To submit your final dissertation and be admitted to the final exam, you must:

• submit a report concerning all activities carried out during the last year of Ph.D. The report must be submitted within the conclusion of the Program;
• receive a positive assessment by the Doctoral Board and be consequently admitted to the final examination;
• submit your dissertation for a peer-review to the two external reviewers appointed by the Doctoral Board, who give their opinion.

A successful final examination entails concurrent award of the Ph.D. degree.

A dissertation must be an original work, written in compliance with  the rules about copyright and privacy.
Ph.D. candidates are asked to verify the originality of their dissertation using the TURNITIN software against plagiarism. In any case, a percentage of similarity up to 15% is allowed.

Note that each Ph.D. Program may determine further rules concerning the dissertation submission and, in any case, sets the editorial norms and requirements.

Ph.D. candidates are invited to discuss about specific guidelines with their Supervisor and Ph.D. Coordinator. A provided template must be used for the Cover sheet only. To consult the list of Academic Fields and Disciplines (Settori Scientifico-DIsciplinari-SSD), please, click here.
The dissertation must be written in Italian or English and be provided with an abstract. The use of other languages has to be approved by the Doctoral Board.

As regards the drafting of their dissertation, Ph.D. candidates are always required to ask their Supervisor for advice.

Within 5 days from the final examination and the awarding of the Ph.D. Degree, it is necessary to submit the following documents to the Ph.D. Office (dottorati@unito.it):

• Self-declaration affidavit. Please, note that the academic field must be specified
• Copy of ID/Passport
• Copy of the Dissertation in PDF format

Open access deposit

In accordance with the law in force, a finalized dissertation is automatically deposited after its defense and it is made available as an open access document:

• on IRIS AperTO archive
• at the National Register Office of PhD candidates and PhDs (Anagrafe Nazionale dei Dottorandi e dei Dottori di Ricerca)
• at the National Central Libraries of Rome and Florence.

Embargo of a dissertation

Before the defense, Ph.D. candidates may apply for a classification of their dissertation by submitting a duly reasoned request to the Ph.D. Office (dottorati@unito.it) using the following forms:

• embargo application form
• non-disclosure form

The period of embargo may last from 6 months to 12 months. In exceptional circumstances, which are encompassed by the law in force, this period may be extended up to 36 months. In any case, once the embargo has expired, dissertations are made  freely available.

The reasons why a dissertation may be classified are:

• Company property protection
• Confidentiality and/or ownership of the information and results belonging to external institutions or companies;
• Company secret
• Official secrecy
• Publishing reasons
• Privacy

Additional reasons may be admissible and must be detailed.

It being understood that dissertations must be deposited at the National Central Libraries of Rome and Florence and, if classified, they are only available within their premises.