2018/2019 Guide for Bachelor's and Master's Students
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Università della Svizzera italiana Guide for Bachelor’s Eng and Master’s students 2018/2019 Index Introduction The Faculties 2 Psychological Counselling Service 18 Bachelor programmes 2 Sosta Project 18 Master programmes 3 Sport 18 USI in numbers 4 Start-Up 19 Contacts 4 Student Card 19 Study Areas 20 Studying Grants for Bachelor and Master programmes 5 at USI Academic Calendar 8 International Visa 26 Registration 8 Students Residence permit 26 Fees 9 Residents’ Registration Office 28 Certificates 9 Health Insurance 29 Third-Party Liability Insurance (RC) 29 Living Accessibility to the Campuses 11 on the USI Alumni 11 Free time Usefull Information 30 campus ATM 12 and life outside Usefull Links 32 Career 12 of the campus Copy Center 12 Equal opportunities service 13 Where Arrival in Switzerland/Ticino 33 Food 13 we are Maps of Public Transportation 34 Housing 13 Campuses Maps 36 International relations and study abroad 14 Internet Connection/Wifi 14 Glossary 38 IT Helpdesk 15 Languages Courses 15 Contacts 44 Laboratory for Models 15 Leave of absence 15 Libraries 16 Lost & Found 16 Monthly Budget 16 Parking 17 Photography Laboratory 17 Printing 17 2 Introduction Master 3 programmes Campus Lugano Lingua, letteratura 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mlci e civiltà italiana* Philosophy 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/map Finance 90 ECTS, 3 sem. www.usi.ch/mfin Financial 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mfc Communication International Tourism 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mt Economia 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mepin e Politiche Jointly offered with Internazionali*/** the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan) Economic Policy 90 ECTS, 3 sem. www.usi.ch/mep The Faculties Public Management 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/pmp and Policy*** Campus Lugano Università della Faculty of Economics Svizzera italiana Office 233, Main Building Management 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mmg Via Buffi 13 [email protected] Marketing and 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mktg 6900 Lugano Faculty of Communication Sciences Transformative Switzerland Office 235, Main Building Economy [email protected] Corporate 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mcc Faculty of Informatics Communication Office 120, Informatics Building Digital Fashion 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mdfc [email protected] Communication** Jointly offered with Faculty of Biomedical Sciences the Université Paris 1 Office 406, Main Building Panthéen-Sorbonne [email protected] Communication, 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mcmh Campus Mendrisio Villa Argentina Academy of Architecture Management and Largo Bernasconi 2 [email protected] Health 6850 Mendrisio Cognitive Psychology 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mphc Switzerland in Health Jointly offered with Communication** the Università Vita Salute San Raffaele Bachelor di Milano programmes Media Management 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mmm Informatics 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/msi Campus Lugano Economics 180 ECTS, 6 sem. www.usi.ch/en/beco Artificial Intelligence 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mai Communication 180 ECTS, 6 sem. www.usi.ch/en/bcom Sciences Software and Data 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/msde Engineering Lingua, letteratura 180 ECTS, 6 sem. www.usi.ch/bllci e civiltà italiana (only in Italian) Management 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mmi and Informatics Informatics* 180 ECTS, 6 sem. www.usi.ch/en/binf Financial Technology 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mft Medicine** 180 ECTS, 6 sem. www.usi.ch/en/bmed and Computing Campus Mendrisio Architecture 180 ECTS, 6 sem. www.usi.ch/en/barc Computational 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/mcs + 2 sem. of practice Science Campus Mendrisio Architecture* 120 ECTS, 4 sem. www.usi.ch/marc * Teaching language: English. ** Students are matriculated at USI but attend classes at University of Basel. Teaching language: German. All other Bachelor programmes are held in Italian. * Teaching language: Italian. All other Master programmes are held in English. ** One (or more) semester is offered by the partner university. *** Teaching languages: Italian and English. 4 5 USI 3 Campuses (Lugano, Mendrisio, Bellinzona) Studying at USI in numbers 5 Faculties 21 Institutes and labs 6 Bachelors 22 Masters 8 Doctoral programmes 9 Executive Masters 107 Countries represented 1/9 Teacher/student ratio 100 Partner universities 128 Annual research grants Grants for Bachelor and Master Programmes Contacts USI Università della Svizzera italiana Study Advisory Service Bursaries The Department of Education, Culture and Sport (Dipartimento Office 303 granted by the dell’Educazione, della cultura e dello sport - DECS) of the Canton Via Buffi 13 Canton Ticino of Ticino provides financial support to students who meet its 6900 Lugano residency requirements. The information brochure and the applica- Svizzera tion forms can be downloaded from the web page: tel + 41 58 666 4795 fax + 41 58 666 4759 www4.ti.ch/decs/sa/uast/sportello/formulari-e-opuscoli [email protected] www.usi.ch For further details, please contact the “Ufficio degli aiuti allo studio”: USI Università della Svizzera italiana www4.ti.ch/decs/sa/uast/ufficio Academy of Architecture Villa Argentina Largo Bernasconi 2 Bursaries Swiss students residing in other cantons can apply for educational 6850 Mendrisio granted by other funding from the competent cantonal office, which can be found Svizzera Swiss cantons through the following web site: tel + 41 58 666 5000 fax + 41 58 666 5868 http://borsedistudio.educa.ch/it [email protected] www.arc.usi.ch Bursaries 20 one-off scholarships of CHF 4’000 each to first-year Bachelor granted by students who obtained their high-school degree and who at the private moment of graduation had legal residence in the German- or foundations French-speaking cantons of Switzerland; 5 three-year scholarships for students admitted to the first year of the Bachelor in Economics; 5 three-year scholarships for students admitted to the first year of the Bachelor in Communication Sciences; 15 annual scholarships (5 for each of the 3 years of study) to students enrolled in the Bachelor in Italian language, literature and culture; 6 60 one-off scholarships of CHF 4’000 each to the students Reginaldus The Reginaldus Foundation awards several scholarships to Swiss 7 admitted to the first year of a USI Master programme; Foundation and foreign students of the Lugano university campus, who have 10 two-year scholarships for students admitted to the first year of excellent academic performance and who intend to stay at the one of the Masters offered by the Faculty of Informatics; Aristotle College. 5 two-year scholarships for students admitted to the first year of For further information, please contact: [email protected]. the Master in Italian language, literature and culture; 5 one-off scholarships of CHF 4’000 each to the best sec- www.aristotlecollege.ch ond-year student of each Master’s programme at USI. The regulations and application forms are available at: Zonta Club The Zonta Club Lugano Foundation awards several scholarships to Lugano Swiss students or foreign students living in Ticino with a C residence www.usi.ch/en/bachelor-tasse-e-borse-di-studio Foundation permit who are attending a Bachelor’s or a Master’s Degree Programme: Equal The Equal Opportunities Service of USI offers (through open http://lugano.zonta.ch/fondazione Opportunities competition) one scholarship worth CHF 4’000 for a female Service student admitted to the first year of the Bachelor in Informatics: IBSA For the IBSA Foundation for scientific research, the frontiers of www.usi.ch/en/binf-tasse-e-borse-di-studio Foundation science are broad and faith in the future stems from building solid for scientific foundations that are based on education and scientific discovery. research The Foundation (www.ibsafoundation.org) offers every year Private For scholarships granted by private foundations to students scholarships to Bachelor students in medicine studying at USI foundations enrolled in the Academy of Architecture, please refer to: partner universities (University of Basel, ETH Zurich, University of for the Academy Zurich). of Architecture www.arc.usi.ch/en/academy/borse-di-studio For information on other private foundations present in Ticino, please refer to: Leonardo Swiss and foreign students enrolled at USI can apply for a scholar- Foundation ship granted by the Leonardo Foundation. The application form can www4.ti.ch/decs/sa/uast/cosa-facciamo/fondazioni-private be downloaded from the web page Further information: www4.ti.ch/decs/sa/uast/cosa-facciamo/fondazioni-private Faculties of Economics, Communication Sciences, Informatics and Biomedical Sciences: [email protected] Fondazione The SODESKA Foundation offers 5 scholarships worth CHF 4’000 Academy of Architecture: SODESKA each to Swiss students to support them during their studies at USI: [email protected] www.usi.ch/en/bachelor-tasse-e-borse-di-studio Other specifics grants are available. For further information, please refer to each study programme’s website. 8 Academic Fees Tuition fees amount to CHF 4,000 per semester. 9 Fall 17.09.2018 Courses start Calendar Semester 2018 21.12.2018 Courses end Applicants whose official residence was in Switzerland (includ- 2018-2019 ing Liechtenstein and Campione d’Italia, under certain conditions) Spring 18.02.2019 Courses start at the time of the final high school exam (Maturità) pay a reduced * Campus Lugano Semester 2019 19-26.04.2019 Easter break semester fee of CHF 2,000. ** Campus Mendrisio 31.05.2019 Courses end Exams 07.01-03.02.2019 Winter session Tuition fees are payable at the beginning of each term, by the Sessions 03.06-06.07.2019 Summer session deadline indicated on the invoice; fee payment is an essential 26.08-13.09.2019 Fall session (retake) condition for matriculating or renewing one’s enrolment.