Politecnico
di Torino
Welcome Orientation meeting
February 16th 2012
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The Italian Higher Education System
University system (after the Reform):
• 3 years BS (laurea 1° livello)
• +2 years MS (laurea magistrale - 2° livello)
• +3 years PhD (dottorato)
Grades
Exams are marked out of thirty and the mark is written in the
special register, in either electronic or paper form. A mark equal
to or above 18/30 is a pass.
In case of maximum marks (30/30) the committee can assign
30/30 with honours (lode).
<18 means that the exam is failed therefore it won’t be included
in the Academic Transcript of Records.
Credits are assigned only if the student passes an exam or other
type of test.
In cases foreseen by course regulations (laboratories,
internships), the assessment may be expressed by a Pass
Certificate (IDONEITA’ or SUP). In this cases, students cannot
obtain a grade in /30.
Politecnico di Torino
SHORT PRESENTATION
The eldest Technical University in Italy,
established in 1859.
A public university devoted to:
University Education
Scientific and
technological research
Administrative Units
Registrar’s Office
(Segreteria Studenti/Cittadella)
Department
of International
Affairs
Stage&Job
Office
(Mobility Unit-Incoming; Foreign
Citizens Services Unit;
International Relations Office;
Mobility Unit-Outgoing etc.)
Staff
Mobility Unit-Incoming
BALLAURI Barbara
(Head)
MASSARO Marco
Foreign Citizens Services
PERLO Patrizia
ANGELI Eva
GALATI Marina
PARISI Emilia
SIRNA Simona
RUBIANO Chiara
MAMMOLITI Imma
DOMPE’ Mauro
General Information/Información General
OPENING TIME:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday from 9:00 to 11:30
HORARIO DE ATENCIÓN:
Lunes, Martes, Jueves y Viernes
desde las 9:00 hasta las 11:30
The public is not admitted on Wednesday
Cerrado atención al público los miércoles
Registration/Registro
ID Card
(issued by the Segreteria Studenti- Cittadella)
Exam reservation
Book loans
Access to libraries and department
and much more…
Carnet de identificación
(emitido por la Segreteria Studenti-Cittadella)
Reservación de exámenes
Préstamo de libros
Acceso a las librerías,
departamentos y mucho más...
Courses
Students will find information, in English
and Italian, about study plans and syllabus
offered by each Faculty at this link:
http://offerta.polito.it/index_en.html
More details about the academic calendar of each
Faculty can be found at these links:
http://didattica.polito.it/guide/archi1/calendario.html
http://didattica.polito.it/guide/archi2/calendario.html
http://didattica.polito.it/guide/ing1/calendario.html
http://didattica.polito.it/guide/ing3/calendario.html
http://didattica.polito.it/guide/ing4/calendario.html
Learning Agreement
Within the deadline of March 16th
all the exchange students
must load online
all courses defined
with the Academic Advisor and,
when the study-plan
period is closed,
must print
the receipt of the
electronic Learning agreement
at the box self-service.
The definitive copy must be signed
by the Academic Advisor
and delivered to the Incoming Unit
within March 23rd.
Learning Agreement
The learning agreement is a binding document and should only
be changed if it suggested by the Academic Advisor, in the
event of timetable clashes or unexpected course
cancellations.
In order to fill in the electronic Learning agreement, please
follow these steps:
1. enter on your page of Portale della didattica
2. on the left side, enter on SID HOME
3. pick the option “CARICO DIDATTICO”
4. in order to load the course name, click on ALTRI and put the
course name in CERCA DESCRIZIONE or the course code in
CERCA CODICE
5. when the course name or code appear, click on AGGIUNGI and
RITORNA VIDEATA INIZIALE
6. confirm the courses, clicking on OK at the end of the
procedure
Learning
Agreement
When filling in the
Learning Agreement
please remember that:
Pay attention to the
semester in which
courses are taught
It is not possible to do
an extra work in order
to obtain extra credits
in a course. If you need
a larger number of
credits you should
choose another course
It is not possible to put
two workshops with the
same code
Learning
Agreement
In the cases of laboratories, internships or even single
courses that have as a final grade “passed or not
passed” (IDONEITA’ or SUP), students cannot
obtain a grade in /30. If such grade in /30 is
needed to present to the student’s sending
Institution, another course should be chosen
instead of those who foresee “passed” or “not
passed”.
Exchange students are allowed to attend only the Italian
language course. It will be automatically loaded in
the learning agreement of every student with the
level A1; if the student wishes to change for the
level A2, please inform the Incoming office; it will
be possible to pass the final exam at the end of the
course or during the regular exam sessions. This
final exam leads to the achievement of a
qualification as passed or not passed
(there won’t be a final mark).
Certificates/Certificados
At the end of the study period at Politecnico di
Torino, the Mobility Unit-INCOMING will
automatically send your final Transcript of
records to your home Institution by mail.
Please remember to visit the Mobility Unit-INCOMING
two or three days before leaving to inform about
your departure date and to be sure that there are
no academic matters left unsettled.
For other types of certificates, you can:
-download and fill in a self Certification by your
personal page in Portale della didattica;
- ask an official certificate to our Segreteria studentiCITTADELLA, providing to the Officer 2 duty
stamps (14,62 Euros).
Portale della Didattica
You can:
• reserve an exam
• see the “carico didattico”
• see the passed exam
• download the lecture notes
• input your address in Turin
• pay the tuition fees
• download the self
certifications
Puedes:
•
reservar exámenes
•
ver el “carico didattico”
•
ver los exámenes superados
•
descargar apuntes de las
lecciones
•
cambio de dirección en Turin
•
pagar las quotas
•
descargar autocertificaciones
To enter: “Single sign on”
User:
Snnnnn (badge number)
Password:
DD/MM/YYYY
(your birth date)
Para acceder: Single sign on
User:
Snnnnn(número de carnet)
Password:
DD/MM/AAAA
(fecha de nacimiento)
http://didattica.polito.it
The Statino
Available at all the
Self Service Boxes
Disponible en los
Terminales de
Auto Servicio
The Statino
It is mandatory to present the statino the day you
sit the exam, and if the exam is a written test,
after the results come out, you have to bring it
to the professor at the “registration day”.
Es obligatorio presentar el statino el día del
examen y el día en que se registra la nota.
N.B: pay attention because if you forget to
bring the statino for the registration,
the professor can cancel the exam.
For all problems concerning the registration of
your exams, please contact the Professors and
not the Mobility Unit Incoming (we are not in
charge for that!)
Your E-mail Account
For any communication the Politecnico
will get in touch with you only by your
Politecnico e-mail address:
[email protected]
The password to access to your
account is your birth date:
DD/MM/YYYY
Para todas las comunicaciones el
Politecnico te contactarà en tu correo
electronico universitario:
[email protected]
El password para entrar en tu correo
es tu fecha de nacimiento:
DD/MM/AAAA
Extra Polito Fees
All International students in the frame of
Bilateral agreement or double degree
have to pay an amount of 144,42 Euros.
Some students are exempted from the payment,
like Erasmus, Erasmus MUNDUS and
students coming from these Universities:
• Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
• Universidad de Las Americas-PUEBLA
• Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios
Superiores de Monterrey-ITESM
• KHAI University
Extra Polito Fees
This fee is not required by Politecnico, but this
is an extra-Politecnico fee and include:
• EDISU services such as students canteens,
computer and study rooms…;
• Insurance in the Politecnico di Torino facilities;
Copyright;
• Enrolment duty stamp
Those of you who have to pay this fee will find
the payment slip in the folder.
Please, pay it at the Post Office (or with credit card
at the Segreteria Studenti) and hand it together with
the “International Students’ Personal Identification
Number” form to the Segreteria Studenti in order to
obtain the student card.
Student card
Student card will be issued to exchange students
in the Segreteria studenti CITTADELLA.
Please check your scheduled appointment
and if you have to pay the tuition fees
in your STUDENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FORM!
Only double degree students will obtain the
LIBRETTO, while to the other exchange students
it will be provided only the student card.
Meetings with Academic Advisors
Some meetings with academic advisor have
already been fixed:
prof.Marco Santangelo and prof.Massimo Crotti,
Academic Advisors of the I faculty of Architecture,
will meet you on March 1st h.14.30 in room 6 V at
Valentino Castle.
N.B: The presentation of our Project Units for the
spring term will take place on February 23rd at 9.00
in room 6 V at Valentino Castle.
All exchange students will have to take part to the
meeting, in order to decide which Project Unit to
load in their Learning Agreement. Within the
deadline of March 1st you will have to inform your
Advisors (prof.Santangelo and prof.Crotti) by mail
about your first and second choice.
Meetings with Academic Advisors
Prof.Pierpaolo Peruccio, Advisor of Industrial Design,
will meet Incoming Students
on February 20th at 13,30 in Mirafiori Campus.
-------------If your Academic Advisor hasn't established
by now a meeting, please contact him by mail, in
order to fix an appointment as soon as possible.
Italian Language Course
CLA (Language Centre) offers all exchange students
Italian language courses free of charge (levels A1 and A2).
For further information about Italian language courses (levels,
calendars, date of final exams...), please visit the CLA website:
https://didattica.polito.it/cla/corsi_progetti_incoming.html
The Italian language course will be automatically loaded in every
student’s learning agreement and
all exchange students will have to pass the course final exam
(if you already have an Italian language certificate, please present it
to Segreteria Studenti-Cittadella,
in order to be exempted by the exam.
For more information please visit the following link:
https://didattica.polito.it/cla/certi_italiano.html.
Italian Language Course
The attendance is not compulsory, that means
students have the possibility to try the final
exam without attending the lectures.
It will be possible to pass the final exam at the
end of the course or during the regular exam
sessions.
This final exam leads to the achievement of a
qualification as passed or not passed (there
won’t be a final mark).
Double degree students
Double degree students, in order to graduate,
must pass IELTS with 5.0;
If you hold another English certificate, please check here if it can be
accepted: https://didattica.polito.it/cla/en/certi_inglese.html
The enrolment to the IELTS exam requires the payment of about 100
Euros (Segreteria Studenti-Cittadella) and only the students
enrolled either in a Bachelor program or in a “Laurea
Specialistica” course will be exempted by the fees payment, if they
pass the exam at one’s first attempt.
Italian and English languages are compulsory for them, but they are
also considered as “extra-courses”: this means they not contribute
to the credits required to obtain the degree;
Pay attention:
- DOUBLE DEGREE STUDENTS enrolled on a degree course entirely
taught in English must attend Italian language - first level (A 1)
within the first year;
- DOUBLE DEGREE STUDENTS enrolled on a degree course taught in
Italian or taught in English for the first year only must take Lingua
italiana – secondo livello (A2).
Double degree students
According to the our Administrative Committee, double degree
students may maintain the economic treatment scheduled by the
agreements or projects during at most one academic year after the
deadline of the programme (2 years for students coming from
Universidad de Belgrano). If one additional year is not sufficient for
you to graduate, we inform you that, in order to complete your
studies, you will have to pay the Politecnico tuition fees.
All double degree students must remember:
-to pay the tuition fees for the following years, coming to the Incoming
Office at the end of September (pay attention to the deadlines,
because some extra fees could be added);
-to pay the 100 Euros for the release of the IELTS certificate;
-to fill in “RICHIESTA TESI” (thesis request) and “DOMANDA DI
LAUREA” (degree request), following the deadlines scheduled by
our Manifesto, and to pay the degree fees.
Fiscal Code
• The fiscal code (“Codice Fiscale”) is necessary in order to
enrol into Politecnico, to apply for the residence permit, to
open a bank account, to enter into a tenancy agreement, to
receive the payment of a scholarship, etc…
The Public Administration requires it in order to identify
citizens who live in Italy.
• You can apply for it at the IVA Office (Uffici Locali
dell’Agenzia delle Entrate).
• The addresses are available in the Survival Guide on the
specific section “fiscal code”.
Residence Permit
EXTRA-UE Citizens:
Within 8 working days from your arrival in Italy
you must apply for the Residence Permit.
From Febr 20th till March 2nd, you can apply
for your Residence Permit every day from
Monday to Friday (from 9 to 11.30 a.m.) at the
International Affairs Department (desk n. 10),
where you will be given the application form
and assistance in filling it.
After this period, the desk will be open only on
Tuesdays and Fridays from 9 to 11.30 a.m.
Residence Permit
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7.
8.
Documents to enclose with the application form:
Passport copies: 2 photocopies of the page with your personal data + 2 copies
of the page with your visa for Italy + the photocopy of all passport pages with
a stamp/visa;
Photocopy of your codice fiscale (fiscal code);
Photocopy of Politecnico invitation letter used for the study-visa purpose with
the course in which you are enrolled;
“autocertificazione” (self declaration) attesting the enrolment in Politecnico di
Torino; you can print it from your personal page on “Portale della Didattica
A 14,62 Euro duty stamp (marca da bollo sold in the tobacconist’s);
Photocopy of your health insurance contract;
The photocopy of a document proving that you dispose of sufficient income to
earn your living during your stay in Italy;
The slip for the payment of the electronic residence permit card : 27,50 Euros
(that is the cost for the issuing of the italian residence permit )+ 80 € (that is
the cost of a fee imposed on the issuing of the italian residence permit); the
slip is given by the cultural mediator at box n. 10. Afterwards the application
has to be handed in at any post office where there is a “Sportello Amico”
counter.
The postal expenses amount to 30 Euros.
Very Important Rules Concerning
the Residence Permit
• When you submit the application to the post office, you will be
given a Receipt, that you always have to bring with you, until
you will receive the electronic residence permit (PSE) from the
Immigration Office.
• You will be given an appointment (day and time) when you have
to go to the Questura Immigration Office and get fingerprinted.
The fingerprinting appointment must not be missed.
• On this appointment you will be required to bring 4 identical
passport photos and the original documents, whose copies were
enclosed in the kit, including any document missing in your
application.
• It is strongly recommended to verify the status of your
application 2 weeks after the fingerprints at the Foreign Citizens
Services Unit, desk n. 1-2 at the International Affairs
Department.
Very Important Rules Concerning
the Residence Permit
• There are strict rules to follow for leaving and
re-entering Italy while you have only the
receipt.
• Before starting a journey and buying a ticket it
is advisable to ask for more detailed
information at the Foreign Citizens Services
Unit (Desk 1-2) at the Department of
International Affairs.
Residence
Permit
Residence Permit
UE citizen:
European citizens since the 11th of
April 2007 are not required to apply
for the residence permit; they must
register at the Registry Office (Ufficio
Anagrafe) of the town of residence, if
their stay in Italy lasts longer than 3
months.
Information for International Students
living in Sponda Verde Residence
In order not to fall into arrears (10% of the month rent),
we remind you to pay the rent within:
Hosting facility
SPONDA VERDE
Payment of the rent
The 1st OF THE MONTH
directly at the residence
IMPORTANT: If you want to modify the booking period
(written in the Accommodation Acceptance Form) you
have to come to our office (Foreign Citizens Services)
and you have to inform the manager of the residence.
Private Flats
•
Rents vary according to the area, the
condition of the flat etc. and, on average,
the price is 250,00/350,00 Euros per
month/person for a single room, and about
200,00/280,00 Euros per month /person for
a place in a twin room.
•
The Foreign Citizens Services has an updated
list of available flats for rent.
•
Moreover Sportello Casa Office offers a free
service in finding an accommodation close
to the University facilities. The office is in
Via Verdi 26/A.
Canteen Service
Addresses
• Corso Castelfidardo 30/A
• Via B. Galliari, 30
• Via Principe Amedeo, 48
• Lungo Dora Siena, 102/B
• Taberna 1, Via P. Borsellino, 42
Opening time: generally from Monday to Saturday.
For further information please visit the website:
www.edisu.piemonte.it
Your Politecnico ID card allows
access to the Students’ canteens.
Medical Service
Politecnico medical service
(Infermeria):
ground floor, next to Bar Katia
Open from 8:00 to 18:00
from Monday to Friday
Fax/Photocopies
• Personal faxes can be sent from
any Tabaccheria shop and copyservice.
• You can do some photocopying at
“Centro Stampa” - located inside
all Politecnico facilities - or in one
of the many copy-services nearby.
Students’ Associations
• Students’ associations are
formed
by
students
interested
in
the
University life (cultural,
drama,
recreational
activities).
• A list of some students’
associations can be found
on the specific section of
the Survival Guide.
• Students’
associations
offices are in SOBRERO
Square
(inside
the
headquarter of corso
Duca degli Abruzzi 24).
How to open a Bank Account
Documents required:
• The Italian fiscal code (codice fiscale)
• Residence permit (or the postal receipt)
for non-UE citizens
• ID card or passport
• A certificate of enrolment at Politecnico
or a form given by the Foreign Citizens
Services Unit (only if you open the bank
account at the Poli-Unicredit bank)
Transport
Monthly ticket: 21 €
(for students under 26 years old).
Bring always with you on the bus:
the “Certificato di Iscrizione” and the
Politecnico ID Card!
There are also “Abbonamenti” tickets
for 10 or 12 months
which cost € 103 and € 114 respectively
You can buy them at the GTT local transport
company centres located
in corso Francia 6 (near piazza Statuto)
and at Porta Nuova railway station
For further information please visit:
http://www.comune.torino.it/gtt/en/
What to do before leaving
Close your bank account
Pay the flat last rent
Return to the libraries books and
DVDs or CDs that you may have borrowed
Visit the Mobility Unit-Incoming for the Final
Transcript of Records
If you have not received the residence permit
yet, get information at the Foreign Citizens
Service Unit before buying any ticket
BE CAREFUL !
Torino is not a dangerous place,
but still watch out
and there will not be any problem!
Non-EU citizens:
please remember to always carry with you
at least a copy of the postal receipt
for your residence permit application
and your passport
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