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a.y. 2018-2019 International Students Office Campus X (accommodation) Other Useful Numbers Tel. +39 06 7259-2567/2566/3231 Tel. +39 06 95222501 Taxis +39 06 3570 or 06 4994 [email protected] [email protected] or 06 6645 or 06 8822 (only www.campusx.it white taxis are legal in Rome) Erasmus Office Rome – City Services +39 060606 Tel. +39 06 7259-2555/2225 Service for Students with Questura (Police Headquarters) [email protected] Disabilities and Learning +39 06 46861 http://torvergata.llpmanager.it/ Disorders Policlinico Tor Vergata CARIS Commission School (Hospital) +39 06 20901 International Relations Unit of Engineering, “Didattica Tel. +39 06 7259-2556 Building” – ground floor Laziodisu – Regional Agency for [email protected] Via del Politecnico 1 the University Studies’ Right 00133 Roma Tel. +39 06 204101 International Students Recruitment Unit Tel. +39 06 72597483 www.laziodisu.it Tel. +39 067259-2324 Tel. +39 06 2022876 [email protected] [email protected] Stage and Placement www.caris.uniroma2.it Tel. +39 06 7259-2627/3650/3066 Welcome Office [email protected] Tel. +39 06 7259-2817/3234 Useful Emergency Number: 112 [email protected] [email protected] www.placement.uniroma2.it By car Main public transportation From the airport (Metro and Bus ticket cost 1,50 euro) Fiumicino Airport Leonardo da Vinci Take Exit number 19-20 from the Grande By car Raccordo Anulare (GRA), the highway Metropolitana – Linea “A” >From the Roma – Fiumicino Highway ring surrounding the city Direction: (Orange) to Anagnina station enter into GRA, direction NAPOLI, then Romanina – 2°Università > Get off atAnagnina (last stop) and take take Exit 19-20 (Romanina – 2° Università) the Bus 20 Express to reach: By train Central Administration Offices, >Take the Leonardo Express from By train School of Low, School of Economics; Fiumicino Airport to Roma Termini (Rome Engineering; Humanities and Philosophy; main railway station). There you can RomaTermini Mathematical, Physical and catch the Metro Line A from Termini Once there, take the subway Line A toward Natural Sciences; Medicine and Surgery to Anagnina, getting off at the last stop, Anagnina, the last stop. Once there, > Get off at Anagnina (last stop) and Anagnina take Bus number 20 or 500 (depending on take the bus 500 to reach: Medicine >Train from Fiumicino Airport Railway your final School destination) that will and Surgery; Mathematical, Physical to Roma Tuscolana station, walk for take you in a few minutes to the and Natural Sciences; 5 minutes to the Metro Line A stop, Tor Vergata Campus. > Get off at Anagnina (last stop) and Ponte Lungo, take it towardAnagnina, take the bus 506,507,509 to reach: and exit at the last stop, Anagnina Central Administration Offices, Ciampino Airport School of Low, >Take the Blue Bus ATRAL or ATAC bus to Anagnina Metro Station. Linea “C” – Get off at Torre Angela From there take the Bus service and take Bus 500, 506 and 20 Express (see main public transportation) Cotral extra-urban lines: Cotral services connect many municipalities of lower Lazio with the Anagnina underground station, crossing the university campus "Tor Vergata" Useful website Tourism in Rome: http://www.turismoroma.it/?lang=en Foreign Embassies and Consulates in Italy: https://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-in/italy Accommodation online procedures to manage students careers; Matlab, >Laziodisu provides students with scholarships and Media Library online (MLOL), Digital-library,LabView accommodation upon selection, a room will be (National Instruments), Microsoft Imagine Premium assigned for 11 months: www.laziodisu.it Library System and Services >CampusX Roma: Inside the University campus area, Each School has its own library offering to Tor Vergata Campus X offers 1500 beds, 15.000 square metres students a free access to soft and hard copies. of green areas and additional services such as: shuttle Opening hours: 9,00 am – 10,30 pm Monday-Friday bus from/to school buildings, Policlinico Tor Vergata 10,00 am – 8,00 pm Saturday and Sunday and subway; outdoor and indoor sport areas; barbecue, relax, free time and study areas. Internship and Placement http://www.campusx.it/en/roma-2/ Service dedicated to connect students and graduates of the University of Tor Vergata with the job world and > Fondazione RUI: accommodation reserved enter the workforce with job opportunities and to deserving students: http://www.rui.it internships in Italy and abroad Restaurants and Meal Services Career Day 2 restaurants, 7 bars and 1 Laziodisu dining-hall Two important appointments for students and gradua- tes to meet up with companies looking for talents are Tor Vergata Shuttle Service held during each Academic Years in collaboration with Two free shuttle buses are available for students from the Alumni Associations of Economics (ALET) and with Tor Vergata train station and from Anagnina the Association of former Engineering students underground station to the 6 schools of the Campus. (ALITUR) Assistance Service for Students with Disabilities Sports and Cultural Activities In accordance with the Italian law, assistance for Here are some of the activities and opportunities students with disabilities or learning disorder is provided available for students at Tor Vergata: > University Sports Center (CUS Roma Tor Vergata), Digital Services promoting and developing sport activities for all There are several student-oriented digital services students (sporting facilities accessible also for which foster communication and relationships within students with disabilities) the University and outside of it. > Botanic Garden and the Garden Golf University, Among them we include WiFi connection, free access Rome’s first night-lit field with a Golf School to Microsoft Office 365, an institutional e-mail account, > Tor Vergata Sailing Club, a sports association OneDrive cloud workspace, Lync online, share points to practice sailing to create and share documents, Office web apps; > ”Archeologia Per Roma” Museum is the first Psychological Counseling and Sex Counseling didactic and interactive museum of Archaeology Service in Rome The Psychological Counseling Center provides students with information about their psychological and > The concert season organized by the Roma aptitude level using interviews and psychometric Sinfonietta and the AssociazioneCulturaleMusicad’Oggi assessment. The Sex Counseling Service, which is unique in Italy, > The Choir of the University, involving teachers, free and open to the entire university community, has students and staff the aim to meet the help requests for sexual, emotional, or relational problems, as well as for sexual orientation, Cost Reductions and Discounts gender identity or for any abuse related to sexuality. “Agevola” is the University service providing discounts for students at shops, restaurants, cinemas, and for many White Code Room: basic health careservice for other cultural activities in Rome foreign students and those coming from other Italian regions.The White Code is a free service to have IaD School – Distance learning access to the primary health care. It is offered to foreign The IaD School builds methodological and technological students and those students not resident in the Region skills through online and/or blended teaching and learning. of Lazio. http://www.scuolaiad.it/ The Italian university system The italian university system is based on three cycles, according to the “Bologna Process” which ensures comparability in the standard and quality of higher education qualifications among European HE Institutions, • Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science (Bachelor Degree) – B.A./B.Sc. –duration 3 years–180 ECTS • Master of Arts or Master of Science – M.A. /M. Sc. – duration 2 years – 120 ECTS • One –cycle Degree – Undergraduate M.A./M.Sc. – duration 5/6 years – 300/360 ECTS • Doctoral degree – PhD – duration 3 years The system also offers otherpost-graduate course (tipically 1 years, 60 ECTS): • First Level Specialising Master (access with B.A./B.Sc.) • Second Level Specialising Master (access with M.A./M.Sc. or Undergraduate M.A./M.Sc) • Post-Graduate Training Course (so called “Corsi di Perfezionamento”, for access please contact the course staff) • Specialization School (access with M.A./ M.Sc. or Undergraduate M.A./M.Sc.) Scholarships Education and research Tor Vergata international students can apply for According to the U-Multirank of the European Union, scholarships: the University of Rome Tor Vergatastands out in teaching > Laziodisu (www.laziodisu.it) & learning performances by placing itself amongst the top > Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 500worldwide Universities in the QS World Universities (http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/ministero/servizi/stranieri/op Ranking and amongst the top 14 Italian Universities. portunita/borsestudio_stranieri.html/) In addition, the University of Rome Tor Vergata places > The University of Rome Tor Vegata provides its students among the top 100 Universities with less than 50 years with grants and awards for financial support. Details are in accordance with the THE (Times Higher Education) available on the website www.uniroma2.it and with QS Ranking Top 50-Under 50. Moreover, the University of Rome Tor Vergatahas been Welcome weeks ranked in the top 500 University in the world and 8th Our Staff welcomes students in September, helping and among the Italians by the QS Graduate Employability supporting them with Stay Permit and other administrative