s To facilitate your first steps in our university, the URV International Center has prepared this brochure, which describes step by step in simple words the process that every incoming student must go through. Among other things, it gives you information about the academic calendar, university life, accommodation and other things. We hope that the information contained in this guide will help every foreign student to become a student of Universitat Rovira i Virgili. 6 8 12 14 14 12 8 6 Welcome TableContents of General information About the Universitat Rovira i Virgili Faculties and Schools Before you come... 29 30 31 33 34 35 36 37 38 37 36 34 35 31 33 30 Application procedure Accommodation Academic coordinators Language courses for exchange students Visa Health insurance Programme Mentor Cost of living 43 How to get to Tarragona ... 46 Once you arrive ... 47 47 Tell the I. Center your arrival date 50 The Universitat Rovira i Virgili offers ... 51 58 62 62 58 51 ... something for the mind ... somethng fo the body ... something for fun Welcome "On behalf of the Rovira i Virgili University (URV), we are glad that you are interested in studying at our university, a modern mediterranean university that is at the service of the dynamic southern regions of Catalonia. Many years of experience with international cooperation have led us to think about the Lifelong Learning Programme not only in relation to education. We realize that study abroad provides above all academic knowledge, but we are also conscious that real life experiences can be an incentive to study in a foreign country. At the URV we firmly believe in the harmonious development of society by generating knowledge and training professionals and citizens who defend the values of humanism, public-spiritedness and respect for the environment. We are also highly committed to the process of convergence towards the European Areas of Higher Education and Research, and thus we are glad you have chosen the URV for your mobility experience. For all these reasons, I hope you enjoy your time at the URV and that we will become good travelling companions." Josep Anton Ferré Vidal Rector of the University 6 General information Name of the host institution: Universitat Rovira i Virgili Institutional Erasmus code: E TARRAGO01 Website: www.urv.cat Unit responsible for exchange programmes: International Center 8 Postal address: Universitat Rovira i Virgili International Center Av. Països Catalans, 17-19 43007 Tarragona Spain Phone/Fax: 0034 / 977 55 81 29 0034 / 977 20 18 64 Contact e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Website for exchange students: www.urv.cat/international 9 Application deadlines: 1st semester/full academic course: 15th June 2017 2nd semester: 15th November 2017 Academic calendar: 1st semester (Winter Semester) 6th September 2017 - 4th February 2018 (exams between January and February) 2nd semester (Spring Semester) 5th February 2018 - 2nd June 2018 (exams during May, resit exams 1st and 22nd June) Holidays: Christmas: 23rd December 2017 - 7th January 2018 Easter: 26th March - 02nd April 2018 10 About the Universitat Rovira i Virgili The URV was created in 1991 by the Parliament of Catalonia from the already existing university faculties and schools. In this way the Tarragona University of the 16th century was restored. From the very first day its aim has been very clear: to place knowledge at the service of society so as to contribute to the social and economic development of its environment, which has gradually transformed over time. Social and cultural changes have opened the doors to a new framework in which our students and future workers are obliged to interact in Europe. At the URV we train professionals under the precepts of European harmonization, a key factor for opening the doors to a world of work without frontiers. And we do so by providing programmes of study in a wide variety of knowledge areas for over 12.000 students. The data show that the URV is not only one of the leading universities in Catalonia but also one of the leading universities in the European area for the quality of its teaching, its commitment to continuous training and the excellence of its research, development and innovation. 12 The URV has 12 centres of its own and two associates which between them teach about 50 first- and second-cycle. They also offer postgraduate diplomas, doctorates and masters’ degrees. All this is made possible by the work done by the technical and university faculties and schools. They organise the courses and academic, administrative and management processes which ensure that our students receive top- quality training. Mention should also be made of the more than 20 departments who design the various courses and are responsible for organising the activities of the teaching and research community. Another field which is of fundamental importance at our university is research. To achieve a high level of quality in this area, the URV supports research institutes and innovation centres, which, like hospitals, are of key importance for technology transfer. 13 Faculties and Schools Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology. Tarragona Postal address: Carretera de Valls s/n Campus Sescelades 43007 Tarragona Spain Phone: 0034 / 977 55 80 98 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.fcep.urv.cat 14 Faculty of Arts. Tarragona Postal address: Avinguda Catalunya, 35 Campus Catalunya 43002 Tarragona Spain Phone: 0034 / 977 55 83 82 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.urv.cat/centres/lletres 15 Faculty of Chemistry. Tarragona Postal address: C/ Marcel∙lí Domingo s/n Campus Sescelades 43007 Tarragona Spain Phone: 0034 / 977 55 95 16 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.quimica.urv.cat 16 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Reus Postal address: C/ de Sant Llorenç, 21 43201 Reus Spain Phone: 0034 / 977 75 93 05 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.fmcs.urv.net/mic 17 Faculty of Legal Sciences. Tarragona Postal address: Avinguda Catalunya, 35 Campus Catalunya 43002 Tarragona Spain Phone: 0034 / 977 55 83 00 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.fcj.urv.cat 18 Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences. Reus Postal address: Avinguda de la Universitat, 1 Campus Bellissens 43204 Reus Spain Phone: 0034 / 977 75 98 01 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.dge.urv.es 19 Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences. Tortosa Postal address: Camí de Betània, 5 Campus Terres de l'Ebre 43500 Tortosa Spain Phone: 0034 / 977 44 11 44 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.fcee.urv.cat 20 Faculty of Oenology. Tarragona Postal address: C/ Marcel∙lí Domingo s/n Campus Sescelades 43007 Tarragona Spain Phone: 0034 / 977 55 86 00 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.fe.urv.cat 21 Technical School of Engineering. Tarragona Postal address: Avinguda Països Catalans, 26 Campus Sescelades 43007 Tarragona Spain Phone: 0034 / 977 55 97 00 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.etse.urv.cat 22 Technical School of Chemical Engineering. Tarragona Postal address: Avinguda Països Catalans, 26 Campus Sescelades 43007 Tarragona Spain Phone/Fax: 0034 / 977 55 96 00 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.etseq.urv.cat 23 Higher Technical School of Architecture. Reus Postal address: Avinguda de la Universitat, 1 Campus Bellissens 43204 Reus Spain Phone/Fax: 0034 / 977 75 98 80 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.etsa.urv.cat 24 Nursing Faculty. Tarragona Postal address: Avinguda Catalunya, 35 Campus Catalunya 43002 Tarragona Spain Phone: 0034 / 977 55 83 82 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.eui.urv.cat 25 Nursing Faculty. Tortosa Postal address: C/ de les Esplanetes, 14 Campus Terres de l'Ebre 43500 Tortosa Spain Phone: 0034 / 977 51 91 45 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.eui.urv.cat 26 Nursing Faculty. El Vendrell Postal address: Avinguda Palfuriana, 104 43880 Coma-ruga (El Vendrell) Spain Phone: 0034 / 977 68 49 49 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.eui.urv.cat 27 Faculty of Tourism and Geography. Vila-seca Postal address: C/ Joanot Martorell, 15 43480 Vila-seca Spain Phone: 0034 / 977 93 52 94 Contact e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.euto.urv.cat 28 Application procedure Once your home university officially informs us that you will be an exchange student at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili within a mobility programme, you will receive an e-mail which will explain you all the application procedure, which you will find on our website: http://www.urv.cat/international/movilidad/en_tramites.html The application process is on-line and it is compulsory to upload several personal documents to it to complete the process. Once you complete it, we will send it to your academic coordinator in the URV to get your official admission. Students who are accepted will receive our confirmation of admission by e-mail. If you need to consult our study programmes in order to complete your learning agreement,you should check the list of available subjects for international students, that can be found on our international website: www.urv.cat/international/movilidad/en_coordinadores-movilidad.html 30 Accommodation The URV can help you to find accommodation during your stay. Before you start looking for accommodation we recommend that you make a provisional reservation at a student residence for your first days in Tarragona, Reus, Vila-Seca or Tortosa. You can choose from among the following options in Tarragona: Sant Jordi Hall of Residence Located in Tarragona City centre, next to the Plaça Imperial Tàrraco and just a few minutes from the URV campuses the residence can provide you with double and single rooms.