WELCOME GUIDE FOR INCOMING STUDENTS

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1 WELCOME GUIDE FOR INCOMING STUDENTS Academic Year 2007/2008

2 Written by the International Mobility Service Ca Foscari University of Venice In cooperation with ESU BASE Venice, July 2007

3 LIST OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 CONTACTS...3 HOW TO REACH CA' FOSCARI BUILDING...5 A HISTORICAL PROFILE OF CA' FOSCARI...8 LEARNING RESOURCES...10 LIBRARIES...10 BOOKSHOPS...11 COMPUTING FACILITIES...12 THE LANGUAGE CENTRE...12 STUDENT FACILITES...14 ACCOMMODATION...14 TRANSPORTS...20 EATING...20 SPORTS...26 FURTHER INFORMATION...28 STUDY RESIDENCE PERMIT...28 HEALTH...30 CELL-PHONE...31 FINANCIAL MATTERS...31 USEFUL NUMBERS...32 LINKS...32 CHECKLIST...33 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2007/

4 INTRODUCTION Dear students, We are delighted that you have decided to study at Ca Foscari University, Venice. We hope that once you start your studies you will be pleased with your choice. We are looking forward to welcoming you to Ca Foscari and to Venice. The Welcoming Guide has been written to present Ca Foscari University and assist you in your preparations for coming to Venice. It contains a lot of practical and detailed information about what to expect once you arrive. It is intended to be a guide to dip into whenever you need some information over the first few weeks but it will also be of use throughout your stay in Venice

5 CONTACTS In any case, please feel free to contact us for any further information you may need: International Mobility Service Ca' Foscari University of Venice Dorsoduro 3246 I I Venezia Tel Fax erasmus@unive.it Opening hours: Monday and Thursday Tuesday and Friday Wednesday closed 10 a.m. 1 p.m. 10 a.m. 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. The Stage, International Mobility and Placement Section International Mobility Service promotes the mobility of scholars and students in the framework of Cultural exchanges and European programmes such as LLP/Erasmus, Comenius and Leonardo da Vinci. It also provides assistance to students wishing to apply for the scholarships offered by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

6 Staff: Director: Arianna Cattarin Incoming Erasmus students: Manuela Spagnol Tel Outgoing Erasmus students: Luciana Jovine Tel Laura Oddi Tel Leonardo da Vinci trainees: Alessandra Bertazzolo Tel International exchange students, scholarship holders (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), MAE-CRUI Programme, professors international exchange, Comenius Programme, Co.As.It.: Alessandra Bertazzolo Tel

7 HOW TO REACH CA FOSCARI BUILDING If you travel to Venice by train, be careful to get off at Venezia Santa Lucia railway station, not at Venezia Mestre. In order to get to the International Mobility Service, please cross the Bridge Ponte degli Scalzi (1), which you will find right out of the railway station. Then, turn right to arrive at Fondamenta dei Tolentini (2) and go straight on to reach Fondamenta Minotto (3) then walk along Salizada San Pantalon, Calle dei Preti and Calle Crosera (4) until you reach Calle Lunga Foscari (5) where you have to turn right. Cross the bridge at the end of the calle and find Ca Foscari University main buiding entrance on your left hand side. Our office is on the first floor

8 If you travel to Venice by car, you should park at Tronchetto and walk to Piazzale Roma (10 minutes). Cross Campazzo Tre Ponti (I) and go along Fondamenta Magazzen (II). Then, you can reach Fondamenta Minotto (3) on your left and, from there, please follow the instructions above, since the way is the same

9 If you travel to Venice by plane, you will have to reach the Venice city centre from the Airport in Tessera. VENICE AIRPORT MARCO POLO : Tel Website: Both buses and boats are available. Buses: You can catch both ATVO shuttles and ACTV n 5 local service buses. Tickets are on sale at the tobacconist s inside the airport. In both cases, you will have to get off at Piazzale Roma, which is the bus terminal in Venice. Then, follow the instructions given above to reach the International Mobility Service at Ca Foscari building. For any information about the timetable and the ticket price, you can visit the following website: Boats: You may catch an Alilaguna boat, which leaves approximately every hour from the airport. Once you arrive in Venice, get off at Zattere stop and ask for the G.B. Giustinian building. Please note that private water taxis are very expensive

10 A HISTORICAL PROFILE OF CA' FOSCARI Ca Foscari University of Venice has a national and international outstanding reputation for academic excellence in both teaching and research. Founded on 6 August 1868 as the first Italian high school devoted to commerce and economics, it has grown and developed new relevant subject areas. The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures was established in 1954, while the Faculties of Humanities and Chemistry were created in In 1990, the latter finally became the present Faculty of Science. Since its foundation, the University has been housed in a remarkable fifteenth-century palace on the Grand Canal. Nevertheless various are now the buildings hosting the university premises throughout Venice. Ca Foscari is now a modern and well-renowned university which offers a wide range of teaching and research activities across four main subject areas: economics, languages, science and humanities. The Faculty of Economics provides innovative teaching programmes combining economics (theory, methods and models) with legal, mathematical and statistical subjects, with management and business. A strong operative connection is then established with areas such as tourism and information technology. The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers teaching programmes in 17 Western and 23 Eastern languages and literatures. Several are the teaching areas covered, varying from philology, language teaching, history, tourism, archaeology, philosophy and religion. The Faculty of Humanities offers programmes in the areas of philosophy, psychology and pedagogy, history, philology, literature, anthropology and sociology. The Faculty of Science consists of three main subject areas: chemistry with particular focus on physical chemistry environment and information technology

11 At the moment, after the reorganization of the university academic structure implemented by the Italian Higher Education Reform, Ca Foscari offers 30 first level and 43 second level degrees, 16 first level masters courses, 12 second level masters courses, 16 doctoral research programmes and a specializing programme for secondary school teachers. The students regularly enrolled at Ca Foscari are about 18,500 at the moment, with 560 professors. The new graduates are 2,400 every year. Ca Foscari provides 19 academic departments, 16 research centres, an efficient library system providing access to 700,000 books and 400,600 periodicals and an extensive network of PCs and workstations. Moreover, the University carries out research, consulting and training activities for public and private organizations; it is involved in partnerships with several Venetian cultural institutions and associations in the framework of scientific information, training and research. Every year almost 300 cultural and scientific events are organized by Ca Foscari. It also joins other universities, public and private institutions, centres and groups: it is a partner in the Venice International University (VIU), Consorzio Venezia Ricerche, VEGA Scientific and Technology Park, La Chimica per l Ambiente, CORILA, CISET, CISAI. Ca Foscari has important contacts with national and international institutions and research centres in the framework of both training experiences for students and teachers (ERASMUS and LEONARDO DA VINCI programmes) and individual scientific agreements between some specific departments. In 2002, Ca Foscari Formazione e Ricerca S.r.l. was created. It is a limited company which aims to involve Ca Foscari resources in a closer active connection with the whole of local public and private business entities

12 LEARNING RESOURCES LIBRARIES The University Library System manages and develops the acquisition, conservation and use of the University library and documentary material. It consists of all the library, documentary and archive facilities belonging to the University (currently 27 libraries and centres). There is currently a project to organize it into four libraries according to disciplines (Economics-Law, Humanities, Oriental Studies, Sciences), which will be supported by archives. Ca Foscari General Library is BIBLIOTECA DI SERVIZIO DIDATTICO located at the following address: Zattere, Dorsoduro Venezia Tel Fax Website: bsd@unive.it For the updated opening hours please visit the library web site. The library offers different kinds of services: inter-library loan service (for information contact ill-dd@unive.it) reference for doctoral and degree dissertations (for information contact archivio.tesi@unive.it) For specific books and works, not available at the General Library, you can visit the Departmental Libraries. You can find the list of all these libraries, together with all the updated opening hours, at the University Libraries website: The library facilities are available to all students in possession of the Ca Foscari University Student Card, which you will receive from the International Mobility Service when you register on your arrival

13 Besides the Departmental Libraries you can attend and visit other libraries, such as: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (Piazzetta San Marco n 7, Venezia. Tel ; Fax , website: Biblioteca Querini Stampalia (at Fondazione Querini Stampalia. You will find all the information you need concerning the opening hours and the loan service at the following website: Biblioteca Museo Correr (art library; Tel , website: Biblioteca Fondazione Giorgio Cini (on the San Giorgio Maggiore island; website: BOOKSHOPS In order to buy books and lecture notes you can go to: CAFOSCARINA BOOKSHOP Books concerning humanities, languages and science (books at 10% discount prices for Ca Foscari students): Dorsoduro 3259 Tel Books concerning economics: Cannaregio 701 Tel Website: TOLETTA BOOKSHOP Books concerning all the subjects (books at discount prices) Dorsoduro 1213 Tel Website:

14 COMPUTING FACILITIES Welcome guide for incoming students A.Y. 2007/2008 Ca Foscari University encourages the application of computers to support teaching and learning and it provides a specific main university computer centre CENTRO SERVIZI INFORMATICI E DI TELECOMUNICAZIONI DI ATENEO (CSITA) where an extensive network of PCs and computer workstations is available, together with professional assistance. As a Ca Foscari student, as soon as you turn up at the International Mobility Service on your arrival, you will be allocated a password and have free access to the internet. More workstations are also available in several departments and in the libraries. The CSITA address is the following: Dorsoduro Venezia Tel Computing Classrooms All foreign students, according to the faculty at which they are enrolled, can enter the University computing classrooms, by exhibiting the Ca Foscari University Student Card. As follows, the list of all computing classrooms: Faculty of Economics: Palazzo ex Poste San Giobbe Tel Website: Faculty of Literature and philosophy: San Sebastiano Dorsoduro 1686 Tel Fax Website: Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures: San Sebastiano Dorsoduro 1686 Tel Fax cmm@unive.it Websites: Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences: Santa Marta, Dorsoduro 2137 Website: Tel / 8613 THE LANGUAGE CENTRE

15 The Centro Linguistico Interfacoltà (CLI) is the University language centre, which offers daytime and evening courses for the teaching of foreign languages and of Italian to foreigners. It primarily focuses on communication skills for students both within or outside the University. The courses are composed of 60 hours, of which 50 are classroom lessons (4 or 6 hours per week) and 10 are delivered in self-access, on a 3-term basis (approximately, courses start in November, January and April). Classroom teaching and self-access activities are planned in order to maximize language learning and achieve the best possible results in a short time. No more than 24 students are allowed for each course. The available language courses are: English, French, German, Spanish and also Italian for foreign students. Depending upon the enrolment category you belong to, the enrolment procedures and the cost of the course differ (normally Italian courses for foreign students cost 55,00). Please check whether your EU Programme includes linguistic preparation. If this is the case, you are entitled to a reimbursement by the Coordinator of the Programme at your home institution, when you present the receipt of payment. The address is: Palazzo Bonvicini, Santa Croce Venezia Tel Fax Website: E -mail: cli@unive.it

16 STUDENT FACILITES Youth Card It is given to university students (under 29 years old). Owners are allowed to have discounts in certain shops, cinemas and museums. The card is free. For further information please contact: ESU Cultura Palazzo dei Pompieri, Calle Larga Foscari Dorsoduro 3861 (1 st floor) Tel ACCOMMODATION The University of Venice does not directly provide accommodation for students. However ESU B.A.S.E. (Ente per il Diritto allo Studio), an institution of the Regione Veneto, is in charge of accommodation for both Ca Foscari national and foreign students. ESU will provide the cheapest student accommodation in University student buildings. Please try to arrange your accommodation well in advance before leaving (for example within June for starting courses in September), because available affordable accommodation in the Venice city centre is very limited. ESU B. A. S. E. Ufficio CASA Palazzo Badoer, San Polo Venezia Tel Fax Website: Opening hours: Monday and Thursday: 3:30 p.m. 5 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 10 a.m. 12 p.m. (or with an appointment at other times)

17 If no place can be provided in ESU housing, the ESU CASA Office will help you to find alternative solutions: a list of private flats, bedsits and lodgings is available (Sportello CERCOCASA Service, same contacts as above). All students who contact ESU but cannot be provided accommodation will be given useful addresses to find alternative accommodation in Venice. To find temporary accommodation you can contact the Junghans guest-house: Residenza Junghans Terzo Ramo della Palada, Giudecca Venezia Tel Fax Website: info@residenzajunghans.com Temporary accommodation in other ESU student houses is possible. Contact ESU Ufficio CASA

18 WHERE TO SLEEP THE FIRST NIGHTS: Welcome guide for incoming students A.Y. 2007/2008 Ostello della Gioventù Giudecca 86 Tel Fax Suore Canossiane Giudecca (ONLY FOR WOMEN) Tel Vaporetto-boat n. 82 to Giudecca, boat-stop PALANCA. You have to book at least the day before the arrival. Suore Canossiane San Trovaso (ONLY FOR WOMEN) Tel for 34 people; for a short stay (few days). ARCHIE S Strada Nuova (vaporetto stop: S. Marcuola) Tel , only for foreigners, males and females. HOSTELS / RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES (it is possible to stay during the whole semester): CASA CABURLOTTO Santa Croce, Venezia Tel Only for women; single rooms with breakfast included in the fee; max 1-month-stay. CASA CAPITANIO Santa Croce, 596/a Venezia Person in charge : suor Alba Sponga Tel Fax CASA CAPITANO (Suore di Santa Maria Bambina) - Santa Croce, 561 Venezia - (in front of the railway station) Tel. and fax: Only for women; single and double rooms with WC and kitchen. Long stay is also possible Curfew: 10:30 p.m

19 CASA DEL GIOVANE DON ORIONE Via Nicolodi, Marghera (Ve) Tel Fax s.piox@tin.it Person in charge: don Fausto Franceschi CASA PER FERIE "L. MURIALDO" Cannaregio, 3512 Venezia Tel Fax: anspive@tin.it Only for men. Double room, no linen, cleaning on Saturdays, it s possible to use the kitchen. Only for a long stay (October/ May). CASA STUDENTESCA SAN MICHELE Via Carducci Mestre Venezia casastudentesca@duomodimestre.it For male and female students. Longer stay (whole academic year) are preferred. 70 places (mostly in single rooms), kitchen available. Send an for applying. DOMUS CAVANIS Accademia 912 Venezia Tel Fax: newly restructured - also for a long stay - single and double rooms with WC, TV and telephone Curfew: 11pm. It s possible to agree upon a monthly price for a long stay. DOMUS CIVICA (female university boarding house) Santa Croce, 3082 Venezia Tel Fax Website: info@domuscivica.com In summer short stay for men and women. From October, only for women for the whole academic year or for a long stay (ex 3 months) upon agreement with Mrs. Caterina Tonello. Single and double rooms (no WC and no linen) + dinner and lunch from Monday to Friday; on Saturdays it s possible to use the kitchen. Curfew: 12 p.m. FORESTERIA VALDESE - Castello, Venezia (near Campo Santa Maria Formosa) Tel Fax Website: foresteriavenezia@diaconiavaldese.org Only for a short stay (few days). Breakfast and linen included

20 G.B. GIUSTINIAN - Santa Croce, Venezia (Rio Terà dei pensieri, before the jail building) Tel Only for max. 25 women, for the whole academic year (but not always necessarily), familiar atmosphere. Earnest-money (you lose it if you leave before the booked period of staying). ISTITUTO ARTIGIANELLI Fondamenta Zattere, Venezia Tel Fax ISTITUTO BERNA Via Bissuola Mestre (Ve) Tel Fax Person in charge: don Giuseppe Velo ISTITUTO BUON PASTORE Castello 77 Venezia Person in charge: rag. Alberto Dosaggio Tel Fax ISTITUTO CANOSSIANO Dorsoduro Venezia Tel Fax Website for applying: cvenezia@fdcc.org Only for women. ISTITUTO CILIOTA San Marco, 2976 Venezia Tel Fax Website: info@ciliota.it With WC, linen and breakfast. Curfew: 11 p.m. ISTITUTO SOLESIN Dorsoduro, Venezia Tel Fax Only for max. 36 women, for a long stay from October to May/June, in single rooms and double rooms with WC. No breakfast. July and August for all people, also for few days. Curfew: 11 p.m

21 OSTELLO SANTA FOSCA Cannaregio, 2372 Venezia Tel. e fax Website: ostello@santafosca.it It s a student-house belonging to the Curia of Venice (max 100 students). Short stay (max. 7/10 days in rooms with other students). SUORE SALESIE Dorsoduro, Venezia Tel Only for max 45 women in double or single room. No meals during the week ends. Official curfew is at 9:30pm, but variations are possible for individual needs. REAL ESTATE AGENCIES ALLOGGI TEMPORANEI di Helga A.Gross & C. Sas Castello 5448/A, Calle S. Antonio Venezia Tel Fax venrent@flashnet.it AGENZIA CANNAVO Via Sandro Gallo 5/A Lido di Venezia Tel agcannavo@inwind.it A list of addresses of real estate agencies in Venice is available at: PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION/LODGINGS Once in Venice you can check the university notice boards for flats to share with other students, but make sure to have accommodation at least for the first days in Venice. Room or flat advertising service is also available at some websites such as

22 TRANSPORTS You can buy a pass for travelling by boat or bus in Venice and the mainland. Before buying a pass at ACTV (for buses, waterbuses/vaporetti, etc.) it s necessary to get a travel card called CARTA VENEZIA. The cost of the card is 10,00 and it is valid for three years. It allows holders to buy tickets at reduced rates. Application for travel cards can be made at the following HelloVenezia points Venice: Cannaregio 3935 (Piazzale Roma) Venice: Fondamente Nove Mestre: via Cardinal Massaia (side-street of Via Cappuccina) Lido: Santa Maria Elisabetta, near the landing stage You need a valid ID card or passport + one passport size photo + proof you are a student (International Students Card or the certificate which notifies your registration at Ca Foscari as an Erasmus student provided by the International Mobility Service). PASSES Categories: Monthly for one network: Rete laguna (Lagoon services) = Lido di Venezia waterbuses and land bus routes Monthly for two networks: Rete Laguna (Lagoon services) and Rete terraferma (Mainland services) STUDENTS (under 26) Ordinary (including students over 26) 18,00 26,00 20,00 30,00 For Information ACTV Website: HELLOVENEZIA tel EATING Ca Foscari University provides several student canteens in the city centre and three subsidised in Mestre (via Torino), Mira and Treviso, in order to meet the needs of students attending all the faculties outside Venice

23 Weekly menus are actually displayed at the entry of the restaurants. A wide range of menus - vegetarian and dietetic - is offered. These are the kinds of meal you may have: Complete meal: first course second course side-course fruit or dessert bread drink Reduced meal: first or second course side-course fruit or dessert bread drink The first course can be replaced by: - n 1 yogurt - n 1 piece of cheese (mozzarella, stracchino cheese, ricotta) The second course can be replaced by: - n 2 yogurts The second course + the side-course can be replaced by: - a mixed salad (insalatona) / main course. Further changes of the menu above are allowed at the discretion of the staff. All students can make use of the student s restaurant, paying each meal 4,50 (complete meal) or 3,50 (reduced meal or pizza). Students have access to the restaurants by exhibiting the Ca Foscari University Student Card

24 The student restaurant service is open during the whole year. Here are the University student canteens: Mensa "Rio Novo" Fondamenta Rio Novo, Dorsoduro 3467 (close to the ENEL building) Tel Opening hours: lunch: Monday Friday 11:30 a.m. 3 p.m.; Saturday: 11:45 a.m. 2:30 p.m. dinner: Monday Friday 6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m; Sunday: closed Mensa "Badoer"

25 P.zzo Badoer, San Polo, 2840 (close to Frari) Tel Opening hours: lunch: Monday Friday 11:30 a.m. 3 p.m.; Sunday: 11:45 a.m. 2:30 p.m. dinner: suspended Saturday: suspended

26 Risto-DLF Fond.ta Santa Lucia (from THE Venice railway station, turn right when you go out of the station). Opening hours: lunch: Monday Sunday 12:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. dinner: Monday Sunday 6 p.m. 9 p.m

27 Mensa La Ronde Via Torino, 105 Mestre (VE) Opening hours: lunch: Monday Friday: 12 p.m. 3 p.m. dinner: suspended Saturday and Sunday: suspended BREK-Treviso Corso del Popolo, 25/27 - TREVISO. (at a 5 minute-walk from the railway station, close to the theatre). Opening hours: lunch: Monday Sunday: 11:30 a.m. 3 p.m. dinner: Monday Sunday: 6:30 p.m. 10 p.m. Bar: 7:30 a.m. 3 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 10 p.m. Mensa Portogruaro Campus Sala Pilastri via Seminario, 25 Portogruaro (VE) Opening hours: lunch: Monday Friday 12:30 p.m. 2 p.m. dinner: suspended Saturday and Sunday: suspended

28 SPORTS Ca Foscari provides a range of indoor and outdoor sports facilities. There are opportunities to play socially, to have lessons, to learn a new sport or improve your standard. The main sports halls are located in the Venice city centre, close to Piazzale Roma and Campo Santa Margherita, while others lie in Mestre or in Lido island. The sports facilities for Ca Foscari students are managed by the Italian University Sports Centre. The Venice University Sports Centre (CUS) offers university students the possibility to participate in a wide variety of sports in the facilities at Calle dei Guardiani: judo and personal defence, aerobics and other kinds of gymnastics, fitness, volleyball, basketball, tennis, handball and five-aside-football. There is also a sauna. In the city centre and on the mainland there are also the facilities for rowing and voga alla veneta ( sailing, canoeing and kayaking, golf, horse riding, free climbing and swimming. It is also possible to use the sports centre at S. Giuliano for athletics. The CUS also offers university members the possibility to take part in summer and winter camps. They organise interfaculty tournaments of football, volleyball, basketball, tennis and five-a-side football, with reduced enrolment fees. You can address the following website for detailed information and on-line applications: Address: Fondamenta dei Cereri, Dorsoduro 2407 I Venezia Tel Fax Website: venescus@unive.it Opening hours: Monday - Friday: 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. 7 p.m

29 Please, remember that you need some documents in order to register: your Ca Foscari Student Card: you will collect it on your arrival from the International mobility Service; evidence of recent medical check-up (Certificate of Good Health for sporting activities). Note that it is better for you to bring it from your own doctor at your native country (in English), because it would be quite expensive for you to get it here; enrolment fee

30 FURTHER INFORMATION STUDY RESIDENCE PERMIT NON-EU STUDENTS Stays up to 3 months According to the Italian law it is no more necessary to apply for a stay permit for stays in Italy of less than 90 days but you will have to register your presence following one of the above mentioned procedures: - in case you entered in Italy from a non-schengen border, you will have to declare your presence to the Border Authority; - in case you entered in Italy from a Schengen border, the declaration must be presented, within eight working days from the day of the arrival, to the competent Police headquarters (Questura Ufficio stranieri, see addresses below). Stays longer than 3 months In compliance with Italian laws, within 8 working days from the day of the arrival in Italy all non- EU citizens who hold a study visa for our country must apply for a study residence permit. The International Mobility Service will explain you the exact procedure you will have to follow for applying. Briefly: 1. Go to the Post Office to get the Residence Permit package (kit). 2. Go to to Agenzia delle Entrate in Campo Sant Angelo to get the Codice Fiscale (Taxpayer code) that is necessary to fill out the residence permit application. Bring along: - Ca Foscari enrolment certificate - Passport along with your visa 3. Schedule an appointment at the Patronato CISL, located in Mestre, Via Ca Marcello 10 by phoning at the following number Office hours are Monday to Friday 9 a.m. 12 a.m.; Monday, Wednesday and Friday 3 p.m. 6 p.m. They will help you to accurately fill out the forms. Here are the documents you need to produce: - Copies the entire passport blank pages included - 4 Passport size pictures - Ca Foscari certificate of enrolment - Bank statement showing sufficient funds to support yourself - Codice fiscale (Taxpayer code)

31 - Proof of living arrangement in the Venice area - Proof of travel insurance - 14,62 marca da bollo available for purchase at the tobacconist s 4. Return to the Post office where you will be asked to pay a 27,50 tax and an administrative fee of 30,00 to submit the to the Police headquarters. Afterwards you will receive a payment receipt which will serve you as a temporary card until you get of the original one. This receipt together with the passport allows you to leave Italy and come back. 5. The forms submitted through the Post office will be checked at the Immigration Office of the Venetian Police headquarters that will call you for the completion of the application procedure. EU STUDENTS According to the Italian law, starting from April 11th 2007, EU-citizens are allowed to move without restrictions throughout Italy without applying for the stay permit for a period of 90 days. During the first 3 months of stay there is no law requirement to fulfil, provided you have a valid identity document. All detail at : QUESTURA DI VENEZIA Santa Croce 500, Venezia COMMISSARIATO SAN MARCO Castello 5056, Venezia Tel (Centralino) Fax urp.ve@poliziadistato.it UFFICIO IMMIGRAZIONE (Immigration Office) Via Nicolodi, Marghera (Venezia) Tel To reach the Questura from Venice: Bus n. 6/ (departure from Piazzale Roma at the minutes of every hour.) Get off at the second stop of Via della Rinascita. Opening hours: from Tuesday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. to receive the progressive number that gives access to the office; on Wednesdays the Office is open also in the afternoon from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. only for collection of residence permits;

32 HEALTH European students are covered for all necessary cares by the Italian National Health Service: you just need to have your European Health Insurance Card (T.E.A.M. card) issued by your national health authorities. If you don't have it, you need a similar document issued by your national health authorities before leaving home. Non-European students are instead requested to have medical insurance during their stay in Italy. This is also compulsory in order for the police to issue a Study Residence Permit. If you have not already a policy covering your travel, you could draw up a voluntary registration to the Italian National Health Service. For foreigners with student status in possession of a current residence permit the fee is euro 149,77 for one solar year. The amount must be sent by giro post to the giro account of the Regione Veneto. Fot the registration you must go to the: Ulss 12 District n.1 Palazzo Giustinian Dorsoduro 1454 Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 8:15 a.m. to 12 a.m. Monday and Wednesday also 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and produce the following documents: photocopy of residence permit matriculation certificate of University or legally recognized Higher Education Institute (for students) Taxpayer Code (Codice Fiscale) If you don t have it, apply at the Revenue Offices, see information at the paragraph below

33 CELL-PHONE If you are in possession of a cell-phone, we suggest you to buy an Italian SIM CARD, so that you can cheaply call Italian numbers and be called from your country without spending money. A new Italian SIM costs about 5-10 euros, and you can choose between 3 mobile operators: Tim, Vodafone and Wind. To buy it in a cell-phone shop, you need to produce your passport together with your Italian address. FINANCIAL MATTERS Bank Account If you wish to open a bank account you will need an identification document, such as your passport or identity card. Anyway, note that it is not so cheap to open an account: you can actually use travellers cheques and international credit cards. Opening times of banks may vary from branch to branch, but they are approximately as it follows: from 8:30am to 1:30 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. Taxpayer Code (Codice Fiscale) In order to open a bank account you need an Italian taxpayer code. You can obtain it free of charge from: Territorio Estuario (Estuary area) Agenzia delle Entrate San Marco 3538, Venezia Tel ul.venezia1@agenziaentrate.it Opening hours: Monday Friday: 8:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday 14:45 a.m. 16:45 p.m. Territorio Terraferma (Mainland) Agenzia delle Entrate Via G. De Marchi, Marghera Venezia Tel ul.venezia2@agenziaentrate.it

34 USEFUL NUMBERS Police: 113 Carabinieri corps: 112 Fire brigade: 115 Emergency, ambulance service: 118 (The first aid of the hospital is free and open to everyone, 24/24). Hospital of Venice (ospedale civile): tel Hospital in Mestre: tel First aid station: on week-days and on Sundays (from 8pm to 8am) for emergency you can ask for medical assistance: Mestre, Marghera: tel Venezia: Tel LINKS

35 CHECKLIST Before you leave home there are some documents you have to prepare. Please read this Welcome Guide carefully, along with any other university information you have been sent, taking any action that is required. To help you we have prepared a checklist covering the key areas you need to think about: Before you leave your Country Arrange the following: Valid identification document for expatriation; VISA (if applicable): remember to ask the International Mobility Service for an official university acceptance letter; Accommodation; Evidence of recent medical check-up (Certificate of Good Health for sporting activities); European Health Insurance Card (T.E.A.M. card) issued by your National Health Authorities (for EU students) or health insurance (for non- EU students). Arriving at Ca Foscari University Come first to the International Mobility Service (please check the opening hours or phone us to arrange a meeting). You will be given: your Ca Foscari University Student Card, which will entitle you to attend the courses and use the library and the canteens; a username (which corresponds to the ID number - Matricola) and password to access the university computer services. These can only be accessed after the student has been registered; the student record book; a registration certificate. During your stay check the academic timetable and the location of the different University buildings. Please look at the website:

36 check the procedures to enrol at the University Language Centre in order to attend Italian language courses. Extension Foreign students who wish to request an extension of their study period at Ca Foscari University must provide the International Mobility Service with the authorisation from their home university (an is sufficient). Before you leave Venice Come back to the International Mobility Service with the student record book in order to get your transcript of records (the certification of the examinations taken during your Erasmus mobility period at Ca Foscari). It can happen that the transcript of records is sent after the completion of your study period in Venice because it is issued when all examinations are accurately recorded. All effort is made to send it within a reasonable time

37 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2007/2008 HOLIDAYS 21 st November (Madonna della Salute) Christmas Holidays: from 22 nd December 2007 to 6 th January 2008 Easter Holidays: from 20 th to 26 th March 2008 BANK HOLIDAYS IN ITALY 1 st November; 8 th December; 25 th April; 1 st May; 2 nd June. Faculty of Economics SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 17 September 27 October 2007 Courses 18 February 05 April 2008 Courses 29 October 10 November 2007 Exams April 2008 Exams 12 November 21 December 2007 Courses 21 April 31 May 2008 Courses 07 January 16 February 2008 Exams 03 June 12 July 2008 Exams September 2008 Exams Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 24 September 12 January 2008 Courses 18 February 31 May 2008 Courses 21 January 16 February 2008 Exams 09 June 05 July 2008 Exams September 2008 Exams Faculty of Humanities SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 17 September 20 October 2007 Courses 18 February 29 March 2008 Courses 22 October 10 November 2007 Exams 31 March 19 April 2008 Exams 12 November 21 December 2007 Courses 21 April 24 May 2008 Courses 07 January 16 February 2008 Exams 26 May 19 July 2008 Exams 25 August 13 September 2008 Exams Faculty of Science SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 24 September 11 January 2008 Courses 25 February 06 June 2008 Courses 14 January 22 February 2008 Exams 09 June 18 July 2008 Exams September 2008 Exams