1 www.unipv.eu Dear Student, Welcome to the University of Pavia! We are glad you have chosen to study with us and we hope this handbook will help you learn more about life at our campus. Please read it carefully before you ar- rive and keep it ready at hand for future reference during your stay. Our aim is to provide you with practical information about life as a new interna- tional/exchange student and as a new member of Pavia’s academic commu- nity. Please note this booklet is for infor- mation purposes only. We make ev- ery effort to ensure that it is accurate at press time. However, the university shall not be responsible for any errors or omissions. 2 3 International Students Handbook www.unipv.eu URBAN BUS Pavia local bus company is called How to reach Pavia Autoguidovie. You can buy tickets on and move around the city board, at news stand or directly on the app “Autoguidovie”. The app is free and available in several languages. On the app Pavia is located 30 km south of Milan, ORIO AL SERIO AIRPORT (BGY) you can plan your journey and check the to which is connected by trains every Several buses connect this airport to Milan bus schedule for each bus stop. UNIPV 20 minutes. The University has two central railway station (around 5 €). From and Autoguidovie offer all students a main campuses: Humanities and Social Milan Central railway station it is then bus pass for the whole academic year at sciences in the city center, the scientific possible to take a train to Pavia (4 €). roughly 15 €. campus in the western part of Pavia, near the main hospital. BY TRAIN Learn more: pavia.autoguidovie.it/it/uni- Most European cities are connected to pass BY PLANE Milan’s central railway station by direct Students can fly to one of Milan’s three trains. From Milan railway station to Pavia CAR AND BIKE SHARING airports: Linate (50 km from Pavia), Mal- there are regional trains (4 €) and intercity Users can borrow one of the 6 environ- pensa (90 km from Pavia), or Orio al Serio trains (9 €). Other Milan railway stations, mental-friendly cars to move freely in the (70 km from Pavia). such as Milan Rogoredo, Milan Bovisa, Mi- city centre (even in the restricted areas), lan Porta Garibaldi are connected to Pavia park for free all over the city and also use LINATE AIRPORT (LIN) through regional trains, as well. the bus lanes. Regular bus services connect Linate to downtown Milan (Line 73 - 1,50 €) and to BY BUS Learn more: www.e-vai.com Milan central railway station (5 €). From Many European cities are connected to Milan central railway station it is possible Milan Famagosta by bus. From Milan “Pavia in Bici” is the bike sharing service to take a train to Pavia (4 €). Famagosta you can then take an Autogui- provided by the City of Pavia. It is possible A bus service connects directly Linate to dovie bus to Pavia every 30 minutes. to borrow a bike in one of the different bike Pavia (15 €) five times a day. From Pavia Bus station in viale Trieste it is parks at a price of €20 per year. possible to take a bus connecting Pavia to Learn more: almost any part of Italy. Learn more: www.comune.pv.it/site/ www.trenitalia.com/en.html home/articolo12361.html www.autoservizibotti.com/i-nostri-servizi Learn more: www.flixbus.it MALPENSA AIRPORT (MXP) Several buses connect this airport to Milan Central railway station (around 10 €). From Milan Central railway station it is possible to take a train to Pavia (4 €). Another option is to take the Malpensa express train directly from the airport to Milan Bovisa railway station (14 €) and then take a train to Pavia (4 €). Learn more: www.malpensaexpress.it/en 4 5 International Students Handbook www.unipv.eu Visa and Permit of Stay always be checked on the website of Portale Immigrazione (use the username and password that can be found on post office receipt). BEFORE ARRIVAL Contacts: EU citizens do not need a VISA to enter Police Station - Questura di Pavia Please check: Italy. Via Rismondo 68 www.portaleimmigrazione.it/ELI2Immi- NON-EU citizens residing abroad need to Office Hours: grazioneWEB/Pagine/StartPage.aspx do a pre-enrolment via Italian Consulate Tuesdays 9:00 - 12:00 and start the visa procedures; official -ad Thursdays 10:00 - 12:00 Remember to carry with you a photocopy mission at the University of Pavia will be of your postal receipt of your permit of possible only after the pre-enrolment. Make sure you hand in the following stay application - this receipt has the va- Get in contact with the Italian authority in documents: lue of a permit of stay until the document your country. • Photocopy of all the pages of your pas- is ready. sport (including blank pages); Learn more about VISA application: • Photocopy of an insurance policy (public Contacts: vistoperitalia.esteri.it/home/en or private); Post Office • Proof of enrolment at the University of Piazza della Posta, 1 - 27100 Pavia and about pre enrollment procedure: Pavia - this document must be requested www.studiare-in-italia.it/studentistranie- and issued by the students administrative The TAX CODE ri/# office; The Tax Code (Codice Fiscale) is a perso- • Proof of accomodation: photocopy of nal document used for the identification If you want to enrol in a degree program your house lease or, if guest in one of the of citizens in their relations with the public at the University of Pavia and you have colleges, a letter signed by the rector or institutions. The code lists 16 alphanume- obtained your diploma outside of Italy, the bursar of the college; rical digits (representing name, surname, you should provide a declaration of its • Proof of economic support: photocopy gender, date and place of birth). It is also value (Dichiarazione di Valore in Loco), of scholarship or bank account details or essential to open a bank account, to issued by the Italian authorities (usually front and back of your credit card; sign a rental agreement, to buy an Italian Italian Embassy or Consulate) in the coun- • A 16 € revenue stamp (“marca da bollo”). SIM card. In order to get a fiscal code, try where the qualification was awarded. applicants need to go to the local office of Please note that the mentioned document After the KIT has been filled in, you should the Agenzia delle Entrate (Tax Office), with should state that the student has com- take it to the post office in order to send it Passport and a photocopy of the pages pleted at least 12 years of pre-university to the immigration authorities. Postal and with the personal information and study education. shipping fees will cost about 140 €. visa. The office will give you a form which You will receive a text with your appoint- has to be filled and handed back to them. ONCE IN PAVIA ment at the immigration office at the Non-EU citizens: request your Permit of Questura of Pavia in order to take your fin- Contacts: Stay within eight days from your arrival gerprints. When going to the appointment, Agenzia delle Entrate in Italy by filling in the KIT for the permit do not forget to bring 4 passport photos Corso Mazzini, 18 of stay at the International Students Help and your passport. +39 0382 375711 - www.agenziaentrate.it Desk located at the Police Station. The status of your permit of stay can Mon to Fri 8:30 - 12:30 Tue and Thu 14:00 - 16:00 6 7 International Students Handbook www.unipv.eu Health care & Safety International students at the University of hospital: make sure to check all the con- Pavia are strongly recommended to get tract conditions if you choose this option. a health insurance covering the length of their studies. Contacts: Moreover, in order to apply to a permit to ATS Pavia stay, students coming from non-EU coun- Viale Indipendenza 3 tries must have a Health Insurance for the Mon to Fri 8:30 - 12:00 entire duration of their stay in Italy. GETTING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? & SERVICES 1. Use your European Health Card (option If you find yourself in any kind of medical only for students from EU countries, Ice- emergency call 118 (toll free). land, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzer- You can also go to the emergency room land), which gives access to immediate directly. It is open 24/7. Take with you necessary care under the same condi- your personal documents and proof of tions as nationals of that country. your health insurance (i.e. European Heal- th Card or proof of payment if you applied Learn more: ec.europa.eu/social/main. for a private insurance). jsp?catId=559#navItem-1 Contacts: 2. Register with the Italian NHS, get a Emergency Room Pavia - Pronto Soccorso “Tessera Sanitaria” and rely on Public Str. Privata Campeggi, 27100 Pavia PV Healthcare as if you were an Italian. It co- sts around 150€ and it will be valid from SAFETY January to December of the same year. Pavia provides a safe environment to its Italian public health care will give you ac- population but in case you feel unsafe for cess to a general practitioner and reduced any reason here some useful numbers, prices for medicine and/or treatments. just dial: 112: Single emergency number for all Learn more at the ATS offices in Pavia EU member states, a reply service in a and on: www.ats-pavia.it/sito.nsf/News.