Theses

The Thesis Archive (Archivio Tesi) is housed at the Management Office of the University Library Service, which preserves and catalogues master's degree and doctoral theses defended at the University of Milan and makes them available to the public.
The catalogue of master's and single-cycle degree theses can only be consulted via the local network.
Doctoral theses defended up to A.Y. 2009-2010 have been entered into the University Catalogue, those from subsequent years can be consulted in AIR Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca, the institutional repository of the University of Milan.
Access to the Thesis Archive is by appointment only. For information email to archivio.tesi@unimi.it

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Consult degree theses

The Thesis Archive stores all the degree's theses under the old University system, master's degree theses (new University system) and those of the postgraduate specialization programmes.
You can search the catalogue and consult theses at the Thesis Archive (Management Office of the University Library Service) by appointment only. For information email to archivio.tesi@unimi.it

A member of staff will reply promptly, indicating the date and time of your appointment for searching  the catalogue.

Consultation is subject to the will expressed by the author, who, as the owner of the moral and patrimonial rights, is entitled to select one of the following options, in agreement with his/her supervisor:

  • available
  • not available
  • available after the embargo period

Home lending is not permitted and the thesis must not be reproduced in any way whatsoever. Only the author, on presentation of an identity document, can request a copy of his/her own thesis.

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Submit your master's degree thesis

You are required to submit a copy of your master's degree thesis (second cycle or single cycle degrees) in accordance with the procedures and deadlines established by each individual Student Administration Office (further information on this page,in Italian). The Thesis will remain in the University records.

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Consult doctoral theses

The Thesis Archive stores all the doctoral theses defended at the University of Milan starting from academic year 1990/91. Up to 31 December 2010 the theses are stored in analogue format (printed or microfiche); from 1 January 2011 are stored in digital format only. Consultation methods vary according to the storage format:

Theses in analogue format
They are included in the University Catalogue.
Theses can be consulted by appointment only in the Thesis Archive, located in the University Library Service Management Office. For information email to archivio.tesi@unimi.it

Home lending not permitted and the work must not be reproduced in any way whatsoever.

Theses in digital format
The catalogue can be accessed through AIR Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca, the institutional repository of the University, and contains, besides the catalogue record details, also the full text version of the thesis.
Therefore consultation is online through AIR.
Because not all theses can be consulted, you should carefully note the symbol next to the link to the full text of each thesis.

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