University Guide

1 ,17(51$7,21$/678'(176 *8,'(DSSOLFDWLRQ SURFHGXUHV$&$'(0,& <($5 8 QLYHUVLW\RI &DWDQLDI nternational Students 2021-22 University OF CATANIA (UNICT)Established in 1434, theUniversity of Catania is the oldest in Sicily. Plenty of historical universitybuildings are spread out in the old city centre, in stark contrast thoughwith the modern hi-tech campus La Cittadella. UNICT offers an attractiveportfolio of academic titles and is strongly committed to the creation ofmodern laboratories where the ancient Mediterranean culture meets mostof the modern and state-of-the-art technologies for advanced BEFORE Apply for UNICT courses .. Apply for a Bachelor Degree or a single cycle Mas-ter Degree (Medicine, Dentistry, Architecture, Phar-macy, CTF, Law) .. Apply for a Master Degree .. Apply for a Master Degree in English.)))))

2 Apply for a Master Degree in Italian .. Pre-Enrolment procedure .. Pre-Enrolment request for a Bachelor Degree or a sin-gle cycle Master Degree .. Pre-Enrolment request for a Master Degree .. Study visa .. Arriving in Catania .. How to reach Catania .. How to move from the airport .. 92 IN Italian phone number .. Codice fiscale (tax code) .. Permesso di soggiorno (Residence permit) .. Insurance .. Bank Account .. Completion of enrolment .. Housing .. Transportation within the city (Buses and Metro) .. Italian identity card and SPID .. 173 ERSU SCHOLARSHIPS AND What is ERSU .. Register on ERSU portal and apply for ERSU scholarship . Step by step Guide to fill in the request .. Documents needed .. ISEE-parificato (Equalized ISEE).

3 Scholarships assignation criteria .. IBAN code .. Dormitories .. Foresteria service (Guest House) .. Canteens .. Salute Project .. 304 UNIVESITY UNICT online .. Student portal .. Departments and study courses pages .. Student email .. Studium .. Exams .. Additional educational obligations (OFA) .. Microsoft Teams .. Study plan .. Facilities .. Italian language courses .. Library services .. Discount on books .. University sports center (CUS) .. 425 SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE (SSC)456 Living Cost .. Important Links .. Useful and emergency contacts .. 501 Chapter 1 BEFORE Apply for UNICT coursesThese procedures are subject to the current and future emergency provisionsof the Italian Government and the European Union regarding the preventionand containment of the COVID-19 virus consideration of the provisions sent to higher education institutionsby the Minister for Universities and Research and relating to the start ofthe academic year 20201/22, it is noted that in the face of the persistenceof the COVID-19 emergency, the physical mobility of international studentsin Italy can be replaced, if necessary, with distance learning activities.

4 Thisdoes not mean that international students, if they require an entry visa forItaly, should not in any case promptly arrange for a visa application forstudy purposes at the diplomatic-consular Missions of reference for theirrespective places of residence, in order to use this visa as soon as Apply for a Bachelor Degree or a single cycleMaster Degree (Medicine, Dentistry, Architec-ture, Pharmacy, CTF, Law)First of all, be aware that all our Bachelor courses are in Italian and a B2knowledge of the language is required in order to enrol. If you don t have aB2 Certificate of knowledge of the Italian language you will have to pass alanguage test at the beginning of 1. BEFORE ARRIVINGT hese are the steps to follow if you want to enrol at the University ofCatania:1. Check the list of available seats to see whether there are availableplaces in the course you are interested in.

5 The pre-enrolment can becarried out forone courseonly among those indicated. The list isavailable on our website: ;2. If you need a pre-admission letter for the Italian Embassy, fill in ouronline form (at this page you find the link: ) for the evaluation of the application by enter-ing your personal and academic data and upload the required doc-umentation (copy of the passport, High school Diploma translatedin Italian and possibly Statement of comparability or Declaration OfValue and language Certificates).3. Once you have entered your data, uploaded the documents and submitthe online application form for administrative review. You will receivean email informing you of whether or not you can proceed to pre-enrolment through the pre-enrolment request of the eligibility letter is not compulsory to entera Bachelor degree!

6 4. Apply for pre-enrolment through the website, oncethe approval form is received, the University will ask the embassy fora type D visa "Application to Italian Universities".5. Contact the Italian Embassy in the country where the qualificationwas awarded in order to obtain theDichiarazione di valore inlocoof your Secondary School leaving If you prefer you can eventually contact an ENIC/NARIC evaluationcentre in order to obtain aStatement of comparability, this pro-cedure is online and it takes normally 15 days. For Italy, you can doit through the Cimea website: Apply for a Master Degree37. Contact the Foreign Students check the pro-cedure to register for an entry test and if you have to take an Italianlanguage Apply for a Master DegreeMaster degree courses are aimed at providing students with an advancedlevel of education for the exercise of a highly qualified activity in specificareas.

7 Master Degree courses last 2 years, and the degree is awarded tostudents who have earned 120 that want to enrol in a Master degree course must possess asuitable foreign University or post-secondary qualification (Bachelor Degree)and should possess curricular requirements and personal competencies Apply for a Master Degree in EnglishThe University of Catania offers 8 Masters Degree courses taught in En-glish: LM 17 Physics LM 22 Chemical Engineering for Industrial Sustainability LM 25 Automation Engineering and Control of Complex Systems LM 28 Electrical Engineering LM 29 Electronic Engineering LM 33 Mechanical Engineering LM 62 Global Politics and Euromediterranean Relations LM 91 Data Science for ManagementThe call for non-EU students living abroad to enrol in English taughtMasters Degree courses is published each year in February on our website( ):4 Chapter 1.

8 BEFORE ARRIVING1. Follow the instructions set in the call in order to present your admis-sion request and if admitted confirm your You ll receive an admission letter and you ll have to apply for pre-enrolment through the website once you receivedthe approval from the University . Ask the embassy for a type D visa"Application to Italian Universities".3. Contact the Italian Embassy in the country where the qualificationwas awarded in order to obtain theDichiarazione di valore in locoof your Secondary School leaving qualification and of your If you prefer you can eventually contact an ENIC/NARIC evaluationcentre in order to obtain aStatement of comparability, this pro-cedure is online and it takes normally 15 days. For Italy, you can doit through Cimea website: Apply for a Master Degree in ItalianA B2 knowledge of the language is required in order to enrol.

9 If you don thave a B2 Certificate of knowledge of the Italian language you will have topass a language test at the beginning of are the steps to follow if you want to enrol at the University ofCatania:1. Check the list of available seats to see whether there are availableplaces in the course you are interested in. The pre-enrolment canbe carried out for one course only among those indicated. The list isavailable on Fill in our online form (at this page you find the )for the evaluation of the application by entering your personal andacademic data and upload the required documentation (copy of thepassport, Transcript of records, Syllabus and language Pre-Enrolment procedure5are compulsory. Possibly attach also Statement of comparability orDOV).3. Once you have entered your data and uploaded the documents, thenproceed to submit the online application form for administrative andacademic review.

10 You will receive an email (normally within 30 daysand not later than 2 months) informing you of whether or not you canproceed to pre-enrolment at the Apply for pre-enrolment through the website onceyou received the approval from the University . Ask the embassy for atype D visa "Application to Italian Universities".5. Contact the Italian Embassy in the country where the qualificationwas awarded in order to obtain theDichiarazione di valore in locoof your Secondary School leaving qualification and of your If you prefer you can eventually contact an ENIC/NARIC evaluationcentre in order to obtain aStatement of comparability, this pro-cedure is online and it takes normally 15 days. For Italy, you can doit through Cimea website: Contact the Foreign Students check the pro-cedure to register for an entry test and if you have to take an Italianlanguage Pre-Enrolment procedureThe pre-enrolment application for the issue of visas to candidates of studycourses at Italian universities must be submitted using the UNIVERSITALY portal( )by the 30th July of each year.