GUIDE FOR
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS
LECCO CAMPUS
CREDITS
EDITORIAL PROJECT BY
THE STUDENT SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND
THE COMMUNICATION AND
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
DEPARTMENT
PRINTED IN:
OCTOBER 2009
WELCOME TO
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
GUIDE FOR
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS
LECCO CAMPUS
INDEX
2
Welcome
3
Lecco Campus
4
Airports and Railways
5
Public transports in Lecco
6
Mail and phone Service
7
Useful Telephone Numbers
8
Important Offices- Exchange Students
11
Official Enrolment- Exchange Students
12
Official Enrolment- International Students
14
WebPoliself Services
16
Residence Permit
18
Residence Permit Renewal
19
The Cost of the Residence Permit
20
Codice fiscale
21
How to open a bank account
22
Health Insurance
24
Politecnico Libraries
26
Computer Facilities
27
Comitato Universitario Sportivo C.U.S.
(University Sport Committee)
WELCOME
Dear Student,
we hope this practical handbook will help you get to
know more about life at the Politecnico di Milano.
Please read it and keep it for future reference during
your stay. Our aim is to provide you with practical
information about life as a new international/
exchange student at the Politecnico and as a new
member of the wider Lecco community.
The staff of our international office wish you well
as you begin your studies at the Politecnico and we
look forward to getting to know you.
This booklet is produced for information only. Every
effort is made to ensure that it is accurate at time of
going to print. However, the university is not bound
to any error or omission therein.
October 2009
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LECCO CAMPUS
Lecco campus is divided into four buildings
scattered around the city:
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most of the lectures take place
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Italian example of open university research centre.
The Welcome Desk is located on building C. When
you arrive at the Lecco railway station, cross the
square and then turn left entering via Sassi; pass the
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yellow board next to the main gate). The office is at
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Welcome Desk Lecco
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e-mail: [email protected]
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AIRPORTS AND RAILWAYS
From the airport, you can reach Milano as follows:
Linate Airport
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Malpensa Airport
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Lecco can be easily reached by train from Milan,
either from the Central railway station (Milano
Centrale) or from Porta Garibaldi station, both
served by bus and underground lines. You can check
the train timetable on the website www.trenitalia.it.
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Orio al Serio Airport
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to Lecco (30 minutes).
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PUBLIC TRANSPORTS IN LECCO
The public transportation system within and
around the city of Lecco is run by two companies,
LeccoTrasporti and LineeLecco. All the information
about routes and timetables is available at:
www.lineelecco.it and www.leccotrasporti.it
A single trip ticket within the city of Lecco costs
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There are other possibilities:
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after getting a travel card for students. You can get
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A copy of your passport, the certificate of student
status (issued by the Politecnico), two passport-sized
photos and 10 euro are required.
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MAIL AND PHONE SERVICE
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Poste Italiane is the national mail service. Offices
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the close one to C building (viale Dante Alighieri,
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only in post offices, but also at tobacconists and
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registered mail, are offered only by post offices.
Apart from traditional mail services, Poste Italiane
also offers banking services such as checking
accounts and pre-paid credit cards.
Please check www.posteitaliane.it for more details
about all services offered, office location and
timetables.
Phone services are provided by different companies
which offer various services and rates depending on
the time of the day, the type of call, etc.
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phones are extremely popular.
Mobile phone services are offered by different
companies at various rates.
All companies have the possibility to activate prepaid cards (the cheapest possibility) or contracts.
To sign up with one of the companies you need:
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It usually takes a few hours to activate your card.
Another alternative are public pay phones, which are
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They are spread throughout the city and in many
bars and shopping centres as well as in airports
and railway stations. A phone card is required to
make phone calls from public phones. Cards can be
purchased at newsstands, tobacconists, bars.
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USEFUL TELEPHONE
NUMBERS
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112
r State Police
113
r Municipal Police
0341 481343
r Emergency Health Assistance
118
r Firemen
115
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IMPORTANT OFFICES
EXCHANGE STUDENTS
StuDesks
StuDesks are reference units of the International
Exchange Office for incoming and outgoing
students, in the framework of an exchange
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the Politecnico di Milano, incoming students will get
support from their StuDesk.
StuDesk1
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campus
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[email protected]
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Studesk2
Engineering in Milano Leonardo, Lecco and
Cremona campuses
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[email protected]
StuDesk3
Engineering and Design in Como campus
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[email protected]
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StuDesk4
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[email protected]
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[email protected]
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[email protected]
StuDesk7
Architecture in Mantova campus
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[email protected]
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StuDesk8
Programmi di Doppia Laurea e Programma Athens
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[email protected]
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[email protected]
Studesk Unitech
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on appointment upon necessity
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[email protected]
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OFFICIAL ENROLMENT
EXCHANGE STUDENTS
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is to go to the Welcome Desk (indicated on the
application form) for enrolment procedures,
bringing with you the following documents:
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European citizen
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You will receive two official matriculation letters,
one in English, the other in Italian, which will be
useful for bureaucratic matters.
Shortly after your enrolment, your magnetic
student card and your record booklet will be
available.
The student card will give you access to all campus
facilities (computer rooms, libraries, departments
etc.) and it must also be used to enrol to courses and
exam sessions.
The record booklet, where professors will write the
exam result, date and title, must be shown at each
examination.
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OFFICIAL ENROLMENT
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
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provide you with information about accomodation,
stay permit, health insurance and anything
concening your life in Lecco.
Welcome Desk Lecco C Building
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e-mail:[email protected]
skype account: welcome.lecco
In order to start the procedures to enrol officially at
the Politecnico di Milano:
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(you will need your codice fiscale – you can ask
the Italian Embassy for it)
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you can enrol through the website
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a competent office, translated into Italian and
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in the country the educational system of the
university issuing the diploma belongs to (for
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system in Peruvian territory the Italian Diplomatic
Representative of reference is the Italian Embassy/
Consulate in London)
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issued by the Italian Diplomatic Representative as
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the examinations passed, issued directly by the
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Diplomatic Representative. The Politecnico
di Milano does NOT require a translation of
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d) Detailed study programmes for each of the
courses taken at the university to obtain the
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letterhead or stamped by the university where the
student has achieved the degree. Politecnico di
Milano does NOT require the translation of detailed
study programmes if written in English, French or
Spanish
e) Copy of your student visa
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WEBPOLISELF SERVICES
WebPoliself are computer services provided to all
students at the Politecnico di Milano.
Poliself computers are located in most of the
buildings within the campuses but the same
service is available online, by entering the
WebPoliself section on the web-site www.polimi.it
The services offered by WebPoliself are divided
into:
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students
r Bpersonal area, where to access the
services you need to log-in by dialling
matriculation number and secret code (both
provided at the time of official enrolment)
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The main services offered in the public area are:
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sessions
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di Laurea Magistrale) to be awarded your MSc
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The main services offered in the personal area are:
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(Exchange students)
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sessions through Webpoliself is compulsory.
Only if enrolment is carried out correctly through
the system, it will be possible to record examination
results in the academic career and insert them in
the transcript of records. WebPoliself services also
provide the opportunity to access an institutional
e-mail account.
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RESIDENCE PERMIT
If you are an EUDJUJ[FOZPVOFFEUPSFHJTUFSJOUIF
Ufficio Anagrafe (Registry Office) of the Comune di
Lecco.
You should present the following documents:
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di Milano
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out of your bank account)
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out the so-called kit to apply for a residence permit
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Please ask your Desk of reference for information
regarding the collection of the Kit, which should be
completed with the following documents:
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pages of the passport must be photocopied)
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Milano (the duration of your degree course has to
be clearly stated!) –The letter has to be stamped
by the Italian Diplomatic/Consular representation
where the entry visa is issued
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insurance can be bought abroad: in such case, it
will have to be validated by the Italian Embassy in
your country (if not already in English). You can
also buy a health insurance upon your arrival in
Italy (see pg.22)
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When asking your permit for the first time, please
remember to specify it is not a renewal.
Lecco Police office periodically issues a list of
the permits ready to collect on http://questure.
poliziadistato.it and then on “Stranieri”.
Permits can be withdrawn Monday through
ѮVSTEBZGSPNUPQNBUUIFQuestura di Lecco Ufficio immigrazione (Immigration office), located
in, via Leonardo da Vinci, 2 Lecco.
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RESIDENCE PERMIT
RENEWAL
In case of renewal of the residence permit, you will
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Post Office. The Kit must be handed in at the Post
Office together with the following documents:
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personal data and dates of validity and expiration
of the document
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out of your bank account)
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2 exams successfully passed for each following
renewal
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THE COST OF THE
RESIDENCE PERMIT
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of the shop) to be put on the residence permit
application
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procedure, when handing in the Kit to the Post
Office
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Electronic Residence Permit
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CODICE FISCALE
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code issued by the Ministry of Finances. You need to
have your own codice fiscale in order to open a bank
account or to sign any contract.
In order to obtain your codice fiscale you have to go
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the area you live in.
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following countries: Andorra, Argentina,
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China (Hong Kong and Macao only), South
Korea, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, El Salvador,
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Monaco, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Panama,
Paraguay, San Marino, Singapore, USA, Vatican,
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your residence permit receipt
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At the ”Ufficio delle Entrate” you will be asked to
fill in a specific form for the issue of your codice
fiscale.
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HOW TO OPEN A
BANK ACCOUNT
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The requirements to open a bank account are:
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After having signed the contract, the bank supplies
you with an account number. This number
will be required in any future transaction so it is
essential not to lose or forget it.
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necessary to make an initial deposit on your bank
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currency can be exchanged at banks, change offices,
railway stations and/or airports.
Banca Popolare di Sondrio is the official bank of
the Politecnico di Milano.
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HEALTH INSURANCE
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working days after your arrival in Italy, you need to
have a health insurance valid for Italy. This can be
either a private insurance subscribed in your home
country, or one purchased in Italy. Among these
you can get your insurance from INA-Assitalia
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that the INA-Assitalia insurance covers emergency
treatments at the hospital only.
In order to register in INA-Assitalia, you must go to
the post office and ask for a blank payment bulletin,
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c/c postale n.: 71270003
intestato a:
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causale: polizza sanitaria studenti stranieri da 6 a
12 mesi (for a yearly assitance)
22
The SSN (/BUJPOBM)FBMUI4FSWJDF) gives you the
possibility to choose a doctor who will visit you for
any problem (free of charge), and who will refer
you to specialists if necessary (dentists, orthopedics,
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examinations.
In order to register to the 44/, you must go to the
post office and ask for a blank payment bulletin,
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c/c postale n.: 379222
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Lombardia
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Once you carry out the payment, you should go to
the ASL local office of your city area. You can view
a list of ASL, according to your district of residence,
where you can enrol for the National Health Services
at www.asl.milano.it
If you are an EU citizen, in order to enrol at the SSN
you need to present:
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E106, E109 (o E37), E120, E121 (o E33)
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the SSN you need to present:
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Milano
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POLITECNICO LIBRARIES
University Library Services provide students with a
network of libraries for research and study on
different university campuses:
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Engineering Library and the Central Architecture
Library.
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Campus Library for the Schools of Architecture and
Design and the Engineering Teaching Library.
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includes a collection of graduate theses from the
I School of Architecture (Facoltà di Architettura e
Società), provides planning materials such as current
and historic maps, urban and territorial plans and
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To access University Library System services, users
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login system.
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Books loan
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libraries.
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In order to facilitate the usability of
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possible to use the inter-system loan.
Consultation
You can consult all the material of the libraries at the
various campuses.
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(OPAC): through this service you can research
documents belonging to the libraries of the
University.
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Engineering and Architecture.
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All these services are available both on the IP net of
the University and at home, through proxy service.
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www.biblio.polimi.it
The library at the Lecco campus is located in,
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Students need their student card in order to borrow
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who have the library card. For more information on
the library at the Lecco campus please refer to
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COMPUTER FACILITIES
All the students of the Politecnico di Milano are
assigned an e-mail account. The e-mail address is
created according to the following rules:
[email protected]
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[email protected]
In order to read messages received through this
account you have to enter the website
www.polimi.it, then click on Webmail and insert
your matriculation number and your password (you
will receive both of them when you will be officially
enrolled).
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This e-mail address is used by the Politecnico
di Milano to send its students all the necessary
information concerning didactic, cultural and extracurricular activities of the institution.
Through this e-mail account, students can send/
receive messages to/from another e-mail address.
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COMITATO UNIVERSITARIO SPORTIVO
C.U.S. (UNIVERSITY SPORT
COMMITTEE)
Students Sport Activities in all the campuses of the
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activities as well as medical check-up for noncompetitive performance are included in the
enrolment fee.
Members of the Cus can either take part in
sport courses or participate to the competitions
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and enrolment at the Lecco campus you can go to
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the card to access the different services. CUS sport
centres in Lecco are:
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in one of these centres and can also participate in
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Milano at the Lecco campus. For more information,
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