All incoming students need to know before and whilst studying at the University of Bologna - Campus of Rimini. How to deal with a Learning Agreement, living in Rimini and Transcript of records
As an exchange student, you can choose course units from different Degree Programmes of the Schools. You can also choose course units from 1st cycle (undergraduate) and 2nd cycle (graduate) programmes, but you must carefully assess whether your own general knowledge is suitable for the level of course you wish to attend. In any case you must agree on your choices with your own university, as it will have to recognise the credits you obtain in Bologna.
The Learning Agreement must be approved and signed by your university and the University of Bologna. Once approved by your university, you must send it to the exchange coordinator at the University of Bologna. Your signed Learning Agreement will be given to you on Check-In or, on request, will be sent to your university. If not required before your arrival, you can fill in your Learning Agreement once arrived at the University of Bologna; if you wish to carry out an internship, you shall inform the International Relations Office of your School in advance.
If you are a non-EU citizen and wish to study in Italy for more than 90 days, you will need a Visa to enter Italy. If you stay for less than 90 days, find out from the Embassy (or Consulate) if you require a Visa. You must apply for the Visa from the Italian Embassy in your country of residence, providing the letter of invitation from the University of Bologna. Important: you must apply for a Visa for study purposes.
To receive the letter of invitation your university must send a photocopy of your passport and the estimated dates of arrival and departure to the International relations Office.
You must apply well in advance for the Visa, as the visa issuing procedure can take several months.
Important: when you apply for the Visa, have your medical insurance stamped by the Embassy, otherwise you will not be able to use it to apply for the Residence Permit.
If your exchange lasts for more than 90 days, when you arrive in Italy you must apply for a Residence Permit. This is a compulsory procedure for all non-EU citizens wishing to stay in Italy for more than 90 days.
To find accommodation in Rimini, you may contact the Erasmus Student Network
at: www.esnrimini.it
Join the FACEBOOK GROUP ESN RIMINI: https://www.facebook.com/esnrimini/
or Join the FACEBOOK Public Group: AFFITTI STUDENTI RIMINI
There are no set arrival dates. You must decide when to arrive in Rimini according to the starting date of your courses. The start date of your exchange period corresponds to the date of your Check-In, i.e. when you register your arrival at the International Relations Office in Rimini.
Nearest airports: Bologna, Ancona, but you can easily reach Rimini from Milan or Rome or other minor airports, than take a train.
Train directions: Rimini is located on the train line: Milano-Bologna-Ancona- Bari - Lecce
All you need to know during your Exchange period: Check-in, getting started, exams and internship, changing the study plan.
The Italian National Health Service is called “Servizio Sanitario Nazionale” (SSN), and is divided into local Healthcare Boards (“Aziende Unità Sanitarie Locali - AUSL”). If you are a EU citizen, you must bring your European Health Insurance Card - EHIC in order to have access to medical care. Using your card you can go directly to a General Practitioner (“medico di base” or “medico di famiglia”) choosing one from the list available at http://www.ausl.rn.it/. All the costs will be charged directly to your insurance body. For some specialist services, the payment of a “ticket” is required as a contribution to cover part of the costs.
For dental care, the national health system provides only diagnostic and urgent treatment.
If you are a non-EU citizen you have access to the National Health Service only after paying an annual registration fee of €149.77. The fee covers the calendar year from 1 January to 31 December and cannot be split.
If you have a health insurance purchased in Italy or in your own country and stamped by the Italian Embassy you may go to any General Practitioner.
If you need a specialist treatment, you can choose any doctor, also on the advice of your chosen GP. You must pay for the visits to the GP and any specialists, and then apply to your insurance company for a refund.
As an exchange student, after Check-In, you are insured against accidents that may occur on the university premises or any other place in which studies and research activities authorized by the University are performed.
For more information read about the insurance service of the University of Bologna.
All you need to know About exams
What to do to finish your exchange period at the University of Bologna.
Before leaving you must go to the Exchange Students Desk or to the international Relations Office at your Campus for the Check-Out procedure. You must Check-Out in person. You cannot send a friend to do it for you! You must hand in the original copy of your Record Book, in order for the staff to check that all the exams and internships are recorded in AlmaEsami. If all exams and internships have been recorded correctly, the digital Transcript of Records will be sent immediately to your home university by e-mail. You can also download the Transcript directly from your personal homepage on AlmaRM.
If some exams have not been recorded, this does not mean that you cannot leave. The staff will contact the professors to obtain the records. The Transcript will be sent to your university only after all exams have been recorded. To avoid any delays, check regularly that the exams you have sat have been recorded, on AlmaEsami, and if any are missing contact the professors before leaving.
Important: do not forget to return the books borrowed from the libraries, before checking-out.
When you leave you will also receive the Certificate of Departure that confirms the start and end dates of your exchange period, which you shall give to your university. Important: the departure date on the certificate corresponds to the Check-Out date!
If you need stamps on specific forms from your home university, bring them with you. Find out promptly about any rules that your university or the institute funding your mobility applies to calculate the amount of your scholarship and bear this in mind for the Check-Out date.
With the Check-Out, you will have formally completed your exchange period and may not sit any more exams or participate in other teaching activities.
Important: if you leave without completing the Check-Out procedure, the end date will correspond to the date of the last recording of an exam or internship.
If you did not sit any exams and do not complete the Check-Out procedure, you will not receive the Certificate of Departure.
The Transcript of Records is issued at the end of your exchange period both in Italian and in English. It contains your personal data, your arrival and departure dates, the list of exams and internships you have done, with the date of the exam, the credits (CFU and ECTS) and the grades obtained. The grades are expressed in the Italian scale out of thirty and are converted into the ECTS scale. The Transcript also explains the Italian grading system and provides the “ECTS grading tables”. These tables allow the universities of the European Higher Education Area, which have adopted the ECTS system, to convert Italian grades into local grades. The ECTS scale and relative tables cannot be used to convert grades for non-European universities which have not adopted the ECTS system. The Transcript of Records is issued in digital format, provided with digital signature and stamp, and, according to Italian law, has the same legal value as the traditional paper transcript.
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