Guide for foreign Universities

ECTS Information Package Academic year 2013-2014

WELCOME OF THE RECTOR

Dear international students and In order to ease your integration into professors, academic and cultural life in , this guide provides you with a general Thank you for choosing the University description of the university, and gives of Catania as your host university. practical advice to be used before I am honored to welcome you to the leaving your own country, and some Siculorum Gymnasium. I hope you information that might be useful at your will enjoy your stay at our university, arrival in Catania. Further on, you will to achieve educational growth and find information on academic course, formative experience in our town, rich as well as a presentation of in history and tradition. university facilities, accommodation The University of Catania is a public services and practical addresses of interest institution with a strong and ever that will enhance your experience here. growing international orientation and Moreover, through the last section, you community. Our main goal is to provide may discover Catania, a town that has international students with a stimulating learning environment, and to offer them always played an active role in The Rector’s Profile an international dimension based on promoting cooperation and cultural Prof. Giacomo Pignataro was born excellence and innovation, both key exchanges for centuries, in the in Caltagirone on 23rd February elements of the educational Mediterranean Area and in Europe. 1963, full professor of Public experience. May your stay here be stimulating, Finance. He graduated in Business and in 1986. He earned This guide is designed to help pleasant and fruitful. A warm welcome a Master Degree in Economics and, international students and professors to all of you. subsequently, a Ph.D. in Economics who spend a period in Catania, taking from the University of York, part in stimulating learning programs Prof. Giacomo Pignataro England (UK). Since 2002 he and exchanging cultural experiences. Rector of the University of Catania has been Full Professor of Public Finance. Since 13th March 2013 he is the new Rector Magnificus of the University of Catania. 3 CONTENTS

1 University of Catania - Residence Permit - Libraries and Documentation Centre - A Brief Historical Background - Fiscal Code - Safety and Prevention Area - Facts and Figures - Insurance - Center for Computer Systems, - European Policy Strategy - Medical Assistance Applications Research and Teaching - Governance and Management - Accomodations - Design, Development and Building - Departments and Schools - Consulates Maintenance Area - Italian Language Courses - Accomodation and Meals - Administrative Procedures - University Sport Centre 2 Studying at the University of Catania - Students Associations

- Italian Higher System Partnerships - ECTS System 4 City of Catania - Enrolment Procedures - Erasmus Agreements 6 - General Information - Memorandum of Understanding - Catania at a Glance - Educational Offer and International Cooperation - How to get to Catania - Further Studies Agreements - Living in Catania - Professional Qualifications and - Useful Numbers State Exams - Educational Offer in English 5 Facilities - Useful University Contacts - Career Guidance and Vocational 3 Practical Information for Exchange Centre Students and Professors - Centre for Disability - International Relations Office - Multimedial Languages Centre - VISA - European Documentation Centre

1 University of Catania 6 An Institution in Continuous A Brief Development The foundation of the University of Battista Vaccarini, is a magnificent Catania, the oldest in , dates monument of Baroque architecture. Historical back to 1434, when the king of Spain, The University of Catania was not only Alfonso of Aragon (who was also King structurally powerful. It also held the Background Alfonso I of Sicily) authorized the exclusive right by Royal Decree to establishment of a Studium Generale grant degrees within the Reign of Sicily. with the privilege of issuing legally valid Although the hierarchical power of academic titles in the four core the university was in the hands of the disciplines of theology, canon and civil Church, the Rector, an elected student , physical and joint , in his/her last year of studies, had liberal arts. In 1444, the first four the power to put students on trial. 25 faculties of , Philosophy, Chimes of the Cathedral bell marked Canonic and Civil Law and Theology the beginning of the academic year. and Arts were established. Students Throughout the year, a porter began to attend classes in 1445, marked daily any professor absence. however it was not until two centuries The figures were then taken to a notary later that the university gained its own who subtracted a day’s wages from their establishment in Piazza Università. pay. At the end of his studies, a student It still stands in the piazza today, in the was awarded his degree in the Cathedral former grounds of St. Mark’s hospital. as well as a gold ring and a blessing The building was completely destroyed from the Archbishop. by an earthquake in 1693 and students Although this ceremony and many other were left without a place to continue traditions have fallen into disuse, the their study. In the interim period, before academic structure of the university is it was rebuilt, the resourceful students, still as strong today as it was in the first unperturbed by such events and endowed half of the 15th century when it started with infinite determination, transferred out with just ten students. classes to wooden huts by the harbour. The new building, designed by Giovan

7 The University Today Today the university buildings are Students have the opportunity to spread throughout the city, with a contrast commence their university career between the modern, hi-tech alongside the very best. The University “University City”, and numerous of Catania is also attractive for those historical buildings in the old city companies interested in transferring the centre. It offers an attractive portfolio technology generated from university of academic titles and is committed in departments and research centers. the creation of a “laboratory” where the ancient Mediterranean culture meets the new technologies, in order to offer advanced training experience. Students wishing to take an undergraduate degree will find our university to be a high quality educational institution, with degrees specifically aimed at the labour market, which prepare effectively for further studies. Excellent departments, schools and support services are offered throughout all of our university sites in Catania, Syracuse and Ragusa. Here, students may also discover a culturally dynamic environment suitable for growing as students and individuals as well. Those who are considering taking post graduate, masters or doctorate studies can choose among a wide range of academic fields, developed by internationally recognized research groups.

8 Learn about our programs, people, Facts innovations and campus through facts and figures and Figures Educational and Research Structures 23 Departments 13 Research Center 4 Schools

Educational Programs 42 Undergraduate 1st Level Courses 7 One-Cycle Courses 50 Undergraduate 2nd Level Courses 16 Masters 35 Ph.D. Courses XXVIII Cycle 18 National Ph.D. Courses 17 International Ph.D. Courses

Students 49.894 Students enrolled a. y. 2012/2013 Useful Information 6.605 Graduated a. y. 2010/2011 (latest survey available) Name: University of Catania Address: Piazza Università, 2 Staff I-95131 Catania 401 Full Professors Erasmus ID code: I CATANIA 01 392 Associate Professors E-mail: [email protected] 593 Researchers Website: www.unict.it/en 1.218 Non-academic staff Facebook: universitadeglistudicatania The governing bodies of the University The Rector is the legal representative of of Catania are the Rector, the Academic the university and is the guarantor for Senate, the Board of Directors, the the respect of , freedom of research Board of Auditors, the Evaluation Unit, and teaching, staff and students’ rights. the Director General, who shall exercise He is elected among full professors in the powers laid down by the laws of the service in Italian universities, is in charge Republic, by the University Statute for six years and is not re-eligible. and by executive regulations.

The Academic Senate is established by Rector a Rector’s decree and is composed of: Prof. Giacomo Pignataro - Rector; Department of Economics and Business - 14 full professors, representatives of The rector is assisted in his duties by the scientific-disciplinary areas of the the Vice-Rector and various delegates. University of Catania; Vice-Rector - 13 representatives of heads of departments; Prof. Alessandra Gentile - 5 students’ representatives; Department of Agriculture and Food - 2 representatives of the administrative Science staff.

The Administrative Board is established by a Rector’s decree and is composed of: - Rector; - 3 external members (not belonging to the roles of the university); - 5 full professors belonging to the Governance teaching body of the University of Catania; and Management - 2 students’ representatives.

10 Prof. Roberto Cellini Prof. Sebastiano Battiato Delegates Strategic Planning and Budgeting Education: Postgraduates and Ph.D. Prof. Giuseppe Romano Compagnini Prof. Antonio Pioletti Relationships with Students and Sport Relationships with Technical-Administrative of the Committee Staff Prof. Giovanni Di Rosa Prof. Andrea Rapisarda Rector Buildings, Heritage and Contracts Internationalization Prof. Luciano Granozzi Prof. Stefania Stefani Communication Research Prof. Bianca Maria Lombardo Prof. Agata Copani Education: Undergraduates Museums and “Città della Scienza”

11 The University of Catania has 23 departments and 4 schools that, additionally to the Departments traditional assignments of scientific research, are in charge of the organization and and Schools management of educational activities.

12 Agri-food and Environmental Systems Management #IVIL%NGINEERINGANDArchitecture Address: Via Santa Sofia 100, I-95123 Catania Address: Città Universitaria Director: Prof. Giovanni Cascone Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania General contact: [email protected] Director: Prof. Paolo La Greca Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] General contact: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.digesa.unict.it Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.darc.unict.it

Agriculture and Food Sciences Address: Via Valdisavoia 5, I-95123 Catania Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Director: Prof. Salvatore Luciano Cosentino Address: Via Antonino Longo 19, I-95125 Catania General contact: [email protected] Director: Prof. Pietro Pavone Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.dispa.unict.it Website: www.dipbiogeo.unict.it

Anatomy, Biology and Genetics, Legal Medicine, Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience, Diagnostic Pathology, Hygiene and Address: Via Androne 81, I-95124 Catania Public health Director: Prof. Gianna Tempera Address: Policlinico Universitario (Building 10) General contact: [email protected] Via Santa Sofia 87, I-95123 Catania Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Director: Prof. Mario Zappia Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] General contact: [email protected] Website: www.dsb.unict.it Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.medicina.unict.it Chemical Sciences Economics and Business Address: Città Universitaria Address: Corso Italia 55, I-95125 Catania Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania Director: Prof. Michela Cavallaro Director: Prof. Gaetano Tomaselli General contact: [email protected] General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.economia.unict.it/english.asp. Website: www.dipchi.unict.it/en/

Educational Sciences Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine Address: Via Biblioteca 2, I-95124 Catania Address: “Garibaldi Nesima” Hospital Director: Prof. Dario Palermo Via Palermo 636, I-95122 Catania Director: Prof. Sebastiano Squatrito General contact: [email protected] General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.medicina.unict.it Website: www.disfor.unict.it

Drug Sciences Electric, Electronic and Computer Address: Città Universitaria (Building 2) Address: Città Universitaria (Polifunctional Building) Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania Director: Prof. Giovanna Maria Scoto Director: Prof. Vincenzo Catania General contact: [email protected] General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.dsf.unict.it Website: www.dieei.unict.it/en

14 Industrial Engineering and Computer Sciences Address: Città Universitaria (Building 3) Address: Città Universitaria Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania Director: Prof. Francesco Patania Director: Prof. Giuseppe Mulone General contact: [email protected] General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: afi[email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.diim.unict.it Website: web.dmi.unict.it

Humanities Medical and Pediatric Sciences Address: Piazza Dante 32, I-95124 Catania Address: “Vittorio Emanuele II” Hospital Director: Prof. Giancarlo Magnano San Lio Via Plebiscito 628, I-95124 Catania General contact: [email protected] Director: Prof. Carmelo Erio Fiore Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected]/ E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.disum.unict.it Website: www.medicina.unict.it

Law Medical Speciality Address: Via Gallo 24, I-95124 Catania Address: Policlinico Universitario Director: Prof. Roberto Pennisi Via Santa Sofia 86, I-95123 Catania General contact: [email protected] Director: Prof. Antonino Cianci Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] General contact: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.lex.unict.it/en/ Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.medicina.unict.it Physics and Astronomy Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Address: Via Santa Sofia 64, I-95123 Catania Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Director: Prof. Antonio Insolia Website: www.medicina.unict.it General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Political and Social Sciences Website: www.dfa.unict.it Address: Via Vittorio Emanuele II 8, I-95131 Catania Director: Prof. Giuseppe Barone Surgery General contact: [email protected] Address: “Vittorio Emanuele II” Hospital Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Via Plebiscito, 628, I-95124 Catania Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Director: Prof. Giuseppe Sessa Website: www.fscpo.unict.it General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.medicina.unict.it

Surgical Sciences Organ Transplantation and Advanced Technologies Address: Policlinico Universitario Via Santa Sofia 86, I-95123 Catania Vice-Director: Prof. Stefano Puleo General contact: [email protected]

16 School of Foreign Languages and Literatures School of Medicine Address: Via Orfanotrofio 49, I-97100 Ragusa Ibla Address: Via Santa Sofia, 86, I-95123 Catania Head: Prof. Nunzio Zago Head: Prof. Francesco Basile General contact: [email protected] General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.medicina.unict.it Website: www.flingue.unict.it

Scuola Superiore di Catania School of Architecture Address: Via Valdisavoia 9 I-95123 Catania Address: Piazza Federico di Svevia, I-96100 Siracusa Head: Prof. Francesco Priolo Head: Prof. Bruno Messina General contact: [email protected] General contact: [email protected] Website: www.scuolasuperiorecatania Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] The University of Catania considers the European internationalization process to be of deeply importance for its development, therefore, it is willing to adopt strategic Policy Strategy plans aiming at improving such process, thanks to some different actions to be realized in a short time and some others requiring longer times for their effectiveness but all pursuing the goal of rising its visibility, reputation and attractiveness. The University of Catania is the oldest of the Italian South-Centre universities and it manifests some excellences in terms of didactics and research thanks to particular synergies and specific collaborations with several research institutes operating in its territory, such as C.N.R., I.N.A.F., I.N.F.N., I.N.G.V. Furthermore, Catania geographic position, even if off-centered from North-center European countries, is certainly in a focal point with respect to Mediterranean area countries, with whom it is certainly possible to organize cooperation activities of great importance. Other key points can be considered the different enterprises working on the territory, representing a reference point for study, research and industrial collaboration initiatives.

18 Therefore, in order to improve the - Stimulate international mobility internationalization process, the (European and Non-European) of university will adopt the following teachers and administrative staff strategic actions. using simple administrative procedures. Short-term actions: - Implement services and facilities for - Enhance international activities incoming students, teachers and staff, communication through a more with better accommodations services attractive web site and the creation and dedicated procedures to obtain of university of Catania profile in the the stay permission. most important social networks. - Enhance Italian language courses - Increase the educational offer in offer for foreign students. English language, thanks to the activation of new courses and the creation of “course packages”, useful for incoming students in the creation of their learning agreements. - Reinforce English language courses in all degree courses in order to boost students’ linguistic competencies and let them be more competitive within the international job market. - Enlarge the number of agreements with European countries and in particular with France, United Kingdom, Germany and North European countries. - Formalize pre-existent international cooperation and use contacts and best practices sharing policy among similar disciplinary areas. 2 Studying at the University of Catania Italian Higher Education System Italian higher education is structured System has been reformed so as to meet in a binary system, consisting of 2 main the objectives of the “ Process” articulations: and is now organized in 3 cycles: - 1st Cycle Studies - Bachelor Degree; University Sector - 2nd Cycle Studies - Master Degree; It includes: - 3rd Cycle Studies - Ph.D. and - State Universities Specialization Courses. - Non-State Universities (legally recognized by the State) Non - University Sector - Higher Schools specialized in It includes: postgraduate university studies - Higher Education in Art, Music and - Telematic Universities. Dance (AFAM) - Higher Education in Language The University of Catania is a state Mediation University that is a public entity endowed with scientific, teaching, - Higher Integrated Education (FIS) managerial, financial and bookkeeping and Programs of Higher Technical For further information autonomy and may draw up its own Education & Training (IFTS) www.study-in-.it statute and regulations, issued by - programs in a few specific fields (e.g. rectoral decrees. archiving, diplomatic, restoration, Since 1999, the Italian University military studies, etc.).

21 The University of Catania has adopted institutions. The few rules of ECTS, the CFU accreditation system which concerning Information (on courses corresponds to the European available), Agreement (between the ECTS Community Course Credit Transfer home and host institutions) and the Use System (ECTS). of Credit Points (to indicate student workload) are set out to reinforce this System What is ECTS? mutual trust and confidence. Each ECTS department will describe the The ECTS system is based on the principle courses it offers not only in terms of of mutual trust and confidence between content but also adding credits to each the participating higher education course.

22 ECTS credits study do not receive academic credit. ECTS students and Erasmus program The ECTS credits are a value allocated Non-credit courses may, however, be The students participating in ECTS to course units to describe the student mentioned in the transcript of records. receive full credit for all academic work workload required to complete them. Credits are awarded only when the successfully carried out at any of the They reflect the quantity of work each course has been completed and all ECTS partner institutions. They will be course requires in relation to the total required examinations have been able to transfer these academic credits quantity of work necessary to complete successfully taken. from one participating institution to a full year of academic study at the another on the basis of prior agreement institution, that is, lectures, practical ECTS grading scale on the content of study programs work, seminars, private work in the The ECTS grading scale provides abroad between students and the library or at home and examinations a common currency to measure the institutions involved. or other assessment activities. ECTS quality of student achievement. It is When the student has successfully credits express a relative value. important to note that it is not meant to completed the study program previously In ECTS, 60 credits represent the replace the local grade but to be used agreed between the home and the host workload of a year of study; normally 30 optionally and in addition to it. institutions and returns to the home credits are given for a semester and 20 institution, credit transfer will take credits for a term. It is important that place, and the student can continue ECTS Definition normally achieving the grade no special courses are set up for ECTS of successful students the study course at the home institution purposes, but that all ECTS courses are without any loss of time or credit. A EXCELLENT: outstanding per formance mainstream courses of the participating with only minor errors Students may be awarded a student institutions, as followed by home B VERY GOOD: above average standard mobility grant if they fulfill the general students under normal regulations. but with some errors conditions of eligibility for the Erasmus It is up to the participating institutions C GOOD: generally sound work with a program. They shall not be required to to subdivide the credits for the different number of notable errors pay tuition fees at the host institution courses. D SATISFACTORY: fair but with significant and continue to pay normal tuition fees Practical placements and optional shortcomings to the home institution during the study courses which form an integral part of E SUFFICIENT: performance meets period abroad. minimum criteria the course of study also receive F FAIL: some more work required before academic credit. Practical placements the credit can be awarded and optional courses which do not FX FAIL: considerable further work is required form an integral part of the course of

23 EU and non-EU citizens can equally 1. EU citizens Enrolment enroll at the University of Catania. EU citizens who wish to apply for an In case of dual citizenship, the Italian Italian degree course must observe citizenship prevails (L. 31 May 1995, the same deadlines and procedures of Procedures n. 218 art. 19). Italian citizens. Citizens from Switzerland, Norway, Distinct application rules apply to: Iceland, Republic of San Marino and - EU citizen; Liechtenstein are treated as EU citizens; - non EU citizen; the same rule is applied for Non-EU citizens owning a residence permit - Italian citizens with foreign academic (permesso di soggiorno) or a residence qualifications. card (carta di soggiorno) for work, family, religion or asylum, and political refugees. For further information please contact the Foreign Students Office.

Address: Piazza Bellini 19, I-95131 Catania Fax: (+39) 095 326161 E-mail: [email protected]

24 Prospective students can apply for only For 1st cycle and One-long Cycle 2nd For 2nd cycle degree programs: one degree course, although they may degree programs: - original copy of secondary school pre enroll in several courses and take - original copy of secondary school diploma obtained after at least 12 multiple admission tests. diploma obtained after at least 12 years of schooling. The diploma must EU nationals and EU-equated citizens years of schooling. The diploma must be translated and duly validated; are not requested to take the Italian be translated and duly validated; - declaration of value for the diploma language test. - declaration of value for the diploma to to be released by the Italian They do not belong to places reserved to be released by the Italian diplomatic diplomatic representation in the non-EU citizens (contingente riservato). representation in the country to country to which the school/college They should respect, as Italian students, which the school/college belongs to; belongs to; the deadlines provided by the calls of st each course of study. - certificate assessing the student’s - 1 cycle degree obtained at any In order to enroll at the university passing of the academic admission/ university the diploma must be it is compulsory to fulfill the online proficiency test (where required), if translated and duly validated; registration procedure on the “Portale provided for home country university - declaration of value for the degree to Studenti”1 and submit the documents, access; be released by the Italian described in the following paragraph, to - any university study certificate or diplomatic representation in the the Foreign Students Office. non-university post-secondary study country to which the school/college certificate (exams passed and exam belongs to; programs) for the obtainment of the - certificate released by the relevant enrolment to an academic year after academic institution, translated and the first one (shortening of the duly validated, assessing the passed program time limits) or for the exams as well as the detailed completing of the 12 year schooling programs and time plan devoted to required for the access to Italian the teaching and laboratory activities 1 In order to accomplish the online universities; provided for each subject area; enrollment, applicants must be provided with the tax code (codice fiscale). To obtain - a copy of the residence permit is - a copy of the residence permit is the code, foreign citizens must present a also needed for non-EU applicants also needed for non-EU applicants valid document (if EU citizens) and a resident in Italy. resident in Italy. residence permit (if non-EU citizens) at the Italian Tax Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate).

25 2. Non EU citizens - certificate assessing the student’s Every study program sets an annual passing of the academic admission/ quota of places available for non-EU proficiency test (where required), if students. To request pre-enrolment for provided for home country university a program, citizens should contact the access. Italian embassy-consulate in the stu- - any university study certificate or dent’s country of residence, they cannot non-university post-secondary study apply for a degree course (either for a certificate (exams passed and exam first or a second cycle degree) directly programs) for the obtainment of the to the University of Catania. enrolment to an academic year after Application deadline is established the first one (shortening of the annually by the Italian Ministry of program time limits) or for the completing of the 12-year schooling Education. required for the access to Italian At the Italian embassy or consulate, universities; applicants fill a pre-registration request form and they can choose only one - any certification assessing Italian degree course. The documents to be language knowledge. brought to the Italian embassy-consulate offices are the following. For 2nd cycle degree programs: - original copy of secondary school For 1st cycle and One-long Cycle 2nd diploma obtained after at least 12 degree programs: years of schooling. The diploma must - secondary school diploma (original be translated and duly validated; copy) obtained after at least 12 years - declaration of value for the diploma of schooling. The diploma must be to be released by the Italian translated and duly validated; diplomatic representation in the country to which the school/college - declaration of value for the diploma belongs to; to be released by the Italian st diplomatic representation in the - 1 cycle degree obtained at any country to which the school/college university the diploma must be belongs to; translated and duly validated;

26 - declaration of value for the degree to translation into Italian; the translation is diploma/certificate, the assessment of be released by the Italian diplomatic a responsibility of the applicant and the curricular requisites shall include representation in the country to must be certified by the relevant Italian the evaluation of the programs of the which the university belongs to; diplomatic representation abroad. exams passed abroad, which have been - certificate released by the relevant The translation may also be carried out attached to the pre-enrolment academic institution-translated and in Italy by official translators or by the application. duly validated-assessing the passed diplomatic representation operating exams as well as the detailed in Italy of the country where the Italian language test programs and time plan devoted to document has been released. Students with the following qualifications the teaching and laboratory activities The documentation handed in by the are exempt from taking the Italian provided for each subject area; applicant does not allow for a direct language test: access/admission to a degree program, - any certification assessing Italian - 2nd level secondary school qualification as, to be admitted to a program, a language knowledge. obtained following four or five years student must pass an Italian language of study at Italian schools abroad, test and an admissions test to program or one of the secondary school final The Italian embassy or consulate will with a limited number of places as qualifications described in annex 2 transmit the form to the university well as other tests required for Italian of the provisions of the MIUR along with all the required documents citizens. and it will be informed about the Memorandum; approval of the student’s request. For 2nd cycle degree program the - certificate obtained in conjunction Only Italian embassies and consulates university must also assess if the degree/ with a school diploma from Argentina can grant an entry visa for Italy. diploma/certificate owned by the that certifies that the program included In order to be granted a visa, applicants applicant can qualify for the application. an Italian language course for at least must provide the Italian embassy or At the University of Catania the assessment 5 years; consulate with all the required of the degree qualification is assigned to - diploma in Italian language and documentation. Tourist visa is not the relevant Degree Program Boards, culture from the University for accepted for enrolment in a degree which apply the same criteria (curricular Foreigners of Perugia and Siena, course. requisites and evaluation of the personal obtained after a course of at least The documents written in a foreign preparation) provided for the holders of one academic year; language must be handed in the the equivalent Italian academic degree. - Italian language proficiency certificates original copy together with the official For applicants having a foreign degree/ equivalent to levels C1 and C2 of the

27 Council of Europe issued by the III 3. Italians citizens with foreign academic University of Rome and by the Uni- qualifications versity for Foreigners of Perugia and Italian citizens with foreign academic Siena, also issued in agreement with qualifications are admitted to the Italian cultural institutes abroad. university under the same conditions as other Italian students. The only Students with Italian language difference concerns the certification of proficiency certificates equivalent to the foreign academic qualifications. levels not lower that B2 of the Council Foreign academic qualifications must of Europe, are exempt from the Italian fulfill the requirements of the Annual language test, however admission in this memorandum of the Ministry of case is determined by the number of Education University and Research for places assigned to foreign citizens. foreign academic qualifications. Every year the date of the test (usually in early September) is set before the Enrolment in a 1st cycle course beginning of the academic year. Italian citizens in possession of a high Failing of the test will prevent students school or university degree obtained from being admitted to any degree abroad, must attach to the form of course in any Italian university; that’s enrolment the High School Diploma why so an adequate knowledge of (original copy) authenticated and Italian language is very important. translated into Italian with its declaration Eventually, enrolment will be completed of value done by the Italian Diplomatic only after all the tests will be passed Representation abroad. (Italian language test and entrance test). Moreover, depending on the following cases, candidates must add the following documentation authenticated and translated into Italian: - original copy of the certificate proving that he has passed such selections (for example Selectivi- dad in Spain, Prova de Aferiçao or Prova General de Acesso ao Ensino Enrolment in a 2nd level degree course Assessment of the degree qualification Superior in Portugal) if in the country Italian citizens in possession of a High The documentation handed in by the where the degree was issued the School or university degree obtained applicant does not allow for a direct admission to universities is subject to abroad, must attach to the form of access/admission to the second-cycle competitive exams: enrolment the following degree program, as the university must - certificate issued by a university documentation: also assess if the degree/diploma/ abroad (or original certificate of - original copy of University diploma certificate owned by the applicant can educational qualification issued by a legalized and officially translated into qualify for the application. non-university institute) stating the Italian together with the declaration At the University of Catania the years of enrolment to prove that the of value of the University diploma assessment of the degree qualification candidate as reached the 12 years of done by the Italian Diplomatic is assigned to the relevant Degree studying requested by law, if you have Representation; Program Boards, which apply the a High School Diploma which has been obtained after less than 12 years; - original copy of the certificate of same criteria (curricular requisites and taken exams, issued by the university evaluation of the personal preparation) - certificate issued by the university provided for the holders of an equivalent abroad with the list of passed exams, abroad, with the list of passed exams, Italian academic degree. their contents (official study given marks and their contents. For applicants having a foreign degree/ program), the number of theoretical- Students must provide the detailed diploma/certificate, the assessment of practical teaching hours and given study program for each exam, and marks, if the candidate is going to ask the number of theoretical-practical the curricular requisites shall include to be admitted to an year following teaching hours necessary for the the evaluation of the programs of the the first (abbreviazione di corso). issuing of the academic qualification. exams passed abroad, which have been This certificate must be authenticated This certificate must be authenticated attached to the pre-enrolment and officially translated into Italian. and officially translated into Italian. application.

29 General Information

30 Academic calendar Teaching and learning The pass mark is 66 and students who The academic year is organized into Most teaching takes place in large obtain full marks of 110 may also be awarded “summa cum laude”. 2 semesters, and each semester lasts lecture halls and laboratories; students around 20 weeks. The 1st semester be- are also expected to carry out a Credits recognition procedures gins in September - October and ends considerable amount of self-study in in January - February; the 2nd semester order to prepare for exams. On February 21 - 2011, the Academic begins in February and ends in July. Senate of the University of Catania, Subjects may be semester - long or year- Assessment deliberated The Course Credits Recognition System Guidelines. This long and exams are held in January - Exams are held after the teaching Guidelines establishes the principle February and June - July. period and are mainly oral although some courses have written tests taking parameters that characterize student’s credits recognition in a range of Vacation periods place during the semester or before the oral exam. Each exam has a number of activities carried out in foreign - Christmas break (end of December to dates offered during the exam session institutions. The course credit the first week of January) and students can choose which date recognition should be done before the - Easter break they wish to take it. student’s departure through a formal application that indicates the foreign - Summer break (from 1st to 31st August) Students are also entitled to turn down a mark and take the exam again if they hosting institution datas and the possible are not satisfied with the result. study plan he intends to follow up with Local and national holidays: the indication of the corresponding 1st November All Saints’ Day Examination grading systems teaching programmes in attachment. Subjects recognition has to be based on th 8 December Immaculate Conception Examinations are graded according to a precise coherence between curricular 5th February St Agatha’s Feast Day a scale ranging from 0 to 30, with 18 activities and the course of study as a pass mark. A “cum laude” may be (Patron Saint of Catania) purposes. The mark obtained by the added to the highest grade as a mention 25th April Anniversary of Liberation student during his foreign didactic of special distinction. All examination period is calculated by the office in st 1 May Labor Day results are used to calculate the overall accordance with the rules fixed by the degree mark on a scale of 0-110. 2nd June Republic Day University of Catania’s official Grading The final result is based on exam results Scale and its integration. plus the presentation of a project or The official Grading Scale is available dissertation in front of a board of on-line at http://www.unict.it/en/ects examiners.

31 Educational Offer

For further information please contact the Didactic Division

Manager: Giuseppe Caruso Address: Piazza Bellini 19 I-95131 Catania Phone: (+39) 095 316057 Fax (+39) 095 326161 E-mail: [email protected] Bachelor Degrees (1st Cycle Studies) Courses - Chemistry - Industrial Chemistry Aim: guarantee students an adequate - Cultural Heritage - Food and Environmental Toxicology command of general scientific methods - Philosophy - Herbal Drugs and Nutraceuticals and contents as well as specific - Civil and Environmental Engineering - Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences professional skills. - Electronic Engineering - Physics - Computer Engineering - Computer Science Access requirement: the school leaving - Industrial Engineering - Environmental and Natural Sciences qualification awarded on completion - Arts - Economics of 13 years of global schooling and - European Euroamerican and Oriental - Geological Sciences after the relevant State examinations; Languages and Culture - Mathematics also comparable foreign qualifications - Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation - Political and International Relations (obtained after at least 12 year of global - Biology - History and Administration Sciences schooling) may be accepted. - Basic Degree in Tourism - History, and - Science of Administration and International Relations Admission: restricted entry. Organization - Sociology and Social Work - Business Administration - Midwifery Credits: 180. The completion of a - Economics and Management of - Nursing training period and the discussion of a Tourist-Enterprises - Psychiatric Rehabilitation Techniques final thesis may also be required. - Education and Formation Science - Physiotherapy - Sciences and Languages for - Speech and Language Therapy Duration: 3 years Communication - Orthoptic and Ophtalmologic - Communication Science Assistance - Languages for International - Dietistic Communication - Audioprothesic Techniques - Land and Landscape Planning and - Imaging and Radiotherapy Techniques Protection - Biomedical Laboratory Techniques - Exercise and Sport Sciences - Cardiocirculatory and Cardiovascular - Psychological Sciences and Techniques Perfusion Techniques - Agricultural Science and Technology - Food Science and Technology

33 Master Degrees (2nd Cycle Studies) Courses - Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry - Archaeology - Chemistry of Materials Aim: provide students with an advanced - Biodiversity and Environmental - Biomolecular Chemistry level of education for the exercise of a Quality - Economics and Management of Public highly qualified activity in specific areas. - Sanitary Biology Administrations - Molecular and Cellular Biology - Global Politics and Euromediterranean Access requirement: Bachelor Degree - Agricultural Biotechnology Relations - Public Administration Sciences or a comparable foreign degree. - Modern Philology - Classical philology - Communication of Culture and Entertainment Admission: is subject to specific course - Physics - Computer Science - Sciences and Techniques of Preventive requirements determined by individual and Adaptative Motor Activities universities. - Chemical Engineering for Sustainability Industrial Development - Agricultural Science and Technology - Water and Transportation Civil - Food Science and Technology Credits: 120. The discussion of a final Engineering - Geological Sciences thesis is required. - Structural and Geotechnical Civil - Science of Environmental Protection Engineering - Territorial, Environmental and Duration: 2 years - Automation Engineering and Control Landscape Protection of Complex Systems - Business Management - Telecommunication Engineering - Corporate Finance - Electrical Engineering - Philosophical Science - Electronic Engineering - Geophysics - Management engineering - History and Culture for Territorial - Computer Engineering Management in Mediterranean Region - Mechanical Engineering - Pedagogic Science and Educational - Environmental Engineering Planning - European and Extra-European - Planning and Management of Policies Languages and Culture and Social Services - Languages for International - Sociology Cooperation - History of Art and Cultural Heritage - Mathematics - Nursing and Midwifery Sciences - Psychology - Health Professions of Rehabilitation - International Trade Relations Sciences

34 One Cycle Degree Courses (2nd Cycle Courses - Master Degrees Courses - Advanced Degrees Studies) (D.M 270/04) (D.M. 509/99 - to exhaustion)

A limited number of programs (dentistry, - Law - human medicine, pharmacy, veterinary, - Architecture - Chemical and Pharmaceutical medicine, architecture and law), are - Building Construction Tecnologies defined One Cycle Degree Courses - Pharmacy - Architecture (one block LM courses). - Chemical and Pharmaceutical - Building Construction Tecnologies - Medicine and Surgery Aim: provide students with an advanced - Medicine and Surgery level of education for the practice of a - School of Dentistry highly qualified activity in specific areas.

Access requirement: school leaving diploma or a comparable foreign qualification.

Admission: selective entrance exams.

Credits: 300

Duration: 5 or 6 years Ph.D. Courses (3rd Cycle Studies) On completion of the Ph.D. course, every Specialization School student delivers a written dissertation. Aim: knowledge of the most advanced Successful students are awarded a Aim: provide knowledge and skills for the level of a scientific field and the ability Ph.D. degree. execution of highly qualified functions to extend, improve, redefine or innovate Courses required by certain professional activities the existing knowledge through original (D.M. 270/2004). research contribution. Part of a research work of a Ph.D. course can be carried - Agricultural, Food and Environmental The University of Catania has Medical out at Italian/foreign partner institution. Sciences and non Medical Specialization Schools. The University of Catania offers - Basic and Applied Biomedical Sciences In particular Medical Area Specialization National and International Ph.D. - Translational Biomedicine Schools aim at providing Medicine and courses. - Physics Surgery graduates with deep qualification International Ph.D. courses are offered - Law in the different specialties issuing a in collaboration with foreign - Systems, Energy, Computer and institutions. In this case, the final degree specialist qualification necessary for the Telecommunication Engineering can also be awarded by the foreign fulfillment of their profession within the partner institution (double degree). - Mathematics and Computer Sciences National Sanitary Service. - Neurosciences Doctors’ specialistic training is a full-time Access requirement: university degree - Materials Science and Nanotechnologies activity. corresponding to the 2nd cycle of studies. - Chemical Sciences - Geological, Biological and Access requirement: university degree. Admission: can be based on evalua- Environmental Sciences tion of qualifications; evaluation of qualifications, written and oral exa- - Political Sciences Admission: restricted entry minations; evaluation of qualifications - Cutural Heritage Studies and oral examination; evaluation of - Evaluation and Mitigation of Urban Duration: from 4 to 6 years qualifications and written examination. and Land Risks Candidates with the highest scores are granted a scholarship. All Ph.D. stu- dents have to pay admission fees whose For further information, please For further information about amount is fixed every academic year by contact the PhD. Office Medical Area Specialization Schools, the University’s Administrative Board. please send an e-mail at: Duration: minimum of 3 academic Address: Piazza Bellini 19 [email protected] years. The course duration can be I-95131 Catania extended for motivated reason. E-mail at: [email protected] For further information about non Medical Area Specialization Schools, please send an e-mail at: 36 [email protected] Further University Master Courses Aim: reinforce and broaden skills and expertise of graduates and Studies postgraduates to meet the demands of the professional world. There are both 1st and 2nd level University master courses that consist in advanced scientific courses or higher For further information, please contact continuing education studies. the Master Office st nd Access requirement: 1 or 2 level Address: Via San Lorenzo, 4 degree. I-95131 Catania, Admission: subject to additional Phone: 095 7307953 conditions. E-mail: [email protected] Credits: 60 Duration: 1 year Advanced Course Summer and Winter Schools

Aim: refresher/permanent training Aim: meet new cultural and course that allows students to develop interdisciplinary focus needs. They are their expertise and skills in order to intensive course programs with a varied further improve their professional didactic offer, lessons, workshops and qualities. No academic qualification is also activities aiming also at the awarded; students will receive a discovery Sicilian culture and tradition. certificate with details on the acquired Most of them are taught in English. skills. Every year the University of Catania Access requirement: Italian and activates specialization courses international students and newly- propaedeutic to background training graduates and, in some cases, to specific and useful for professional integration. professional figures

Access requirement: 1st or 2nd level Duration: variable (from 1 to 4 weeks). degree.

Admission: restricted entry

Duration: variable

For further information, please For further information, please send an e-mail at: [email protected] send an e-mail at: [email protected]

38 Professional Qualifications and State Exams

Possessors of foreign qualification titles need to gain the Italian title recognition in order to legally practice their profession. Titles can belong to Italian or foreign citizens from European or Extra-European countries. The recognition title degree allows professionals to practice their profession in Italy and is published on the general site of the Official State Gazette. Recognition application must be submitted to the Italian Ministry of Justice. Possessors of a foreign professional title in the sanitary area willing to practice their profession in Italy, need to gain their title recognition from the Ministry of Health website.

For further information, please send an e-mail at: [email protected] Educational Offer in English Study Courses entirely provided in English

Department of Electric, Electronic and Department of Industrial Engineering Department of Political and Social Computer Engineering Sciences Master Degree in Chemical Engineering Master degree in: for Industrial Sustainability Master degree in Global Politics and - Automation Engineering and Control Euro-Mediterraean Relations of Complex Systems Scientific contact for didactics (GLOPEM) - Electrical Engineering afi[email protected] Scientific contact for didactics Scientific contact for didactics [email protected] [email protected]

Subjects provided in English

Department of Economics and Business Department of Architetture Department of Electric, Electronics and Computer Engineering - Business Valuation and Financial - Hydrology Planning - Pavement Engineering - Electrotechnics II - Public Finance - Dynamics of Structures with - Electrical Mmachines - International Economic and Financial Applications to Earthquake Engineering Policy - Electrical Energy Systems - Probability for Finance - Watershed Hydraulic Protection - Industrial Electromagnetic Compatibility - Finance and Strategic Management - Power Electronics - Industry Dynamics and Business Models Scientific contact for didactics - Electrical Drives [email protected] - Dynamics and Control of Electrical Scientific contact for didactics Systems [email protected]

41 - Electrical and Electronics - Chemical Plants Department of Mathematics and Measurements - Elements of Sustainable Green Computer Science - Measurements for Automation and Chemistry - Computer Security Industrial Production - Sustainable Energy Conversion - Criptography - Electronics Techniques - Mathematical Methods in Optimization - Industrial Automation - Mechanical Engineering - Multimedia - Modeling and Simulation of Mechanical - Equipment Design for Chemical - Programming Languages Systems Industry - Artificial Intelligence - Modeling and Control of - Systems Eco-Friendly Disign for - Introduction to Bio-Informatics Electromechanical Systems Innovative Processes - Data Analysis and Management - Biomedical Systems and Control - Dedicated Systems and Lab - Robust Control Scientific contact for didactics - Distributed Systems - Robotics afi[email protected] - Pattern Recognition - Complex Adaptive Systems and - Superior Foundations of Algebra Biorobotics - Algebra - Process Modeling and Control Department of Law - Industrial Automation Scientific contact for didactics - Selected Topics in Public International - Microelectronics [email protected] Law - Sensors and Advanced Measurement - Public Policies Systems - Comparative Criminal Procedure Department of Physics and Astronomy - International Judicial Cooperation in Scientific contact for didactics Criminal Matters In order to provide students with the [email protected] - Selected Topics in International necessary instruments for the Criminal Law integration in an international context - European Contract Law (if previously agreed with the Department of Industrial Engineering - European Intellectual Property Law Italian enrolled students and if foreign - Science and Technology of Materials international students are admitted) some - Principles of Chemical Engineering Scientific contact for didactics courses can be provided in English. - Industrial Chemistry and Tecnology [email protected] - Metallurgy Scientific contact for didactics [email protected]

42 Department of Political and Social Sciences - World institutions and Policies - Mediterranean Politics - Global History and North Africa History - Methodology of Political Research - English Language - Human Rights: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives - EU Public Policies - Transnational Organizations and Social Movements - Comparative Political Economy and Social Policy - Economic and Political Geography - International Business - International Trade and Private International Law - International Industrial Economics - English Language

Scientific contact for didactics [email protected]

43 3 Practical Information for Exchange Students and Professors International Relations Office

Useful Information

Address: Piazza Università 2 I-95131 Catania Operative seat: Via S.M. del Rosario 9 I-95131 Catania Receiving hours: Wednesday and Thursday from 9.30 to 12.30 am Fax: (+39) 095 7307105 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.unict.it/en/ financial support by the EU (Erasmus Teaching Mobility action - STA). - Implementation of welcome initiatives and training period for foreign students, teachers and administrative staff. - Enlargement of cooperation agreements with foreign universities in order to facilitate the mobility of students, graduates, faculty and staff incoming and outgoing. - Strengthening the participation of the university to EU education and training programs, national and The International Relations office (IRO) Fields of competence international cooperation programs. is the administrative unit that contributes - Promotion of exchange mobility - Technical and expert guidance and to the enhancement of the University of programs for students, researchers, assistance to academics interested in Catania international dimension. This professors and staff. presenting project proposals within ambition involves, in particular, - Management of the Erasmus Studio European, international and national a significant collaboration with action that allows students to spend cooperation programs. universities and partner institutions a mobility period abroad in order - Advicing and supporting professors abroad and taking care of the to attend university courses or to do involved in stipulating a scientific research for their final paper. participation of the university to the cooperation agreements with foreign most relevant mobility and international - Coordination of the main international Universities. cooperation initiatives. internship programs for students - Increasement of the collaboration It also prominently collaborates with and graduates to spend professional between the University of Catania other strategic divisions, in order to training periods in companies and and the main Higher Education and enhance the Internationalization institutions abroad. Research International networks. process as a focus development point - Selection of professors for a teaching of the University of Catania. period in a partner institution with a

46 Useful Contacts

Erasmus Coordinator Prof. Andrea Rapisarda E-mail: [email protected]

Research Division Manager Lucio Mannino E-mail: [email protected]

IRO Coordinator Vincenza Tutino E-mail: [email protected]

Incoming Erasmus students Phone: (+39) 095 7307106 E-mail: [email protected]

Outgoing Erasmus students E-mail: [email protected]

Internships and Placements E-mail: [email protected]

Communication E-mail: [email protected]

47 VISA

A VISA is necessary for all students and professors from non EU countries who plan to reside in Catania for more than 90 days. A student VISA to enter and legally remain in Catania must be requested to at the Italian embassy or consulate in the student’s country of origin or residence.

Before coming to the University of Catania, students must: 1. Apply for students visa. The International Relation Office of the University of Catania (IRO) will issue an acceptance letter indicating: - type of mobility; - if it is covered by scholarship; - accommodation. 2. Take the acceptance letter to the Italian Embassy or consulate in their country to process the visa application. Once in Italy, students and professors The policy must cover the whole remaining for more than 90 days must period of stay, and if it was purchased apply for a residence permit drawing up abroad it must be stamped by the the application that must be presented Italian consulate; within 8 days of their arrival. - the declaration from the University Students have to go to the Scientific of Catania issued by the IRO at the Police office for their finger prints time of registration (for exchange and get the KIT which is an envelope students); containing the forms and instructions on how to fill them in, available at any - the certificate of registration at the “sportello AMICO” of any authorized University of Catania (if the student post office. has already completed enrolment) In order to facilitate the kit or a photocopy of the certification comprehension, the University of confirming the degree program to Residence Catania has provided for 5 translation be followed, stamped by the Italian of the forms in English, French, Spa- Consular/Diplomatic Representation Permit nish, German and Arabic languages. on issue of the entry visa. The different version are available Only for students enrolled in degree on-line at: www.unict.it/en/node/407 programs or single course units applying for the first issue of their After filling in the Italian version (which residence permit; is the only accepted by Italian offices) and signing it, students must go to any - the certificate of registration at the post office and deliver the following University of Catania confirming the documents: passing of at least one exam for the - a duty stamp worth € 16; first renewal and at least two exams for - original passport and a photocopy of subsequent renewals, without prejudice the pages containing personal details to any cases of force majeure. and the entry and exit visa stamps Only for students enrolled in degree from the country; programs applying for a renewal of - a photocopy of the health and their residence permit. accident insurance policy.

49 Moreover, when presenting the in the event of problems in issuing application to the post office, students the residence permit to the indicated must: address. It is important that the 1. fill in a payment slip (bollettino student’s name is correctly indicated postale) for the electronic residence on the letterbox/door entry phone; permit. Cost of the residence permit 2. keep the receipt given by the post for study purposes with a duration of office. In case of police checks, it more than 3 months. proves that the student has applied Cost: € 107,50 for the residence permit; 2. fill in a registered letter form for 3. give a copy of the receipt to the sending the kit. International Didactic Unit in your Cost: € 30,00 department - IDU (for students enrolled in degree program or single When delivering the kit to the post office, course units) or to the IRO. Scientific Police Office students will be given an appointment Address: Via Roccaromana 18/20 at the Immigration Office for a In order to track the status of their 95100 Catania photographic registration. application, after the appointment at the Questura, students can enter on Phone: (+39) 095 7306711 Receiving hour: Monday to Friday Important www.poliziadistato.it the code allocated to the file or the password written on from 9:00 to 12:00 am and from 15:00 Students must respect the given the receipt given by the post office). to 16:30 pm appointment. Only in case of serious After collecting the residence permit, reasons, in order to postpone the students must provide a copy as soon appointment, students can send a as possible to the IDU in their Immigration Office communication to the Immigration department (for students enrolled in (Questura of Catania) office. degree programs and single course units) or IRO, where they registered Address: Corso delle Provincie 218 Finally, students must: on arrival. 95100 Catania 1. provide a correct domicile address to Phone: (+39) 095 7194911 the post office for the reason that the Receiving hour: Monday to Friday Questura will send any notices or calls from 9:00 to 12:00 am

50 VAT Office Address: Via Monsignor Domenico Orlando 1 I-95126 Catania Phone: (+39) 095 4036880/882/883 Receiving hours: Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:00 to 13:00 am - Tuesday and Thursday from 14:30 to 16:30 pm

The Fiscal code is a code made up of a bank account, to enter into a tenancy letters and numbers on the basis of first agreement, to receive the payment of a name, family name, date and place of scholarship, to earn a salary and carry birth and it is used by the Public out other procedures or activities. Administration to identify the citizens In order to obtain the Italian Fiscal Code living in Italy. All those living in Italy students will have to go to the local VAT Fiscal need to have one. Office, bringing along their passport. This code is necessary in order to be If the Fiscal Code is lost or stolen, a enrolled at the University of Catania, to duplicate can be requested at the local Code apply for the residence permit, to open VAT Office.

51 All incoming students and professors Insurance will take out an insurance policy limited to participation at didactic/training activities, excluding sport activities. For more information, please send an e-mail at: [email protected]

Medical assistance is recognized to EU Medical students, and professors only if they have the European Sanitary Card. Conversely, non-EU students and Assistance professors need to have their own medical insurance.

For more information, please send an e-mail at: [email protected]

Erasmus foreign students have to contact Accomodations autonomously institutions proposing accommodation solutions and they will be glad to accept them at special prices through an e-mail reservation in For more information, please send an English. e-mail at: Search for accommodation consulting [email protected] the website: www.unict.it/en/accomodation-and-meals Caltanissetta Great Britain Consulates Slovenia Via Nicola Coviello, 27 Viale della Regione, 54 (+39) 095 7167336 (+39) 0934 563168 Greece Largo Bordighera, 42 (+39) 095 534080 Catania Belgium Malta Via Escriva, 2 Tremestieri Etneo Corso Martiri Libertà, 14 (+39) 095 438622 (+39) 095 539628

Finland Netherlands Via Anzalone, 7 Via Anzalone , 7 (+39) 095 326608 (+39) 095 326608

53 Switzerland Luxembourg Mexico Viale Alcide De Gasperi, 151 Via Siracusa, 34 Via Emerico Amari, 40 (+39) 095 386919 (+39) 091 6256218 (+39) 091 587144

Messina Munich USA Denmark Via Principe Villafranca, 57 Via Vaccarini Giovan Battista, 1 Corso Umberto, 143 Taormina (+39) 091 333901 (+39) 091 305857 (+39) 0942 23052 / (+39) 0942 23897 Russian Federation Tunisia Island Via S. Meccio, 16 Piazza Florio Ignazio, 24 Via Calabria, 36 (+39) 091 6113970 (+39) 091 6122337 (+39) 090 718842 Sweden and Holland Siracusa Norway Via Emerico Amari, 8 Spain Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 21 (+39) 091 586527 Contrada Isola, Via delle Fornace, 68 (+39) 090 674300 (+39) 0931 721030 Hungary Germany Viale delle Alpi, 30 Via S. Sebastiano, 13 (+39) 091 6850947 (+39) 090 671780 Brazil Palermo Via Roma, 368 (+39) 091 585102 Austria Viale Leonardo da Vinci, 145 Russia (+39) 091 6825696 Viale Orfeo, 18 (+39) 091 329379 Czech Republic Via Quintino Sella, 76 Morocco (+39) 091 336892 Via Villa Verona, 35 (+39) 091 688143

54 The University of Catania, through its consultancy service organized by native Italian Department of Humanities, offers Italian teachers and trainees. Italian Language and Culture Courses International Students accepted at for Erasmus students and Courses of University of Catania may benefit from Language Italian as a Foreign Language to non- remaining places in Italian Language Italian communities who want to live in courses for Erasmus students and they Sicily and who need a legal certificate have to be authorized by IRO. Courses (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2 of the Common European Framework). Courses for CILS Certification are also Every year two cycle of courses of provided. Each course consists in 80 Italian language for Erasmus students hours of lectures in Italian and 20 hours are activated, one on each semester. The of laboratory activities and lasts six For more information, please contact courses include 40 hours of lessons and months (five months of lessons and one the Department of Humanities a final exam. They are free of charge. month of linguistic laboratory). Address: Piazza Dante, 24 Each student will be allowed only to The department arranges also one to I-95124 Catania one course. one courses in order to take CILS At the end of the course every student certification exams. Phone: (+39) 095 7102272 receives a certificate of participation E-mail: [email protected] stating the number of hours attended. Website: www.italstra.unict.it The Department arranges a linguistic

55 Administrative Procedures

For further information, please contact the International Relations Office Address: Piazza Università 2 I-95131 Catania Operative seat: Via Santa Maria del Rosario 9, I-95131 Catania Receiving hours: Wednesday and Thursday from 9.30 to 12.30 am Fax: (+39) 095 7307105 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.unict.it/en/international- mobility Introduction Important Notice for non-EU Students and Scholars

The University of Catania gives foreign Non-EU students can be accepted at Non-EU Ph.D. students can be students (EU/non EU students and the University of Catania: accepted at the University of Catania: Ph.D. students), professors/scholars and staff the possibility to spend a 1. if regularly enrolled, following Italian 1. if passed a regular Ph.D. call, even period in Catania for study, training, laws, for one or more academic years if foreigner. They will be managed teaching and research activities, in the and if inscribed for single courses by the Ph.D. Office of the Didactic framework of International and (free movers) and managed by Division; European exchange programs or under Foreign Students Office of the Didactic 2. if they are in mobility for 6 months or International Cooperation Agreements Division; less. They will be managed by IRO. or Memorandum of Understanding 2. if selected under International signed by their institution and the Cooperation Agreements or For particular necessities and/or University of Catania. Memorandum of Understanding difficulties, upon request, the University signed by their institution and the Students and professors will receive of Catania provides a customized University of Catania, for less than administrative assistance and logistic assistance service for first support for one academic year and free of support from the University of Catania non-EU students regularly enrolled and enrolment charges, as indicated by but should request mobility funds to in short mobility. the administrative guidelines their home institutions. managed by the IRO; If you are interested in this service, A basic Italian language knowledge is 3. if selected under international and please send an e-mail at: required (an A2 level of Italian language European cooperation programs. [email protected] as for the Common European Whether the program provides for Framework of Reference for Languages) a regular enrollment at hosting as, even if some courses are held institution, they will be managed in English language (generally by Foreign Students Office; on the postgraduates courses within contrary, if the program provides for international educational offer), the a short mobility and doesn’t require a majority are in Italian. regular enrolment at hosting insti- Below the instructions to follow for a tution, they will be administrate by mobility at the University of Catania. IRO.

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Students in mobility in the framework of Erasmus Program

General Information The University of Catania participates Within Erasmus Studio it is possible to in the Erasmus Program, which is a undergo a placement activity but only European Community action in the if it is regularly included in the sphere of student mobility. learning agreement and if it is preceded This program enables students, selected or followed by, at least, 3 months of by their home higher education institutions didactic activities. in the frame of agreements (in specific Placement activity must be done in a thematic areas) stipulated between their company linked, for that purpose, with institutions and the University of Catania, the University of Catania and must be to study for a full academic year or a tutored by a professor belonging to the semester. student’s study course in Catania, who Erasmus program also allows students will be in charge of the relationships to spend a traineeship period in an between the University of Catania and enterprise or organization in Catania to the hosting company. develop specific skills including language Erasmus students do not pay any skills and improving understanding inscription or taxes fees and can th of the economic and social culture of activate their mobility from 10 October st the country in the context of acquiring and 31 July of every academic year work experience. Students (in August and September there is no receive an Erasmus grant from their provision of didactic activities). own institution and the placement period is recognized in their academic career.

59 Mobility for study (IRO), and informs in the same way, 2. Wait for the acceptance letter that students about admission procedures at will be send by IRO to the e-mail Preparing the departure the University of Catania. address that students has indicated on If student wish to come to the University the application form. The document of Catania, they have to be selected by specifies the assigned study course their home institution. This means that Before coming to the University of and didactic tutors. Catania students must not apply directly for Important admission to the University of Catania. 1. Fill in the application form on-line, The University of Catania does not The office in charge of international respecting the deadlines. register students who haven’t filled relations or mobility at one’s university This application form is essential to in the online application form and of origin is in charge of sending the list enroll as an Erasmus student at the obtained the acceptance letter. of students selected for an Erasmus University of Catania. grant to the International Relations The document is available at: 3. Fill in learning agreements, indicating Office of the University of Catania unict.llpmanager.it/incoming/ the courses they want to attend and related ECTS credits and send them to the International Didactic Unit (IDU) related to their field of studies who will proceed with their approval. For information on courses to choose it will be necessary to get in contact with didactic tutor and IDU. The maximum ECTS credits for the entire academic year is 60, for one semester is 30 and for a term is 15. The minimum ECTS credits to be accepted in Catania is 9. A learning agreement must include at least 70% of courses given within the destina- tion department and maximum 30% of courses given in other departments, to get in contact with Italian students and Important if previously agreed among them. specifically with students’ Associations The University of Catania will not in charge of: Important accept students arriving after Welcome - supporting foreign colleagues upon Days, with the exception for those The University of Catania will their arrival; not accept students who haven’t who, for very relevant reasons - helping them in getting familiar with regularly transmitted their learning (documented by their International Italian culture and environment; agreements before their arrival. Relations Office), cannot take part - assisting them in finding a stable to the event and therefore receive a 4. search for a provisional accommodation accommodation for all their mobility formal authorization by the IRO. consulting the information on-line at length. www.unict.it/en/accomodation-and-meals Important Upon arriving at the University of The dates of the welcome day Catania correspond to the official starting Participate to the obligatory Welcome date indicated on the attendance Days (one for each semester), representing certificate and are available at: an event organized by IRO to provide www.unict.it/en/erasmus-welcome-day incoming students with complete information about our university A the welcome day, students must services. bring: the acceptance letter, the In fact, every IDU takes part to the learning agreements and one event to give necessary information passport-size photo, and they on mobility didactic aspects and to receive a university card to be kept help students changing their learning during all the mobility period in agreements. Catania, shown at exams and given Moreover, the department of humanities back to IRO before their departure. provides an intensive Italian culture course offered to Erasmus incoming students for free. The Welcome Day is also the occasion During mobility period on-line. The authorization has to be attendance certificate which, together 1. Remember that it is necessary to get transmitted to IDU, who will proceed with the transcript of records, will registration attendance to all classes with its acceptance and communication be given to the students in a closed indicated in learning agreements. to the IRO. Only if their request has envelope addressed to partner been accepted, students can extend universities. Professors will regularly register date their mobility period. Students are responsible for the and classes hours attended, as a envelop that has to arrive undamaged minimum 60% rate of classes to the International Relations Office attendance is required in order to be Before getting back home of the their own universities. admitted to the exams; At the end of mobility period, students must: 2. Download the evaluation certificate Important 1. go to IDU with the following for each exam and, before starting, On planning their departure trip, documents in original: provide the document to the professor students must take into consideration - student card; who, at the end of the exam, will fill it IRO public opening days and hours in entirely (it must be filled in even if - learning agreement; (Wednesday and Thursday from 9.30 the exam has been failed). - evaluation certificates; am to 12.30 am). Furthermore, during their mobility - proof of participation to the courses; students can: - Italian language course certificate. 1. interrupt their mobility only for very IDU, once checked all documents, important reasons within the issues a transcript of records and minimum 3 month mobility period. sends it to the IRO by e-mail. In this case, it is possible to start again the mobility period. Conversely, Important in case of interruption after 3 months, No document will be given to it is not allowed to continue with students. Erasmus mobility (host university holidays are not considered as 2. go to the IRO (personally and during mobility interruption); the receiving hours) with the same 2. extend the Erasmus mobility period, documents presented to IDU in providing the authorization of home original and the office issues the institution by filling in the form

62 Mobility for placement 2. Search for accommodation consulting the website: Preparing the departure www.unict.it/en/accomodation-and-meals If student wish to come to the University Furthermore, students can get in of Catania for a training period, they contact with Italian student have to check if there is an Erasmus associations helping them in getting Placement agreement between their familiar with the Italian culture and home university and University of environment and assisting them in Catania and, if the case, contact the finding a stable accommodation for professor in charge of the agreement all their mobility length. in order to verify his/her availability to accept them. Once accepted by the IRO public opening days and hours as, professor, they jointly define the Upon arriving at the University of at the end of mobility period, students content of the training agreement. Catania must go to the IRO in order to give 1. Go to the IRO, on receiving hours, Important back their student card and get the with one passport- size photograph transcript of record and the attendance Only in this case, students are and a copy of the training agreement certificate. accepted to do a training in Catania. signed by all the parts. They will The documents are delivered in a receive the student card and all useful closed envelope addressed to partner Students with an Erasmus Studio grant information for their stay in Catania. can ask to do a training only if it is universities and students are responsible indicated in their learning agreement at 2. Meet their tutors and complete the for any damages to the envelope. the condition established by the specific registration process at IDU. Students do not have to meet neither action. 3. Begin their training in the host the tutor nor the IDU, because the institution according to the training certificate stating the exact dates of the agreement defined program. training period, the amount of the Before coming to the University of working hours and a brief description Catania of the activities carried out is directly 1. Fill in the application form available Before getting back home sent by the tutor to IDU that is in on-line and wait for the IRO official On planning their departure trip, charge of issuing the transcript of acceptance sent by e-mail; students must take into consideration records and sending it to IRO by e-mail.

63 Professors in mobility in the framework of Erasmus Program - Erasmus STA mobility

The University of Catania admits Such mobility is financed by partner In August and September there is no professors for didactic mobility period universities. IRO provides logistical provision of didactic activities. under the Erasmus Program, under support for incoming professors. inter institutional Erasmus agreements Mobility can take place from 10th signed between their institution and the October and 31st July every academic University of Catania. year.

Professors and Administratives staff in mobility in the framework of Erasmus Program - Erasmus STT mobility

Every year the University of Catania or- The topics will be addressed to explore Training mobility grants from their ganizes an “International Administrative possibilities to strengthen and improve home institutions. and Teaching Staff Training Week”. students’ mobility opportunities and to describe University of Catania best This event is primarily targeted to practices. Cultural visits and a social International Relations officers, but it event will be included. is also open to any motivated person European Union participants have the interested in internationalization. possibility to apply for Erasmus Staff

64 E U and non-EU students in mobility in the framework of International Agreements or Memorandum of Understanding

International students can carry out a In case of a single student application, Such didactic information will be mobility period according to International it is necessary to refer to home formalized, in case of acceptance, in the Agreements or Memorandum of International Relations Office to get learning agreements. Understanding stipulated among the their authorization and to formally University of Catania and their institutions. transmit the application form. Such mobility, free of inscription fees, can In case of a group of students take place from 10th October and 31st July applications, the sending International every academic year (in August and Sep- Relations Office will send to IRO an tember there is no provision of didactic annual mobility program indicating activities). students number, personal data, mobility periods (1st/2nd semester or academic year) and their study plans.

65 EU and non-EU students in free mobility

International free movers coming to inscribe to single courses belonging indicated, by producing their university from universities who don’t have any to degree courses with limited entrance card or other translated and legalized international agreement with the at national level. foreign university certificate. University of Catania and interested in EU and non-EU citizens regularly attending one or more courses activated living in Italy (as for the Italian Law Non-EU citizens living abroad can at the University of Catania, can inscribe 286/1998 art. 39, paragraph 5 and inscribe by applying at Italian diplomatic th to single courses (maximum 5 single further modifications) interested in representation (within 25 August for courses and maximum 40 ECTS credits attending one or more single courses, 1st semester courses and within 30th each year). It is, in any case, impossible can inscribe, within the deadlines December for 2nd semester courses).

EU and non-EU Ph.D. students in mobility for a short period

International Ph.D. students can carry Such mobility can be done in every out a mobility period (max. 11 months) moment of the academic year compatibly at the University of Catania. with departments didactic or research activities.

International visiting scholars professors, researchers and scholars

UE and non-UE professors/researchers/ Such mobility can be done in every The procedure, that must be followed scholars can carry out a mobility period moment of the academic year both for mobilities within the (from 2 weeks up to an academic year) compatibly with Departments didactic framework of international agreements at the University of Catania. or research activities. and free, are available on-line at: www.unict.it/en/international-visiting- 66 professors-researchers-scholars

4 Partnerships Cooperation relations between universities in different countries and between Introduction universities and other economic and social actors are one of the most important aspects of university life as well as the most reliable element to assess the impact that an institution fails to have, both in the national context, as in the international market. The main instruments for the implementation of cooperation with foreign universities for developing joint research and teaching and encouraging mobility of students and professor are Erasmus Agreements, Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U.) and International Cooperation Agreements (I.C.A.). Erasmus Agreements

The implementation of the Erasmus - names and contact details of both the Useful Information activities requires the activation of institutional/departmental coordinators Name: University of Catania specific interistitutional agreements, and central administration officer; under which mobility flows of Erasmus ID code: I CATANIA 01 - details on incoming/outgoing student students and teachers, both outgoing Erasmus charter: and incoming are planned to carry out mobility: subject area and code, level st nd 29276-LA-1-2014-1-IT-E4AKA1-ECHE the following activities: (1 cycle degree, 2 cycle degree, - mobility of students for study purposes; Ph.D. courses), numbers of students - mobility of students for internships; and total months; Important Notice - details on incoming/outgoing - mobility of teaching assignment (STA). Institutes/universities interested teaching mobility: subject area and The Erasmus agreement is an in entering into a new Erasmus code, duration of week; official contract binding two institutes/ agreement with the University of universities involved in cooperating - information about academic Catania shall contact the IRO at within the Erasmus framework (i.e. pro- calendar, educational programs, the e-mail address: viding funds and support for student, foreign language knowledge [email protected] teaching and staff mobility). requirements, services offered to Institutes/universities interested in ente- incoming students and professors. ring into a new Erasmus agreement with the University of Catania shall contact The complete name of the partner the IRO specifying: universities are available on-line at: - institution name, ID code and eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/erasmus/ Erasmus Charter number; documents/list_holders/euc-for- the-academic-year-2013-2014.pdf - duration of contract in academic years;

70 Agricultural Sciences Business and Administration B BRUXEL04 B LIEGE01 CZ PRAHA02 D FRANKFU04 D HANNOVE01 D KIEL01 E MADRID05 D KONSTAN01 E MADRID26 E MURCIA04 D WORMS01 E SEVILLA01 E ALICANT01 G ATHINE03 E BARCELO45 G KOZANI01 E CIUDA-R01 G THESSAL01 E MADRID14 HU DEBRECE01 E SANTAND01 NL WAGENIN01 E SANTIAG01 P FUNCHAL03 E TARRAGO01 P LISBOA03 TR ADANA01 E VALLADO01 TR BURSA01 E VIGO01 TR SANLIUR01 F ANGERS01 F BORDEAU41 Administrative contact for didactics F LILLE01 [email protected] G KRITIS09 PL BIALYST04 RO SUCEAVA01 Architecture (School of Architecture) S VAXJO03 E MADRID05 TR ISTANBU14 E SEVILLA01 G VOLOS01 Administrative contact for didactics Erasmus P EVORA01 [email protected] P LISBOA04 P PORTO02 for Study RO BUCURES07 Administrative contact for didactics Agreements List [email protected]

71 Engineering S VASTERA01 D BOCHUM01 SF ESPOO01 D DUSSELD01 B LIEGE01 SK ZILINA01 D EICHSTA01 CZ BRNO01 TR ANTALYA01 D ESSEN04 D AACHEN01 TR ISTANBU04 D HANNOVE01 D HANNOVE01 TR ISTANBU05 D HEIDELB01 DK ALBORG01 TR ISTANBU07 D KOLN01 E BADAJOZ01 TR IZMIR03 D KONSTAN01 E BILBAO01 UK HATFIEL01 D MAINZ01 E BURGOS01 D MUNCHEN01 E LEON01 Administrative contact for didactics D SAARBRU01 E MADRID14 [email protected] E ALMERIA01 E VALENCI02 E BADAJOZ01 E VALLADO01 E BARCELO01 EE TALLIN04 Humanities and Languages E BILBAO01 F AMIENS01 E BILBAO02 F NANTES01 A GRAZ01 E BURGOS01 F NANTES07 A KLAGENF01 A SALZBUR01 E CIUDA-R01 F PARIS083 E GIRONA02 A WIEN01 F PARIS225 E HUELVA01 B BRUXEL04 G KOZANI02 E JAEN01 G LARISSA 02 B GENT01 E JAEN01 G THESSAL01 B LIEGE01 E LEON01 HU GYOR01 B LOUVAIN01 E LOGRONO01 IRLMAYNOOT01 BG SOFIA06 E MALAGA01 NL GRONING01 CH GENEVE01 E MURCIA01 P AVEIRO01 CH LAUSANN01 E OVIEDO01 PL KRAKOW03 CH ZURICH01 E SALAMAN02 PL WARSZAW02 CY NICOSIA01 E SANTAND01 E SEVILLA01 RO CRAIOVA01 CZ PRAHA07 D BAYREUT01 E SEVILLA03 RO SUCEAVA01 E VALLADO01 S LINKOPI01 D BERLIN13

72 E VIGO01 MT MALTA01 B LIEGE01 E ZARAGOZ01 NL GRONING01 D BAYREUT01 EE TARTU02 P COIMBRA01 D FREIBUR02 F ARRAS12 P EVORA01 D MAINZ01 F AVIGNON01 PL KRAKOW01 E BARCELO01 F BESANCO01 PL SZCZECI01 F AVIGNON01 F CLERMON02 PL TORUN01 F LILLE03 F LILLE03 PL WARSZAW01 F STRASBO48 F MARSEIL84 RO BUCURES09 HR SPLIT01 F NANCY43 RO CLUJNAP01 F NANTES01 PL WARSZAW01 RO SUCEAVA01 F PARIS003 SK BANSKA01 RO TIMISOA01 F PARIS010 UK EDINBUR01 F PARIS012 SI LJUBLJA01 F PARIS057 SK BRATISL02 Administrative contact for didactics F ST-ETIE01 TR IZMIR01 [email protected] F TOULOUS02 TR IZMIR02 F TOURS01 TR KONYA01 TR MUGLA01 G ATHINE01 Law G IOANNIN01 UK CARDIFF01 G KALLITH02 UK COVENTR01 A GRAZ01 G KOMOTIN01 UK DURHAM01 A SALZBUR01 G KRITIS01 UK EDINBUR01 B LEUVEN01 G THESSAL01 B LOUVAIN01 HR SPLIT01 Administrative contact for didactics CH LUZERN01 HR ZAGREB01 [email protected] D BIELEFE01 HU BUDAPES01 D BOCHUM01 HU BUDAPES12 D BONN01 HU DEBRECE01 Languages (School of Foreign Languages D EICHSTA01 HU VESZPRE01 and Literatures) IRLMAYNOOT01 D GREIFS01 LV RIGA08 A SALZBUR01 D MAINZ01 LV RIGA41 B GENT01 D OLDENBU01

73 D SAARBRU01 PL SZCZECI01 E SANTIAG01 D TUBINGE01 PL WARSZAW01 F BORDEAU02 E ALMERIA01 RO ALBAIU01 SF HELSINK01 E BARCELO01 SI LJUBLJA01 E BARCELO02 Administrative contact for didactics E BARCELO15 Administrative contact for didactics [email protected] E BILBAO01 [email protected] E BURGOS01 E CASTELL01 Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences Life Science, Biology and Geology E CIUDA-R01 D BERLIN05 E HUELVA01 E CADIZ01 D LEIPZIG01 E JAEN01 E GIRONA02 E ALCAL-H01 E LA-CORU01 E GRANADA01 E ALICANT01 E LAS-PAL01 E LEON01 E HUELVA01 E LLEIDA01 F LYON01 E LEON01 E LOGRONO01 F NICE01 E SANTIAG01 E MADRID04 G ATHINE01 E SEVILLA01 E MURCIA01 MT MALTA01 F ANGERS01 E SALAMAN02 P LISBOA04 F ORLEANS01 E SANTAND01 SI LJUBLJA01 HU SOPRON01 E SEVILLA03 UK ABERDEE01 PL KRAKOW 01 E VALLADO01 PL POZNAN01 E VIGO01 Administrative contact for didactics PL SZCZECI01 E ZARAGOZ01 [email protected] PL WARSZAW01 F CLERMON01 SI PORTORO03 F ST-ETIE01 IRLLIMERIC01 Medicine Administrative contact for didactics IS AKUREYR01 [email protected] E CADIZ01 MT MALTA01 E GRANADA01 P PORTO02 E MADRID26

74 Pharmacy and Chemistry Physics, Mathematics and Computer SF LAPPEEN01 Sciences TR ISTANBU01 A INNSBRU01 TR ISTANBU22 A WIEN01 B BRUXEL89 TR IZMIR02 B NAMUR01 BG SOFIA16 TR KIRSEHI01 D ESSEN04 CH PRAHA10 UK HATFIEL01 D FRANKFU01 CZ OSTRAVA02 D HALLE01 D AACHEN02 Administrative contact for didactics D KAISERS01 D FRANKFU01 [email protected] E ALCAL-H01 D MUNCHEN01 E GRANADA01 E BARCELO01 E MADRID03 E GRANADA01 Political and Social Sciences E PAMPLON01 E MADRID03 E SEVILLA01 E MADRID04 B GENT01 E ZARAGOZ01 E SALAMAN02 B LIEGE01 F ARRAS12 E TENERIF01 BG BLAGOEV03 F LILLE13 E VALLADO01 BG SOFIA02 G THESSAL01 E VIGO01 CH FRIBOUR01 MT MALTA01 F BORDEAU03 CH LUZERN01 N OSLO01 F LILLE01 CZ PRAHA07 NL AMSTERD02 F MARSEILL84 CZ PRAHA18 P LISBOA02 IRLLETTERK01 D BERLIN05 P PORTO02 LT VILNIUS01 D BONN01 PL WROCLAW02 NL GRONING01 D FRANKFU08 SF HELSINK01 NL UTRECHT01 D MUNCHEN01 SF KUOPIO01 P BRAGA01 D OSNABRU01 SI LJUBLJA01 P COIMBRA01 D ROSTOCK01 UK MANCHES04 P LISBOA04 D SENFTEN01 UK ST-ANDR01 P PORTO02 DK ARHUS01 PL KATOWIC01 DK ROSKILD01 Administrative contact for didactics RO BACAU01 E BILBAO01 [email protected] S VAXJO03 E GRANADA01

75 E LEON01 E MADRID03 E MADRID04 E MURCIA01 E SANTAND01 E SANTIAG01 E TENERIF01 E VALLADO01 F GRENOBL23 F MONTPEL03 F PARIS057 F TOURS01 MT MALTA01 N BERGEN01 P BRAGA01 P COIMBRA01 P LISBOA04 PL KRAKOW01 PL POZNAN01 PL TORUN01 RO ORADEA01 RO SUCEAVA01 SF JYVASKY01 TR ISTANBU12 TR IZMIR05 TR IZMIR07

Administrative contact for didactics [email protected]

76 Physics, Mathematics and Computer TR ISTANBU 05 Erasmus for Sciences E MADRID 21 B IMEC Administrative contact for didactics D AACHEN 02 [email protected] Placement E CENIEH F IRAMAT Engineering NL GRONING 01 S VASTERA 01 Agreements List UK HATFIEL 01 UK HATFIEL 01 RO CRAIOVA 01 E ICRA Administrative contact for didactics Administrative contact for didactics Agricultural Sciences [email protected] [email protected] CH WINTERT 03 SI LJUBLJA 01 Pharmacy and Chemistry CZ PRAHA 02 Medicine CH LA ROCHE G ATHINE 01 Administrative contact for didactics A CEMM [email protected] F VERSAIL 11 Administrative contact for didactics [email protected] Life Sciences, Biology ang Geology N OSLO 01 PL WROCLAW 02 HU SZEGED 01 Political and Social Sciences SK NITRA 02 S GOTEBOR 01 B NAMUR 01 B OIJJ Administrative contact for didactics D FRANKFU 01 D BERLIN0 5 [email protected] D GOTTING 01 F ESSEC IRENE Humanities and Languages D HALLE 01 CZ CPVP DK CTR E BARCELO 01 B LIEGE 01 D BSB Muenchen E PAMPLON 01 B SG CZ PRAHA 07 F ARRAS 12 Administrative contact for didactics G IRAKLIO 01 N TROMSO 01 [email protected] E GRANADA 01 NL AMSTERD 02 Administrative contact for didactics E PCB [email protected] PL KRAKOW 01

77 Memorandum of Understanding and International Cooperation Agreements

The University of Catania establishes agreements with public and private institutions for educational and scientific purposes. In fact, one of the easiest ways to improve dialogue and experience transfer between scientific communities, develop joint research and tuition activities and facilitate the exchange of teaching staff and students, is to establish an agreement. Therefore, Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U.) and International Cooperation Agreements (I.C.A.) are the first tools for the realization of all cooperation activities with foreign universities and institutions for educational and scientific purposes. Memorandum of Understanding International Cooperation Agreement Important notice Within its internationalization policy, The International Cooperation In order to stipulate a Memorandum the University of Catania stipulates Agreements, unlike the memorandum of Understanding and an International Memorandum of Understanding aiming of Understanding, regulates the Cooperation Agreement it is first at establishing and intensifying relationships among one or more of all necessary that professors collaboration relationships with departments of the University of promoting the agreement have a research agencies and universities all Catania and the foreign partner preliminary contact with an Italian over the world in order to develop joint faculties/departments. professor or the departmental didactic and research activities and These agreements have a specific and coordinator, acting as scientific for increasing academic and cultural defined objective (e.g.: mobility contact within the University of exchanges in education and research programs, joint study courses creation, Catania. fields, as well as students, researchers specific research activities, international The agreement will be put into and professors mobility. summer schools organization, etc.). effect once it is duly signed by both These agreements don’t have any International Cooperation Agreements, partners. financial backing. therefore, don’t have a fixed format but they are created and adapted to the needs of the promoting faculty/ department. If the agreement is proposed by a For further information, please contact foreign university, it is advised to the IRO For further information, please contact contact a promoting Italian professor Address: Piazza Università 2 the Territory Relations Division or a departmental scientific coordinator I-95131 Catania Address: Piazza Università 2 to the scientific field the cooperation is Operative seat: Via S.M. del Rosario 9 I-95131 Catania focused on. I-95131 Catania Phone: (+39) 095 7307353 Phone: (+39) 095 7307108 Fax: (+39) 095 7307417 Fax: (+39) 095 7307105 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

79 EUROPE United Kingdom International - University of Greenwich Austria - University Court of the University of Cooperation - University of Graz Edinburgh Belgium Malta - Haute Ecole Paul Henri Spaak - Agreements - Universitè de Liège Poland Bulgaria - University of Warsaw List - European Polytechnical University - (ECONET) - University of Szczecin Cyprus - Institute of Archaeology and - Eastern Mediterranean University of Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences Cyprus - European University School of Law and Administration of Warsaw France - University of Warsaw - Faculty of Law - Universitè de Droit, D’Economie et and Administration des Sciences - Aix Marseille - Universitè de Nice - Sophia Antipolis Romania - Universitè de Savoie - Gheorghe Asachi - Technical University of Iasi Germany - Titu Maiorescu University of Bucarest - Munich Intellectual Property Law Center - Heidelberg University Spain - Aachen Sciences University - Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona - Helmoltz International Center for - Fundacion e Instituto Universitario Fair (HIC for FAIR) de Investigacion Ortega y Gasset - Universidad de Salamanca Greece - Universidad de - Agricultural University of Athens - National and Capodistrian University Sweden of Athens -

80 Ukraine PACIFIC AREA AFRICA - Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University China Algeria - Xinjiang Agricoltural University- - Università Badji Mokhtar - Annaba Hungary Urumqi - Xinjiang - Pazmany Peter Katolikus Egyetem - Tongji University - Shanghai Egypt University - Zibo N.1 Municipal Hospital - - University of Science and Technology - - Bibliotheca Alexandrina-Alexandria Beijing and Mediterranean Research Center ASIA - Guangxi Citrus Research Institute (Alex-Med) - Hunan Agricultural University - Egypt-Japan University of Science Middle East Area and Technology India - University of Minufia Iran - Indian Institute of Information - Payame Noor University - Tehran Technology, Design and Manufacturing Libya - Tabriz University - Heart Institute, Apollo Gleneagles - Al Fateh University Hospital Israel Tunisia - Japan - Universitè de Carthage et Fondazione - University of Nagoya CUTGANA Kazakhstan - Al-Farabi Kazakh National University - Kansai University

Turkey South Korea AMERICA - Selcuk University - University of Pusan - Adyaman University North America Sri Lanka Russia - University of Colombo United States of America - Gosudarstvennyj Institut Iskusstvoz- - University of California - Berkeley nanija - Moscow Vietnam - California University (UCLA) - Los - Russian State University for the - Hanoi University Angeles Humanities - Worcester Polytechnic Institute

81 - North Caroline University at Greensboro Cile - Seaton Hall University - Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa - Arcadia University - Philadelphia Maria - Valparaìso - College of Liberal Arts of Auburn University Uruguay - Colorado School of Mines - Universidad de Concepciòn de Uruguay Central America

Cuba - Universidad de Oriente Santiago de Cuba

Jamaica - University of the West Indies, Mona Campus - Kingston

Mexico - Universidad Autonòma de Baya - California

South America

Argentina - Universidad Nacional de Rosario - Universidad Nacional de Còrdoba

Brasile - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

82 83 5 Facilities 84 Useful Contacts

Rector: Giacomo Pignataro Address: Piazza Università, 2 I-95131 Catania Phone: (+39) 095 311027

General Director: Lucio Maggio Address: Piazza Università, 2 I-95131 Catania Phone: (+39) 095 7307323

Didactic Division Address: Piazza Bellini, 19 I-95131 Catania Phone: (+39) 095 316057

Students’ Public and Relations Office Address: Piazza Bellini, 18 I-95131 Catania Phone: 800-894327 - (+39) 095 73077229

International Relations Office Address: P.zza Università 2, I-95131 Catania Operative seat: Via S.M. del Rosario 9, I-95131 Catania Phone: (+39) 095 7307106 Career Guidance and Vocational Centre Centre for Disability Multimedial Languages Centre (COF) (CiNAP) (CLMA)

Address: Via A. di Sangiuliano 197 Address: Via A. di Sangiuliano 259 Address: Via A. di Sangiuliano 197 I-95131 Catania I-95131 Catania I-95131 Catania Head: Prof. Nunzio Crimi Head: Prof. Salvatore Massimo Oliveri Head: Prof. Domenico Cusato E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.unict.it/en/career- Website: www.unict.it/en/centre- Website: www.unict.it/en/multimedial- guidance-andvocational-centre-cof disability-cinap languagescentre-clma

86 Libraries and Documentation Centre (CBD) Address: Via Etnea 742, I-95125 Catania Head: Prof. Francesco Migliorino E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.unict.it/en/libraries-and-documentationcentre-cbd-0

European Documentation Centre (CDE) Address: Via Umberto 285 B, I-95129 Catania Head: Prof. Nicoletta Parisi E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.unict.it/en/european-documentationcentre-cde-0

Safety and Prevention Area (APS) Address: Via A. di Sangiuliano, 257 I-95131 Catania Head: Piergiorgio Ricci E-mail: [email protected]

87 Center for Computer Systems, Applications Accommodations and Meals (ERSU) Research and Teaching (CEA) Address: Via Etnea 570, I-95128 Catania Address: Via Fragalà 10, I-95131 Catania Head: Prof. Alessandro Cappellani Head: Prof. Sergio Palazzo E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.unict.it/en/accommodations-and-mealsersu

Design, Development and Building Maintenance University Sport Centre (CUS) Area (APSEMA) Address: Viale Andrea Doria 6, I- 95125 Catania Address: Via A. di Sangiuliano 257, I-95131 Catania Head: Luca Di Mauro Head: Mario Cullurà E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.unict.it/en/university-sport-centre-cus

88 Students Associations

The associations of students enrolled in University of Catania have to be Associations are in charge of: the University of Catania are involved recorded in an official register. - supporting foreign colleagues upon in the organization of cultural, sport Associations dealing with international their arrival; and social activities related with Erasmus activities are: - helping them in getting familiar with program. In order to have access to - Association des Etats Généraux des Italian culture and environment; some academic services and facilities Etudiants de l’Europe (AEGEE). - assisting them in finding a stable accommodation for all their mobility the associations recognized by the - Erasmus Student Network (ESN). length. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe (AEGEE)

AEGEE was born 27 years ago facing in Europe, AEGEE’s work is borders, fighting for tolerance and bringing together students with different focused on three main areas: Youth creating open-minded citizens are some cultural backgrounds. Today, AEGEE Participation, Bridging Europe and of the reasons why up to so young is Europe’s largest interdisciplinary Inclusion of Minorities. students from all over Europe come youth organisation: 40 countries, 200 The most important event promoted together in the Summer University to cities, 13.000 friends. by the association is the Summer taste the diversity of multiculturalism. This network provides the ideal University, that takes place during platform for young volunteers to work summer between one and four weeks in together on cross-border activities one of the cities where AEGEE is present. such as international conferences, Understanding and exploring the seminars, exchanges, training courses multicultural dimension of the and case study trips. In line with the European continent, removing national challenges young people are currently

To know all the services offered, please contact AEGEE Adress: Via Etnea 570 I-95128 Catania E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.aegee-catania.org/ Facebook: aegee catania Erasmus Student Network (ESN)

In 2009 Esn Ase Catania joined the ESN network, showing throughout the years a great deal of motivation. Esn Catania plays a key role on a local, regional and national level. It promotes, plans and manages all sorts of events, some including cooperation with other sections of the Italian network. Currently there are 25 active board members of ESN, providing a wide range of activities every semester. Among all activities, Esn Catania pays special attention to the Social Erasmus Programme. In fact, Catania was the first to promote Erasmus blood donation day, in partnership with AVIS. Esn Catania also takes part in a non-competitive such as treasure hunts, excursions, yearly marathon charity named “Corri sightseeing tours and parties. Catania” joined enthusiastically by Integration and language support are To know all the services offer, please Erasmus students and Esn members. stimulated by a “tandem language contact ESN: Welcoming incoming students is a learning program” and a biannual cinema club where movies in Italian Address: Piazza Currò 6 priority. Each semester is begun with a language are screened and discussed I-95100 Catania Welcome Week, during which, through at the end, creating opportunities for E-mail: [email protected] formal and informal activities, the debates and exchange of views. students get familiar with the association Website: www.esncatania.it and the services provided. These Housing: www.esncatania.it/housing/ services include tutoring, a housing ho-una-casa.html program, and many leisure activities Facebook: esn catania esnerasmuscatania20132014 6 City of Catania it came from the word Katane meaning impressive, imposing Baroque structure Catania “grated”, referring to the uneven surfa- that incorporates some Roman columns ce of the land surrounding Etna, upon taken from the Amphitheatre. These are which Catania stands. not the only Roman elements, however, at a glance Catania is essentially a “grey” city and as underneath are some Roman baths. unique in the world for this. Inside, the Baroque theme continues Visiting Catania is quite easy, as the with several ornate chapels and a fresco Catania is Sicily’s second largest city, old town center is relatively small. An recording the 1693 earthquake. Bellini, with a population of around 300,000. ideal starting point would be the main Catania’s most famous son, is buried It lies on the Ionian Sea, under the square, Piazza Duomo. This delightful here, as are (in ash form) three shadow of Mount Etna. Mount Etna is square and all its surrounding buildings Aragonese kings: Frederick II, Louis ever-present and has to a large was designed by Giovanni Battista and Frederick III. extent shaped both the history and the Vaccarini. The other sides of the square are actual existence of Catania. On several The Cathedral, dedicated to St. Agata, equally impressive and include the occasions volcanic eruptions destroyed the city’s patron saint, stands on the Diocesan Museum and the Municipio, th the city, the most devastating of which site of an 11 Century church that (town hall) built in 1741. In the center happened in the 17th Century. was almost entirely destroyed in the stands the city’s symbol, a lava elephant In 1669 Catania was covered in lava 1693 eruption. Its replacement is a very fountain carrying an obelisk. It bears and then, just 24 years later in 1693 an earthquake shook the town down to its foundations. If Etna has been the cause of Catania’s destruction, it has also been a vital source of the construction of the city, as much of the black volcanic rock which characterizes Catania’s beautiful Baroque architecture was spewed from the heart of Etna. The way in which these past eruptions have formed the land, gives rise to the origins of the city’s name. The historian Plutarch suggested that an enigmatic inscription, MSSHDEPL, Moving back northwards you will Via Etnea and Corso Sicilia is and not which according to some is an acronym come across a rather different aspect usually open to the public, though can for “The mind of St. Agata is sane of the city: its ancient origins. Catania be viewed from outside. It is well worth and spontaneous, honoring God and was founded in the 8th Century BC by enquiring about a special tour, however, liberating the city”. Such is the devotion Greeks from Chalcis. It subsequently as it was the largest Amphitheatre in to St. Agatha in Catania that there are became a Roman city and amazingly, Sicily, said to accommodate around another two churches named after considering the dramatic series of 15,000 spectators. A fascinating warren her, one just across the road from the volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of passages runs underneath it, bringing Cathedral, the other just a short walk that have so afflicted the area, three to mind its more famous cousin the Colosseum. away off Via Etnea. Heading south from theatres have survived from this period. The area around the first Amphitheatre the piazza you will go under the 17th The Teatro Romano, in Via Vittorio is given over to a series of churches and Century arch of Porta Uzeda towards Emanuele, was built on the site of a nd the Museo Belliniano, dedicated to the port. A quick right here will take Greek theatre in the 2 Century AD. Catania’s most famous son, the composer you into Catania’s colorful, bustling and The use of lava stone demonstrates Vincenzo Bellini. A short walk north odorous fish market. Get here before how long the excretions of Etna have east will take you to another building lunch and you will enter a different been put to good use. Next door is the dedicated to his memory, the opera world, an atmosphere that has remained Odeon, a smaller theatre used for more house Teatro Massimo Bellini. The virtually unchanged for hundreds of intimate occasions, such as musical opera season runs from around October years. performances. The Amphitheatre, found to June and is well worth a visit if opera If you don’t get lost in the hullabaloo in Piazza Stesicoro at the crossroads of is your thing. of the market and head south west, you will come to Piazza Federico di Svevia and the old fortress of Castello Ursino. This imposing structure was built by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen in the 13th century on a rocky cliff overlooking the sea. However, the massive lava spill of the 1669 eruption pushed the sea back, creating in one fail swoop a new coastline and stripping Castello Ursino of its strategic position.

94 By plane By car If you arrive by plane, please consult Arriving by car from Milan, Motorway available flights and useful information A1 Napoli-Milano, then take the How to get to about the International airport Motorway “Salerno-Reggio Calabria”, “Vincenzo Bellini” Fontanarossa. exit at “Villa San Giovanni” and get on From the Airport to the city centre and the boat to Sicily. Then from Messina Catania to the Train Station the “Alibus Service” to Catania Toll-Motorway A18 (km 95). leaves every 20 minutes from 5.00 am From Palermo to Catania: Motorway to midnight. A19 (km 195). Updated information about the current By train road situation are available on-line at: If you reach Catania by train we www.autostrade.it recommend you to check the Italian railway services online (www.trenitalia.it). The Catania Railway Station is located in Piazza Giovanni XXIII Phone: (+39) 095 532226 Switchboard: (+39) 095 532710 Ticket Office: (+39) 095 532227

By ship It is possible to get to Catania by ship from Naples with the companies Tirrenia (www.tirrenia.it) or TTT Lines (www.tttlines.it). Moreover you can sail from Genova to Palermo with “Grandi Navi Veloci” (www.gnv.it) and then take the motorway A19 from Palermo to Catania (Km 190).

95 Climate Cost of living Living in The climate of Sicily is Mediterranean, The cost of living in Catania is not with warm summers with a high particularly high. Below are some prices humidity level and mild winters. to-day products: Catania On the coast, especially the south-west, - Water min. € 0,50 max. € 1,00 the climate is affected by most of the - Coffee € 0,80 African currents occur and hot summers. Along the Tyrrhenian coast, - Sandwich € 2,50 and in general in inland areas the - Cigarettes min. € 4,30 max. € 5,50 temperature is lower, the winters are - Bus ticket € 1,00 colder and rainfall increases. On the - Bread € 2,50 (1 Kg) Etna the climate is alpine. Especially in the summer it is very - Beer € 2,00 common to face the south wind, the - Italian newspaper € 1,50 wind from the Sahara. Rainfall is scarce, - Admission to the cinema min. € 3,00 and the water deficit is revealed in some max. € 7,00 provinces where there are frequent water shortages. We recommend that appropriate winter garments be brought to be used on colder days. How to get around the city A.S.T.- S.p.a - Azienda Siciliana Trasporti If you approach Catania by car from the Phone: (+39) 095 7461096 capital towns of the Sicilian provinces the distances are: SAIS Autolinee Phone: (+39) 095 536168 168 km from Agrigento Departures: via D’Amico181, near 110 km from Caltanissetta Piazza Giovanni XXIII to Central 85 km from Enna Station. 95 km from Messina ETNA Trasporti 195 km from Palermo Phone: (+39) 095 530396 104 km from Ragusa Departures: via Archimede, in front of Central Station. 60 km from Syracuse 317 km from Trapani INTERBUS Phone: (+39) 095 530396 Departures: via Archimede, in front of Local Transport Central Station. Catania’s Municipal Transport Society Urban buses (the orange ones) are Markets managed by the A.M.T. company and Clothes, fruit and vegetable market in reach the whole town area. A single Piazza Carlo Alberto from Monday to ticket costs € 1 and is valid for 90 min. Saturday in the morning and Saturday Free number: 800 018696 afternoon. Out of town buses Fish market in Piazza Di Benedetto from Monday to Saturday in the F.C.E. CircumEtnea (Railway - Bus Service) Phone: (+39) 095 534323/(+39) 095 541250 morning. Departures: via Dusmet, near the Port, Antique market in Piazza Dante every from 7.00 am to 20.00 pm. Sunday morning.

97 pm. are also open at these hours, but it is always possible to find some open at night. Shopping centers are continuously open from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm. Shops are closed on Monday morning.

Medical Care Students from EU member states should have the sanitary card before departure for Catania. This card should then be presented at an ASL office in case of medical necessity.

Local festivities and special events in the city Catania is a city rich in festivals and events. There are music, art, film and theater festivals year round. Shopping Sant’Agata is Catania’s patron saint and rd The city center has a wide range of is celebrated in February from the 3 to th shops, which are open from 9.00 am to the 5 with one of the largest religious 1.00 pm and from 4.00 to 8.00 pm in processions in Italy. This three-day the winter. festival includes an offering of candles, In summer working hours are from 9.00 fireworks, and a procession carrying the am to 1.00 pm and from 4.30 to 8.00 image if the saint along the streets until

98 A glance at Cultural site - Churches Santa Maria dell’Aiuto Via Santa Maria dell’Aiuto, 80 Cattedrale di Sant’Agata (+39) 095 345344 Piazza Duomo Sant’Agata al Borgo (+39) 095 320044 Via Etnea, 437 San Giuliano (+39) 095 435059 Via Crociferi, 36 Santa Maria di Gesù (+39) 095 7159360 Piazza Santa Maria di Gesù, 18 San Biagio (+39) 095 475392 Piazza Stesicoro Basilica Collegiata (+39) 095 7159360 Via Collegiata, 3 San Francesco Borgia (+39) 095 313447 Via Crociferi, 17 San Placido (+39) 095 310762 Piazza San Placido, 3 San Nicolò l’Arena (+39) 095 315100 Piazza Dante Sant’Agata al Carcere (+39) 095 7159912 Via dei Cappuccini San Michele Arcangelo ai Minoriti (+39) 095 7421111 Via Etnea, 81 Badia Sant’Agata (+39) 095 316974 Via Vittorio Emanuele Sant’Agata la Vetere (+39) 095 320044 Piazza Sant’Agata La Vetere, 5 San Francesco d’Assisi all’Immacolata (+39) 095 321902 Via Crociferi, 2 San Benedetto (+39) 095 312103 Via Crociferi, 22 San Gaetano alle Grotte (+39) 095 7150499 Piazza Carlo Alberto Madonna del Carmine Piazza Carlo Alberto (+39) 095 7152418 A glance at Archeological site

Anfiteatro Romano Foro Romano Ipogeo Romano Piazza Stesicoro Cortile S. Pantaleone Via G. Sanfilippo (+39) 095 7150508 (+39) 095 7472277 (+39) 095 7472268

Teatro Greco-Romano e Odeon Via Vittorio Emanuele, 266 (+39) 095 7150508

Terme Achilliane Piazza Duomo (+39) 095 281635

Terme della Rotonda Via della Mecca (+39) 095 7472268

Terme dell’Indirizzo Piazza Currò (+39) 095 7472268 A glance at Monuments

Porta Uzeda Via Etnea (+39) 095 7423325

Monastero dei Benedettini Piazza Dante, 32 (+39) 095 7102767

Castello Ursino Piazza Federico II di Svevia (+39) 095 345830

Teatro Massimo Bellini Piazza Bellini (+39) 095 7306111

Porta Garibaldi Piazza Garibaldi

Villa Cerami Via Crociferi, 91

101 A glance at Historical Buildings

Palazzo degli Elefanti Palazzo Libertini-Scuderi Palazzo dei Chierici Palazzo Gioieni d’Angiò Address: Piazza Duomo Palazzo Minoriti Palazzo delle Poste Palazzo dell’Università Palazzo S. Demetrio Palazzo San Giuliano Address: Via Etnea Address: Piazza dell’Università Palazzo Manganelli Palazzo Bruca Address: Piazza Manganelli, 16 Palazzo della Cultura (Platamone) Palazzo Cutelli Palazzo del Toscano Palazzo Gattadauro di Reburdone Palazzo Tezzano Palazzo Valle Palazzo Beneventano Palazzo Biscari Address: Piazza Stesicoro Address: Via Vittorio Emanuele II A glance at Museums

Museo storico dello Sbarco in Sicilia - 1943 Casa Museo di Museo Civico del Castello Ursino Address: Viale Africa ,170 Address: Via S. Anna, 8 Address: Piazza Federico II di Svevia Phone: (+39) 095 533540 Phone: (+39) 095 7150598 Phone: (+39) 095 345830 Entrance: € 4,00 Entrance: € 3,00 Entrance: free Reduced: € 1,00 Reduced: € 2,00 Opening hours: Opening hours: Opening hours: Monday to Saturday from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm Tuesday to Sunday from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm Tuesday to Friday from 9.00 am to 2.00 pm Closed on Sunday Tuesday and Thurday from 3.00 to 5.00 pm and from 3.00 to 16.00 pm Closed on Monday Saturday and Sunday from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm Closed on Sunday Museo Mogam Address: Via Galermo, 171 Museo del Cinema Entrance: € 10,00 Address: Viale Africa ,170 Museo Emilio Greco Reduced: € 6,00 Phone: (+39) 095 4011922 Address: Piazza S. Francesco d’Assisi, 3 Opening hours: Entrance: € 4,00 Phone: (+39) 095317654 Sunday to Monday from 9.30 to 12.30 am and Reduced: € 1,00 Entrance: free from 3.30 to 6.00 pm Opening hours: Opening hours: (visited only by reservation) Tuesday to Sunday from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm Monday to Saturday from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm Tuesday and Thurday from 3.00 to 5.00 pm Tuesday and Thurday from 3.00 to 6.00 pm Closed on Monday Museo Tattile Multimediale Address: Via Etnea, 602 Museo Diocesano Phone: (+39) 095 500177 Museo Civico Belliniano Address: Via Etnea, 8 - Piazza Duomo Opening hours: Address: Piazza S. Francesco D’Assisi, 3 Phone: (+39) 095 281635 Monday fron 3.00 to 7.00 pm Phone: (+39) 095 7150535 Entrance: € 4.00 Tuesday to Friday from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm Entrance: free Reduced: € 2.00 and from 3.00 to 7.00 pm Saturday from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm Opening hours: Opening hours: (visited only by reservation) Monday to Saturday from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 7.30 pm Closed on Sunday Closed on Monday

103 XVI Museo Biscari - Museum&Fashion Museo di scultura in pietra lavica Address: Piazza Duca di Genova, 27 - “Valeriano Santangelo” Via Museo Biscari, 16 Address: Via A. Santangelo Fulci, 55/a Phone: (+39) 095 2503188 Phone: (+39) 095 7221642 Entrance: € 5.00 Entrance: free Reduced: € 3.00 Opening hours: Opening hours: Upon request Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 am to 7.00 pm Closed on Monday Museo del Mare Address: Pizza Ognina, 14-17 Via dei Corzari, 18 Phone: (+39) 095 7127050 Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm

Museo dell’Arte del Carretto Siciliano Address: Via , 38 Phone: (+39) 095 525342 Entrance: € 1,00 Opening hours: Upon request

104 Theatres Don Bosco Massimiliano Kolbe Viale Mario Rapisardi, 56 Via Crociferi, 2 Abc (+39) 095 438470 (+39) 095 341 566 Via P. Mascagni, 92 (+39) 095 535382 Grotta Smeralda Massimo “Vincenzo Bellini” Via Antonello Da Messina, 11 Piazza Vincenzo Bellini Ambasciatori (+39) 095 271576 (+39) 095 7150921 Via Eleonora D’Angiò, 17 (+39) 095 431440 Magma Metropolitan Via Quiete, 22 Via S. Euplio, 21 Anfiteatro Le Ciminiere (+39) 095 441728 (+39) 095 322323 Viale Africa 108 (+39) (+39) 095 4011906

Angelo Musco Via Umberto, 312 (+39) 095 363545

Brancati Via Sabotino 2/C (+39) 095 531018

Camera Teatro Studio Viale Mario Rapisardi, 443 (+39) 095 7311264

Collegio D’Aragona Via Monsignor Ventimiglia, 184 (+39) 095 7460 311

Del Canovaccio Via Gulli, 12 (+39) 095 530761 Nuovo Teatro Stabile - Verga S.Orsola Via Macallè, 3/A Via Giuseppe Fava, 35 (+39) 095 2500264 (+39) 095 363545

Piccolo Teatro Teatro Inn Via F. Ciccaglione, 29 Via Guerrera, 32 (+39) 095 447603 (+39) 095 7222258

Piscator Tezzano Via Sassari, Via Tezzano, 40 116 (+39) 095 386780 (+39) 095 7273686

Sala De Curtis Valentino Via Duca degli Abbruzzi, 6/a Via San Nicolò al Borgo, 73 (+39) 095 376070 (+39) 095 448926

Sala Harpago Zig Zag Via Vittorio Emanuele, 67 Via Canfora, 69 (+39) 095 312918 (+39) 095 506190

Sala Magma Via Adua, 3 (+39) 095 444312

Sangiorgi Via A. San Giuliano, 233 (+39) 095 316 860

Scenario Pubblico Via Teatro Massimo, 16 (+39) 095 2503147 Cinemas Lo Po’ Arena Argentina Via Etnea, 256 Via Vanasco, 10 The ticket price ranges from a mini- (+39) 095 326210 (+39) 095 322030 mum of € 3.00 to a maximum of € 7.00. On Tuesday admission cost is usually Odeon Arena Adua low in any cinemas. Via Filippo Corridoni, 19 Via S. Nicolò al Borgo (+39) 095 326324 (+39) 095 2275493 Abc Via Pietro Mascagni, 92 Planet (+39) 095 535382 Viale della Costituzione, 47 (+39) 095 334866 Alfieri Via Duca degli Abruzzi, 8 Recupero (+39) 095 373760 Via Duca degli Abruzzi, 69 (+39) 095 383596 Ariston Via Balduino, 17/B Tiffany (+39) 095 441717 Via Agnini, 26 (+39) 095 325851 Capitol Via Vicenza, 14 (+39) 095 506471 Open air Cinemas

Corsaro Arena Paradiso Via S. Nicolò al Borgo, 49 Via Duca degli Abruzzi, 69 (+39) 095 502690 (+39) 095 383596

King Arena Corsaro Via A. De Curtis, 14 Via S. Nicolò al Borgo, 132 (+39) 095 530218 Useful numbers

Dangerous situation? Here are all the emergency numbers to use to request the timely intervention of the police or an ambulance for first aid.

Emergency 112 Carabinieri Fire Brigate Police 113 Piazza Verga Giovanni 8 Via Beccaria Cesare 31 (+39) 095 530230 (+39) 095 7248111 Fire Brigade 115 Financial Police 117 Police Financial Police Health emergency 118 Via Ventimiglia Monsignore 18 Via Fontanarossa Forest Fire brigade 1515 (+39) 095 7346111 (+39) 095 347585

Traffic police (+39) 095 493170 Health emergency Sea Rescue Team 1530 Croce Verde, Via Vezzosi 31 (+39) 095 373333

Croce Rossa Italiana Via Ebe 2 (+39) 095 492486

First Aid Corso Italia 234 (+39) 095 377122 Forest Fire brigate Garibaldi Hospital, Internet Point Via Fontanarossa P.zza S. Maria di Gesù 5 Via Cibele 34/A (+39) 095 7233068 (+39) 095 7591111 (+39) 095 7312052

Harbour Master’s office Vittorio Emanuele Hospital, Phone Center Via Cardinale Dusmet Via Plebiscito 628 Via Etnea 678 (+39) 095 538888 (+39) 095 7435252 (+39) 095 434999

Prefecture Municipal Tourism Board Via Prefettura 14 Via Vittorio Emanuele 173 (+39) 095 4011111 800 841042

Police Headquarters Provincial Tourism Board Piazza S. Nicolella 8 Via Etnea 63 (+39) 095 7367111 (+39) 095 4014070

Cannizzaro Hospital Postal Services Via Messina 829 Viale Africa (+39) 095 7263030 (+39) 095 7201111 Studying, living, feeling at home ...

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