Information for Exchange Students ERASMUS. University of Teramo

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1 Information for Exchange Students ERASMUS University of Teramo 1

2 Erasmus Code Website I TERAMO01 Website for Incoming Students Address or University of Teramo International Relations Office V.le F. Crucioli, 122 ITALY Academic Erasmus Coordinator Prof.ssa Maria Cristina Giannini Tel. +39 (0) Fax +39 (0) mcgiannini unite.it International Relations Office D.ssa Giovanna Cacciatore Tel. +39 (0) Fax +39 (0) gcacciatore unite.it 2

3 Welcome to the University of Teramo The university of Teramo is pleased to welcome students from abroad. This booklet aims to give a support to incoming students in order to make their stay in our University as pleasant as possible. 3

4 The University of Teramo Web-site: FACULTY OF LAW Campus Coste S. Agostino Tel. +39 (0) Fax +39 (0) FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Piazza Aldo Moro Tel. +39 (0) Fax +39 (0) Manager didattico: Alessia Carosi tel. e fax [email protected] FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Campus Coste S. Agostino Tel. +39 (0) Fax +39 (0) [email protected] Manager didattico: Maria Laura Terzini tel. e fax [email protected] FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE Via Carlo R. Lerici, Mosciano Sant'Angelo (Te) Tel. +39 (0) Fax +39 (0) [email protected] Manager didattico di Facoltà: Anna Manco tel [email protected] FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCE Campus Coste S. Agostino Tel. +39 (0) Fax +39 (0) [email protected] Manager didattico di Facoltà: Nadia Gatti tel [email protected] LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Piazza Aldo Moro, 45 Tel. +39 (0) Fax +39 (0) [email protected] 4

5 STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES Disabled students are offered all possible means they may need to go through difficulties they might encounter during their studies in Teramo, such as they are given the possibility to learn exam programmes by means of videotapes for students with sight problems or by means of computer for students with mobility disabilities. These students are given a personal assistant as well as academic support. ACADEMIC CALENDAR The basic unit of the Italian System of Higher Education is the Academic Year, from October 1 to September 30. The first semester starts 1 October and ends 31 December. The second semester starts 1 March and ends 31 May. This schedules don t regard examinations. Exams sessions Summer Session: April, May, June and July Autumn Session:September, October, November, December and January Winter Session: February and March November 1 December 8 December 19 (only in Teramo) From December 23 to January 7 (Christmas holidays From Thursday before Easter to the following Wednesday (Easter holidays) April 25 May 1 June 2 From August 1 to August 31 (Summer holidays) v 5

6 BEFORE LEAVING YOUR OWN COUNTRY If you are a European Union citizen, only your identity card or your passport and two passport size photographs are required. If you are a citizen of a non-eu Country, you must have the visa for study purposes issued by the Italian Embassy or the Consulate Office in the country you live in. N.B.: A tourist visa does not entitle you to study in Italy. Admission requirements : - Statement from home University certifying the arrival in Teramo as an Erasmus student. - Application forms and Learning agreements for the Erasmus Student Programme. They are available on the webpage: or Please note our application deadlines for exchange students: Winter semester 15 th September Summer semester 30 th November Make sure you have all information about: - Enrolment, examinations, courses, schedules and Italian language courses, practical aspects concerning life in Teramo. HEALTH INSURANCE FORM Every student is requested to have appropriate health and accident insurance. If you are a citizen of an EU Member State are requested to possess the European Health Insurance Card or the E106 form issued by the relevant authorities in the student s home country. (Directive 2004/38/CE concerning the right of EU citizens and their families to travel and stay freely within the territory of member states. As of April 11, 2007, Eu students who need to relocate in Italy have to provide at the town council of their place of residence their European Health Insurance Card or the E106 form issued by the relevant authorities in the student s home country), If you are not a citizen of an EU Member State, please be sure whether there may be an agreement between your country s National Health Service and Italy. Where such an agreement exists, please obtain from your own country s competent Health Authorities the form that will guarantee you free health coverage in Italy. Where such an agreement doesn t exist, before leaving your own country you must take out private health insurance for the entire period of your Erasmus stay at the University of Teramo. 6

7 ARRIVAL IN TERAMO OFFICE FOR THE MOBILITY OF STUDENTS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Once you arrive in Teramo, please go to the Office for the Mobility of Students and International Relations to deliver Statement from home University and Application forms and Learning Agreements. The staff members of the Office are trained and experienced to provide answers to a wide variety of questions students may have or offer solutions to problems they may encounter. Members of the permanent staff of the International Relations Office are: Head of the Office: D.ssa Giovanna Cacciatore Tel: +39 (0) Fax: +39 (0) [email protected] D.ssa Rina Cioschi Tel: +39 (0) [email protected] D.ssa Paola Serpietri Tel: Tel: +39 (0) [email protected] Timetable: from Monday to Friday 10:30 a.m-12:30 a.m. LLP/ERASMUS PROGRAMME INSTITUTIONAL COORDINATOR The Institutional Coordinator Office is situated on the third floor of the Faculty of Law building. The Institutional Coordinator, prof. Maria Cristina Giannini, is in charge of giving a helpful support to our foreign guests staying in Teramo as regards examinations and learning agreement. Prof. Maria Cristina Giannini Faculty of Law Coste S. Agostino Tel. +39.(0) Fax +39.(0) [email protected] 7

8 ERASMUS ASSOCIATION It is run by students and give all information about practical aspects concerning life in Teramo. Faculty of Law Coste S. Agostino Tel +39 (0) Fax +39.(0) CLA: LANGUAGE CENTRE The Language Centre of Athenaeum, instituted in December 1999, is a centre of services of the University of the Studies of Teramo; it organizes course of modern foreign languages with test and final verifications is by means of modules guides to you, than through distances of study to carry out independently in the multimedial linguistic laboratory. The Language Centre of Athenaeum prepares and assists the students in the programs of LLP/Erasmus programme exchange; it organizes free courses of Italian Language for foreign students. Campus di Coste S. Agostino - Facoltà di Scienze politiche - [email protected] Tel. +39.(0) Timeable: Monday Friday 9.00 a.m p.m. A.D.S.U. (AGENCY WHICH OFFERS SUPPORT FOR MEAL SERVICE AND ACCOMMODATION AND PROVIDES SEVERAL ACCADEMIC FACILITIES) In order to get the facilities above mentioned and any information about them, incoming students must apply to ADSU. Timetable: from Monday to Friday 09:00-12:00 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday 03:30 04:30 p.m. Via M. Delfico, 73 Tel: +39 (0) website: [email protected] LEAVING TERAMO In proximity of the departure Erasmus students have to: go to Prof. Giannini to take all the papers certifying the exams taken ( Transcription of records ); go to the Office for the Mobility of Students and International Relations to take the residence statement. 8