline for payment of the qualification fee and government tax: from 19 to 22 October 2026 (only for students graduating in this session)
- Completion of the mandatory Graduand questionnaire: from 10 August to 15 September 2026
- Handing in internship documentation: by il 1° October 2026
- Deadline for completing exams: 30 September 2026
- Submission of thesis summary: from 21 to 25 September 2026
- Online submission of final thesis: from 5 to 9 ottobre 2026
- Degree exam period: from 15 to 19 February 2027
- Practical evaluation exam period: from 25 to 29 January 2027
- Online degree application submission: from 1° December 2026 to 8 January 2027
- Registration for the practical evaluation exam: from 1° to 22 December 2026
- Deadline for payment of the qualification fee and government tax: from 1° to 5 February 2027 (only for students graduating in this session)
- Completion of the mandatory Graduand questionnaire: from 1° December 2026 to 8 gennaio 2027
- Handing in internship documentation: by 7 January 2027
- Deadline for completing exams: 29 January 2027
- Submission of thesis summary: from 11 to 15 January 2027
- Online submission of final thesis: from 1° to 5 February 2027
