• At the end of the cycle of studies, after completing the academic and institutional obligation, every student has the right to graduate.

  A student will enter the process of graduation only if:

  1. Has passed and obtained all the credits (ECTS) required for each course of the study program;
  2. Has a CGPA higher than 2.0, only for bachelor programs.
  3. Hass met any other specific graduation requirement established by the university college

   

  Additional Requirements policy

   

  • The minimum time required to enter the process of graduation is 3 years (6 semesters) for Bachelor programs and 2 years (4 semesters) for Master programs.
  • The maximum time for a student to graduate is 6 years for Bachelor programs and 4 years for Master programs.
  • Every student during the last year of their studies (3^rd year for Bachelor programs and 2^nd year for Master programs) prepares the diploma thesis, the defense of which is a prerequisite for graduation.
  • Graduation is completed with the preparation and defense of the diploma thesis.

  Policy for planning and controlling process of degrees / dissertations

  • The schedule of diploma defense is made public every year in the academic calendar.
    • Graduation is completed with the preparation and defense of a certain study or research topic.
    • In order to guide students’ topics, leading lecturers develop sessions according to a calendar of meetings.
    • Each Faculty holds at least 2 sessions, one per each semester, with students who attend their last year of academic studies.
    • The criteria for the thesis are defined with a specific regulation.
    • A student cannot defend the diploma thesis without obtaining the approval of the supervisor as a guarantor of academic quality.
    • In any case, the student cannot defend the diploma thesis without completing all the obligations of the study program.
    • Academic Calendar provides 3 (three) seasons for the thesis defense, which are: (1) 3^rd week of January, (2) 3^rd week of July, (3) 3^rd week of September.
    • The student who fails in the first season, has the right to redefend it in the next 2 seasons. If he fails again in the next season, he should change the thesis and resubmit a new one.
    • Students defend their diploma without any charge during normal seasons, 3rd week of July and 3rd week of September of the last academic year of studies (third year of studies or second year of studies for master students). After that diploma defense is with a certain fee as it is established in the contractual agreement.

  Selection and approval policy of the Thesis Topic for undergraduate and graduate students

   

  • At the beginning of the academic year, in October, each department organizes a meeting to consult various topics which could serve as thesis study areas at degree level as well as to identify potential thesis supervisors.
  • Each member of the academic staff, within the third week of the first semester, offers concrete proposals for thesis topics, which he/she is willing to supervise, thus making the establishment of a thesis’s topics bank possible.
  • Within the fifth week of the first semester of the academic year, students are provided by the relevant department with the application form for the thesis at both cycles (BA) and (Master), along with a list of potential thesis supervisors and the bank of these topics.
  • The interested student fills in the application form by priorly consulting a potential supervisor and submits it within the eighth week of the first semester. In case of failure to meet the deadline, the student defends its thesis in the next season.
  • The review of applications is made by the relevant department, which sends the proposals for approval to the Council of the Faculty. The whole process is supervised by the Dean.
  • The approval of thesis topics by thesis supervisors shall be made no later than the fourteenth week of the first semester, in accordance with the requirements of this guideline.

Bachelor students shall choose their thesis topics in the beginning of their third year of studies and Master students in the first semester of their second year of studies.

• The special commission for the defense of the diploma thesis is based on data collected and reported by the secretary of the faculty for the last years, regarding the results of the students who are going to graduate.
• The commission considers the student’s progress and the results of the last years as a guiding criterion in the final evaluation of the diploma thesis.
• For the evaluation of the thesis, should be considered the following criteria:

• • 1. Critical approach to the topic being discussed, considering the student’s knowledge and experience;
    2. The scientific methodology used and research instruments;
    3. The quality of thesis in general;
    4. Thesis usefulness;
    5. Quality of writing (respecting the scientific writing style, spelling rules);
    6. Clear and coherent presentation of the thesis (meeting formatting and technical requirements);

• The evaluation of the thesis is based on a scoring system, which inevitably translates into a grade.