Survival Guide Exchange Students 2015/2016

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SURVIVAL GUIDE EXCHANGE STUDENTS 2015/2016

exc_INT.indd 1 04/08/15 15.34 INDEX

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# 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

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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

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

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. 1-2) payment receipt

We advise you to keep a copy of all your documents and certificates (health insurance card or payment receipt, residence permit, residence permit renewal receipt, etc.).

exc_INT.indd 9 04/08/15 15.34 During the month of September and Please remember to always for a few weeks in February, some carry with you the postal receipt cultural mediators are available and your passport, until your everyday, from Monday to Friday residence permit is issued. from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. At the post office you will be given During the rest of the year, our an appointment (day and time) for mediators are on duty 2 days a week, going to the Questura- Immigration usually on Tuesdays and Fridays, Office, in order to be fingerprinted. from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. On this appointment you will have After filling out the application form to bring 4 identical passport photos with the help of our mediators, and all the original documents whose the application has to be handed copies were enclosed in the application in within a maximum of 2/3 days envelope, including any document that at any post office where there is could be missing from your application. a “Sportello Amico” counter. If you are spending more than The postal expenses amount to € 30. 1 year in Italy on this You will also have to pay € 107,50 in order appointment you will have to sign to obtain the electronic residence permit the “integration agreement”. [...] card (the paying-in slip is given by the Through the signing of the agreement, cultural mediators at box office no.12). foreign nationals undertake to achieve The Poste Italiane employer will check specific integration objectives that your passport (please do not seal the shall be fulfilled during the period application envelope) and will give of validity of the residence permit: you a receipt (assicurata) containing • acquire a sufficient knowledge a USER ID and a PASSWORD. of the Italian language; Thanks to the USER ID and the • acquire a sufficient knowledge PASSWORD found on your postal of civic culture; receipt, you will be able to check the status of your application not • guarantee the fulfilment of only at the Foreign Citizens Office, compulsory education for minors. but also on the following website At the same time, the State www.portaleimmigrazione.it (click undertakes to support the integration on the “Area riservata stranieri” process of foreign nationals. [...] icon – bottom right – then enter your PASSWORD and your USER ID). Within 90 days from the signing of this Agreement, you have to participate in a You can also check the status of training session on civic education and your application on this link: http:// providing information about life in Italy. questure.poliziadistato.it/stranieri by entering your PASSWORD (the one on your postal receipt). You are advised to check frequently your Politecnico email account ([email protected]. Please remember to always it) because if we receive a letter carry with you the postal from the Questura about your receipt and your passport, residence permit, we will contact until your residence you through that account. permit is issued

exc_INT.indd 10 04/08/15 15.34 Failure to attend the session on civic It is also possible to get free assistance education and information about life in for the residence permit application Italy will result in a reduction of fifteen at any of the following aid offices out of the sixteen credits awarded upon (patronati) in Torino: signing the agreement. (http://www.libertaciviliimmigrazione. interno.it/dipim/site/it/documentazione/ Name Contacts documenti/politiche_immigrazione_ CGIL- INCA Via Pedrotti, 5 - Torino asilo/Accordo_integrazione_e_brochure_ T 011/2442381 tradotti_in_varie_lingue.html) Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday The participation in the 2.30 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. training session on civic Wednesday: closed education is compulsory! It is also mandatory to go Telephone booking and get fingerprinted on the required day and at the time indicated in the appointment sheet ACLI - Centro Via dei Quartieri, 6/L issued by the post office. Per Immigrati T 011/7650499 The immigration office is Torino Monday stopping all the applications Social Point 9.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. of those students who missed Spazio In 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. the appointment! Movimento Tuesday, Wednesday It is strongly recommended to verify the and Thursday status of your application about 3 weeks 9.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. after the fingerprinting. Friday: telephone booking required. Usually about one month and a half after the fingerprinting, the residence Chinese and Albanian mediators. permit will be ready and it is possible to collect it at the Immigration Office. Please find below the addresses of some ACLI - Corso Palermo, 116/a post offices with a“Sportello Amico” SPORTELLO T 011/2474356 counter: IMMIGRAZIONE Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. Address Office hours Via d’Ovidio 8 MONDAY - FRIDAY INAC - CIA Via San Francesco Politecnico 8.20 – 1.35 p.m. da Paola, 22 SATURDAY T 011/5628892 8.20 – 12.35 p.m. Tuesday 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. Via Alfieri 10 MONDAY - FRIDAY 2.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. 8.20 a.m. – 7.05 p.m. Piazza San Carlo Wednesday (Centre of Torino) SATURDAY 2.00 a.m. – 5.00 8.20 a.m – 12.35 p.m. Friday 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

exc_INT.indd 11 04/08/15 15.34 CIA INAC Via Onorato Vigliani, 123 >Residence permit renewal T 0116164201 +7 You can renew your residence permit no earlier than 30 days before its expiry date. Telephone booking By law you have to apply for the preferred renewal before its expiry. Also for the From Monday to Friday renewal, in order to collect the “kit” 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. for the application submission and for 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. support in filling out the application Via Bologna, 9 form, you can go to box office no. 12 at UIL – ITAL the International Affairs Department, T 011/2417103 where our cultural mediators will F 011/2417123 prepare the application form for you. From Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. Mediators are on duty 2 days a week, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. usually on Tuesdays and Fridays, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Via Bologna, 11 IMPORTANT: during the month of T 011/2417121 September mediators are on duty only F 011/2417123 for the students who apply for the first From Monday to Friday residence permit. Students who need to 9.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. renew it can do it at Politecnico until the 2.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. end of July or from October onwards. USB Corso Tassoni, 37/B For information about the requirements inner courtyard for the renewal of the residence permit T 011/655454 you can ask the Foreign Citizens Office, desks n. 1-2. From Monday to Friday 9.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. If you are holding of the postal Wednesday also receipt for the residence permit 1.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. renewal you can leave and re- Afternoon: telephone enter Italy, only provided that: booking required • you have the passport, the postal receipt for the residence permit SIAM MCL Via Pietro Micca, 21 Piazza Solferino, 9 renewal and the expiring/expired original residence permit; T 011/543483 • the travel does not include transit Telephone booking required through other Schengen Countries. Also in this case, before travelling CITTA’ Via Bologna 51 around the Schengen Area and to DI TORINO – T 011/4420088 other countries, you are strongly SERVIZIO 011/4420095 recommended to verify with the STRANIERI Monday, Wednesday, embassy/consulate of the country you are planning to go to if you need a visa E NOMADI Thursday, Friday 9.00 a.m. -12.30 p.m. for entering that country, depending Tuesday on your citizenship and your current 2.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. domicile. Before starting a journey and buying a ticket, please go to the Foreign Citizens Office and ask for information.

exc_INT.indd 12 04/08/15 15.34 Payments within the Italian territory # SERVICES can be settled through ATM cards (bancomat), credit cards (Visa, >Banking and post offices American Express, Master Card, Italian banks usually apply a 5-€ charge etc.) and cheques. Cards are usually for any foreign currency exchange accepted in hotels, restaurants, railway transaction. An Exchange Bureau can stations, shops and supermarkets. also be found at the main entrance of Porta Nuova Railway Station. There is a bank branch inside the We recommend you not to carry all Politecnico main Campus. The entrance your money with you; watch out for is located in via d’Ovidio, near “Bar pickpockets on buses and in crowded Pizza” on the south wing of the places. building. If withdrawing money from cashpoints Online banking can make you save with non-Italian credit/debit cards money in operating costs. (ATM) proves to be too expensive (please check with your bank at home Another banking option is to open a that the PIN number is the same), we current account called “Conto Banco advise you to open a new bank account Posta” at any post office. For enquiries as soon as you arrive to Italy. on the conditions and terms please refer to: https://www.poste.it/bancoposta/ In order to open a bank account, you need to show your passport, the In order to open a Banco Posta account residence permit (or the postal receipt), please go to the nearest post office the enrolment copy and the Italian fiscal with: code (codice fiscale). • a copy of your I.D. or passport Please be reminded that, although most • for non-EU citizens: your residence Italian banks do not usually charge permit or the postal receipt any fees for closing an account, some still do, even though the account has • a copy of your Italian “fiscal code” just been opened. In any case, please There is one inside the Politecnico remember to close your Italian bank building on the ground floor, beside the account before leaving Italy, in order to bank (in via Enrico D’ovidio 8). Most avoid additional charges or interests. post offices are open from Monday to Remember that every bank or post Friday from 8:20 a.m. to 13:35 p.m. and office account in Italy is subject to a on Saturdays from 8:20 to 12:35. tax (called imposta sostitutiva di bollo). Other post offices in Torino:http:// Hence, before signing any contract or www.poste.it/online/cercaup/ agreement, please be advised to visit an ample enough choice of banks or check their websites, in order to find out more about the possible charges of an >Telephone services account, terms and conditions. >>TELEPHONE CARDS In order to use public telephones, you need a telephone card (or coins for coin-operated telephones). Telephone Before starting a journey cards are available inside the Politecnico and buying a ticket, di Torino building at the “Polincontri” please go to the Foreign box office or they can be bought at Citizens Office and ask Newsagents’ or Tabaccheria shops for information (where also stamps, bus tickets and postcards are sold).

exc_INT.indd 13 04/08/15 15.34 >>MOBILE PHONES >Sports facilities Since making all your calls in the C.U.S. Torino (Centro Universitario roaming mode is quite expensive, we Sportivo) organises several physical suggest you to buy a new pre-paid training and sports activities for Italian SIM card. The GSM network students and academic staff. operators in Italy are: Auchan Mobile, Special events are organised for foreign Carrefour UnoMobile, CoopVoce, ERG students and special conditions are Mobile, Fastweb, MTV Mobile, Noverca, applied to them. Poste Mobile, 3, Tim, Tiscali-mobile, Vodafone, Wind. Please note that CUS will ask you to submit a health certificate certificato( After choosing the operator you prefer, medico per attività sportiva non you can go to its telephone shop - if agonistica) for practicing any kind of available - and sign the contract. non-competitive sports activity. In In order to purchase a SIM card, you order to obtain it, go to your Italian need to provide: ASL doctor or ask directly the C.U.S. secretariat in via Braccini no.1. The cost • a double-sided photocopy of your Italian fiscal code (codice fiscale); of a non-competitive health certificate for Erasmus+ and foreign students is € • a photocopy of your ID card or 15. Reservation is compulsory by going passport data page. to the C.U.S. office in via Braccini 1, It only takes a few minutes to obtain which is open from Monday to Friday your new telephone number. from 9 to 6.30 p.m. C.U.S. >Food Via Braccini 1 (near Corso Mediterraneo) Any kind of food can be bought at T 011.388307 / 011.337221 supermarkets. Please find here a list Via Panetti 30 of the supermarkets available around T 0116057106 / 6056231 Torino: http://www.paginegialle.it/ (take bus 14 from Corso Re Umberto ricerca/supermercati/Torino or number 34 from via Nizza). As an alternative to supermarkets, in www.custorino.it Torino you can find many markets. [email protected] [email protected]. Among the most famous ones you can find:“ Porta Palazzo” which is the biggest and most international Otherwise you can apply for the marketplace in Torino; the “Balôn “ certificate also at: (held on the second Sunday of each month) is a flea market and it gets its name from the area at the back of Porta Centro medico I.S.E.F. Palazzo. Piazza Bernini 12, Torino T 011.7764708 Apart from Porta Palazzo and Balôn, The doctor is on duty every day from Turin hosts a number of fairs, Monday to Friday and a reservation is marketplaces of all sizes, all year round: required by calling the number above. in corso Racconigi, Santa Rita, corso Palestro, corso Brunelleschi, Crocetta (via Cristoforo Colombo), Piazza Benefica and many others.

exc_INT.indd 14 04/08/15 15.34 >Laundrettes >Events In Torino there are some coin-operated Turin and Piedmont hold different laundrettes that are open 7 days a week events and festivals throughout the from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 pm. year. At the bottom of the page and In the Yellow Pages website www. in the next page you can find a short paginegialle.it, under the heading list of what you can see, but there is “lavanderie self-service...” you can find something different every week so look the list and addresses of the laundrettes out for them and enjoy your stay! in Torino. For further information, please visit: http://www.comune.torino.it/infogio/ welcome.htm (in Italian) >Tools for industrial models http://www.comune.torino.it/ Should you need the necessary material torinoplus/english/ for industrial models, please look for the hobby shops through the yellow pages “Torinosette” magazine is a useful search engine that you can find in: tool in Italian to find information on http://www.paginegialle.it/cat/elenco_ exhibitions, cinemas, theatres, concerts, alfabetico_b.html under the “bricolage festivals and nightclubbing. It is e fai da te” category. published every Friday as a section of La Stampa Newspaper. http://www.lastampa.it/torinosette >Leisure (in Italian) http://www.studyintorino.it/ http://www.comune.torino.it canaleturismo/en/ http://www.comune.torino.it/ promozione/ (in Italian) http://www.turismotorino.org/ There is a Polito chorus composed by italian and foreign students. Its name is POLI NICO! If you want to join it you can write to its email address: [email protected]

exc_INT.indd 15 04/08/15 15.34 # HEALTH >>Non-EU Citizens The immigration law requires you to take out a health insurance during your >Hospitals stay in Italy. There are many hospitals in Torino that are open 24 hours a day, with You can take out a Generali Italia Emergency Rooms providing assistance Insurance policy, making the payment in urgent cases. You may have to pay at any post office on the company for a “TICKET” for the tests that are account by means of a paying-in slip less urgent (€ 25). If you are moved (c/c no. 71270003 to “Generali Italia from an Emergency Room to a public SPA” - see the sample on page 19). hospital, you will not have to pay At present, the price is € 49 for the hospitalisation expenses. (quarantanove) for a six-month coverage and € 98 (novantotto) for a one-year Public hospital Emergency Rooms coverage. This insurance only covers (Pronto Soccorso) in Torino: urgent medical assistance (surgery and accidents) in the Emergency Room Hospital Address (Pronto Soccorso) of any hospital. You are strongly advised to request MOLINETTE Corso Bramante, a copy of the Generali Italia health (San Giovanni Battista) 88/90 insurance contract. You can obtain further information Largo Turati, 62 MAURIZIANO about this at the Foreign Citizens Office. Piazza del If you have a private insurance that has SAN GIOVANNI been taken out in your country, please BOSCO Donatore di Sangue, 3 remember that, in order to be valid for obtaining the residence permit, it Via Tofane, 71 needs to have the following requisites: MARTINI it has to be valid in the Schengen Area, it has to be taken out in the holder’s SANT’ANNA Corso Spezia, 60 name (in western characters), to state (Gynaecology) the exact coverage period and the type of coverage for the medical expenses, CTO Via Zuretti, 29 with a € 30.000 ceiling (expressed (Traumatology) or converted into Euros), it has to be written in Italian (or in English, French, Via Juvarra, 19 Spanish).The whole document has to OSPEDALE be endorsed and stamped by the Italian OFTALMICO Embassy/Consulate in your country. (Ophthalmology) Furthermore, it is possible to take out AMEDEO DI SAVOIA Corso Svizzera, 164 a full membership with the Italian National Health Service (Servizio (Infectious diseases) Sanitario Nazionale - S.S.N.). The price for a student health card (tessera sanitaria) is € 149,77 a year per calendar >Insurance year - that is, it will be valid until December the 31st of the year when The health insurance is necessary in you bought it. In order to subscribe, first order for you to get medical assistance you have to pay 149,77 at any post and for the residence permit. €

exc_INT.indd 16 04/08/15 15.34 office or any bank by filling in the F24 information, you can apply to the ASL in form (MODELLO F24 - see the sample the area where you live. on page 20). Erasmus+ Mundus non-European After submitting your residence students who have the project health permit application, you have to go to insurance, can contact the insurance the ASL office in the area where you company (you can find the emergency live (ASL are the local administrative contacts in the policy), in order to find and operative facilities of the National out where to go and what to do for Health Service) and subscribe. any health problem or in case of an Documentation to be showed to the ASL emergency. In particular, depending employees: on your health problem and on the insurance company, you might be • MODELLO F24 payment receipt asked either to pay in advance and then • passport to apply for a reimbursement of the treatment expenses, or not to pay at all. • residence permit and/or the postal receipt if you have just applied for it • Politecnico enrolment certificate >>EU Citizens spending more • codice fiscale than 3 months in Italy If you are from a European Union Please note that you can apply for the member country and you hold tessera sanitaria at any medical office the TEAM card or the E106 Form belonging to the relevant ASL in the (statement for the original European area where you live (choose an office Health Card issued by your home either within ASL 01 or ASL 02 area). country), you can have the same The Italian National Health Service services as Italian citizens, within the public coverage provides full health National Health Service (SSN). assistance - including the possibility to The assistance of a family doctor choose a family doctor. In the Italian (medico di base / medico di famiglia) is health system, the family doctor guaranteed if you have an identity card provides general or first-level health and the original European Health Card assistance, i.e., health care outside (TEAM) or a substitutive statement the hospital, hence including medical (Modello E106). In this case you can treatment in case of ordinary diseases go directly to a family doctor affiliated or no-emergency health problems and with the National Health Service, both prescribes medicines and tests. for ordinary health problems and/or IMPORTANT: before paying to ask for prescriptions for medicines with the F24 form you are or specific examinations. The ASL suggested to ask for detailed (Local Health Authority) will request information at the Foreign the reimbursement to the competent Citizens Office. foreign institution, according to the rules of the National Health Service of Lastly, if you have a document proving your home country. your right to health assistance on the basis of treaties and bilateral You can obtain more information at the agreements signed by Italy and your ASL office in the area where you live. home country, (issued by the Italian The list of doctors is available at any Embassy/Consulate in your country), ASL or at any Chemist’s. you can benefit from the health services stated in the agreement. For more

exc_INT.indd 17 04/08/15 15.34 >>EU citizens spending >>EU citizens residing less than 3 months in Italy in a non-European country If you are a European Union student If you have the citizenship of a EU spending a short term in Italy, you country, but you never lived there can get emergency health assistance and therefore you are not holding a at the emergency unit (Pronto Soccorso) TEAM card or a substitutive statement of any hospital. (Modello E106), you will have to pay for enrolling in the National health Service, just like non-EU students.

Here is a list of the A.S.L. offices in Torino:

ASL TO 1 ASL TO 2

Via San Secondo, 29 bis Via Pacchiotti, 4 From Monday to Friday from 8.00 a.m. from Monday to Friday / 8.00 a.m. – 2.30 p.m.

Via Gorizia, 114 Via Cavezzale, 6 From Monday to Friday from 8.00 a.m. Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri 8.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m. Wed 8.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. Via Monginevro, 130 From Monday to Friday from 8.00 a.m. Via del Ridotto, 3/9 Mon/Wed/Fri 8.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. Via Farinelli, 25 Tue/Thu. 8.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m. From Monday to Friday from 8.00 a.m. Via Borgoticino, 7 Corso Corsica, 55 Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri 8.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m. From Monday to Friday from 8.00 a.m. Wed 8.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m

Corso Toscana, 108 Mon/Tue/Thu 8.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m. Wed/Fri 8.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.

>Sample: one-year Generali Italia insurance

exc_INT.indd 18 04/08/15 15.34 >Sample: F24 Model National Health Service

exc_INT.indd 19 04/08/15 15.34 # TRAVELLING The weekly, monthly and yearly ticket must be charged on a Pyou Card or Bip >Public transport Card. GTT is the local transport company. Pyou Card: you can collect it if you are You can buy single, weekly, monthly, under 29 years old. yearly bus tickets. The Pyou Card is an electronic card for the young that allows you to charge Single ticket: the ordinary urban ticket the weekly and monthly bus ticket and costs € 1,50. It is valid for 90 minutes also allows you to have discounts for from the first validation on urban lines participating in cultural events around and on city lines of the GTT suburban Torino and in Piemonte. The Pyou Card lines. It is also valid for a metro trip can be collected showing your ID and within the 90 minutes validity. It can the “fiscal code” at theInformagiovani only be used by one person. di Torino office, which is located in via Weekly ticket: the weekly ticket (the Garibaldi 25. Information available at urbano one) costs € 12 and it is valid www.pyoucard.it from Monday to Sunday. It must be Bip Card: if you are over 29 or if you validated the first time you get on the don’t want to collect the Pyou Card, for bus. Since it is a personal ticket it is charging the weekly, monthly or yearly necessary to have an ID card or the bus ticket you must have the GTT Bip passport with you. Card. It is an electronic card that can The student monthly and yearly bus be collected at any GTT office (the ticket can be purchased by students up Torino public transport company). More to 25 years of age. information is available on: http://www. Monthly ticket for students: it is called gtt.to.it/dialoga/uffici.shtml#centri “Abbonamento Mensile Studenti” and The cost of the Bip Card is € 5; for costs € 21 (for the Torino urban area). collecting the card it is necessary to You can buy it at any Tabaccheria shop have the ID and a photo (passport size) or GTT office. This ticket is valid for If you are over 26 you have various one month and you have to validate it options to choose from for purchasing a only once: either on the first day of the bus ticket. For detailed information on month or starting from the 28th day of the fares please visit the GTT website: the previous month. You can use this http://www.gtt.to.it/en/fares/ ticket on any bus, tram, underground in the city of Torino. Please remember At the following link you can buy the to always bring along the following Bip Card online: you have to choose documents too: the card type and you have to register in order to buy it (payment by credit • self declaration (autocertificazione) card): https://ecommerce.gtt.to.it/ attesting your enrolment at Politecnico page1?link=oln49w.redirect di Torino, which can be printed at any self-service box For further information you can contact the GTT Company or go directly to their • your Politecnico student ID offices:http://www.gtt.to.it/dialoga/ Yearly ticket: it is called abbonamento uffici.shtml#centri annuale studenti. The 10-month student bus ticket costs € 158; the 12-month student bus ticket costs € 176. You can buy it at any GTT office.

exc_INT.indd 20 04/08/15 15.34 >Bike sharing >Railway The Torino bike sharing service is http://www.trenitalia.com available 24 hours a day. You can pick up and return a city bike at any of the 118 stations located around Torino >Car parking where you can find available places. Only the staff is allowed to the car parks You can subscribe online and obtain of Politecnico where parking is strictly a personal electronic card for the controlled. annual (€ 25), weekly (€ 8) or daily (€ 5) Payment parking where you see the memberships. Other options: 4FORYOU blue lines are almost everywhere in (€ 8: up to 4 hours/day) and 8FORYOU Torino, except for suburban areas (€ 13: 48-hour validity for maximum of (white lines represent toll-free parking. 8 hours/day). Public-liability insurance Costs are on display at the payment cost: € 5 per year. machines and on street signs (from € The use of the bike is free if you return 1.30 to 2.50 per hour, according to the it within 30 minutes and it is available district): (payment) for up to 4 hours a day. http://www.gtt.to.it/en/parking/ The bicycle can be used only in the city There are special weekly and monthly area (not outside Torino). charges (vouchers). Parking vouchers The traffic laws and driving rules also can be bought at the Politecnico have to be observed by bikers. You are “Polincontri” box office or at advised to follow cycle ways whenever Newsagents’ or Tabaccheria shops possible. The use of a bicycle helmet is (selling also stamps, postcards and the always recommended. like). Online subscriptions: http://www. tobike.it/frmAbbonati.aspx >Taxi Please visit this Web site to find out more about the cycle tracks in Torino Pronto Taxi - tel. 011.5737 and our region: http://www.piste- http://www.prontotaxi5737.it ciclabili.com/provincia-torino Radio Taxi - tel. 011.5730 / 011.3399 http://www.bunet.torino.it (from Porta Nuova to Caselle Airport taxis may charge approximately € 40/50). >Shuttles From the bus terminal located in corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 131/H, buses to many European cities are available. There are also bus connections to Milano Malpensa airport. For more information please visit: http://www.autostazionetorino.it/

exc_INT.indd 21 04/08/15 15.34 In the university restaurants Castelfidardo, Galliari and Olimpia it is possible to have gluten-free meals. @POLITO In order to book a gluten-free meal, you have to download the proper booking form from this website: http://www.edisu. # FACILITIES piemonte.it/en/Macroaree/Food-Services/ University-Restaurants/Gluten-Free >Campuses You can have both lunch and dinner in The Politecnico di Torino is made up of the students’ canteens. various teaching centres, in addition to All the students participating in the central headquarters of corso Duca exchange programmes (Erasmus+, degli Abruzzi 24. Double Degree, Bilateral Agreement) benefit from the lowest fees. Mirafiori Campus Your Politecnico student ID will allow (corso Settembrini 178) you to eat at the students’ refectories. It is located between corso Orbassano and corso Settembrini and hosts IMPORTANT: should you the Industrial Design and Visual extend your stay at Politecnico, Communication, Ecodesign and always in the frame of an Automotive Engineering degree courses. exchange programme, ask the Incoming Mobility Office about Valentino Castle Campus how to recharge your student (viale Mattioli 39) card for having the lowest fee This historical and artistic building, that in the canteens. was first created as a residence for the Royal House of the Savoy, belonged to For further information concerning the Regia Scuola di Applicazione per the EDISU canteens: http://www. gli Ingegneri since 1859 and is now an edisu.piemonte.it/en/Macroaree/Food- important part of the Politecnico. Services/University-Canteens It hosts some courses at the Master These are the student canteens in Torino: of Science level in Architecture. You can reach the Valentino Castle by tram/bus 9, 16, 34. Address

Boggio Campus Via B. Galliari, 30 (via Boggio 71/A) the closest one to Castello del Valentino This is a branch of Politecnico for Campus both engineering and architecture students; it is situated near the central Via Principe Amedeo, 48 headquarters. You can reach the Boggio the closest one to the Università Campus by tram/bus 15, 16, 33, 33/, 42. degli Studi di Torino More info here: http://www.polito.it/ ateneo/sedi Corso Castelfidardo 30/A this is the closest one to the main Campus, with another entrance from >Students’ canteens via Pier Carlo Boggio 59, ex Fonderie EDISU Piemonte (the Regional Authority for the Right to Higher Education) runs Via Paolo Borsellino, 42 several canteens where you can have University restaurant “Taberna 1” a meal near the main campuses where Lungo Dora Siena, 102/B your courses are held.

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Via P.C.Boggio Via P.Borsellino 17 11

Corso Ferrucci

15 Corso Peschiera

Corso Mediterraneo

Corso Castelfidardo Corso Castelfidardo 3 5 6

14 11 17 Via G. Peano 13 Corso Einaudi 12 11 10 7 8 Corso Montevecchio 1 17 2 9 16 Via E. d’Ovidio Corso Duca degli Abruzzi

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Registar’s Office 6 Segreteria Studenti

Printing Service 7 (centro stampa) LEGEND

Building 8 Library

Parking Students’ 9 Cover parking associations

Offices 10 Bookshop

Cafeteria Foreign Citizens 11 1 (bar) Office

Incoming Mobility 2 12 Bank Office

Stage & job 3 13 Post Office Office

CLA Medical service 4 14 Language Center (infermeria)

Orientation Student 5 15 Office Canteen

Study room

In order to find the maps of the main GTT corner sites of Polito (rooms, laboratories, 16 Registrar’s office, Departments...), corso Duca degli Abruzzi 22 you can visit this link: (only in September-October) http://www.polito.it/ateneo/sedi/ mappe/index.php?lang=en

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Corso L. Settembrini

LEGEND

Parking Models lab Study room Bar (Cafeteria)

Garden Computer lab Registrar’s Student Building (first floor) office canteen

exc_INT.indd 26 04/08/15 15.34 These are the students cafeterias in >Polito Wi-Fi Torino in the Politecnico di Torino To access the Polito Wi-Fi wireless facilities (no smoking areas): LAN network you need a Politecnico • Bar Katia and Bar Pizzeria Ambrogio email address. Each Politecnico student main campus has an email address related to the • Bar Smad – campus, via Pier Carlo matriculation number (sMATRICOLA@ Boggio 53 studenti.polito.it). For example, if your matriculation number is 123456, • MixTO – campus, corso Castelfidardo your email address will be: s123456@ 34/A studenti.polito.it • bar-and-grill, open on Sunday (5 p.m. You just need to use your email address – 1 a.m.), Monday (7 a.m. – 7 p.m.), and password to access the wireless Tuesday to Saturday (7 a.m. – 1 p.m.). network. Wi-Fi coverage – http://wifi. Free wi-fi, summer open-air section polito.it/mappe/ • Bar Alpozzi – Architecture For assistance, please refer to Departments,Castello del Valentino, Informazione e assistenza per gli viale Mattioli 39 studenti. Monday to Friday 9-13 • Pic-nic area – inside the campus, Tel. 011 564 7965 or send an email to near the Segreteria Studenti-Cittadella WiFi@ studenti.polito.it Politecnica. For further information have a look at:

>Computer labs >Study rooms Computer labs are available for You can get access to the study rooms students in all Politecnico sites. thanks to your STUDENT I.D. CARD. Students can check online the “LAIBs” Study rooms are located around the availability and find more information on main Campus and will allow you to this website: https://didattica.polito.it/ study between the classes or in the laboratori_en.html evening in a quiet and comfortable environment. All study rooms are provided with a newspaper reading room, photocopiers and vending machines and have facilities for disabled students.

Study rooms in Torino

Murazzi http://www.studyintorino.it/study-in-turin/murazzi-student-zone-2/ student zone

EDISU http://www.edisu.piemonte.it/en/Macroaree/Study-Halls-and- study rooms Other-Services/Study-Halls/Services-and-Locations

Politecnico http://www.didattica.polito.it/sale-studio.html study rooms

exc_INT.indd 27 04/08/15 15.34 >Bookshops Centro Stampa In the Politecnico central headquarters main Politecnico site in Corso Duca degli Abruzzi in corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 you can Open from 8.30 a.m. – 7.00 p.m. find: Friday: 8.15 a.m.–1.50 p.m. • CELID (Engineering and Architecture): Centro Stampa 10 up to 20% discount on books for inside the Valentino Castle Politecnico di Torino students (info Open from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. at www.celid.it); you can find it also inside the via Boggio Campus and the Valentino Castle Campus; • CLUT (Engineering): 5% up to 20% >Libraries discount on books on becoming a In order to facilitate your access to member – € 2,60 (www.clut.it) university books and other educational work, EDISU Piemonte (the regional • CLUS (Architecture) authority for the right to higher • CUSL (Engineering) education) set up and runs two libraries. All students enrolled in the Universities There are also many second-hand of Piedmont can gain admission to this bookshops near the Politecnico and service by taking along the student Turin Universities. card. This service is free. Books may be borrowed from >Faxes and photocopies Politecnico central libraries or from Departmental libraries. >>SENDING A FAX Personal faxes can be sent from EDISU International library Polincontri box office (inside Via S. Ottavio 8 Politecnico), from any copy shop or from http://www.edisu.piemonte.it/en/ the tobacconists (tabaccherie) that own Macroaree/Study-Halls-and-Other-Services/ a fax machine (the price depends on the International-Library time/destination of the message). EDISU loan service for university books >>PHOTOCOPIES Via Michelangelo Buonarroti 17 bis We would like to inform you that, http://www.edisu.piemonte.it/en/ according to Italian Law, it is forbidden Macroaree/Study-Halls-and-Other-Services/ to make photocopies of entire books, Loan-Service-for-University-Books only 15% is allowed. Politecnico Central Please note that there is a “Centro and Departmental Libraries Stampa” in all Politecnico facilities. http://www.biblio.polito.it/en/ There are card-operated photocopy documentazione/biblpoli.html machines; these prepaid cards can be purchased and charged at any Centro Stampa. The fees are displayed by each machine (the price of self-service copies depends on the size of the sheet of paper). There are many copy shops in corso Einaudi or next to the Università di Torino (via Sant’Ottavio 20).

exc_INT.indd 28 04/08/15 15.34 >Politecnico Medical service Students’ associations of the Politecnico di Torino https://didattica.polito.it/ You can find a full-time professional associazioni/associazioni.html : nurse at the Politecnico Medical Service (Infermeria). At the Infermeria you can only • AESA Torino (Aerospace Engineering get assistance in an emergency situation, Students’ Association) - aesa@ not for ordinary medical treatment. studenti.polito.it • AMENTE - Rivista Universitaria Politecnico Medical service (infermeria) Indipendente - amente@studenti. ground floor (next to Bar Katia) polito.it in the main building • Association des Etudiants Monday to Friday from 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Camerounais de Turin - http://www. T 011090.7943 aect-cameroun.it - aect@studenti. [email protected] polito.it • B.E.S.T. - Board of European Students in Technology - [email protected] >Polincontri association • CSSA - Associazione degli studenti e Polincontri (Associazione per la studiosi Cinesi del Politecnico di Torino cultura, lo sport, il tempo libero) is an - [email protected] association whose offices are located • COMITATO INTERNAZIONALISTA on the ground floor in the main corridor del Politecnico di Torino - CIP@ from corso Einaudi (the Polincontri Box studenti.polito.it office is next to Bar Katia). Members • dunamis pocket polito - DUNAMIS@ have discounts in many shops, libraries studenti.polito.it and sport facilities, free access to many clubs and discounts when • Erasmus+ TORINO - Erasmus+@ buying tickets for cinemas, theatres studenti.polito.it and concerts. Other special events are • INGEGNERIA SENZA FRONTIERE - organised by Polincontri. For further [email protected] - http://isf.polito.it/ information call 011.090.7926 or visit the home page: http://www.polincontri. • IRANIAN_STUDENTS’ Association polito.it/ of Polytechnic University of Turin [email protected] • J.E.To.P. - Junior Enterprise Torino >Students’ associations Politecnico - [email protected] Students interested in the University • LAVORI IN CORSO - lavori_incorso@ life gather in students’ associations and studenti.polito.it organize cultural, theatrical, recreational and sports activities. • Organization of Pakistani Students Associations, along with student (O.P.S.) - [email protected] representations elected in the • POLIMOVIE INTERNATIONAL CLUB - government body of the University, [email protected] have at their disposal some facilities where they can carry on their activities. • R.U.N. (Rete Universitaria Nazionale)- These facilities are located in A. Sobrero [email protected] square, inside the headquarters of corso • WEBINGEGNERIA - webingegneria@ Duca degli Abruzzi, 24. studenti.polito.it • SOFARAE ASSALAM - SOFARAE_ [email protected]

exc_INT.indd 29 04/08/15 15.34 # EDUCATION • The reform does not set credits for research doctorate studies since they are essentially based on individual >Credit system research activities. The legal length The university reform has introduced is a minimum of three years, in a system of university credits (Crediti accordance with the regulations of the Formativi Universitari) for the first time most recent reform. in Italy. The principal objective has been to make studies more oriented towards the students, reducing the gap between >Grades the official and real length of courses as At the Politecnico di Torino, and in the well as lowering the drop-out rate. Italian universities in general, grades The main characteristics of the system of individual exams are expressed in are as follows: fractions of 30. The maximum grade • The credits represent the student’s total obtainable is 30/30, while the minimum workload (class time, individual study, required to pass a given exam is 18/30. exam preparation, practical work etc.) Exceptionally brilliant candidates might and one credit is equivalent to 25 hours. be awarded with a 30 “con lode” (cum The average full-time workload for one laude), and marked 30-L. academic year is 60 credits which is At the end of three years Bachelor of equivalent to 1500 hours. Universities may Science (Laurea) and two years Master opt for an increase or decrease in this total of Science (Laurea Magistrale), the workload of a maximum 20% (1200-1800 student is required to present a final hours), but they must justify this change. project before an official commission • The amount of time reserved for and a final grade, based on both the individual learning or other individual average of the previous academic educational and training activities results of the individual exams and must not be lower than 50%, except on the evaluation of the final project, for the courses that include practical or is awarded to the student. The final laboratory work. grade is expressed as a fraction of 110. • Credits are earned once the student The maximum grade is 110, while the has passed the assessment for each minimum is 66 out of 110. Exceptionally course or activity. brilliant candidates might be awarded of 110 “con lode” (cum laude). • The total or partial recognition of credits obtained by students wishing to continue their studies in a different >Exams’ rules degree programme or different We remind you that while sitting for institution is at the discretion of the an exam, it’s forbidden to use personal educational authority, in accordance materials such as: papers, notebooks, with the criteria and procedures of the notes, calculators or other electronic university teaching regulations. The devices including mobile phones which teaching regulations of each university should remain turned off during the can provide for regular reassessment whole time the exam takes place. of credit allocation and indicate the Interacting with other candidates minimum number of credits that must during the exam is not only forbidden be achieved within a fixed period of but also self-defeating, because in time (in the case of full or part-time most exams, questions are different studies). for each student. In order to guarantee • The reform establishes the number of all students a perfect uniformity in credits for each degree.

exc_INT.indd 30 04/08/15 15.34 the exam conditions, the exam will be International students are the cancelled for those who do not follow ambassadors of their own country in the instructions or behave in any way Italy, they have to show their culture, that may disturb the exam. Besides, habits and customs. Please take this there is a specific Disciplinary Board into consideration during your stay that imposes disciplinary measures to at Politecnico. The final grade of an those that do not follow the above rules. exam has to be accepted or refused by IT IS ALSO FORBIDDEN TO APPEAR the students. Whether you accept or AS SOMEONE ELSE IN THE EXAMS. refuse the grade, you must inform the Both students risk to be expelled by the Professor or it will not be possible to Politecnico. begin the process of registration.

3rd year

PhD 2nd year (3 years after MS) Dottorato Specializing Master 2nd level (1 year after MS) 1st year 1st year Master II livello

nd 2 year Master of Science (MS) (2 years after BS) Specializing Master 1st level (1 year after BS) 1st year 1st year Laurea Magistrale Master I livello

3rd year Bachelor of Science (BS) (3 years) 2nd year Laurea 1st year

13th year (italian students) th or 12 year (foreign student) If you hold a foreign high school diploma, Preuniversity you must have attended Education school for at least (13 years) 12 years in order to enter university.

exc_INT.indd 31 04/08/15 15.34 # DOCUMENTS >Documents’ legalization The authentication attests the legal > Transcript of records, quality of the public official who has declarations of stay signed a document as well as the and certificates authenticity of the signature. Students in the frame of an exchange Documents issued by Foreign programme can request the following Authorities (Autorità Estere) are documents to the Incoming Mobility legalized in order to be recognized by Office: the Italian Authorities and, vice versa, Italian documents are legalized in order • Declaration of Stay with courses to be valid abroad. in English The authentication procedure is • Declaration of Stay with courses in Italian done at once: the office checks if the signature on the document to legalise • Declaration of Stay without courses has been deposited in a register in English kept by the Prefettura (Prefecture). • Declaration of Stay without courses in Italian Prefettura (Prefecture) • Transcript of Records Piazza Castello, 205 • Self-declaration Open to public on Mondays, Wednesdays and For use at public administrations Fridays from 9.00 a.m. to 12.00. in Italy, you can print or save self- T 0115589550 / 0115589498 declaration forms through the Sid@ home (Portale della Didattica personal page). Please note that private parties could accept self-declaration and contact Politecnico afterwards for confirmation. For degree students (Double, Joint or Full degree) at the end of studies, Politecnico releases the “Diploma Supplement” (the first copy is free of charge) in Italian and English which is given in association with the diploma, providing a standardized description of the nature, level, context, content and status of the studies completed by its holder http://ec.europa.eu/education/ lifelong-learning-policy/ds_en.htm .

exc_INT.indd 32 04/08/15 15.34 # TOOLS As soon as you are settled in Turin, you are required to input your address, telephone number and mobile number >The student identification card otherwise your career will be blocked. (tessera studenti) The data you will provide can be used The Tessera Studenti-Smart Card is by any office at the Politecnico di an I.D. card and it must be used in Torino, professors and your Academic the self-service boxes placed in the Advisor for any urgent communication. corridors of each campus, in order to print self-declarations in Italian. The From your personal page of Portale Tessera Studenti gives you free access della Didattica, you can enter in Sid@ to the main library of Politecnico, the home page. It is useful for you to print computer labs (LAIB), Departments and self-declarations, complete your on line other facilities. It is also useful to obtain learning agreement and more. discounts in several places such as CUS, museums, cinemas, buses etc. Further information about the Tessera >Polito email account Studenti-Smart Card: https://didattica. Each exchange student will be given polito.it/smartcard_info_2013_it.html an e-mail address that must be used to In order to obtain it, go to the contact the Incoming Mobility Office, Segreteria Studenti (CITTADELLA the Foreign Citizens Office or any - corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24) with other office at the Politecnico di Torino, the “International Student Personal the Academic Advisor or any other Identification number” (available in your professor. You can have access to your personal page of Apply) . The Student Polito email account by logging in your I.D. card will be immediately issued. personal page of Portale della Didattica. If you lose your “Tessera Studenti” you The password of your Polito account can contact the Segreteria Studenti ([email protected]) is (Cittadella). You will be able to get a your birth date (DD/MM/YYYY). copy that will cost € 11. You can change it after you login for the first time. You can also forward your personal >Portale della Didattica e-mail address by logging in your page and Sid@home of Portale della Didattica, so that you will receive your Polito messages into The “Portale della Didattica” is an your personal e-mail address. important tool that can be used for a number of purposes. Through it, you can reserve an exam or look at the “carico didattico” (learning agreement), check the passed exams, download the lecture notes, pay the tuition fees (if it is due) and print your final Transcript of Records. You are required to input in Portale della Didattica your address, telephone number and mobile number in Italy within one month from your arrival

exc_INT.indd 33 04/08/15 15.34 3. select ENTRA in the section SID@ @ACADEMICS HOME 4. select CARICO DIDATTICO in order to start filling in your Learning # AT YOUR ARRIVAL Agreement 5. in order to load the course name, click on ALTRI and put the course >Registration name in CERCA DESCRIZIONE or the As soon as you arrive, don’t forget to course code in CERCA CODICE get your Tessera Studenti at Registrar’s 6. when the course name or code office. appears, click on AGGIUNGI and In your personal page of Apply@ RITORNA VIDEATA INIZIALE polito (registration form) you will 7. confirm the courses, clicking on OK find the INTERNATIONAL STUDENT at the end of the procedure. This PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER question will appear at the end: “Do (in Italian “matricola”), with information you want to send your L.A. to the about your field of study and the name Advisor for the approval?“YES/NO of your Academic Advisor. Please print this document and show it to our If you click on YES, the learning Registrar’s office. agreement is ready for the approval of your Academic Advisor. If it will be approved, you will be able to read the >Learning Agreement status “APPROVED” in your page. Deadlines to load online all courses If it will be rejected, the Professor will defined with your Academic Advisor for have to justify his decision, unlock the Fall/Spring semester or the whole the study plan and let you modify it, academic year are: according to his suggestions. In this between September 16th to October case you will find this message: “Your 16th (Fall semester) and February 18th learning agreement has NOT been to March 15th (Spring semester). approved. Please modify and submit The Learning Agreement is a binding the learning agreement again to your document and should only be changed if Polito Academic Advisor”. L.A. cannot suggested by the Academic Advisor, in be changed when status is “pending case of timetable clashes or unexpected approval”. course cancellations. In order to fill in the electronic Learning Agreement follow the steps: 1. Go on Polito website www.polito. it, Login and select “STUDENTS” --> PORTALE DELLA DIDATTICA 2. enter in your personal page of Meet the deadlines to PORTALE DELLA DIDATTICA with complete the electronic your Username and your password Learning Agreement Username= Smatricola (ex:s123456) Password= your birthdate (ddmmyyyy)

exc_INT.indd 34 04/08/15 15.34 You are advised to visit the Politecnico In order to get the degree, double web-site for the academic offer (https:// degree students (Master of Science) didattica.polito.it/pls/portal30/gap.a_ are required to pass all the exams for mds.init_new?p_a_acc=2016) and then a minimum of 90 credits (60 courses look at the timetable http://www.swas. + 30 thesis) in 18 months. According polito.it/dotnet/orari_lezione_pub/ . to the agreements, students from the While filling in the Learning Agreement Universidad Central de Venezuela, for the Fall/Spring semester or for the Universidade de São Paulo, Pontificia whole academic year 2015/16, the Universidad Javeriana, Universidad Erasmus+ and Bilateral Agreement de Antioquia, Universidade de Brasilia students should remember that: are required to pass all the exams for a minimum of 120 credits (90 credits 1. it is not possible to do extra work for + 30 thesis) in a period of 24 months. the exams in order to obtain extra The Academic Advisor will help you in credits; defining the Learning agreement on 2. if you choose laboratories, internships the basis of the compulsory subjects or even single courses having as necessary to get the degree and the final grade “passed or not passed” gaps of the previous academic career. (IDONEITA’ or SUPERATO) you cannot For any doubt about the length or obtain a grade in /30. If it is required to the structure of the Double Degree present such grade in /30 to your Home Programme contact the Incoming Institution, another course should be Mobility Office (incoming.students@ chosen instead of those graded as polito.it). “passed or not passed”; 3. it is not possible to take final exams >Learning Italian in the University of origin or abroad; CLA (Language Centre) at the 4. your final thesis does not have to Politecnico di Torino offers all be added to the electronic Learning international students Italian language Agreement. You must contact the courses free of charge. For further Incoming Mobility Office in order to information about Italian language get the “Thesis Evaluation Form” courses (levels, calendars, final marks...), you can visit the CLA website: 5. You cannot choose: http://didattica.polito.it/cla/ • distance learning COURSES (corsi a Double degree students enrolled to a distanza) -courses from the first year Bachelor or Master of Science degree of Bachelor’s degree have to attend the Italian language • language courses other than the course and pass the exam. It is italian considered an “extra-subject”: this (for further information read the means that the course does not count Guidelines in your Apply page) for the achievement of the total number 6. you cannot attend/pass the exam of credits required to graduate.“Italian of one module if the course is Language” or “Lingua Italiana” exams composed by 2. should be listed in your study plan according to the following rules for each If the course you are specific case: attending expects more than one professor, pay 1. DOUBLE/JOINT/FULL DEGREE attention to attend it with STUDENTS enrolled on a degree the correct one, considering course entirely taught in English the alphabetical order! must attend Italian language A2.

exc_INT.indd 35 04/08/15 15.34 2. DOUBLE/JOINT/FULL DEGREE Double Degree students must pass STUDENTS enrolled on a degree IELTS exam before the graduation with course entirely taught in Italian must a minimum score of 5.0 (5.5 if you are attend Italian Language B1. enrolled in Automotive engineering) Italian certification: as entry or to possess accepted certification requirements Politecnico di Torino (https://didattica.polito.it/cla/en/ accepts proficiency certificates in Italian certificates) at an equivalent level. issued by assessment authorities Master degree students who want to acknowledged by the Ministry of apply for the IELTS exam in Politecnico, Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of need to pay € 100 at the Segreteria Education: Studenti-Cittadella. 1. Università degli studi di Roma Tre; Bachelor degree students are exempted 2. Università per stranieri di Perugia; from the payment if they pass the exam at first attempt. 3. Università per stranieri di Siena; English language is considered as 4. Università per stranieri non statale “extra-subject”: it means it does not e legalmente riconosciuta “Dante contribute to the credits required to Alighieri”di Reggio Calabria; obtain the Bachelor or Master of Science 5. Società Dante Alighieri (PLIDA). degree. Politecnico also accepts Italian It is compulsory to pass the IELTS embassies and “Istituti di cultura exam before submitting the DEGREE italiana” certifying the conclusion REQUEST (domanda di laurea) to the of courses which require a final Segreteria Studenti-Cittadella (check examination (certificates of attendance the deadlines in the academic calendar). will not be accepted) and that state the level of proficiency attained through the course. You must hand in your certificate >Extension of stay at the Registrar’s office, who will Only students coming for the Fall register the certificate in your career. semester can decide to extend their stay for the whole academic year. It is not possible to extend the period of stay >English language during 2 different academic years. Erasmus+ students cannot attend If you want to extend your stay, the the English language courses. BE Incoming Mobility Office needs to CAREFUL: if you enroll to the IELTS receive an official communication by exam by mistake you will have to pay your home University. 100 euros! Students in the frame of the double or joint degree programs may maintain the economic treatment set by the agreements or projects lasting at most one academic year after the deadline of the programme (special conditions Meet the deadlines nd for students coming from Universidad for the 2 academic de Belgrano and Universidade de São year enrolment Paulo).

exc_INT.indd 36 04/08/15 15.34 If the additional time is not sufficient to Italy. Even if the thesis will be graduate, students are required to pay prepared somewhere else, IT IS Politecnico tuition fees (according to COMPULSORY TO HAVE A the Tax Regulations) to complete their POLITECNICO SUPERVISOR. studies. It is also possible to apply for After the first year’s enrolment, Double “Contributo tesi fuori sede” Degree students must register to the (scholarship for thesis abroad), second academic year according to the for further info: Outgoing Mobility deadlines set in the academic calendar. Office ([email protected]). Please go to the Incoming Mobility In order to obtain the Diploma Office for the registration to the second (“pergamena di laurea”), in case the year, the payment of the “extra- agreement with your home University Politecnico” fees (if it is due) and to does not foresee that you attend the complete the Learning Agreement. graduation ceremony, remember to fill in the form to send the diploma in your After the deadline, some extra fees home country (shipment fees are about will be required to pay (even for 15 Euros + stamps). students whose fees are paid by home universities). In case you are supposed to stay for one year only at Politecnico you need to >Internship information register for the second academic year If you are a Double Degree students and before you leave (Nanotech and CSE must activate the internship (because it students). is part of your study plan) you need to: • visit the web page http://stagejob. polito.it/en/home and read the >Graduation information about the instructions to About 6 or 7 months before graduating, fill in the PROGETTO FORMATIVO of you should contact the Academic your study course; Advisor to decide the Thesis Supervisor • present your PROGETTO and discuss about the topic and the title FORMATIVO and hand it in to the of the thesis. Ufficio Stage&Job at least 7 days before the starting date of your According to the deadlines scheduled in internship. Then the Ufficio Stage&Job Manifesto degli Studi of your program will give you the “Internship booklet” (https://didattica.polito.it/segreteria/ (LIBRETTO DI TIROCINIO). You will esamefinale/it/ ) enter in Portale della have to register your daily attendance. Didattica --> sid@home and click on “Richiesta conferma conclusione tesi” You will be assigned a TUTORE --> Almalaurea --> “Domanda di AZIENDALE by the hosting Company, ammissione all’esame finale” ( here you with whom you will cooperate during have to pay the graduation fees - about the internship. The rules to choose your 100 Euros). TUTORE ACCADEMICO depend on your Department; check them on the It is not possible to work on the Thesis Stage & Job website. in the student’s home country (or student’s home institution), but, in • hand in the LIBRETTO DI TIROCINIO, agreement with the Supervisor, you are signed both from you and your tutors, allowed to prepare the thesis in a to the Ufficio Stage&Job within 15 different country or in any other days AFTER the end of the internship University, company or institution in period;

exc_INT.indd 37 04/08/15 15.34 • inform the Ufficio Stage & Job about any change regarding your internship # AT YOUR DEPARTURE (for example in case of extension or At the end of your study period at suspension, etc). You will have to fill in Politecnico di Torino, two or three days the relative form, at least 7 days before before leaving, don’t forget to visit the the variation: http://stagejob.polito.it/ Incoming Mobility Office to inform us en/home about your departure date and to be • read your course instruction on Stage sure that there are no academic matters & Job website in order to register your left unsettled. You will be able to print/ internship. save your final Transcript of Records from your personal page of Portale della Didattica (once that all your grades will >Part-Time jobs be registered) ONLY by going to the (only for double Incoming Mobility Office before you leave. degree students) Another of the fundamental steps In the official web site of Politecnico, to finish the check out procedures is you can find, usually in April/May, also the compilation of the “customer announcements for part-time jobs at satisfaction” questionnaire (an email the Department of International Affairs will be sent in your Polito email account Offices here:https://didattica.polito.it/ a few days before leaving). tasse/collaborazioni.html # PRACTICAL-INFO >Tuition fees Students in the frame of an exchange programme are exempted from paying Fill in the tuition fees and other expenses unless customer it is stated differently in the Bilateral satisfaction Agreement. questionnaire Where the agreement between the before your Politecnico di Torino and your University departure states that exchange students pay tuition fees only at the home university, you will be charged above €161 for access to facilities and services such as: • student canteens, computer and study rooms • accident insurance in the Politecnico di Torino facilities • copyright • enrolment duty stamp

exc_INT.indd 38 04/08/15 15.34 If you are required to pay these fees, you can do it: GTT (city transports) lost & found office • with credit card directly at the Segreteria Studenti (with a bank Via Meucci, 4 / T 011 4430753 charge of 1%) or from your personal Mon/Wed/Thu 9:00 - 12:00 am page of Portale della Didattica; POLITECNICO DI TORINO • with ATM card directly at the Segreteria Studenti; lost & found office • with the payment slip (please fill it in Portineria / Corso duca degli Abruzzi, 24 T 011 0906666 with the information written in the next page and your personal data) at the Post Office (show the receipt to the officer). You are exempted from paying the Emergency numbers / phone call free of charge “extra-Politecnico” fees if you come from: Fire 115 • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ambulance 118 Valparaíso • Universidad de las Americas-PUEBLA Emergency First Aid 0115747 • Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios treatment at home Superiores de Monterrey- ITESM Carabinieri 112 If you forget to pay these expenses, some late payment interest will be Polizia 113 added as penalty.

> Safety rules Do not carry your passport with you (a copy will be sufficient). If you are a Non-EU citizen, bring always with you at least a copy of the residence permit or of the postal receipt of the residence permit application. Do not keep your credit card in your wallet, keep it in a different place. Look out for pickpockets on trams and buses. Remember, even at the Politecnico, to keep an eye on your bags, backpacks, mobile phone and laptop.

exc_INT.indd 39 04/08/15 15.34 >Academic glossary

Anno accademico Academic year: the Dati personali Personal data academic year starts from October and Debito formativo Extra credit to ends on September be attained of the following year. The year is organised Declaration of value in didactic terms Dichiarazione “periodi didattici” di valore Anticipo (soldi) To pay in advance Dipartimento Department Assicurazione Health insurance Diploma - laurea Graduation medica certificate High school diploma Self-declaration Diploma di Autocertificazione maturità Bollettino postale Payment slip/ postal slip Documento Document Borsa di studio Scholarship Documento I.D. card di identità Carico didattico Study plan: the list of the courses that Dottorato PhD program the student follow during the year Esame di profitto Exam: credits are earned once the Certificato Certificate student has passed the exam of each Enrollment certificate course or activity. Certificato di Grades of individual iscrizione exams are expressed in fractions of 30 Codice fiscale Fiscal code Matricola Registration number Corso di laurea Bachelor of (numero) or student number Science program Modulo Form Corso di laurea Master of Science program magistrale Nulla osta per Scientific research ricerca scientifica visa authorization Credito Credit: it represents the student’s total workload (class time, Passaporto Passport individual study, exam preparation, practical Patrimonio Property work etc.). One credit is equivalent to 25 Periodo didattico Period (fall/spring hours. The average semester) in the full-time workload academic year during per academic which the students year is usually 60 follow the courses credits (equivalent and sit for the exams to 1500 hours)

exc_INT.indd 40 04/08/15 15.34 Permesso di Residence permit soggiorno Produrre/ Show/submit mostrare documents documenti Segreteria Registrar’s office studenti Rata Installment Specializzazione - Specializing program Reddito familiare Household income corso Ricevuta del Residence permit Stage Internship rinnovo di renewal receipt permesso Statino a document the student must hand Ricongiungimento Family reunion in to the professor on familiare the day of the exam Riduzione tasse Fees reduction Tasse d’iscrizione Tuition fees Rinnovo del Residence permit Tessera studenti Student card permesso di renewal soggiorno Test di Entrance test ammissione Scadere/ Expire/deadline scadenza Titolo Degree accademico Segreteria Educational didattica Secretariat: Ufficio postale Post Office the student can refer to them to Immigration Office get information Ufficio about courses and immigrazione administrative procedures Voto Mark

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Can you help me? Può aiutarmi? Do you speak English? Parla inglese? I don’t understand Non capisco I don’t know Non lo so Hello Ciao Good Morning Buon giorno Good Evening Buon pomeriggio Good Night Buona notte Goodbye Arrivederci Please Per favore Thank you Grazie I am sorry Mi dispiace Excuse me Mi scusi I am hungry Ho fame I am thirsty Ho sete I am tired Sono stanco I am lost Mi sono perso How are you? Come va? Good, thank you Bene, grazie Not good Non troppo bene What’s your name? Come ti chiami? My name is ___ Mi chiamo ___ Where are you from? Da dove vieni? I am from ___ Vengo da ___ How old are you? Quanti anni hai? Where is ___ Dov’è ___ 42

exc_INT.indd 42 04/08/15 15.34 the toilet? il bagno? the town centre? il centro? the train station? la stazione? the airport? l’aeroporto? the bank? la banca? the hotel? l’hotel? the youth hostel? l’ostello? the hospital? l’ospedale? the police station? la polizia? the embassy? l’ambasciata? How much is a ticket to ___? Quanto costa un biglietto per___? Where does this bus | train go? Dove va questo autobus | treno? Does this bus | train stop at ___? Questo bus |treno si ferma a ___? Turn left Gira a sinistra Turn right Gira a destra Straight ahead Sempre dritto Go back Torna indietro Stop Fermati I need to go to ___ Devo andare a ___ How much to go to ___ Quanto costa fino a ___ I would like to order ___ Vorrei ___ The check please! Il conto per favore! Can I pay with a credit card? Posso pagare con la carta di credito? Master of science laurea specialistica Fiscal code codice fiscale Graduation certificate diploma – laurea 43

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2015/2016 Academic Calendar List of our public Holidays

1st term lectures April 25th start on September 28th 2015 May 1st end on January 21st 2016 June 2nd National June 24th days th st August 15 1 term exam session st th November 1 start on January 18 2016 th Engineering end on February 27th 2016 Dicember 8 and Architecture programs 2nd term lectures Christmas From December 24th 2015 start on February 29th 2016 Holidays to January 6th 2016 end on June 11th 2016

2nd term exam session Easter From March 24th 2016 start on June 13th 2016 Holidays to 30th 2016 end on July 23rd 2016

ACADEMIC CALENDAR http://international.polito.it/it/ammissione/programmi_di_mobilita/2015_16_ scadenze_e_calendario_accademico LECTURES TIMETABLE (orario lezioni) http://www.swas.polito.it/dotnet/orari_lezione_pub/default.aspx EXAM RESERVATION (prenotazione appelli) http://didattica.polito.it/pls/portal30/esami.visu.form Students who are going to atten d courses and sit for the exams are required to stay at Politecnico until the end of the exam session, as the marks will be only registered during the exam session. The Incoming Mobility Office won’t be responsible for any problem linked to the transcription of records in case the students do not follow the correct procedure. Indeed, the Incoming Mobility Office will not deal with Professors in case will arise problems about the registration of the marks. It is the students’ duty to check before his departure that no academic matters will be left unsettled.

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Department of International Affairs Language Centre C.L.A. INCOMING Mobility Office (Centro Linguistico d’Ateneo) Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino Italia 10129 Torino Italia T +39 011 090 8654 F +39 011 090 8656 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] http://international.polito.it/en/ https://didattica.polito.it/cla/en/ presentazione.html The INCOMING Mobility Office deals with all the academic issues of your stay Registrar’s Office (Segreteria Studenti) at the Politecnico di Torino: Welcome Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 Orientation Meetings, students’ 10129 Torino Italia selection, registration, choice of courses, at Cittadella Politecnica – ground floor on line Learning Agreement, contact The info desks at Registrar’s Office are open with partner Universities, documents’ Mon / Wed / Fri 8.30-12.00 issue (Transcript of Records, Learning Tue / Thu 8.30-12.00 and 13.30-15.00. Agreement, Declaration of stay). You can find us at the desks no.6-7 of the [email protected] Department of International Affairs. https://didattica.polito.it/segreteria/ contatta/it/Segreteria_generale.html Along with academic issues, you will have to deal with practical matters, which should not be neglected during Stage & Job office your stay at Politecnico, in order to Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 spend your studies in the best way. 10129 Torino Italia at Cittadella Politecnica – ground floor Department of International Affairs T 011-090.5789 / F 011-090.6295 Foreign Citizens Office [email protected] T +39 011 090 8695 F +39 011 090 8699 The info desks at the Stage & Job Office are [email protected] open on Tuesday and Thursday 9.30-12.30. http://international.polito.it/practical_information Telephone assistance: Tuesday and Thursday 14.00 - 16.00. The Foreign Citizens Office is in charge of providing you with the necessary support for your orientation and integration into Politecnico and in the surrounding environment. You can find us at the desk no.1-2 of the Department of International Affairs. The info desks at We will help you in dealing with Department of services and practical matters (visa and International Affairs are residence permits, health insurance, open MON/TUE/ THU/FRI fiscal code, accommodation, sports and from 9.00 to 11.30 a.m. free time). The info desks are closed to public on WEDNESDAYS

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Welcome Orientation Meeting Codice fiscale (fiscal code) Student card Fill in your learning agreement Residence permit (only NON-UE students) Registration at Anagrafe (Municipality Office - for EU students)

# DEPARTURE

Fill in the Customer Satisfaction questionnaire on your Portale della Didattica page Pay your flat’s last rent and all the utilities Close your bank account Return to the libraries any borrowed books, DVDs or CDs Before buying any travel ticket, go to the Foreign Citizens Office and ask if and where you are allowed to travel Go to the Incoming Mobility Office in order to take your final transcript of records

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