University of Padua
EXCHANGE FACTSHEET
Information for Partners and Incoming Students
non-Erasmus Bilateral Agreements/Ulisse
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General Information
Nomination and Application
Accommodation and Canteens
Academic life
Pre-departure
Student support services
Contacts

www.unipd.it

1 General information

Institutional details
Full name:Website:Università degli Studi di Padova
www.unipd.it

International Relations Division
Projects & Mobility Office
Mobility Unit
Mailing Address:
MoU/Bilateral agreements:

Lungargine del Piovego, 1 - 35131
Padova, Italia
Silvia Di Palma
international.partnerships@unipd.it

Incoming students:

Elisa Zambon
mobility.in@unipd.it

Useful websites
Bilateral Agreements - Incoming students
Course Catalogue
Key Academic Dates
Starter kit: Welcome Days, Services and Healthcare
International mobility for students with disabilities
Social networks
https://it-it.facebook.com/universitapadova/
https://it-it.facebook.com/universitypadova/
https://www.instagram.com/unipd
https://twitter.com/UniPadova

2 Nomination and Application
Nominations:
Official nominations are to be sent by Home Universities through our online form
available on Mobility Online. The Partner Institutions receive the username andpassword via email in order to access the form and submit the Nomination of theiroutgoing students.
Nomination deadlines:
Autumn/Winter Terms and Full Year – from 15th March to 30th April
Spring Terms – from 1st September to 15th October

Applications:Application instructions will be automatically e-mailed to all nominated students.
The online application for Exchange students is made of 3 STEPS which must be completed bythe following deadlines.
Application deadlines:
Autumn/Winter Terms and Full Year
15th May: step 1 and 2 (Registration and Application form on Uniweb)
15th June : step 3 (completion of personal details in Mobility Online and LA upload)
Spring Terms
31st October: step 1 and 2 (Registration and Application form on Uniweb)
30th November: step 3 (to fill in personal details in Mobility Online and LA upload)
Further info: https://www.unipd.it/en/before-your-arrival-bilateral-agreements
Please note that Unipd does not accept free-mover students.
Language requirements

B1 English level, for students
attending courses in English
A2 Italian level, for students
attending courses in ItalianDocuments accepted: official language
certificates, attendance certificates ofintensive courses, certificates issued by
University officers/professors attestinglanguage proficiency level, transcript ofrecords including language exams
results.

Required documentsPassport
Learning Agreement
Transcript of records
European Health Insurance Card or private
insurance valid abroad*
Languagecertificate (optional at this stage)** for these 2 documents only, submission by:
15th September(Autumn/Winter terms and full year)
15th February (Spring terms)

3 Accommodation and Canteens
Due to the limited number of places available in the students' halls of residence, only nonEuropean students who need a study visa to enter and stay in Italy can apply for accommodationin the first round. These students will be invited by email to fill in an Accommodation form, inorder to request a place. The rooms will be assigned based on the chronological order of therequests. We cannot guarantee that all non-European students will be assigned a room. Should
any rooms be available for a second round of applications for accommodation, also students
holding a European citizenship will be allowed to fill out the accommodation form.

Accommodation form for Unipd halls of residence:

Deadlines:
students will be personally invited by email to fill out theAccommodation form around May/June and October/November.
Price range: € 245 - € 420 per month
Booking fee: € 350 to be paid in advance
Housing contracts duration
The accommodation offers sent by SASSA Service will report standard dates of start/end, whichcorrespond to the duration of the semesters. Students can always ask for customised start/end
dates if their stay differs considerably from the standard dates. Students may have to arrange analternative accommodation if they arrive earlier than their place is available.
Further information regarding on-campus accommodation in Unipd is available at:
Accommodation | Università di Padova (unipd.it)

Private housing
As an alternative to on-campus accommodation, students can search for privaterooms/apartments on HousingAnywhere, an international housing platform through which they
can book a room/apartment offered by verified private landlords and by outgoing students.
To receive a Unipd VIP profile and priority access to the listings:
https://www.unipd.it/housinganywhere-pd-en

Canteens
There are 4 University canteens all around the city and 1 canteen in Agripolis Campus.
Price Range for exchange students: € 4,60 - € 5,70 per meal
The canteen service is provided by ESU – Regional Agency for the Right toStudy:
https://www.esu.pd.it/en/our-main-activities/food-services-canteens4 Academic life
Academic calendar
The organisation of the academic activities in trimesters or semesters depends on the degree
course, not on the choice of students. The term system on which the course unit is based isdisplayed in the Course Catalogue.
SepOctNov

DecJanFebMar

AprMayJunJulAug

Welcome Days - Autumn term
Biannual Italian language courseFirst semester classes
First semester exams
First trimester classes
First trimester exams
Second trimester classes
Second trimester exams
Welcome Days - Spring term
Biannual Italian language course
Second semester classes
Second semester exams
Third trimester classes
Third trimester exams

Semester System
Trimester System
First (winter) Semester*Classes, 23rd September 2024 – 18th January 2025
Exams, 20th January – 22nd February 2025
Second (spring) semester
Classes, 24th February – 14th June 2025
Exams, 16th June – 19th July 2025
*Exceptions: in the 1st semester the Master’s degree inForest Science starts on 23/09/24; most classes start on
the 30th September. In the 2nd semester the Bachelor’s
degrees in Dietetics and Nursing may start on 03/02/25.
Please check the timetable for each course unit.

First (fall) Trimester
Classes, 30th September – 30th November 2024
Exams, 2nd December – 21st December 2024
Second (winter) Trimester
Classes, 6th January – 15th March 2025
Exams, 17th March – 2nd April 2025
Third (spring) Trimester
Classes, 9th April – 14th June 2025
Exams, 16th June – 19th July 2025

Recommended arrival dates and ORIENTATION
Orientation activities usually take place before classes begin or during the first week of classes
Further information: http://www.unipd.it/en/welcome-days(The programme will be updated a couple of months before the start of the classes)

Courses available to exchange students
Course catalogue
English version: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/
Italian version: http://didattica.unipd.it/
In the Course Catalogue the Educational offer isdivided per School. The language of the course isindicated in every course page.
Students can easily identify the course units they
are allowed to attend, with the label “The course
unit can be attended by Erasmus+ and otherexchange students”.
Exchange students should carefully read the Guide“How to choose courses at Unipd” (available here,Step 3) which contains instructions on how tobrowse the Course Catalogue, how to fill out theLearning Agreement and on the restrictions oncourse units for exchange students.
The start and end dates mentioned in the course
catalogue are the general term dates. You can checkthe real start date of your classes on the timetableportal (fully updated a few weeks before the startof the courses).

Language of instruction
The main language of instruction at Unipd is Italian,
but we offer a large number of complete degree
courses and course units held in English. Make sure
to check in our Course Catalogue the teaching
language for each course unit.

Credit and grading
Unipd uses the ECTS credit transfer system.
The grades for each exam successfully passed canrange from 18 to 30. In case of exceptional
performance, the grade is 30 cum laude. In somecourses, the grade can be expressed instead as“fail”, “sufficient”, “satisfactory”, “good”, “verygood” or “excellent”.
For other courses and activities, such as the ItalianLanguage Laboratory for exchange students (3ECTS), the positive assessment is not expressed interms of a grade but simply as “Pass”.

Standard course load
20-30 ECTS per semester is theaverage/suggested amount for exchange
students (not mandatory for Unipd!).
30 ECTS is the standard full-time semester
load for degree seeking students.
1 ECTS credit equals 25 hours of study,
including contact hours and self-study.

Course registration
Students do not need to enroll formally incourse units.
Two online platforms are used for course andexam registration:- “Uniweb” student portal: students must
fill out a study plan here, which will allow
them to sign up for exams at the end of theclasses.
- “Moodle” teaching platforms: due to theonline teaching, it is required to register ineach course unit before classes start.

Examinations
Each exam session usually offers 2 exam dates
for each course. It is possible to sit an exam
on the first date and then re-sit it on thesecond date in case of failure (unless formallyprohibited by the responsible Professor).

Transcript issuance
Unipd will send the Final Transcript of Records(list of all the passed study activities and of
their respective grades) directly to an email
address of the student’s Home University.
Students will have to request the ToR online
only after all the exams are registered in theonline “booklet” in the Uniweb student portal.
Failed exams are not registered in the online
booklet; therefore, they will not be reportedin the ToR.

5 Pre-departure
Websitehttps://www.unipd.it/en/before-your-arrival-bilateral-agreements
MarAprMayJunJulAug

SepOctNovDecJanFeb

Nomination by the Home uni.
Application form
Accommodation form
Book WD restricted events
Orientation/Welcome Days
ArrivalVisa and residence permit
Non-EU students residing in non-EU countries
must apply for a visa before arriving in Italy.
Please refer to:
Before your arrival – Visa for non-EU students
http://vistoperitalia.esteri.it/home/en

Health Insurance
Health insurances/cards for non-EU students
must be valid for the whole duration of the stay.
For private insurance, the insurance company
must guarantee a medical coverage of at least
Euro 30.000 and coverage of emergency medical
evacuation and repatriation of remains. It mustalso have an agency or an emergency contact
based in Italy.

Italian language course
The University Language Centre (CLA)
offers a 3 ECTS free course to all exchange
students during the mobility period:
https://cla.unipd.it/en/languagecourses/italian-courses-mobility-students/
Bilateral Agreement students can attend
the Biannual Italian language course duringthe semester.
Only the first course attended will be freeof charge.

The detailed minimum requirements must be
checked with the Italian embassy of reference,since they may vary depending on the embassy.

Important!
- The Italian language course final test does
not award any final grade, only “Pass”- Language requirements for Unipd cannot
be fulfilled by attending this course

Cost of living

Other online activities

Average living costs: € 800-€ 900/month(including grocery shopping + accommodation
and bills + personal extras)
 Accommodation in a dorm: € 245 - € 420/month Private accommodation: €300- €500/month Canteen: € 4,60 - € 5,70/meal Grocery shopping: around € 70/week Residence permit: around € 100/one time
Find out more here!

Students will be informed by email of any
other online opportunities they can takepart in before their arrival in Padua.

6 Student support services
STARTER KIT:
Welcome days, Services and Healthcare
https://www.unipd.it/en/incoming-studentsstarter-kit

SAOS
Welcome Service for Foreign Guests
This desk of the International Relations Divisionassists extra-EU students on immigrationrelated procedures upon their arrival.

SASSAThe SASSA Service desk from ESU (RegionalAgency for the Right to Study) manages theaccommodation in the student residence halls
and the canteens.

Buddy ServiceAll students will be assigned a tutor “Buddy”
student before their arrival in Padua.
The Buddy (i.e. a senior University student) will
welcome and support exchange students
during their stay.
Buddies will contact students using their
institutional email account @studenti.unipd.it afew weeks before the start of the semester
activities.

Students with disabilities
or learning difficulties
The Student Services Office organises specificinitiatives for students with disabilities whowish to participate in an exchange programme.
Students with disabilities or learning difficulties
and vulnerable students can arrange forfavourable conditions during their stay in Padua
by informing the Student Services Office of
their condition before they arrive.
https://www.unipd.it/en/inclusioninternational-mobility

Psychological and Psychiatric assistance
The Psychological Assistance Service and thePsychiatric Consultancy Service are a point ofreference for any students who encounter
psychological difficulties during their studies,personal problems or unease (anxiety,relationship problems, and academic
performance).
Both services are completely free of charge forall students of the University of Padua.
Healthcare and Primary Services | Università diPadova (unipd.it)

University Language Centre (CLA)
CLA - Italian language course for Incoming
Students
http://cla.unipd.it/en/

University Sport Centre (CUS)Sport (athletics, rugby, volleyball, basketball,boat races…) both at competitive and amateurlevels; two sport facilities in Padua.
Home | CUS Padova

ESN - ERASMUS STUDENT NETWORKThe association of volunteer students who
support exchange students during theirinternational mobility in Padua.
ESN assists exchange students by answering
their questions and helping them in dealing
with any kind of issue they might have.
ESN also organises activities, trips and parties
to promote Italian culture with the aim tocreate a positive environment whereeverybody can feel at ease and make newfriends.
ESN Padova - Erasmus Student Network

7 Contacts
Mobility Unit - Central Desk
Elisa Zambon
mobility.in@unipd.it
Students and Partner Universities can contact the central desk about:-Nomination/Application procedure
Accommodation
Visa/Residence permit process
Learning Agreement Before the Mobility
Orientation/Welcome Days
Buddy Service
Arrival/Departure certificate
Final Transcript of Records

Mobility Unit desks at the School/Department
Students and Partner Universities can contact the Mobility desks at the School/Department about:- Learning Agreement During the Mobility- Information about courses and exams- Information about the School/Department services (Libraries, tutors, study rooms, etc.)
Agricultural Sciences andVeterinary Medicine
Economics and Management
Engineering
Human and Social Sciences andCultural Heritage
Law
Medicine and PharmacyPsychology
Political SciencesSciences

Susanne Kloehn
erasmus.agripolis@unipd.it
Anna Gottardo
erasmus.economia@unipd.it
Federica Bisonerasmus.ingegneria@unipd.it
Tania Van Luyten
erasmus.scienzeumane@unipd.it
Le Mi Hoa
erasmus.giurisprudenza@unipd.it
Sofia Levorato
international.medicinachirurgia@unipd.it
Sara Pellegrini
erasmus.psicologia@unipd.it
Anna Abou Merhi
erasmus.spgi@unipd.it
Alessandra Miolaerasmus.scienze@unipd.it+39 049 827 2538
Website+39049827 1290/1232
Website+39 049 827 7725
+39 049 827 9754
Website+39 049 827 5049
Website+39 049 821 7834
Website+39 049 827 6163
Website+39 049 827 4085
Website+39 049 827 7578

For detailed info:
Desks and contacts | Università di Padova (unipd.it)

www.unipd.it