EXCHANGE

STUDENTS
GUIDE
BOLOGNA
CAMPUS
ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019
Exchange Students Guide
Bologna Campus
A.Y. 2018/2019

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 Presentation

Welcome to the University of Bologna! This Guide also aims to introduce you to the city
This Guide is for international exchange students and its beauty, helping you to discover the places,
at the Bologna Campus. To make the most of your the art, events, and people that will make your
experience at the university and to benefit of all experience unique.
the cultural and leisure opportunities offered by
the city of Bologna and its students community
it is important to learn about the rules and the
procedures to be followed and to find out about the
services offered by the university and its territory. www.unibo.it/exchangestudents

The origins of the University of Bologna go way back, University of Bologna is a Multicampus university with
and it is considered to be the oldest university in the 5 campuses: Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna and
Western world. Its history began in 1088, when law Rimini, a school of excellence, the Collegio Superiore,
was first taught freely in the city, and became tied and an Advanced Studies Centre in Buenos Aires.
to the city of Bologna from the early Middle Ages, Currently the University of Bologna hosts more than
establishing the very idea of university. Indeed, the 85,000 enrolled students, including more than 5,000
very first higher education and research structure, foreign students. In addition to these, every year there
known as the “universitas studiorum”, was founded are around 2,600 exchange students. The University
in Bologna. The city and the university have lived runs 32 Departments and various locations where
side by side for nine centuries, their stories are teaching activities take place and where exchange
entwined, a university based firmly in the historical students will also find the offices to help them find
centre of the city, where still today students and their way around the programmes, the classrooms
teachers live and work among the columns, palaces, and the laboratories.
halls, stairways and squares that tell the story of The history of the University of Bologna:
their predecessors. www.unibo.it/History
The university and the city of Bologna blend into The Multicampus structure:
each other, institution and territory, urban history www.unibo.it/University/Multicampus/
and geography, economy and culture. Today the

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Table of contents
Contacts

Before you come to Bologna pag. 05 At the end of the exchange period pag.29
• Check-out
• Finding your way • Transcript of Records
• Registering
• Organising your trip Other mobility programmes pag.32
• Learning Agreement
• Visa and Residence Permit Relevant Offices for
• Learning Italian exchange students pag. 33
• Healthcare in Italy
• Accommodation

During the exchange period pag.13 Contacts

• Check-in DIRI - International Relations Division
• Accident insurance Via Filippo Re 4 I 40126 Bologna, Italy
• Applying for a Residece Permit
• Badge, Arrival Statement, Tax Code Exchange Students Desk
• Getting started [email protected] I Tel. (+39) 051 2088101
• Username, password and online services
• Libraries and study rooms Erasmus+ ICM (Mobility outside Europe) and
• Course contents, text books and teaching Mobility CONFAP-ITALY (MCI Brazil)
materials. Students coming from Eastern neighbouring
• Exams Countries (page 32), Russia, Asia, Australia and New
• Internships Zealand, USA and Canada: [email protected]
• Registering for exams Students coming from Africa, Latin America, Southern
• Grades and passing exams neighbouring Countries and Balkans (page 32):
• Certification of attendance and of teaching [email protected]
activities not included in the curriculum
• Changing the study plan and the duration of the Office hours (valid from 1 August 2018):
exchange period Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 10.00 am-12.00 pm
• UniboCultura Tuesday and Thursday: 2.30-4.00 pm
• Get to know the services
• Health and support
Things change, stay updated and check regularly www.unibo.it/exchangestudents
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Before you come
to Bologna

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Finding your way

To find out if Bologna is the right destination for Teaching Calendar and Course Timetable
you, you can find all the useful information on the There is no single date for starting the courses. Each
web page: www.unibo.it/incoming Degree Programme has its own course and exam
timetable. Lessons generally begin in September
Course Units or shortly afterwards, and may be annual, six
As an exchange student, you can choose course monthly or divided into several sessions. The course
units from different Degree Programmes. You will timetables are set yearly, just before the start of the
find the course unit catalogue on the web page: programmes.
www.unibo.it/CourseUnits
Use the filters to select the Type, Campus and As soon as they are available, the calendars and
Language of the degree programmes. timetables are published online.
Pay attention to the Campus you have been assigned www.unibo.it/TimesandClassrooms
to and choose the course units delivered at your
Campus. The academic offer for the coming year is For some course units the calendars and timetables
published online in June. are also available in the course unit page.
www.unibo.it/CourseUnits
You can also choose course units from First cycle
(L, undergraduate) and Second cycle (LM, graduate) Credits
programmes, but you must carefully assess whether One Italian credit (CFU, Credito Formativo
your own general knowledge is suitable for the level Universitario) equals one ECTS credit. Credits
of course you wish to attend. In any case you must are obtained exclusively on passing an exam or
agree on your choices with your university, as it will internship (see Grades and passing exams, page 23).
have to recognise the credits you obtain in Bologna.
Some programmes have a limited number of places,
if they have restricted access. Contact the Relevant
offices for exchange students for more information
(see Relevant offices for exchange students, page
33).

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 Registering
Organising your trip

Registering To attend the lessons you do not have to be enrolled

If you have chosen Bologna, your university must in the courses, but it is recommended to submit
send a message of nomination to the University of your study plan to Relevant offices for exchange
Bologna. students in order to check the availability of the
You will then receive a first e-mail (“Acceptance course units. You must only register for the exams,
message”) inviting you to complete your online you will have time to do this after your arrival.
registration. However, if you want to attend the Italian language
courses, you must register beforehand (see Learning
During registration, you will need to upload a .JPG Italian, page 9).
file with a passport photo of your face in JPG file
format. You will also have the possibility to upload If you want to do an internship you have to
your Learning Agreement (see Learning Agreement, check in advance if it is possible: find the degree
page 8). programmes of the subject areas of your interest,
read the information on the related web sites
When you have completed the registration (studying > curricular internship) and contact the
procedure, you will automatically receive a second offices indicated. For some degree programmes the
confirmation message containing the name of your information may be available only in Italian.
exchange coordinator (for Erasmus+ mobility) and
your username and password (see Username, Organising your trip
password and online services, page 19). There are no set arrival dates. You will have to
decide when to leave for Bologna according to the
Some online services will be granted only after starting date of your courses. At the beginning of
registering your arrival (Check-in) at the Exchange each semester you will have the opportunity to
Students Desk in Bologna (see Check-in, page 14). participate in the welcome sessions for exchange
students. The dates of the sessions will be
Important: after receiving your username and communicated at Check-in. Some Departments run
password, immediately activate your @studio. guidance activities. The schedule is published on
unibo.it mailbox and check it often because the website. The start date of your exchange period
all official communications of the University corresponds to the date of your Check-in, i.e. when
of Bologna will be sent only to the address @ you register your arrival at the Exchange Students
studio.unibo.it. Desk.
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 Visa and Residence
Learning Agreement
Permit

The first thing to do is to draft the Learning If you are a non-EU citizen and wish to study in
Agreement (compulsory for Erasmus+ students, Italy for more than 90 days, you will need a Visa to
optional for others). The Learning Agreement is enter Italy.
the study plan agreed with your university, which If you stay for less than 90 days, find out from the
undertakes to recognise the exams passed and Embassy (or Consulate) if you require a Visa.
credits obtained during the exchange period, and You must apply for the Visa from the Italian Embassy
with your exchange coordinator at the University of in your country of residence, providing the invitation
Bologna. The form is provided by your university. letter from the University of Bologna. vistoperitalia.
You can choose the course units on: esteri.it/home/en
www.unibo.it/CourseUnits
Important: you must apply for a Visa for study
You may contact the Relevant offices for exchange purposes.
students to check your options and notify them im-
mediately if you wish to carry out an internship.The To issue the invitation letter, the University of
Learning Agreement must be approved and signed Bologna must receive a photocopy of your passport.
by your university and the University of Bologna, You must apply well in advance for the Visa, as the
before starting your mobility, if required by your visa process can take several months.
home university, or immediately upon arrival at the
University of Bologna.If you are carrying out your Important: when you apply for the Visa, have
mobility within the Erasmus+ Studio, Erasmus+ your health insurance stamped by the Embassy,
International Credit Mobility (ICM), Swiss European otherwise you will not be able to use it to apply
Mobility and Overseas (a Unibo programme) pro- for the Residence Permit.
grammes, at the online registration or later, you will
be able to upload your Learning Agreement to your If your exchange lasts for more than 90 days, when you
personal homepage in AlmaRM, in order to get it arrive in Italy you must apply for a Residence Permit.
approved. You will be notified via email at @stu- This is a compulsory procedure for all non-EU
dio.unibo.it mailbox about the approval or refusal citizens wishing to stay in Italy for more than 90
of your Learning Agreement, along with its reasons. days (see Applying for a Residence Permit, page 15).
Furthermore, after approval, you will be also able
to download a signed copy of your Learning Agre-
ement.
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 Learning Italian

There are no specific language requirements for How to enrol

studying at the University of Bologna (except for To enrol you must first sit an online test to assess
medical and nursing students). your knowledge, just before the semester of your
However, before coming to Bologna you are strongly arrival in Italy. At the end of the online test, you
advised to have at least basic knowledge of Italian must register for the oral test which is compulsory
(level A2), in order to be able to study and make the in order to be able to attend the courses.
most of the lessons.
The oral test takes place in Bologna. Candidates
You can sit the Italian Orienting Test in order to will be admitted to the oral test on a first come, first
assess your knowledge of Italian. served basis, until all places of each level are filled.

You’ll be also offered an online Italian language The tests are required to assess your level of Italian
course and a MOOC. and to assign you to the most appropriate class.
www.unibo.it/improvingyouritalian The online test for the courses offered in the first
Erasmus+ students can benefit from the Online semester opens in August. For the courses offered
Linguistic Support – OLS provided by their home in the second semester the online test opens in
universities as well. January.
erasmusplusols.eu/it/
A few days in advance, you will be sent an e-mail to
In the first and second semesters, the University your @studio.unibo.it account indicating the date
Language Center runs Italian language courses and time for the online test.
for international students. Exchange students can Only the students who have completed the online
attend one course free of charge. registration procedure and have received the
If you study in Bologna, you can attend the Italian “Confirmation of registration” message (see
language courses at the University Language Registering, page 7) will receive this notice.
Centre (CLA), at Bologna Campus. The courses are
held both in the first and second semester, during Check your @studio.unibo.it e-mail account
September (intensive courses), October-December regularly and sit the online test immediately,
(extensive courses) and February-May (extensive because the available places may not fulfill the
courses). whole request.

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 According to the online test and the oral test, if your Check the calendars and application deadlines:
level is assessed as A2, B1, B2, you shall enrol in www.unibo.it/CLA
the appropriate course and attend the classes.
CLA | Bologna Campus
If your language level turns out to be C1 (Effective Student Administration Office
Operational Proficiency) it is assumed that you will Via Filippo Re 10 | 40126 Bologna
be able to attend the classes and take exams and no Tel. 051 2097750
language course will be provided to you. Tel. 051 2099890
[email protected]
The Italian courses end with an examination. If
you pass the exam (“idoneo”), you obtain 5 credits
(whatever your level) which are recorded in your
Transcript of Records.

The exam grade is not given as a mark out of thirty,

but simply as “Idoneo”/“Pass”.

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 Healthcare in Italy

The Italian National Health Service is called “Servizio If you are a non-EU citizen you have access to the
Sanitario Nazionale” (SSN), and is divided into local National Health Service only after paying an annual
Healthcare Boards (“Aziende Unità Sanitarie Locali - registration fee of €149.77.
AUSL”). If you are a EU citizen, you must bring your The fee covers the calendar year from 1 January to
European Health Insurance Card - EHIC (TEAM in 31 December and cannot be split. You may register
Italy) in order to have access to medical care. at one of the two SSN offices in Bologna, in via
Mengoli 32 or via Montebello 6.
Using your card you can go directly to a General
Practitioner (“medico di base” or “medico di If you have a health insurance (purchased in Italy
famiglia”) choosing one from the list available at or in your own country and stamped by the Italian
www.salute.bologna.it Embassy) you may go to any General Practitioner,
choosing one from the list of doctors published on
All the costs will be charged directly to your the website www.salute.bologna.it
insurance body. If you have not been able to use
your European Health Insurance Card when you go If you need a specialist treatment, you can choose
back, check if you can ask your insurance body to any doctor, also on the advice of your chosen GP.
reimburse health expenses. Therefore keep payment
receipts and health records. You must pay for the visits to the GP and any
specialists, and then apply to your insurance
For some specialist services, the payment of a company for a refund.
“ticket” is required as a contribution to cover
part of the costs. For dental care, the national It is recommended to check in advanced, by
health system provides only diagnostic and urgent contacting your insurance company, if the specific
treatment. treatment can be reimbursed.

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Accommodation

Read the useful information to find accommodation Online platfomrs

in Bologna: You can use online platforms for searching
www.unibo.it/accommodations accommodation, offering students of the University
of Bologna disounted service charges.
Important! Bologna welcomes a large number housinganywhere.com
of students and finding accommodation can flatme.it
be difficult, especially in September at the The tourist portal Bologna Welcome provides a
beginning of the academic year. Start looking for lodging search engine available in the Find & Book
accommodation well in advance. It is advisable to section. www.bolognawelcome.com
book an accommodation before arriving in Bologna.
Advice for those who intend to rent an apartment
SAIS from a private landlord
To find accommodation in Bologna, you may contact Make extra sure that the offer is genuine before
the SAIS (Student Accommodation and Information making payments of any kind.
Service). The SAIS supports international students in Beware of scams.
finding accommodation in the university residences, Remember the importance of a proper contract.
colleges, short-stay accommodation or in private This is required to obtain your residence permit if
rented property. They can also help with negotiating you are a non-EU student, but also to safeguard your
rental contracts. The service is free of charge. rights. Ask your landlord specifically for a proper
Check the website and find out the opportunities, contract. Contact the Lease Contract Registration
times and methods to book an accommodation Desk at the University of Bologna if you need help
before you arrive. with registering your contract.
www.sais.ceur.it www.unibo.it/leasecontractregistrationdesk

The ER.GO “Borsino”

For short stays, ER.GO makes accommodation
available via an online booking service (“Borsino”),
which is updated regularly. You can find it in the
“servizi abitativi ad accesso libero” section.
www.er-go.it

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 During the
exchange period

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Check-in
Accident insurance

Check-in If you are a non-EU student, on Check-in you will

The start date of your exchange period corresponds receive information about the Residence Permit
to the date of your Check-in at the Exchange and the Arrival Statement which you must enclose
Students Desk, so the first thing you must do when with your application (see Applying for a Residence
you arrive in Bologna is registering your arrival Permit, page 15).
at the Exchange Students Desk, via Filippo Re 4,
Bologna. Accident insurance
As an exchange student, after Check-in, you are
Bring with you: insured against accidents that may occur on the
• if you are a EU student: your passport or ID university premises or any other place in which
card; studies and research activities authorised by the
• if you are a non-EU student: passport with University are performed.
Visa, a copy of your passport front page and a
copy of your visa; For information:
• any specific forms from your home university APAT - Insurance Contracts Office
to be filled in order to confirm your arrival. Via Acri 3 | 40126 Bologna
Tel. 051 2098806/808
You will register your arrival and you will receive www.unibo.it/Insuranceforstudents
the Welcome Kit and general information about the
university.

You will also get:

• your university badge;
• your Arrival Statement (if you havent’t got any
specific form from your home university);
• the invitation for a welcome session (only
when they are available).

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 Applying for a
Residence Permit

If you are a non-EU citizen and your exchange benchmark is minimum € 5.889,00 per year). You
period lasts for more than 90 days, you must can submit the same documents you provided for
apply for a Residence Permit within 8 working the Visa application or a bank account statement
days following your arrival in Italy. The Exchange or, if you have been assigned a scholarship, an
Students Desk will make an appointment with the official letter detailing its amount, duration and
support service during the Check-in. The support issuing body;
service for filling in the application for a Residence • documents proving your accommodation in Italy
Permit is free of charge. (see page 16).

The documents required are: Once filled the application, you shall go to a
qualified Post Office (“Sportello Amico”) and pay
• a copy of the page of your passport with your the Electronic Residence Permit (PSE) production
personal data, a copy of your entry Visa and cost (€ 30,46), pay the Residence Permit fee (€ 40)
copies of any other pages containing Visas and and submit the application (€ 30). The Post Office
stamps;
will give you a receipt which you must carry with you
• a copy of the letter of invitation issued by the
University of Bologna and presented to obtain together with your passport until you receive the
the Visa from the Italian Embassy abroad, Electronic Residence Permit, and an order to go to
stamped by the Embassy; the Questura (Immigration Office) for photographic
• the Arrival Statement issued by the University of identification.
Bologna;
• a € 16 duty stamp (sold at the tobacconists); Important: the Immigration Office in Bologna is
• a copy of your health insurance; the insurance not going to notify you when your permit is ready
policy must be made out in your name and must via SMS. However, around 6 to 8 weeks after the
have a duration of no less than the duration photographic identification, you will be able to
of the Visa. The insurance policy must also be check on www.questura.bologna.it whether your
stamped by the Embassy. Do remember to ask Residence Permit is ready and book an appointment
the Embassy to stamp the health insurance when
to pick it up. Remember to print your pickup booking
you apply for the Visa so that it will be accepted
for the issuing of the Residence Permit! If you do and bring it with you to the Immigration Office.
not have health insurance, covering the whole
exchange a period, you must purchase one; Having collected your residence permit, you must
• a copy of the documents proving you have the send a photocopy of it to [email protected].
funds needed to cover living cost in Italy (the
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 If you forget it, after 150 days your university career registered with the Tax Authorities (Agenzia delle
will be locked and you will not be able to register for Entrate), or, alternatively, notification filed with
or sit any exams. the police confirming transfer of use (cessione
di fabbricato) or provision of hospitality
Important: if you stay in Italy for more than (comunicazione di ospitalità).
90 days and you do not apply for the Residence • If you are staying free, as a guest, with relations,
Permit, you are not entitled to sit exams at the friends or acquaintances: a notification filed with
University of Bologna and you cannot obtain a the police confirming provision of hospitality
Transcript of Records. (comunicazione di ospitalità).
If you wish to apply by yourself for a Residence The “comunicazione di ospitalità” must be:
Permit, you must go to a qualified Post Office • prepared, dated and signed by the person who
(“Sportello Amico”), collect the kit and follow the gave you the accommodation;
instructions. • accompanied by a copy of the identity
ACLI (Support service) documents of yours and the declarant and (if a
Via Lame 118 | Bologna non-EU citizen) a copy of their residence permit;
• accompanied by the confirmation of the delivery
CGIL (Support Service) to the Immigration Office at the Police station
Via del Porto 16 | Bologna (Questura) in Bologna. The delivery can be made
via registered email (PEC) to immig.quest.bo@
Immigration Office at the Police station pecps.poliziadistato.it, or via registered mail
(Questura) (raccomandata A/R) to Questura di Bologna
Via Paolo Bovi Campeggi 13/3 | Bologna – Ufficio Immigrazione – Via Bovi Campeggi
Central Post Office (Sportello Amico) 13/3 – 40131 Bologna.
Piazza Minghetti 4 | Bologna Important! If the person who gave you
Documents required for confirming the accommodation has not done it yet, first you
availability of accommodation in Italy must send the “comunicazione di ospitalità”
• If you have a bed or room in a hall (e.g. ER.GO) along with the copies of the identity documents
or other residence: declaration from the to the Immigration Office at the Police station
administrator confirming that your place is booked. (Questura) in Bologna and then attach a copy
• If you pay rent for a bed, a room or an apartment: of the “comunicazione di ospitalità”, including
a copy of the rental contract, which must the copies of the identity documents and the
state your name, must be signed and must be delivery confirmation, to your Residence Permit
application.
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 Badge, Arrival Statement,
Tax Code

Your university badge is an ID card with a photo If you need an Italian Tax Code, for example to sign
that confirms your student status at the University a lease contract, you may apply for one from the Tax
of Bologna. It is needed to access the libraries, the Code Desk at University of Bologna
laboratories and the washrooms. It can also be used www.unibo.it/TaxCodeDesk
to obtain discounts at the cinema, book loans from Alternatively you may contact the Agenzia delle
libraries and access to the university canteens. Entrate:

The Arrival Statement is the official confirmation Agenzia Bologna 1

of your date of arrival and the expected duration of Via Marco Polo 60 | 40131 Bologna,
your exchange period. If you need stamps on specific Tel. 051 6103111 | Fax 051 6103981
forms from your home university instead, they will [email protected]
be done by the staff of the Exchange Students Desk, Opening hours:Monday to Friday, 8.45 am - 12.45
according to the official date of registration at the pm; Tuesday and Thursday also 2.30 - 4.30 pm.
desk.
Agenzia Bologna 2
Important: You must then send the Arrival via Larga 35 | 40138 Bologna
Statement or the forms to your home university. Tel. 051 6103111 | Fax 051 6103610
[email protected]
If you lose any documents received on your arrival Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.45 am - 12.45 pm;
or they are stolen, contact the Exchange Students Tuesday and Thursday also 2.30 - 4.30 pm.
Desk for a copy. In the case of theft or loss of the
badge it is advisable to report to the police. Bring with you your ID card or passport (with the
At the end of your exchange period, don’t forget Visa, when necessary) if you are a non-EU citizen.
to Check-out before you go home!
You will receive another very important document:
the Certificate of Departure. It is required by your
university to calculate the actual duration of your
exchange period.

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Getting started

After Check-in, you are advised to contact your The online study plan is compulsory for all
exchange coordinator to discuss your study plan exchange students and it is indispensable for being
and to sign the Learning Agreement, if it has not able to sit the exams. The service is available from
been signed prior to your arrival. your personal homepage on AlmaRM (“Fill in your
study plan” button), only after your Check-in.
For questions on calendars, course timetable, The Welcome Kit you were given at Check-in
exams, exam sessions and the organisation of includes detailed instructions.
teaching activities in general, contact the Relevant
offices for exchange students. From your personal Homepage you can also access
AlmaEsami (“Register for an exam” button).
The university buildings are located all over the city For more details see Registering for exams, page 21.
of Bologna and in some municipalities nearby.
In the Welcome Kit you will find a map of the city Italian Emergency telephone numbers:
indicating the various teaching buildings. 112 - European Emergency Number
Find the courses at: www.unibo.it/CourseUnits 113 - Emergency Police Help Number
115 - Fire Department
When you have chosen all the courses you wish 118 - Medical Emergency
to attend at the University of Bologna, according
to the approved Learning Agreement, and checked
the schedules and times of the lessons, you must
complete your online study plan.
This and other operations can be done on:
AlmaRM - Accesso studenti
www.unibo.it/AlmarmStudenti
This is the personal homepage for exchange
students. You can change your password, check
your personal data and exchange data, manage your
contact details and print the acceptance message.
To access this, see Username, password and online
services, page 19.

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 Username,
password
and online services

In the “Confirmation of registration” message (see Studenti Online Help Desk

Registering, page 7) you will receive your username It is the University service that can provide you with
and password (university credentials) needed to support in using your username and password.
access the online services available on the website Tel. 051 2099882
www.unibo.it [email protected]
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 am - 1.00 pm
You must first log in: and 2.00 - 5.00 pm
AlmaRM – Accesso studenti
www.unibo.it/AlmarmStudenti Other online services for students are:
La mia email
The system will ask you to change your password. www.unibo.it/Myemail
Pay attention when entering your password (PIN/ The free mail box has 50 GB of space and integrated
PUK) as this comprises numbers and upper and functions including chat, calendar management and
lower case letters and it is very easy to make a sharing, Smartphone access and address book.
mistake.
Wi-Fi wireless connection
If you forget your password you can reset it to its Students can connect to and surf the Internet using
default value (PUK), by connecting to: ALMAWIFI, Iperbole Wireless, and Eduroam.
www.dsa.unibo.it/recuperocredenziali www.unibo.it/Wireless

The required code (“Cod. Fisc. Personale”) is Alma Digital Library

indicated in the Confirmation of registration almadl.unibo.it
message and is printed on your badge. The University of Bologna digital library gathers,
For further help please, send an e-mail to: stores and makes available digital collections on
[email protected]. the web, to support teaching and research.

From AlmaRM you can directly access the

Study plan (Fill in your study plan)
AlmaEsami (Register for an exam)

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Libraries
and study rooms

The University of Bologna has a broad network of To register, take an ID document to the Sala Borsa
museums, libraries and documentary services and fill in the application form. It is free of charge
providing support to teaching, research and the and can be used in all municipal libraries.
professional and cultural activities of students, www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it
professors, technicians, graduates and scholars
from any country. In the study rooms and multi-purpose centres, you
Consult the complete list on the following page: can read and study, source information, and use
www.unibo.it/LibrariesMuseumsandstudyfacilities a range of services (photocopying, PCs for typing
dissertations and access to the Internet, info-
The Bologna University Library, with important points on the university and the city), and take part
collections of antique and modern books, is the in cultural, recreational and learning events run
University’s central library, offering general library directly by student groups.
services, conservation and historical and scientific www.unibo.it/StudyMultimediaRooms
research facilities.
www.bub.unibo.it At Palazzo Paleotti, in Via Zamboni 25, there
are 250 workstations for accessing the Internet,
The Municipality of Bologna also runs local public open Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 00.00 am,
libraries; for the full list see: Saturday and Sunday from 9.00 am to 10.00 pm.
www.bibliotechebologna.it You can consult bibliographical catalogues,
The main municipal library is the Sala Borsa in databases, digital documents, e-magazines, books,
piazza del Nettuno 3 a cultural space in Palazzo dictionaries and encyclopaedia from any computer
d’Accursio, the historical headquarters of the connected to the University network. Workstations
Municipality, looking out over piazza Maggiore. The are available for short consultations and word
library has a rich multimedia collection of books, processing, and computers are available for the
newspapers, magazines, maps, videos, CD-ROMs, blind and sight-impaired.
DVDs and texts also in foreign languages. The Show your university badge and an ID document, to
entry to the Sala Borsa Library is free. Only for get in.
some services (loans, Internet, viewings) you must www.unibo.it/PalazzoPaleottiStudyCentre
register and present your card.

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 Course contents, text books
and teaching materials
Exams

Course contents, text books and teaching materials Exams

In the course unit catalogue you can find a syllabus The procedures for conducting the exams are
(learning outcomes, course contents, teaching published in each course unit page (assessment
and assessment methods and tools, language method).
of instruction) and the list of books and texts www.unibo.it/CourseUnits
(bibliography/ readings) for each course unit.
At the end of the exam, the professor will inform
Before purchasing text books, wait for the start of you verbally of your grade or, in the case of
lessons and follow the instructions given by the written exams, will publish the grades online or in
professors. You may purchase teaching materials in Almaesami. You can accept the grade or refuse it.
the bookshop or borrow them from the library. To In the latter case, you will be able to sit the exam
search for books and materials: again during another available exam session. Once
www.biblioteche.unibo.it you have accepted the grade, the professor will
record it in AlmaEsami.
To consult and download teaching material prepared
by the professors, you can use “Insegnamenti online When you access your career details in your personal
- Supporto online alla didattica” service. homepage in AlmaRM you will read “verbalizzato”
iol.unibo.it (“recorded”) next to the exam. Check your career
details regularly and, if any exams have not been
recorded, contact the professor.
Some course units are known as “integrated
courses”, and have 2 or more components.
As an exchange student, you may sit both the exam
for a single component (obtaining only the credits
for that component) or the whole integrated course.

Important: all exams must be taken during the

period provided for your exchange programme
(see page. 24).

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Internships
Registering for exams

Internships This additional documentation will not appear in the

During your exchange period, you can also take part Transcript of Records.
in a curricular internship. The curricular internship www.unibo.it/tirocini > tirocini curriculari (in Italian)
offers you the chance to have work experience to
complete your university training and obtain the For information about internship within the
credits laid down in your study plan. Erasmus+ for Traineeship programme, see page 32.

It is possible to carry out an internship outside Registering for exams

the university (businesses, public institutions, Before sitting an exam you must enter it in
professional firms, etc.) or in the university your online study plan. The uploaded exams are
(laboratories, research centres, administrative immediately visible on:
departments, etc.), both in Italy and abroad. AlmaEsami
almaesami.unibo.it
To carry out the traineeship, read the specific
information on the degree programmes web sites You can access AlmaEsami directly from your
(studying > curricular internship) and contact the personal homepage on AlmaRM (“Register for an
indicated offices. For some degree programmes the exam” button). In AlmaEsami:
information may be available only in Italian. • you can consult the dates of the exam sessions.
When the professors publish the sessions,
To consult the list of institutions holding agreements alongside each exam the “Prenota” button
with the university for internships and book them (book) is enabled;
directly online, access the Online Student Internship • you can register for the exam sessions. Once
Service using your username and password. you have seen the exam session dates, you can
register for the exams according to the schedule
These activities must also be included in your
set by the professors;
Learning Agreement and in your Study Plan and
• the professors record the exam results.
will be recorded in AlmaEsami. In some cases, the
hosting institutions issue a further certification
Check your career details in your personal hompage
which details the internship (number of hours,
in AlmaRM, to monitor your exam recordings.
subject, etc.).

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 Grades and passing exams
Certification of attendance
and of teaching activities not
included in the curriculum

Grades and passing exams In the Transcript of Records, which will be issued
The grades in the Italian university system are at the end of the exchange period, the grades are
expressed out of thirty. indicated in the Italian scale out of thirty and are
You will pass an exam or internship with a grade of converted in the ECTS scale.
at least 18/30.
If you obtain full grade (30/30) the examination Certification of attendance and of teaching acti-
board may also decide to award you honours (lode). vities not included in the curriculum
If you need a certificate of attendance, ask
Important: failed exams (< 18/30) are not the professor for it during the first lesson. The
usually recorded in Almaesami and therefore professor will decide whether to issue a certificate
they are not listed in your Transcript of Records. of attendance at the end of the course.
If your university requires failed exams to also
be listed in your Transcript of Records, you must In the Italian system, attendance alone is not
explicitly ask the professor to record the “fail”, sufficient for obtaining credits.
immediately after the exam. If you wish to take part in activities that are not
The failed exam can be recorded as “respinto” in the course unit catalogue and which can
(rejected), if you finished and failed the therefore not be included in your study plan
examination, or “ritirato” (withdrawn), if you (some internships, seminars, preparation of the
didn’t finish the examination. If you fail the exam dissertation, etc.), you must immediately agree
you will not obtain the relative credits. with the professor on how to perform them and
certify them.

For some activities, i.e. language exams, including The effective performance of these activities and
the Italian language courses, some internships, an evaluation can be certified by the professors on
laboratories and seminars, you will not be given stamped and signed headed notepaper, but cannot
a grade but merely a “Idoneo”/“Pass”. The same be recorded in Almaesami and will therefore not
“Idoneo”/“Pass will be listed in the Transcript appear in your Transcript of Records.
of Records. The “Idoneo”/”Pass” can never be Always check in advance whether your university
transformed into a numerical grade. accepts this kind of certification.

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Changing the study plan
and the duration of the
exchange period

Variations in your study plan must always be The latter shall notify the Exchange Students Desk
authorized by the University of Bologna and your of his/her approval by e-mail to:
university. Erasmus+ students must ask their [email protected]
university for the Learning Agreement modification
form. If you need one, you can obtain an updated Arrival
Statement.
As an exchange student you are allowed to stay If you want to leave early, you just need to inform
at the University of Bologna for the agreed period your home university and check how the amount of
by home and host universities as shown in your your grant is affected by your early departure.
homepage in AlmaRM (Time of stay). Important: remember to Check-out before leaving.

All activities and exams must be done during the Extending your Residence Permit
agreed period. For example, if your exchange is 6 If you are a non-EU citizen, and need to extend
months long, you can take exams within 6 months your Residence Permit, you must apply for
of your arrival. After 6 months you will have to renewal 60 days prior to its expiry date. Contact
Check-out and it will no longer be possible to take the Exchange Students Desk for this procedure.
exams. The costs of the renewal are the same as those
for the issue of the original Residence Permit.
If you want to take exams beyond the agreed period, You must also extend your health insurance
you will need to ask for an extension. coverage.
The authorization must be requested from your
university and the coordinator of your exchange at
the University of Bologna.

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 UniboCultura
Get to know the services

UniboCultura Get to know the services

www.unibo.it/UniboCulturaInitiatives Lunch and Dinner
UniboCultura organises the cultural events University canteens
and meetings promoted by the University. The www.unibo.it/CanteensandCatering
programme includes exhibitions, concerts, lectures, Exchange students have discounts at the university
conferences, art, music and cinema events, canteens, when they show their badge.
dance and theatre, poetry readings and scientific Pausa Pranzo@Unibo
communication events. University students can eat their own meals at food
courts provided with seats, microwave ovens, sinks,
University Choir and Orchestra snack and hot and cold drinks vending machines
www.collegiummusicumbologna.com and washrooms.
The Collegium Musicum represents the official Food Courts are open from Monday to Friday from
choirs and orchestra of the University of Bologna. 11.30 am to 3.30 pm at Via Petroni 33 and Via Azzo
The three choirs (mixed, chamber and female) Gardino 33 (Spazio Polifunzionale Unione).
and a symphonic orchestra have more than 300 Students can also use the Pausa Pranzo @Le
members every year, most of whom are Italian or Residenze Universitarie, at the Irnerio (Piazza
foreign university students. Via Zamboni 33 | 40126 Puntoni 1) and Morgagni residences (Largo
Bologna Trombetti 1/2 ) from Monday to Friday from 12.00
Tel. 051 2099069 | Fax 051 2099068 pm to 3.00 pm.
[email protected]
Free Time and Leisure Activities
Conventions for cinema and theatre www.unibo.it/LeisureTime
www.unibo.it/DiscountsCinemasTheatres Student discounts are available for leisure activities.
Some cinemas, museums and theaters offer at their Consult the website to find out more.
own discretion discounted tickets to students of the
University of Bologna who show their badges.

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 Sport Getting Around
www.cusb.unibo.it With TPER Public Transport
For all sports activities, joint the Bologna University www.tper.it
Sports Centre | CUSB. Exchange students have the opportunity to purchase
You may use your CUSB badge to sign up for and take a personal urban bus pass (TPER service, only for
part in summer and winter activities, courses and Bologna) for a total cost of € 10, valid for the entire
competitions throughout the University campuses; period of stay (up to a maximum of one year).
you may also take advantage of discounts at partner To purchase the pass you must log in to
centres and of insurance policies. StudentiOnline with the University username and
The complete list of activities, divided by sector, can password, pay online by credit card and collect the
be found on the CUSB website. pass at the TPER point in Via Marconi 4, corner Via
CUSB | Bologna Lame in Bologna, during the opening hours.
Via San Giacomo 9/2 | 40126 Bologna studenti.unibo.it
Tel. 051 4212600 With other forms of public transport:
[email protected] www.unibo.it/Transport
By bike - Dynamo - dynamo.bo.it/
Student Associations It is the bike station (velostazione) in Bologna. At
www.unibo.it/StudentAssociations Dynamo, you can benefit from various services at
Students may join associations and cooperatives. discounted fares: rent-a-bike, secure parking for
Consult the websites to find out about the activities bicycles, bicycle repair shop or bicycle self-repair.
organised for international students. Show your student card to take advantage of the
following discounts: 20% off, on subscriptions for
Living in Bologna secure parking for bicycles; 10% off, on bicycle
Tourist information is published by the Municipality repair shop; 5% off, on purchases of helmets,
of Bologna, offering a wide range of local resources chains and locks; bicycle self-repair. You can use
and opportunities. Find out more on repair tools for free and purchase materials at
www.bolognawelcome.com discounted price.

UniboSostenibile - www.sostenibilita.unibo.it
Find out the initiatives organised by the University
of Bologna about environmental sustainability.
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 Health and support

If you need medical care, you must contact a Regional Healthcare Service
General Practitioner (also known as the “family www.saluter.it
doctor”); you can choose one from the list published freephone number 800 033 033
on: www.salute.bologna.it > Cerca Medico Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30 am - 6.00 pm
Saturday, 8.30 am - 1.00 pm
If you are a EU citizen, you must bring your European
Health Insurance Card – EHIC/“TEAM card”) with you. Dental care
For dental care, the National Health Service (SSN)
If you are a non-EU citizen and have private insurance, provides only diagnostic and urgent treatment. For
you must pay for your appointment; the doctor will routine work you must contact a private dentist, or
give you an invoice you can send to the insurance you may also use the dental care service available
company for a refund. It is recommended to check at the Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor
in advanced, by contacting your insurance company, Sciences (DiBiNeM).
if the specific treatment can be reimbursed. The service offers a first visit for free and a 30%
discount on some further visits.
If the GP thinks you need to see a specialist, you For information: www.dibinem.unibo.it
will receive a prescription form; you must take this
to a CUP (Centro Unico di Prenotazione) point to Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery
book an appointment. For the list see: Via S. Vitale 59 | 40125 Bologna
www.salute.bologna.it > Elenco sportelli CUP Tel. 051 2088111
Some Pharmacies have a CUP point too.
www.salute.bologna.it > Elenco farmacie

Remember that for some specialist services, you

must pay a “ticket” as a contribution to cover part
of the costs. The ticket must also be paid by Italian
citizens. You must pay before you see the specialist.
Check whether your insurance company will also
refund these costs.

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 First Aid SAP - Psychological support
You can call an ambulance dialing 118 (available www.unibo.it/PsychologicalSupport
24h including Holydays). SAP is a free psychological support service run by
If necessary you may also go to the Pronto Soccorso the University of Bologna. Contact the service for
(Emergency Room): an appointment with specialists to help you identify
and analyse the reasons underlying any distress.
Ospedale Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Department of Psychology
Via Albertoni 15 | Bologna Viale Berti Pichat 5 | 40126 Bologna
Tel. 051 2091832
Ospedale Maggiore Opening hours:
Largo Nigrisoli 2 | Bologna Monday to Friday, 9.30 am - 12.30 pm

For Emergencies during the nights or on weekends Service for students with disabilities and with
call the Guardia Medica: Tel. 051 3131 (from 8.00 specific learning disorders
pm to 8.00 am or from Saturdays at 10.00 am till It is a support service responding to the needs
Mondays at 8.00 am). of students with disabilities or specific learning
disorders (in Italian DSA). It mainly provides
For urgent dental treatment: guidance for incoming students and graduates, as
Ambulatorio di Odontoiatria e Stomatologia well as support throughout the study programmes,
“Beretta” at Ospedale Maggiore, Largo B. Nigrisoli aiming to identify and plan the support required
2, Bologna. for every student to successfully complete their
There is a limited number of places for emergencies. studies.
To be attended you have to take the number at 7.30 www.unibo.it/disabledstudents
am from Mondays to Fridays and at 7.30 am on
Saturdays. Services for disabled dtudents and students with
specific learning disorders
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30 am - 13.30; Via Belle Arti 42 | 40126 Bologna
Saturday, 8.30 am - 12.00 pm; Holidays, 8.00 am - Tel. 051 2095941 - 42 (disabilities)
1.00 pm. Tel. 051 2095943 (dyslexia)
Tel. 051 3172721 (Monday to Friday 11.00 am - 1.00 pm.) [email protected]
[email protected]
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At the end of the
exchange period

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Check-out

Before leaving, after sitting the exams planned, When you leave you will receive the Certificate
you must go to the Exchange Students Desk and of Departure, confirming the start and end dates
Check- out. of your exchange period, which you shall give to
You must Check-out in person. You cannot send a your university. If you have specific forms from
friend to do it for you! You will register your departure your home university to confirm your exchange
and check, together with the staff, if all the exams period duration, bring them with you to get them
and internships are recorded. If all exams and filled in.
internships have been recorded correctly, the digital
Transcript of Records will be sent immediately to Important: the end date of your exchange period
your home university by e-mail. corresponds to the Check-out date!

In case any grades are missing, the Exchange Find out promptly about any rules that your
Students Desk staff will take care of completing the university or the institute funding your mobility
recordings and will send the Transcript of Records applies to calculate the amount of your scholarship
to your home university later; therefore, you must and bear this in mind for the Check-out date.
Check-out even if not all the grades have been With the Check-out, you will have formally
recorded yet. completed your exchange period and may not sit
any more exams or participate in other teaching
When the Transcript of Records is ready, you can activities.
also download it directly from your personal
homepage on AlmaRM. To avoid any delays, check
regularly through AlmaRM that the exams you
have sat have been recorded and, if any grades are
missing, contact the professors before leaving.

Important: do not forget to return the books

borrowed from the libraries, before checking-out
otherwise you will not be issued the Transcript
of Records.

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 Transcript of Records

The Transcript of Records is issued at the end of These tables allow the universities of the European
your exchange period both in Italian and in English. Higher Education Area, which have adopted the ECTS
It contains your personal data, your arrival and system, to convert Italian grades into local grades.
departure dates, the list of exams and internships
you have done, with the date of the exam, the The ECTS scale and relative tables cannot be used
credits (CFU and ECTS) and the grades obtained. to convert grades for non-European universities
which have not adopted the ECTS system.
The grades are expressed in the Italian scale out of
thirty and are converted into the ECTS scale. Please The Transcript of Records is issued in digital format,
remember that the “Idoneo”/”Pass” can never be provided with digital signature and stamp, and,
transformed into a numerical grade. according to Italian law, has the same legal value
as the traditional paper transcript.
The Transcript also explains the Italian grading
system and provides the “ECTS grading tables”.

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Other mobility programmes

The University of Bologna takes part in some special Erasmus+ for Trainsheep (Mobility for Traineeships)
mobility programmes which may provide students Students spending an exchange period at the
with tailored services and may be subject to special University of Bologna to carry out an internship
rules.
within the Erasmus+ for Traineeship programme,
Erasmus+ ICM (Mobility outside Europe) and need to be accepted by a professor who will tutor
Mobility CONFAP-ITALY (MCI Brazil) their activities. They are hosted in the Departments.
If you are an exchange student within these
programmes, please pay attention to all the The document required to start the mobility
instructions given by your programme coordinator. programme is the Learning Agreement for
For further information: Traineeship (LAT).
The LAT is the work plan agreed upon by you, your
Erasmus+ ICM (Mobility outside Europe)
university and the tutoring professor at University of
Via Filippo Re 4 | 40126 Bologna
Bologna, who invited you and will tutor you activity.
Students coming from Eastern neighbouring Coun-
In order to carry out the traineeship you shall: ask
tries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldo-
the form to your home university and fill it; get it
va, Ukraine), Russia, Asia, Australia and New Zea-
signed by your university and the tutoring professor
land, USA and Canada:
at the University of Bologna; send the LAT to the
Tel. +39 051 2088480 I [email protected]
Exchange Students Desk via email: incoming.diri@
Students coming from Africa, Latin America,
unibo.it; upon receipt of the Acceptance message,
Southern neighbouring Countries (Algeria, Egypt,
complete your online registration (see Registering,
Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Libya,
page 7); on arrival, Check-in at the Exchange
Israel, Palestine) and Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and
Students Desk (see Check-in, page 14).
Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia):
Tel. +39 051 2088103 I [email protected]
As an exchange student for Traineeships you are not
Mobility CONFAP-ITALY (MCI Brazil) allowed to sit exams and gain credits. At the Check-
Via Filippo Re, 4 I 40126 Bologna out (see Check-out, page 30) you will only get your
Tel. +39 051 2099424 I [email protected] Certificate of Departure. Your internship will be
certified by the professor tutoring your activities by
filling in the appropriate sections of the Learning
Agreement for Traineeships (LAT).

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 International Relations
Offices at the Schools

Visiting Students Reference offices for exchange students

Students, spending an exchange period at the The offices at the Schools will presumably operate
University of Bologna as Visiting Students, need until October 2018. Subsequently the new offices of
to be accepted by a professor who will tutor their reference for exchange students will be published
activities. on the following page:
www.unibo.it/exchangestudentscontacts
They are hosted in Schools and Departments. To
be hosted as Visiting student you shall: obtain an
invitation letter signed by the tutoring professor; upon Agriculture
receipt of the Acceptance message, complete your [email protected]
online registration (see Registering, page 7); on arrival,
Check-in at the Exchange Students Desk (see Check-in, Arts, Humanities, and Cultural Heritage
page 14). [email protected]

It is advisable to agree your work plan with the tutoring Economics, Management, and Statistics
professor in advance. As a Visiting Student you are [email protected]
not allowed to sit exams and gain credits. At the
Check-out (see Check-out, page 30) you will only Engineering and Architecture
get your Certificate of Departure. If you need a [email protected]
certification of your activities, this will be issued by
the tutoring professor on headed paper or on forms Foreign Languages and Literature,
provided by your home university. Interpreting and Translation
[email protected]
Specific Agreements
Departments can sign agreements providing Law
students’ mobility. [email protected]

If you are an exchange student within a Specific Medicine

Agreement, you are only allowed to sit exams at the [email protected]
Department hosting you. Pay attention and choose
correctly the course units when filling in your
Learning Agreement and Study Plan.
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 Pharmacy, Biotechnology, and Sport Sciences
[email protected]

Political Sciences
[email protected]

Psychology and Education

[email protected]

Science
[email protected]

Veterinary Medicine
[email protected]

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