Double Degree

My experience in Fribourg, Switzerland HOW TO ARRIVE • By plane: from Geneva Airport, Zürich Airport or Basel Euro Airport, take the train to Fribourg (direction Bern). -From Geneva Airport to Fribourg, the trip takes about 1h30 (no transfer). -From Zürich Airport, the trip takes approximately 1h40; • By car: 3h30 from Milan; USEFUL • By train: around 3h from Milano Centrale to Bern and 20min Bern-Fribourg. INFORMATION Fribourg Obligation to register for the SPOMI (Service de la It is compulsory to follow population et des the next steps upon your Migrants) as soon as you arrival in Fribourg! arrive in Fribourg - within 14 days upon your arrival; FORMALITIES

Health Insurance: You Registration with your must be covered by a municipality of valid health insurance residence: Obligation to during your stay in register with your Switzerland. Please check municipality of residence that you have all the during your stay. necessary documents! (For EU is sufficient the “European Health Card”); Monthly average budget

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…And it’s true that on Sunday everything is closed! EXAMS: • The exams session is at the end of the semester (end of December to mid- February/ end of May to mid-July); • Exams session: according to the faculty it may not be possible to shift an exam; • Registration for the exam: you must register for the exam; USEFUL • Language of the exam: usually the language of the exam is the same than the one used during the course; INFORMATION • Duration of the exam: mobility students do not always have more time during the exam. You have to ask; • Type of exam: written, oral, exercises during the semester, oral presentation. Verify the method of examination and validation at the beginning of semester; • Exams marks: you will be able to consult your grade via your online portal Myunifr. EXAMS –grading scale

USEFUL INFORMATION Upon the grant for the Double Degree, the University of Fribourg provides - within the framework of the Swiss European Mobility Programme - a grant for the academic year financed by GRANT (SWISS the Swiss government. EUROPEAN MOBILITY PROGRAMME) The University of Fribourg is composed of several campuses located all around the city. Here are the most important ones:

Miséricorde (MIS) Dean’s offices, academic and administrative Pérolles (PER) THE offices, IRO, Faculty of Faculty of Social and Law, Faculty of Arts and Economic Sciences and DIFFERENT Humanities, Faculty of Faculty of Sciences, AGEF Theology, Language office, Mensa, sport Center, Uni-Info, AGEF facilities. CAMPUSES OF office, Mensa, sport facilities. THE Beauregard Régina Mundi (RMU) Institute of European Departments of Law, Institute for UNIVERSITY Psychology and Education Federalism, Departments Sciences, Mensa, sport of Law, Languages and facilities. Literature. THE FACULTY The Faculty SES offers university studies in SES: Faculté des management, The strengths are an Sciences economics, information ideal size and the systems and mass media personal study économiques et and communication atmosphere, an optimal research. combination of research sociales and practice, the The Faculty SES is located diversity of languages in a modern building and the intercultural equipped with state of experience. the art installations for teaching, learning, and research, providing an ideal facility for about 2'000 students Designed to teach methods, concepts and tools to manage The study programme is international companies, management-oriented it also builds intercultural with a strong emphasis awareness and the soft on international MASTER OF skills necessary to be a management and a focus successful and valuable on business in Europe. ARTS IN member of an international INTERNATIONAL With a rich offer of management team. courses from different management fields AND EUROPEAN (strategy, finance, HR, https://fr.calameo.com/re etc.), this study ad/0036591151c1ca179d BUSINESS programme builds on f1f?page=2 lectures but also group work and case studies in intercultural teams Double Degree - Structure

MASTER OF University of Pavia MIBE (First year) : 60 ECTS ARTS IN

INTERNATIONAL University of Fribourg MASTER 27 ECTS : Core module OF ARTS IN INTERNATIONAL European Business AND EUROPEAN AND EUROPEAN BUSINESS 12 ECTS: 1 Optional module BUSINESS (Second year): 39 ECTS

Master thesis: 27 ECTS in Fribourg  To complete the studies, students have to write a single Master in Fribourg. They will have to defend their thesis towards a joint jury in Pavia. My feedback

The courses are demanding and most of I attended 10 courses them provided a during the two groupwork with semesters, getting a MASTER OF presentations and minor in Corporate reports – but these are Strategy; ARTS IN useful means to know INTERNATIONAL people; The quality of teaching In sum, I recommend this AND EUROPEAN and didactics is very high experience because it with a focus on the allow to put in practice BUSINESS practical side of teaching what you learn during the and the professors are course and there are very competent; many courses that can be chosen that are very interesting. Apartis student housing foundation: student furnished rooms especially for exchange students. The Website of the accomodation varies university: provides from individual rooms in several announcements shared flats or personal  studios of 20 mq. The https://www3.unifr.ch/ag monthly rent for a room ef/fr/prestations/logeme can vary between CHF nts.html 350 and CHF 500 ACCOMODATION including internet, heating and hot water  https://apartis.swiss/en/

Private student residence: Individual rooms equipped with Private apartments  private or shared search through internet bathrooms as well as a common kitchen Student life in Fribourg tends to be made up The University will absorb predominantly of attending most of your time since it lectures and studying, provides lectures and many however it is possible to groupworks and extra-works attend various (and free) (such as presentations); sport activities provided by the University and get access to the gym for 100 CHF; STUDENT LIFE Additionally, there are a lot Fribourg is a small town of of student organizations Switzerland so don’t imagine (ESN, AIESEC, AGEF- a lively nightlife, however if Association générale des you make good friends you étudiants de l'Université de will enjoy a beer in one of Fribourg) that organise the pubs in the Boulevard the events and trips. Pérolles. • Double Degree program Office (University of Pavia): Mr. Federico Franceschini E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +39-0382-986463 • Double Degree responsible (University of Fribourg): Mr. Alvaro Baragiola CONTACTS E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +41-26-300-8393 • Decanat (SES) E-mail: [email protected] • My email: [email protected] • Useful link: https://www3.unifr.ch/studies/en/mobility/incoming/