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SURVIVAL GUIDE EXCHANGE STUDENTS 2015/2016 exc_INT.indd 1 04/08/15 15.34 INDEX exc_INT.indd 2 04/08/15 15.34 @CITY 7 # HOUSING 7 Sportello Casa service 7 Hostels and residences 7 # IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES 8 Fiscal code 8 European Union citizens 8 Residence permit (non-EU citizens) 9 Residence permit renewal 12 # SERVICES 13 Banking and post offices 13 Telephone services 13 Food 14 Sports facilities 14 Laundrettes 15 Tools for industrial models 15 Leisure 15 Events 15 # HEALTH 16 Hospitals 16 Insurance 16 Sample: one-year Generali Italia Insurance 18 Sample: F24 Model National Health Service 19 # TRAVELLING 20 Public transport 20 Bike sharing 21 Shuttles 21 Railway 21 Car parking 21 Taxi 21 exc_INT.indd 3 04/08/15 15.34 @POLITO 22 # FACILITIES 22 Campuses 22 Students’ canteens 22 MAPS 23 Computer labs 27 Polito Wi-Fi 27 Study rooms 27 Bookshops 28 Faxes and photocopies 28 Libraries 28 Politecnico Medical service 29 Polincontri association 29 Students’ associations 29 # EDUCATION 30 Credit system 30 Grades 30 Exams’ rules 30 # DOCUMENTS 32 Transcript of records, declarations of stay and certificates 32 Documents’ legalization 32 # TOOLS 33 The student identification card (tessera studenti) 33 Portale della Didattica and Sid@Home 33 Polito email account 33 Take a look at the special section MAPS and CHECKLIST! exc_INT.indd 4 04/08/15 15.34 @ACADEMICS 34 # AT YOUR ARRIVAL 34 Registration 34 Learning Agreement 34 Learning Italian 35 English language 36 Extension of stay 36 Graduation 37 Internship information 37 Part-time jobs (only for double degree students) 38 # AT YOUR DEPARTURE 38 # PRACTICAL INFO 38 Tuition fees 38 Safety rules 39 Emergency numbers 39 Academic glossary 40 Glossary 42 Deadlines & holidays 44 Polito contacts 45 CHECKLIST 46 Notes 47 Important Glossary Contacts Dates Notes info exc_INT.indd 5 04/08/15 15.34 6 exc_INT.indd 6 04/08/15 15.34 you have understood all the terms and @CITY conditions. The typical rent agreement, in terms of expenditure, involves: • a deposit, usually the equivalent of # HOUSING two/three months’ rent (the deposit is refundable at the end of the Rental >Sportello Casa Service Agreement, subject to deductions for Since Politecnico does not dispose of any damage or outstanding debts); on-campus accommodation facilities, • one-month rent advance payment. the Foreign Citizens Office has taken out an agreement with the Sportello The rent amount can vary according Casa service. to the area, the conditions of the flat and so on, but you can expect to Sportello Casa is a free service that pay, on average, about € 250/350 per provides students with information month per person for a single room and support in the search of an and about € 200/280 per month per accommodation in Torino for medium person for a twin room. Sometimes and long terms. Sportello Casa is a all the expenses (heating, electricity, point of reference both for those who water, gas and cleaning) are included are seeking a housing solution and for in the rent.In other cases the rent can those who are offering it. be lower, but then you have to add to Offers can be found on the web it the cost of all the utilities. Bills can http://torino.sportellocasapiemonte.it be paid by means of the fee form that or at the head office: is usually sent by the company via mail at the nearest post office or bank (depending on the bill type). Flats are Sportello Casa usually completely furnished. Linen Via Verdi 26/a and bath-towels are not provided by From November to May: from Monday the landlords but usually there are to Friday from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm mattresses, pillows and blankets. From June to October: from Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm and from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm) >Hostels and residences T +39 011 8138328 F +39 011 8391463 Here you can find all the information Email [email protected] you need about hostels, for a short stay, with some useful advice for renting an apartment http://www.studyintorino.it/ Usually the minimum timeframe for a information/accomodation/ booking in a hall of residence or in an apartment is 5-6 months. PLEASE NOTE - We advise you not to contact private agencies as they might have high commissions (usually a non- Please check in which refundable 2-month rent). campus your courses By law, a landlord must provide the will be held before tenant with a contract copy with its proceeding with the duration, the rent amount, when it is accommodation search payable. You should read through the contract very carefully and be sure that 7 exc_INT.indd 7 04/08/15 15.34 If the codice fiscale card is lost or stolen, # IMMIGRATION a duplicate can be issued by the local PROCEDURES Tax office. In September students have to apply for the codice fiscale in our >Fiscal code Department. The codice fiscale (“fiscal code”) is the first thing you have to obtain after >European Union citizens arrival. The codice fiscale is a code made up of letters and numbers on the basis of Citizens from countries that belong your first name, family name, date and to the European Union from April, place of birth and it is used by the Italian 11th 2007 must not apply for the public administration to identify each residence permit. If you have the citizen living in Italy. citizenship of a EU country, you have All European and non-European citizens to register at the Register Office staying in our country need to have their (Ufficio dell’Anagrafe) of the town of own. The codice fiscale is necessary in residence, provided that your stay order to enrol at Politecnico, to apply in Italy lasts longer than 3 months. for the residence permit, to open a bank account, to enter into a tenancy Anagrafe Centrale agreement, to receive a scholarship payment, to earn a salary and carry out Via Della Consolata, 23 other procedures or activities. Generally Open from Monday to Thursday in September a desk of the Tax Office 8.15 a.m. - 3.00 p.m. is available at the Department of Friday 8.15 a.m. - 1.50 p.m. International Affairs. The rest of the year, in order to obtain your Italian “fiscal code” you will have Other Anagrafe Offices: http://www. to go to one of the local VAT Tax Offices comune.torino.it/guide/anagrafe/ (Uffici Locali dell’Agenzia delle Entrate), You have to submit to the Anagrafe office bringing along your passport or identity a Politecnico enrolment certificate, a card. statement concerning your income and You also have to take there a copy of a valid health insurance. People with your passport data page and the visa double nationality (Italian / EU and non- page. EU citizenship) don’t have to apply for The application form is available at the the residence permit if they enter Italy Foreign Citizens Office. thanks to their Italian or EU passport. For The codice fiscale is issued immediately all administrative procedures both inside when you are attended. and outside Politecnico (registration, enrolment, codice fiscale application, Anagrafe/Register Office procedures, VAT Offices etc.) you are required to always use your Italian or European passport. Corso Bolzano, 30 Via Paolo Veronese, 199/A Via Sidoli, 35 Via Padova, 78 These offices are open from Monday to The CODICE FISCALE Thursday from 9.00 a.m. to 1.15 p.m. and on (fiscal code) is the first Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays also thing you have to from 2.30 to 3.30 p.m. Fridays from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Saturdays closed. obtain after arrival 8 exc_INT.indd 8 04/08/15 15.34 >Residence permit You have to apply (non-EU citizens) for the residence permit The Italian law on immigration provides within 8 working days that non-EU citizens, planning to spend after arrival more than 3 months in Italy, have to apply for the residence permit. You have to apply for the residence permit within 8 working days after arrival. We remind you that non-EU students with a study residence permit are allowed to work for a maximum of 1040 hours per year or 20 hours per week. Non-EU citizens have to submit the residence permit application at any post office where there is a “Sportello Amico” counter. In order to collect the application kit and for support in filling in the application form, at Politecnico you can go to box office n. 12 in the International Affairs Department, where some cultural mediators will attend you. The total cost for a one-year study residence permit is between € 250 and € 300 (depending on the health insurance type you choose). First it is necessary to collect the following documents: Your passport 2 photocopies of the page of your passport containing your personal data; Photocopies 2 photocopies of the page of your visa for Italy; of documents 1 copy of the passport pages containing stamps/other visas; You have to buy it at the Tobacconist’s (Tabaccheria shop) A € 16,00 duty stamp (marca da bollo) A photocopy of your codice fiscale (fiscal code) Invitation letter reporting the course in which you are enrolled, which A photocopy should have been stamped by the Italian Consulate/Diplomatic of Politecnico Representation in your country - when your visa was issued invitation letter Attesting the enrolment in Politecnico di Torino; you can print it from Autocertificazione your personal page on Portale della Didattica (self declaration) Photocopy of a document proving that you dispose of sufficient income Photocopy of to earn your living for the duration of your residence permit: a document • if you have a scholarship, bring a copy of a letter providing the details on your grant; Photocopy of • otherwise, a self-declaration proving that you dispose of sufficient income (you can fill in the form called “Autocertificazione sui mezzi the health insurance di sostentamento”, which is available at desks no.