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

• submit a report on all activities carried out during the final year of the PhD programme. The report must be submitted before the end of the programme;

• receive a positive assessment from the Doctoral Board and be admitted to the final examination;

• submit your dissertation for peer review to two external reviewers appointed by the Doctoral Board, who will provide their evaluation.

Successful completion of the final examination results in the award of the Ph.D. degree.

A dissertation must be an original work and must comply with copyright and privacy regulations.

Ph.D. candidates are required to verify the originality of their dissertation using the TURNITIN software for plagiarism detection. In any case, a similarity index of up to 15% is permitted.

Each Ph.D. Programme may establish additional rules regarding dissertation submission and, in any case, defines the editorial guidelines and requirements.

Ph.D. candidates are invited to discuss specific guidelines with their Supervisor and the Ph.D. Programme Coordinator. The provided template must be used for the title page 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 must include an abstract. The use of other languages must be approved by the Doctoral Board.

When drafting their dissertation, Ph.D. candidates are expected to consult their Supervisor for guidance.

Within three days of the final examination and the award of the PhD degree, the following documents must be submitted to the PhD Office (dottorati@unito.it):

• Self-declaration affidavit (please note that the academic field must be specified)

• Copy of an ID document or passport

• Copy of the dissertation in PDF format

Open-Access deposit

In accordance with the applicable law, the final dissertation is automatically deposited after the Ph.D. defence and made available as an open-access document:

• in the IRIS AperTO repository;

• at the National Register of Ph.D. Candidates and Ph.D. Holders (Anagrafe Nazionale dei Dottorandi e dei Dottori di Ricerca);

• at the National Central Libraries of Rome and Florence.

Before the defence, Ph.D. candidates may request that their dissertation be placed under embargo by submitting a duly justified request to the PhD Office (dottorati@unito.it) using the embargo application form.

The embargo period, which starts from the date of the defence, may last from 6 to 12 months. In exceptional circumstances provided for by applicable law, this period may be extended up to 36 months. Once the embargo period has expired, dissertations are made freely available.

The reasons for requesting an embargo may include:

• protection of company property or proprietary information;

• confidentiality and/or ownership of information and results belonging to external institutions or companies;

• protection of trade secrets;

• official secrecy;

• publication requirements;

• privacy protection.

Additional reasons may be considered and must be clearly specified.

Dissertations must in any case be deposited at the National Central Libraries of Rome and Florence. If subject to embargo, they may be consulted only on the premises of those libraries.

Please note that, if it is necessary to further protect the dissertation (e.g. for patent or intellectual property reasons), the confidentiality form must be completed; it requires the signature of the PhD candidate, the reviewers, and the members of the Examination Board.