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Università degli Studi di Catania contents General Information for Foreign Universities ECTS Information Package Academic year 2012-2013 1 contents Edited by International Relations Office Created by Office Coordinator: Vincenza Tutino Communication Officer: Maria Luisa Leotta This handbook has been produced thanks to the Erasmus Programme. Stampa: Tipografia dell’Università Catania 2 contents Welcome of the Rector Dear international Students and Professors, Thank you for choosing the University of Catania as your host university. I am honoured to give you my warmest welcome in the Siculorum Gymnasium. I hope you will enjoy your stay at our university, to achieve educational growth and formative experience in our town, rich in history and tradition. The University of Catania is a public institution with a strong and ever growing international orientation and community. Our main goal is to provide our international students with a stimulating learning environment, and to offer them an international dimension based on excellence and innovation, both fundamental elements of the education experience. This guide is tailored for international students and professors who have the opportunity to spend a period in Catania, to take part in stimulating learning programs and to exchange cultural experiences. In order to ease your integration into the academic and cultural life in Catania, this guide provides you with a general description of the university, along with practical advices to be used before leaving your own country and some information useful at your arrival in Catania. Further on, you will find information related to academic course descriptions and course offerings along with a presentation of university facilities, accommodation services and practical addresses of interest that will enhance your experience here. Moreover, through the last section, you can discover Catania, a town that has always played an active role in promoting cooperation and cultural exchanges for centuries, in the Mediterranean area and in Europe. May your stay here be stimulating, pleasant and fruitful. A warm welcome to all of you. Prof. Giacomo Pignataro Rector of the University of Catania 3 contents Contents University of Catania – History – Didactics and Research Activities - Departments and Schools – International Mobility and Cooperation - International Relations Office Academic Information – Introduction - Italian Higher Education System - European Community Course Credit Transfer System (ECTS) – Educational Offer - Bachelor Degree - Master Degrees - Ph.D. Courses - University Master Courses - Further Studies – Professional Qualifications and State Exams – Educational Offer in English – Italian Language and Culture Courses Practical Information – Introduction – Access Procedures Students - Erasmus for Study - Erasmus for Placement - International Students - International Free Movers - International Ph.D. Students 4 contents Professors and Staff - Erasmus STA Mobility - Erasmus STT Mobility - International Visiting Scholars Partnerships – Erasmus Agreements for Study and Placement – Memorandum of Understanding and International Cooperation Agreements Facilities – Career Guidance and Vocational Centre – Centre for Disability – Multimedial Languages Centre – Libraries - University Libraries System - European Documentation Centre – Accommodations and Meals (ERSU) – University Sport Centre (CUS) Other Information of I nterest – City of Catania – Consulates 5 contents 6 contents University of Catania 7 contents History The foundation of the University of Catania, the oldest in Sicily, dates back to 1434, when the king of Spain, Alfonso of Aragon (who was also King Alfonso I of Sicily) authorised the establishment of a Studium Generale with the privilege of issuing legally valid academic titles in the four core disciplines of theology, canon and civil law, physical and joint philosophy, liberal arts. In 1444, the first four faculties of Medicine, Philosophy, Canonic & Civil Law and Theology & Arts were established. Students began to attend classes in 1445, however it was not until two centuries later that the university gained its own establishment in Piazza Università. It still stands in the piazza today, in the former grounds of the hospital of St. Mark’s. The building was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1693 leaving students without a place to study. In the interim period before it was rebuilt, the resourceful students, unperturbed by such events and endowed with infinite determination, transferred classes to wooden huts near the harbour. The new building, designed by Giovan Battista Vaccarini, is a magnificent monument of Baroque architecture. The University of Catania was not only structurally powerful. It also held the exclusive right by Royal Decree to grant degrees within the reign of Sicily. Although the hierarchical power of the university was in the hands of the Church, the Rector, an elected student in his or her last year of studies, had the power to put students on trial. The start of the academic year was marked by 25 chimes from the Cathedral bell. Throughout the year, a porter marked daily any absences of professors. The figures were then taken to a notary who subtracted a day’s wages from their pay. At the end of his studies, a student was awarded 8 contents his degree in the Cathedral as well as a gold ring and a blessing from the Archbishop. Although this ceremony and many other traditions have fallen into disuse, the academic structure of the university is still as strong today as it was in the first half of the 15th century when it started out with just 10 students. Today the university buildings are spread throughout the city, with a contrast between the modern, hi-tech “University City”, and numerous historical buildings in the old city centre. It offers an attractive portfolio of academic titles and it is engaged in creating a “laboratory” in which the ancient knowledge of the Mediterranean culture meets the new technologies in order to offer an original and advanced training experience. Prospective students wishing to take an undergraduate degree will find our university to be a high quality educational establishment, with degrees specifically adapted to the employment market and which effectively prepares the way for further studies. Excellent faculty members and support services are offered throughout all of our university sites in Catania, Siracusa and Ragusa. Here, students can also discover a culturally dynamic environment in which they can develop both as University students and as individuals. Those who are considering taking post graduate, masters or doctorate studies can choose among a range of many academic fields, developed by members of research groups at international level. Students have the opportunity to commence their university career alongside the very best. The University of Catania is also a very attractive proposition for companies with an interest in the transfer of technology from the university departments and research centre. 9 contents Didactics and Research Activities D EPARTMENTS AND S CHOOLS Following the Italian Higher Education reform introduced by the law 240/10 and adopted by the University of Catania in its new statute, faculties have been deactivated and departments have been reorganized. The University of Catania has now 23 departments and 3 schools that, additionally to the traditional assignments of scientific research, are in charge of the organization and management of educational activities. AGRI-FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT Address: Via Santa Sofia 100, I-95123 Catania Director: Giovanni Cascone General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.digesa.unict.it AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCE Address: Via Valdisavoia 5, I-95123 Catania Director: Salvatore Luciano Cosentino General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.dispa.unict.it 10 contents ANATOMY, BIOLOGY AND GENETICS, LEGAL MEDICINE, NEUROSCIENCE, DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY, HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH “GIAN FILIPPO INGRASSIA” Address: Policlinico Universitario (Comparto 10) Via Santa Sofia 87, I-95123 Catania Director: Mario Zappia General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] ARCHITECTURE Address: Città Universitaria - Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania Director: Paolo La Greca General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.darc.unict.it BIOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Address: Via Antonino Longo 19, I-95124 Catania Director: Pietro Pavone General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.dipbot.unict.it BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Address: Via Androne 81, I-95124 Catania Director: Gianna Tempera General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.unict.it/dsb 11 contents CHEMICAL SCIENCES Address: Città Universitaria - Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania Director: Gaetano Tomaselli General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.dipchi.unict.it CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Address: Città Universitaria - Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania Director: Enrico Foti General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.dica.unict.it CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE Address: Ospedale “Garibaldi Nesima” Via Palermo 636, I-95122 Catania Director: Sebastiano Squatrito General contact: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] DRUG SCIENCES Address: Città Universitaria (Edificio 2) Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania Director: Giovanna Maria Scoto General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.dsf.unict.it 12 contents ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS Address: Corso Italia 55, I-95125 Catania Director: Michela Cavallaro General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.economia.unict.it EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES Address: Via Biblioteca 2, I-95124 Catania Director: Dario Palermo General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] ELECTRIC, ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING Address: Città Universitaria (Edificio Polifunzionale) Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania Director: Vincenzo Catania General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.dieei.unict.it INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Address: Città Universitaria (Edificio 3) Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania Director: Francesco Patania General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.diim.unict.it 13 contents HUMANITIES Address: Piazza Dante 32, I-95124 Catania Director: Carmelo Crimi General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www3.unict.it/disum LAW Address: Via Gallo 24, I-95124 Catania Director: Roberto Pennisi General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.lex.unict.it MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Address: Città Universitaria - Viale Andrea Doria 6 I-95125 Catania Director: Giuseppe Mulone General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: web.dmi.unict.it MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC SCIENCES Address: Ospedale “Vittorio Emanuele II” Via Plebiscito 628, I-95124 Catania Director: Carmelo Erio Fiore E-mail: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] 14 contents MEDICAL SURGERY SPECIALITY Address: Policlinico Universitario Via Santa Sofia 86, I-95123 Catania Director: Agostino Serra General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY Address: Via Santa Sofia 64, I-95123 Catania Director: Antonio Insolia General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.dfa.unict.it SURGERY Address: Ospedale “Vittorio Emanuele II” Via Plebiscito, 628, I-95124 Catania Director: Giuseppe Sessa General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] SURGICAL SCIENCES ORGANS TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES Address: Policlinico Universitario - Via Santa Sofia 86, I-95123 Catania Director: Vincenzo Cavallaro General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] 15 contents POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Address: Via Vittorio Emanuele II 8, I-95131 Catania Director: Giuseppe Vecchio General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES Address: Via Orfanotrofio 49, I-97100 Ragusa Ibla President: Nunzio Zago General contact: [email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] Website: www.flingue.unict.it SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Address: Piazza Federico di Svevia, I-96100 Siracusa President: Bruno Messina General contact:[email protected] Scientific contact for didactics: [email protected] Administrative contact for didactics: [email protected] SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI CATANIA Address: Via Valdisavoia 9 I-95123 Catania President: Francesco Priolo General contact:[email protected] Website: www.scuolasuperiorecatania.it 16 contents International Mobility and Cooperation I NTERNATIONAL R ELATIONS O FFICE The University of Catania is strongly interested in developing its international dimension. In order to reach this objective, the International Relations Office collaborates with foreign universities in various activities. It deals with the main European and extra-European programmes for students, post-graduates, professors and administrative staff. Specifically, the office: – manages the Erasmus action, granting university students with scholarships in order to attend university courses abroad or to do research for their final paper; – coordinates the main professional training programmes for students and graduates in companies and institutions abroad; – is in charge of the Erasmus teaching mobility action (STA), allowing professors to spend teaching periods in a partner institution with a financial support by the EU; – welcomes foreign incoming students and professors and organizes training weeks for foreign administrative staff. Moreover, it provides expert guidance and assistance to academics interested in presenting project proposals within European, international and national cooperation programmes. In particular, it is in charge of: – education and training programmes promoted by the EACEA; – external cooperation programmes promoted by the European Commission; – international cooperation national programmes promoted by CRUI, MIUR and MAE. 17 contents The office also enhances cooperation memorandums of understanding and agreements with foreign institutions and administrates the University of Catania participation to higher education and research international networks. Contacts Address: P.zza Università 2, I-95131 Catania Operative seat: Via S. M. del Rosario 9, I-95131 Catania Fax: (+39) 095 7307105 E-mail: [email protected] Receiving hours: Wed. and Thu. from 9.30 to 12.30 am Website: www.unict.it/en 18 Academic Information contents Introduction I TALIAN H IGHER E DUCATION S YSTEM Italian higher education is structured in a binary system, consisting of 2 main articulations: UNIVERSITY SECTOR It includes State universities, non-State universities (legally recognised by the State), higher schools specialised in postgraduate university studies and telematic universities. State universities are public entities endowed with scientific, teaching, managerial, financial and bookkeeping autonomy and may draw up their own statutes and regulations, issued by rectoral decrees. Since 1999, the Italian university system has been reformed so as to meet the objectives of the “Bologna Process” and is now organised in 3 cycles: – 1st Cycle Studies - Bachelor Degree; – 2nd Cycle Studies - Master Degree; – 3rd Cycle Studies - Ph.D. and Specialisation Courses NON - UNIVERSITY SECTOR The non-university sector includes 4 education typologies of institutions: – Higher Education in Art, Music and Dance (AFAM) – Higher Education in Language Mediation – Higher integrated Education (FIS) and programmes of Higher Technical Education & Training (IFTS) – Programmes in a few specific fields (e.g. archiving, diplomatics, restoration, military studies, etc.) Website: www.study-in-italy.it 20 contents E UROPEAN COMMUNITY COURSE CREDIT TRANSFER S YSTEM (ECTS) The University of Catania has adopted the CFU accreditation system which corresponds to the European Community Course Credit Transfer System (ECTS). WHAT IS ECTS? ECTS has been developed by the European Commission in order to provide common procedures to guarantee academic recognition of studies abroad. It offers a way of measuring and comparing learning achievements, and transferring them from one institution to another. The ECTS system is based on the principle of mutual trust and confidence between the participating higher education institutions. The rules of ECTS, concerning information on courses available, agreement between the home and host institutions and the use of credit points to indicate student workload are set out to reinforce this mutual trust and confidence. ECTS CREDITS ECTS credits are a value allocated to course units to describe the student workload required to complete them. They reflect the quantity of work each course requires in relation to the total quantity of work required to complete a full year of academic study at the institution: lectures, practical work, seminars, private work in the library or at home and examinations or other assessment activities. ECTS credits express a relative value. In ECTS, 60 credits represent the workload of a year of study and normally 30 credits are given for a semester. It is up to the participating institutions to subdivide the credits for the different courses. Practical placements and optional courses which form an integral part of the course of study also receive academic credit. 21 contents Credits are awarded only when the course has been completed and all required examinations have been successfully taken. ECTS GRADING SCALE The ECTS grading scale provides a common currency to measure the quality of student achievement. ECTS Grade % of successful students Definition normally achieving the grade of successful students A 10 EXCELLENT Outstanding performance with only minor errors B 25 VERY GOOD Above average standard but with some errors C 30 GOOD Generally sound work with a number of notable errors D 25 SATISFACTORY Fair but with significant shortcomings E 10 SUFFICIENT Performance meets minimum criteria FX FAIL Some more work required before the credit can be awarded F FAIL Considerable further work is required ECTS STUDENTS AND ERASMUS PROGRAMME The students participating in ECTS receive full credit for all academic work successfully carried out at any of the ECTS partner institutions. They will be able to transfer these academic credits from one participating institution to another on the basis of prior agreement on the content of study programmes abroad between students and the institutions involved. When the student has successfully completed the study programme previously agreed between the 22 contents home and the host institutions and returns to the home institution, credit transfer will take place, and the student can continue the study course at the home institution without any loss of time or credit. Students may be awarded a student mobility grant if they fulfil the general conditions of eligibility for the Erasmus grant. They shall not be required to pay tuition fees at the host institution and continue to pay normal tuition fees to the home institution during the study period abroad. 23 contents Educational Offer B ACHELOR D EGREES They are aimed at guaranteeing students an adequate command of general scientific methods and contents as well as specific professional skills. The general access requirement is the school leaving qualification awarded on completion of 13 years of global schooling and after the relevant State examinations; also comparable foreign qualifications (obtained after at least 12 year of global schooling) may be accepted. Bachelor Degree courses last 3 years, and the degree is awarded to students who have earned 180 credits. The completion of a training period and the defence of a thesis may also be required. M ASTER D EGREES They are aimed at providing students with an advanced level of education for the exercise of a highly qualified activity in specific areas. Access is usually by a Bachelor Degree or a comparable foreign degree. Admission is subject to specific course requirements determined by individual universities. Master Degree courses last 2 years, and the degree is awarded to students who have earned 120 credits. The defence of a thesis is required. A limited number of programmes (dentistry, human medicine, pharmacy, veterinary, medicine, architecture and law), are defined One Cycle Degree Courses (oneblock LM courses). Access is by the school leaving diploma or a comparable foreign qualification; admission is subject to selective entrance exams and each degree course is organised in just one-block of 5 or 6 years. 24 contents P H .D. C OURSES The Ph.D. is a qualification awarded on completion of the 3rd cycle of studies whose principal learning outcomes are the knowledge of the most advanced level of a scientific field and the ability to extend, improve, redefine or innovate the existing knowledge through original research contribution. The research work of a Ph.D. course can be conducted either at the University of Catania or at Italian/foreign partner institution. A Ph.D. course normally lasts a minimum of 3 academic years. The course duration can be extended. The extension of the duration must be properly motivated. The University of Catania issues National and International Ph.D. courses in collaboration with foreign institutions. The final degree which can also be awarded by the foreign partner institution. To apply for a Ph.D. course, candidates must hold a university degree corresponding to the 2nd cycle of studies. Candidates’ selection varies according to the type of Ph.D. Selected candidates with the highest scores might be granted a scholarship for the whole duration of the course. An annual admission fee is fixed for Ph.D. students who are not granted a scholarship. On completion of the Ph.D. course, every student delivers a written dissertation. Successful students are awarded a Ph.D. degree. U NIVERSITY M ASTER C OURSES The aim of the University Master Courses is to reinforce and broaden the skills and expertise of graduates and postgraduates, utilising and expanding, upon previous training, to meet the demands of the professional world. There are both 1st and 2nd level University Master courses: – University 1st level Master Courses consist in advanced scientific courses or higher continuing education studies open to the holders of a Bachelor Degree or a comparable foreign degree. Admission may be subject to additional conditions. 25 contents Master courses last one year, and the qualification is awarded to students who have earned 60 credits. It does not give access to the 3rd cycle. – University 2nd level Master Courses consist in advanced scientific courses or higher continuing education studies, open to the holders of Master Degree or a comparable foreign degree. Admission may be subject to additional conditions. Master courses last one year, and the qualification is awarded to students who have earned 60 credits. Contacts Address: Piazza Bellini 19, I-95131 Catania Fax: (+39) 095 326161 E-mail: [email protected] For information on running courses, please consult the website: www2.unict.it/en/educational-offer-ay-2012-2013 26 contents F URTHER S TUDIES SPECIALISATION SCHOOL Specialization school is a post-lauream course of variable duration (from 4 to 6 years), aiming at providing knowledge and skills for the execution of highly qualified functions required by certain professional activities (D.M. 270/2004). The qualifications and examinations call for applications is issued once a year and only students with a Laurea Magistralis University Degree can apply. In particular Medical Area Specialization Schools aim at providing Medicine and Surgery graduates with deep qualification in the different specialties issuing a specialist qualification necessary for the fulfilment of their profession within the National Sanitary Service. Doctors’ specialistic training is a full-time activity. There is a restricted entry and it is necessary to participate to the call. For information about Medical Area Specialization Schools, please send an e-mail at: [email protected] For information about non Medical Area Specialization Schools, please send an e-mail at: [email protected] ADVANCED COURSE An Advanced Course is a refresher/permanent training course that allows students to develop their expertise and skills in order to further improve their professional qualities. To be admitted it is necessary to have a 1st or 2nd level degree. The courses have a variable duration and differ from a Master as no academic qualification is awarded; students will receive a certificate with details on the acquired skills. 27 contents Every year the University of Catania activates specialization courses, with restricted entry, propaedeutic to background training and useful for professional integration. For more information, please send an e-mail at: [email protected] SUMMER SCHOOLS Summer and Winter Schools are intensive course programmes with a varied didactic offer intended to meet new cultural and interdisciplinary focus needs. They are international courses with a variable duration (from 1 to 4 weeks). Didactic plans schedule front lessons, workshops and also activities aiming at the discovery of culture and tradition of the sites. Most of them are taught in English. Courses address Italian and international students and newly-graduates and, in some cases, to specific professional figures. Final certificates are inclusive of ECTS credits. For more information, please consult the website: www2.unict.it/en/further-studies 28 contents Professional Qualifications and State Exams Possessors of foreign qualification titles need to gain the Italian title recognition in order to legally practise their profession. Titles can belong to Italian or foreign citizens from European or Extra-European countries. The recognition title degree allows professionals to practise their profession in Italy and is published on the general site of the Official State Gazette. Recognition application must be submitted to the Italian Ministry of Justice. Possessors of a foreign professional title in the sanitary area willing to practice their profession in Italy, need to gain their title recognition from the Ministry of Health website. For more information, please consult the website: www2.unict.it/en/professional-qualifications-andstate-exams 29 contents Educational Offer in English The University of Catania provides courses in English in order to enhance the participation of foreign students and scholars. – Master Degree Course in “Automation Engineering and Control of Complex Systems” aims to provide students with a deep knowledge of the fundamentals of technical as well as scientific aspects of the disciplines which characterize the field of automation engineering, without discarding affine and integrative subjects. – Master Degree Course in “Electrical Engineering” aims to train high specialists in electronics and digital electronics with particular reference to electronic circuit board. – Master Degree Course in “Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Industrial Development” is a twoyear course aiming at providing students with the ability to formalize and solve complex technical problems and formulate innovative solutions, organize and manage complex processes through innovative knowledge in the field of corporate organization and professional ethics. – Master Degree Course in “Global Politics and EuroMediterranean Relations” is a two-year full-time programme. The course is divided in modules and adopt a range of learning and teaching approaches from political science, political theory as well as history and economics. – “Agris Mundus Master Degree Course” is a 2 year training programme in agricultural development and management of natural resources promoted by six European universities. Graduates will acquire the qualifications and skills to identify and critically analyse key factors shaping the develop30 contents ment of crops, forests and animal production, the management of research and rural development projects and finally, the sustainable use of natural resources and the environment. The course has been selected by the Erasmus Mundus programme. Thus, EU-funded scholarships are provided for third country nationals. – European Master Course “TEMA” proposes the analysis of political use and scientific representation of territorial units in an interdisciplinary, research-based curriculum lasting 2 years long. The master course is divided into two parts: a common study core of fundamental and methodological courses on one hand, and specialised research courses on the other hand. The curriculum also offers two intensive weeks focusing on a specific subject. Students are required to study at two partner universities at least. Graduates receive double or multiple degrees (according to their mobility track), as well as a diploma supplement (DS) at the end of their studies. The course has been selected by the Erasmus Mundus programme. Thus, EU-funded scholarships are provided for third country nationals. Finally the Law School’s educational offer is aimed at providing our students with an in-depth knowledge of the legal system, allowing them to understand and to manage these dynamics, through acquiring the needed tools to respond to an extremely competitive and even more “globalized” labour market. For this reason the educational offer includes a number of courses in English but only if a minimum number of students (3 at least for each course) have applied for. For more updated information, please consult the website: www2.unict.it/en/educational-offer-english 31 contents Italian Language and Culture Courses The University of Catania, through its Department of Humanistic Sciences, offers Italian Language and Culture Courses for Erasmus students and Courses of Italian as a Foreign Language to non-Italian communities who want to live in Sicily and who need a legal certificate (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2 of the Common European Framework). Every year two courses of Italian language for Erasmus students are activated, one on each semester. The courses include 40 hours of lessons and a final exam. At the end of the course every student receives a certificate of participation stating the number of hours attended. The Department arranges a linguistic consultancy service organized by native Italian teachers and trainees. Courses for CILS Certification are provided: each course consists in 80 hours of lectures in Italian and 20 hours of laboratory activities and lasts six months (five months of lessons and one month of linguistic laboratory). The Department arranges also one to one courses in order to to take CILS certification exams. For more information, please consult the website: www.unict.it/en/italian-language-and-culture-courses 32 Practical Information contents Introduction ACADEMIC CALENDAR The academic year in Italy is made up of 2 semesters. The 1st semester starts in September-October and ends in January-February. The 2nd semester starts in February and ends in July. The actual start and finish dates will vary in the various departments but each semester lasts around 20 weeks and is made up of a teaching period lasting around 14 weeks and an exam period lasting around 6 weeks. TEACHING AND LEARNING Most teaching takes place in large lecture halls and laboratories; students are also expected to carry out a considerable amount of self study in order to prepare for exams. ASSESSMENT Exams are held after the teaching period and are mainly oral although some courses have written tests taking place during the semester or before the oral exam. Each exam has a number of dates offered during the exam session and students can choose which date they wish to take it. Students are also entitled to turn down a mark and take the exam again if they are not satisfied with the result. GRADING SYSTEMS Examinations are graded according to a scale ranging from 0 to 30, with 18 as a pass mark. A “cum laude” may be added to the highest grade as a mention of special distinction. All examination results are used to calculate the overall degree mark on a scale of 0-110. The final result is based on exam results plus the presentation of a project or dissertation in front of a board of examiners. The pass mark is 66 and students who obtain full marks of 110 may also be awarded “summa cum laude”. 34 contents VACATION PERIODS There are three vacation periods: – Christmas break (end of December to the first week of January) – Easter break – Summer break (from 1st to 31st August) Local and national holidays: – 1st November All Saints’ Day – 8th December Immaculate Conception – 5th February St Agatha’s Feast Day (Patron Saint of Catania) – 25th April Anniversary of Liberation – 1st May Labour Day – 2nd June Republic Day UNIVERSITY USEFUL CONTACT Rector: Giacomo Pignataro Address: Piazza Università, 2 I-95131 Catania Phone: (+39) 095 321112 Director General: Lucio Maggio Address: Piazza Università, 2 I-95131 Catania Phone: (+39) 095 7307325 Students’ Public and Relations Office Address: Piazza Bellini, 18 I-95131 Catania Phone: 800-894327 - (+39) 095 73077229 Legal Affairs Department Address: Piazza Università, 2 I-95131 Catania Phone: (+39) 095 7307389 International Relations Office Address: P.zza Università 2, I-95131 Catania Operative seat: Via S. M. del Rosario 9, I-95131 Catania Phone: (+39) 095 7307106 35 contents Access procedures Within the framework of International exchange programmes, the University of Catania gives foreign students and professors/scholars the possibility to spend up to one year mobility for study, training, teaching and research activities. Students and professors will receive administrative assistance and logistic support from the University of Catania but should request mobility funds to their home institutions. Below, all the practical information to be used during the mobility at the University of Catania. Students – Erasmus for Study – Erasmus for Placement – International Students – International Free Movers – International Ph.D. Students Professors – Erasmus STA Mobility – Erasmus STT Mobility – International Visiting Scholars 36 contents E RASMUS FOR S TUDY The programme enables students, selected by their home higher education institutions, to spend a period of study at the University of Catania, in the framework of prior inter-institutional agreements stipulated between their institutions and the University of Catania, in thematic areas indicated in the agreements. Erasmus students do not pay any inscription or taxes fees and can activate their mobility from 10th October and 31st July of every academic year (in August and September there is no provision of didactic activities). A basic Italian language knowledge is required (A2 level of Italian language as for the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). However, some courses are held in English language (generally postgraduates courses within international educational offer). Within Erasmus Studio it is possible to undergo a placement activity but only if it is regularly included in the learning agreement and if it is preceaded or followed by, at least, 3 months of didactics activities. Placement activity must be done in a company linked, for that purpose, with the University of Catania and must be tutored by a professor belonging to the student’s study course in Catania, who will be in charge of the relationships between the University of Catania and the hosting company. At the end of selection procedures, held by each foreign University, the International Relations Office of the University of Catania (IRO) receives, by e-mail, the names of the selected students and informs in the same way, students and universities about admission procedures at the University of Catania. Administrative Procedures Before leaving Before departure, students must: 37 contents 1. fill in the application form, available on-line, within the deadlines; 2. wait for the acceptance letter, indicating the assigned study course and didactic tutors. IRO sends the document by e-mail. The University of Catania do not register students who haven’t filled in the online application form and obtained the acceptance letter; 3. fill in learning agreements, indicating the courses they want to attend and related ECTS credits and send them to the International Didactic Unit related to their field of studies (IDU) who will proceed with their approval. The maximum ECTS credits for the entire academic year is 60, for one semester is 30 and for a term is 15. The minimum ECTS credits to be accepted in Catania is 9. A learning agreement must include at least 70% of courses given within the destination department and maximum 30% of courses given in other departments, if previously agreed among them. The University of Catania will not accept students who haven’t regularly transmitted their learning agreements before their arrival. For information on courses to choose it will be necessary to get in contact with didactic tutor and IDU; 4. search for a provisional accommodation consulting the information provided on the International Mobility section of the website. Erasmus foreign students have to contact autonomously institutions proposing accommodation solutions and they will be glad to accept them at special prices through an e-mail reservation in English. Arrival procedures When students arrive at the University of Catania, they have to participate to the obligatory Welcome Days, whose dates correspond to the official starting date indicated on the attendance certificate. 38 contents The University of Catania organizes 2 Welcome Days, one for each semester, whose dates are indicated on the website. Students have to bring: – the acceptance letter; – the learning agreements; – one passport-size photo. During the registration, students receive a university card to be kept during all the mobility period in Catania, shown at exams and given back to IRO before their departure. Every IDU takes part to the event in order to provide guidance to incoming students and give necessary information on mobility didactic aspects and to help them changing their learning agreements. Moreover, the department of humanities provides an intensive Italian and culture course that is offered to Erasmus incoming students for free. The Welcome Day is the occasion to get in contact with Italian students and specifically with students’ Associations in charge of: – supporting foreign colleagues upon their arrival; – helping them in getting familiar with Italian culture and environment; – assisting them in finding a stable accommodation for all their mobility length. The University of Catania will not accept students arriving after Welcome Days, with the exception for those who, for very relevant reasons (documented by their International Relations Office) cannot take part to the event and therefore receive a formal authorization by the IRO. 39 contents During mobility period During their mobility period, students have to: 1. remember that it is necessary to get registration attendance to all classes indicated in learning agreements. Professors will regularly register date and classes hours attended, as a minimum 60% rate of classes attendance is required in order to be admitted to the exams; 2. download the evaluation certificate for each exam and, before starting, provide the document to the professor who will fill it in entirely (it must be filled in even if the exam has been failed). Furthermore, students can: 1. interrupt their mobility only for very important reasons within the minimum 3 month mobility period. In this case, it is possible to start again the mobility period. Conversely, in case of interruption after 3 months, it is not allowed to continue with Erasmus mobility. Host university holidays are not considered as mobility period interruption; 2. extend the Erasmus mobility period, providing the authorization of home institution by filling in the form on-line. The authorization has to be transmitted to IDU, who will proceed with its acceptance and communication to the IRO. Only if their request has been accepted, students can extend their mobility period. Leaving Catania At the end of their mobility period and before their departure, students must: 1. visit IDU with the following documents in original – student card; – learning agreement; – evaluation certificates; – proof of participation to the courses; – Italian language course certificate. 40 contents IDU, once checked all documents, issues a transcript of records and sends it to the IRO by e-mail. No document will be given to students. 2. go to the IRO with the same documents presented to IDU in original, and the office issues an attendance certificate which, together with the transcript of records, will be given to the students in a closed envelop addressed to partner universities. Students are responsible for the envelop that has to arrive undamaged to the International Relations Office of the their own universities. In order to obtain these certificates, students must go to the IRO personally during receiving hours as they are not allowed to delegate other people. On planning their departure trip, students must take into consideration IRO public opening days and hours. 41 contents E RASMUS FOR P LACEMENT Student mobility for placement enables students to spend a traineeship period in an enterprise or organisation in Catania. Students receive an Erasmus grant from their own institution and the placement period is recognized in their academic career. Objectives of student placements are: – help students to adapt the requirements of the EU-wide labour market; – enable students develop specific skills including language skills and improve understanding of the economic and social culture of the country concerned in the context of acquiring work experience; – promote cooperation between higher education institutions and enterprises; – contribute to the development of a pool of wellqualified, open minded and internationally experienced young people as future professionals. Only incoming students belonging to foreign universities that have an Erasmus Placement Bilateral Agreement with the University of Catania are accepted to do a training in Catania. Students with an Erasmus Studio grant can ask to do a training only if it is indicated in their learning agreement at the condition established by the specific action. Administrative Procedures Before leaving Before their departure, students must: – check if there is an Erasmus Placement agreement between their home university and University of Catania and, if the case, contact the professor in charge of the agreement in order to verify his/her availability to accept them. Once accepted by the professor, they jointly define the content of the training agreement and finally fill in the document; 42 contents – fill in the application form available on-line and wait for the IRO official acceptance sent by e-mail; – search for a provisional accommodation consulting the information provided on the International Mobility section of the website. Erasmus foreign students have to contact autonomously institutions proposing accommodation solutions and they will be glad to accept them at special prices through an e-mail reservation in English. Furthermore, students can get in contact with Italian student associations helping them in getting familiar with the Italian culture and environment and assisting them in finding a stable accommodation for all their mobility length. During training As soon as Erasmus Placement students arrive in Catania, they must: – go to the IRO, on receiving hours, with one passport-size photograph and a copy of the training agreement signed by all the parts. They will receive the student card and all useful information for their stay in Catania. – meet their tutors and complete the registration process at IDU. – begin their training in the host institution according to the training agreement defined programme. Leaving Catania At the end of their training and before departing, students must go to the IRO (personally and in receiving hours) in order to give back their student card and get the transcript of record and the attendance certificate in a closed envelop addressed to partner universities. Students are responsible for the envelope that has to arrive undamaged to the International Relation Office of their home university. 43 contents On planning their departure trip, students must take into consideration IRO public opening days and hours. Students do not have to meet neither the tutor nor the IDU, because the certificate stating the exact dates of the training period, the amount of the working hours and a brief description of the activities carried out is directly sent by the tutor to IDU that is in charge of issuing the transcript of records and sending it to IRO by e-mail. 44 contents I NTERNATIONAL S TUDENTS UE and non-UE students can carry out a mobility period according to International Agreements or Memorandum of Understanding stipulated among the University of Catania and their institutions. Such mobility, free of inscription fees, can take place from 10th October and 31st July every academic year (in August and September there is no provision of didactic activities). A basic Italian language knowledge is required (an A2 level of Italian language as for the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) as, even if some courses are held in English language (generally postgraduates courses within international educational offer), the majority are in Italian. In case of a single student application, it is necessary to refer to home International Relations Office to get their authorization and to formally transmit the application form. In case of a group of students application, the sending International Relations Office will send to IRO an annual mobility programme indicating students number, personal data, mobility periods (1st-2nd semester or academic year) and their study plans. Such didactic information will be formalized, in case of acceptance, in learning agreements. VISA, insurance and medical assistance In order to obtain VISA, upon student request, IRO will issue an acceptance letter indicating: – type of mobility – if it is covered by scholarship – accommodation Once in Italy students must follow Italian procedures to obtain their stay permission. The University of Catania will take out an insurance policy limited to participation at didactic/training activities, excluding sport activities, for all incoming students. 45 contents EU students can benefit from medical assistance only if they have the European Sanitary Card; non-EU students need to have their own medical insurance. Italian “Codice Fiscale” - tax code Student accepted must get the Italian Codice Fiscale. In order to obtain it, they need to go to Agenzia delle Entrate with their passport/identity card and stay permission (if non-EU citizens). Italian Language Course Students accepted may benefit from remaining places in Italian Language courses for Erasmus students and they have to be authorized by IRO. Those courses will be free of charge and could be activated both in the 1st and 2nd semester. Each student will be allowed only to one course. Information regarding these courses will be provided at Welcome Days. Accommodation The University of Catania verifies, every year, available accommodation and catering services. Important Notice Non-EU students can be accepted at the University of Catania: – if regularly enrolled for one or more academic years and if inscribed for single courses (free movers). In this case they are managed by Foreign Students Office of the Didactic Area; – if selected according to International Cooperation Agreements or Memorandum of Understanding signed by their institution and the University of Catania for less than one academic year and free of enrolment charges. In this case they are managed by IRO; 46 contents Under international and European cooperation programmes, they will be managed by Foreign Students Office if the programme provides for a regular enrolment at hosting institution, or by IRO if the programme provides for a short mobility and doesn’t require a regular enrolment at hosting institution. For particular necessities, upon request, the University of Catania provides an assistance service for first support for non-EU students regularly enrolled or accepted for short mobility. If interested in this service, students have to send an e-mail request at [email protected]. 47 contents I NTERNATIONAL F REE M OVERS EU and non-EU citizens coming from universities who don’t have any international agreement with the University of Catania and interested in attending one or more courses activated at the University of Catania, can inscribe to single courses (maximum 5 single courses and maximum 40 ECTS credits each year). It is, in any case, impossible to inscribe to single courses belonging to degree courses with limited entrance at national level. EU and non-EU citizens regularly living in Italy (as for the Italian Law 286/1998 art. 39, paragraph 5 and further modifications) interested in attending one or more single courses, can inscribe, within the deadlines indicated, by producing their university card or other translated and legalized foreign university certificate. Non-EU citizens living abroad can inscribe by applying at Italian diplomatic representation (within 25th August for 1st semester courses and within 30th December for 2nd semester courses). VISA information As for VISA it is necessary to take into consideration general regulation following Schengen rules and national laws on immigration referring in particular to migratory risk evaluation. Foreign students cannot obtain stay permission renewals for study extension reasons to attend further single courses, different from those for which they gained VISA. This kind of renewal is intended only for inscription to entire degree courses (from Directive 2004/114/CE into art. 39 Italian Law 268/1998). 48 contents I NTERNATIONAL P H .D. S TUDENTS EU and non-EU Ph.D. students can carry out a short mobility period (max. 12 months) at the University of Catania. Such mobility can be done in every moment of the academic year compatibly with departments didactic or research activities. The following guidelines aren’t obligatory but they will provide, those who decide to follow them, with the same services and assistance the University of Catania already provides to international mobility students. VISA, insurance and medical assistance In order to obtain VISA, upon student request, IRO will issue an acceptance letter indicating: – type of mobility – if it is covered by scholarship – accommodation Once in Italy Ph.D. students must follow Italian procedures to obtain their stay permission. International mobility Ph.D. students may benefit from an insurance policy limited to participation at didactic/ formative activities, excluding sport activities. EU students can benefit from medical assistance only if they have the European Sanitary Card, non-EU students need to have their own medical insurance. Italian “Codice Fiscale” - tax code Student accepted must get the Italian “Codice Fiscale”. In order to obtain it, they need to go to Agenzia delle Entrate with their passport/identity card and stay permission (if non-EU citizens). Accommodation The University of Catania verifies, every year, available accommodation and catering services. 49 contents Important Notice As for non-EU Ph.D. students: – those who passed a regular Ph.D. call, even if foreigner, must be considered students of the University of Catania and are, therefore, managed by the Ph.D. Office of the Didactic Area; – those in mobility for short periods, will be managed by IRO. For particular necessities, upon request, the University of Catania provides an assistance service for first support for non-EU students regularly enrolled and in short mobility. If interested in this service, studentes have to send an e-mail request at [email protected]. 50 contents E RASMUS STA M OBILITY These information are addressed to incoming professors selected for didactic mobility at the University of Catania under the LLP Erasmus Programme, within interinstitutional Erasmus agreements signed between their institution and the University of Catania. Such mobility is not financed by University of Catania, apart from logistical support IRO provides for incoming professors. It can take place from 10th October and 31st July every academic (in August and September there is no provision of didactic activities). Application procedures Once IRO receives, from host institution, the name of the selected professor, the office notifies the degree course and the referring professor in Catania of the selection. He, considering the possibility of including such activity into the didactic programmes of its department, will provide an answer. In case of positive response, IRO sends an acceptance letter, by e-mail, to the partner International Relations Office. This letter will be signed by the Erasmus Institutional Coordinator and, upon his/her absence, by IRO. Teaching activities Once in Catania the professor performs the scheduled teaching activity coordinated by the referring professor in Catania. At the end of the teaching period, the referring professor in Catania, fills in a teaching activity report and sends it to IRO, by e-mail, attaching any supporting documentation and in time to allow the processing of departure files. 51 contents Teaching activities certification At the end of the mobility, IRO receives the incoming professor to proceed with teaching activity certification. Final certificates are issued on Italian LLP Erasmus National Agency form or on a form provided by the sending institution, signed by the Erasmus Institutional Coordinator and, upon his/her absence, by IRO, and directly sent to the sending institution. Insurance and medical assistance The University of Catania will take out and insurance policy limited to participation at didactic/formative activities, excluding sport activities, for all incoming professors. EU professors can benefit from medical assistance only if they have the European Sanitary Card, non-EU professors need to have their own medical insurance. 52 contents E RASMUS STT M OBILITY Every year the University of Catania organises an “International Administrative and Teaching Staff Training Week”. This event is primarily targeted to International Relations officers, but it is also open to any motivated person interested in internationalization. The topics will be addressed to explore possibilities to strengthen and improve students’ mobility opportunities and to describe University of Catania best practices. Cultural visits and a social event will be included. European Union participants have the possibility to apply for Erasmus Staff Training mobility grants from their home institutions. For information and procedures for foreign guests, please consult the website: www.unict.it/en/international-mobility 53 contents I NTERNATIONAL V ISITING S CHOLARS Visiting scholars hosted at the University of Catania are kindly requested to fill the on-line form intended only for statistic purposes and to improve the mobility services. The form is available at: www2.unict.it/en/international-mobility 54 Partnership contents Introduction This section is meant to provide prospective partner Universities with some basic but relevant information on how to cooperate with the University of Catania. It includes an updated agreements list, as well as information on the new proposals’ procedures. The instruments to cooperate with the University of Catania are: - Erasmus Agreements - Memorandum of Understanding and International Cooperation Agreements 56 contents Erasmus Agreements The Erasmus Inter-Institutional Agreement is an official contract binding two institutes/universities involved in cooperating within the LLP/Erasmus framework (i.e. providing funds and support for student, teaching and staff mobility). Institutes/universities interested in entering into a new LLP/Erasmus Inter-Institutional agreement with the University of Catania shall contact the IRO at the e-mail address [email protected], specifying: – institution name, ID code and Erasmus Charter number; – duration of contract in academic years; – names and contact details of both the institutional/ departmental coordinators and central administration; – details on incoming/outgoing student mobility: subject area and code, level (1st cycle degree, 2nd cycle degree, Ph.D courses), numbers of students and total months; – details on incoming/outgoing teaching mobility: subject area and code, duration of week; – details on incoming/outgoing staff mobility; – information about academic calendar, educational programmes, foreign language knowledge requirements, services offered to incoming students and professors. USEFUL INFORMATION Name: University of Catania Erasmus ID code: I CATANIA 01 Erasmus charter No: 29276-IC -1-IT-ERASMUS-EUCX -1 E-mail: [email protected] 57 contents L IST OF “E RASMUS FOR S TUDY ” A GREEMENT Thematic Area 629 Agriculture, forestry and fishery (others) 62 Agriculture, forestry and fishery 58 Architecture and building 34 Business and administration 58 Institutional Code Tutor Professor B BRUXEL04 CZ PRAHA02 E GRANADA01 E MURCIA04 G KOZANI01 NL WAGENIN01 TR ADANA01 TR BURSA01 TR SANLIUR01 Signorello Giovanni Signorello Giovanni Rapisarda Carmelo Signorello Giovanni Signorello Giovanni Rapisarda Carmelo Fallico Biagio Signorello Giovanni Fallico Biagio E MADRID05 E MADRID26 G ATHINE03 G THESSAL01 HU DEBRECE01 P FUNCHAL03 P LISBOA03 TR ADANA01 Cosentino Salvatore Luciano Branca Ferdinando Branca Ferdinando Branca Ferdinando Branca Ferdinando Branca Ferdinando Cosentino Salvatore Luciano La Malfa Stefano E MADRID05 E SEVILLA01 G VOLOS01 P EVORA01 P LISBOA04 P PORTO02 Truppi Carlo Fiore Vittorio Martinico Francesco Truppi Carlo Truppi Carlo Truppi Carlo B LIEGE01 D BERLIN06 D FRANKFU04 D KIEL01 D KONSTAN01 D WORMS01 E ALICANT01 E CIUDA-R01 E JAEN01 E MADRID04 E MADRID14 E SANTAND01 E SANTIAG01 E TARRAGO01 E VALENCI01 Matarazzo Benedetto Catalfo Pierluigi Lazzara Margherita Rizzotti Davide Caserta Maurizio Rossello Damiano Rizzotti Davide Cavalieri Marina Nicotra Ida Catalfo Pierluigi Lazzara Margherita Rossello Damiano Tiziana Cuccia Cavalieri Marina De Marco Cinzia contents 727 Pharmacy 38 Law E VALENCI01 E VALLADO01 E VIGO01 F ANGERS01 F BORDEAU41 F LILLE01 G KRITIS09 P LISBOA03 PL BIALYST04 RO SUCEAVA01 S VAXJO03 TR ISTANBU14 UK SOUTHAM04 Nicotra Ida Clasadonte Maria Teresa Rizzo Marcella Benzo Veronica Benzo Veronica Benzo Veronica Benzo Veronica Catalfo Pierluigi Clasadonte Maria Teresa Matarazzo Benedetto Rizzotti Davide Cuccia Tiziana Cuccia Tiziana A WIEN01 B NAMUR01 D FRANKFU01 D GOTTING01 D HALLE01 E ALCAL-H01 E BARCELO01 E GRANADA01 E MADRID03 E MADRID21 E MADRID21 E PAMPLON01 E SALAMAN02 E SEVILLA01 E ZARAGOZ01 F ANGERS01 F ARRAS12 G THESSAL01 MT MALTA01 N OSLO01 N OSLO01 N TROMSO01 P PORTO02 PL WROCLAW02 SF KUOPIO01 SI LJUBLJA01 TR ANKARA01 UK GLASGOW02 UK ST-ANDR01 Ronsisvalle Giuseppe Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Ronsisvalle Giuseppe Guccione Salvatore Ronsisvalle Giuseppe Ronsisvalle Giuseppe Renis Marcella Rizzo Milena Guccione Salvatore Renis Marcella Ciranna Lucia Chiacchio Ugo Pignatello Rosario Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Rizzo Milena Guccione Salvatore Pignatello Rosario Guccione Salvatore Rizzo Milena Guccione Salvatore Pignatello Rosario Rizzo Milena Ronsisvalle Giuseppe Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore A GRAZ01 A SALZBUR01 Patané Vania Milazzo Francesco 59 contents B LEUVEN01 B LOUVAIN01 CH LUZERN01 D BIELEFE01 D BOCHUM01 D BONN01 D EICHSTA01 D GREIFS01 D KOLN01 D MAINZ01 D OLDENBU01 D SAARBRU01 D TUBINGE01 E ALMERIA01 E BARCELO01 E BARCELO15 E BILBAO01 E BILBAO01 E BURGOS01 E CASTELL01 E CIUDA-R01 E GRANADA01 E HUELVA01 E LA-CORU01 E LAS-PAL01 E LLEIDA01 E LOGRONO01 E MADRID04 E MURCIA01 E SALAMAN02 E SALAMAN02 E SANTAND01 E SEVILLA03 E VALLADO01 E VALLADO01 E VIGO01 E ZARAGOZ01 F CLERMON01 F ST-ETIE01 IRLLIMERIC01 IS AKUREYR01 IS AKUREYR01 MT MALTA01 NL UTRECHT01 PL SZCZECI01 PL WARSZAW01 SI LJUBLJA01 60 Patané Vania Lo Faro Antonio Amato Salvatore Milazzo Francesco Milazzo Francesco Milazzo Francesco Caruso Sebastiano Patané Vania Milazzo Francesco Milazzo Francesco Caruso Sebastiano Milazzo Francesco Patané Vania Bettetini Andrea Paradiso Massimo Caruso Sebastiano Caruso Sebastiano Patané Vania Amato Salvatore Sapienza Rosario Maugeri Anna Maria Ciaramelli Fabio Migliorino Francesco Grasso Giovanni Amato Salvatore Ciaramelli Fabio Bettetini Andrea Maugeri Anna Maria Milazzo Francesco Arcaria Francesco Milazzo Francesco Amato Salvatore Grasso Giovanni Caruso Sebastiano Milazzo Francesco Amato Salvatore Bettetini Andrea Milazzo Francesco Lo Faro Antonio Lo Giudice Alessio Milazzo Francesco Sapienza Rosario Sapienza Rosario Patané Vania Castorina Emilio Castorina Emilio Sapienza Rosario contents 52 Engineering and engineering trades 522 Electricity and energy 523 Electronics and automation 581 Architecture and town planning 582 Building and civil engineering 22 Humanities B LIEGE01 B LIEGE01 E BILBAO01 E LEON01 F NANTES01 G KOZANI02 TR ISTANBU05 TR ISTANBU07 Celano Giovanni Muscato Giovanni Fichera Alberto Fortuna Luigi Celano Giovanni Fichera Sergio Fortuna Luigi Fortuna Luigi D HANNOVE01 DK ALBORG01 F AMIENS01 NL GRONING01 PL WARSZAW02 Scarcella Giuseppe Cacciato Mario Scarcella Giuseppe Di Stefano Antonella Fortuna Luigi D AACHEN01 E BADAJOZ01 E LAS-PAL01 RO CRAIOVA01 RO SUCEAVA01 S LINKOPI01 S VASTERA01 SF ESPOO01 SK ZILINA01 TR ISTANBU04 TR ISTANBU07 TR IZMIR03 UK EXETER01 UK HATFIEL01 Palazzo Sergio Caponetto Riccardo Lombardo Alfio Malgeri Michele Fichera Sergio Fortuna Luigi Muscato Giovanni Fortuna Luigi Cacciato Mario Fortuna Luigi Fortuna Luigi Fortuna Luigi Malgeri Michele Muscato Giovanni TR ISTANBU07 E VALLADO01 La Greca Paolo Salemi Angelo CZ BRNO01 E BURGOS01 F NANTES07 F PARIS225 G THESSAL01 P AVEIRO01 RO IASI05 TR ANTALYA01 Cafiso Salvatore Salemi Angelo Cuomo Massimo Salemi Angelo Oliveto Giuseppe Contrafatto Loredana Pezzinga Giuseppe Maugeri Michele A WIEN01 A WIEN01 A WIEN01 B LIEGE01 Militello Pietro Petringa Maria Rosaria Sardella Teresa Militello Pietro 61 contents B LOUVAIN01 CH GENEVE01 CZ PRAHA07 CZ PRAHA07 D BAYREUT01 D BAYREUT01 D BERLIN13 D HALLE01 D HANNOVE01 D HEIDELB01 D HEIDELB01 D JENA01 D KOLN01 D MUNCHEN01 D SAARBRU01 E BARCELO01 E BILBAO01 E BILBAO01 E CIUDA-R01 E GRANADA01 E HUELVA01 E JAEN01 E LOGRONO01 E MALAGA01 E SALAMAN02 E SANTAND01 E SEVILLA01 E SEVILLA01 E SEVILLA01 E SEVILLA03 E VALENCI02 E VALLADO01 E VIGO01 F CLERMON02 F MARSEIL01 F NANCY02 F PARIS007 F PARIS010 F PARIS057 F STRASBO01 F TOULOUS02 F TOURS01 G IRAKLIO01 G KALLITH02 G KALLITH02 HR SPLIT01 62 Todaro Simona Iachello Enrico Iachello Enrico Militello Paolo Giuffrida Claudia Militello Pietro Militello Pietro Magnano San Lio Giancarlo Famoso Nunzio Iachello Enrico D’Angelo Rosa Maria D’Angelo Rosa Maria Giardina Giovanna Ortoleva Vincenzo D’Angelo Rosa Maria Zappulla Sarah Castelli Rosario Pagano Mario Zappulla Sarah Antonio Di Silvestro Antonio Di Silvestro Militello Paolo Di Silvestro Antonio Calabrese Gaetano Giuffrida Claudia Barcellona Rossana D’Angelo Rosa Maria Di Grado Antonio Scalisi Lina Iachello Enrico Famoso Nunzio Scalisi Lina Militello Pietro Pezzino Giuseppe Laudani Simona Romeo Maria Vita Famoso Nunzio Laudani Simona Iachello Enrico Milazzo Antonino Manganaro Andrea Militello Paolo Militello Pietro Iachello Enrico Papatheu Katerina Manganaro Andrea contents 223 Mother tongue G KOMOTIN01 HR ZAGREB01 HU BUDAPES01 HU VESZPRE01 IRLMAYNOOT01 MT MALTA01 P EVORA01 PL TORUN01 PL WARSZAW01 RO BUCURES09 RO BUCURES09 RO CLUJNAP01 RO IASI02 TR 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PORTO02 E CADIZ01 Stefani Stefania De Pinto Vito Stefani Stefania Cantone Grazia Agodi Antonella Di Stefano Agata E GIRONA02 G ATHINE01 MT MALTA01 P LISBOA04 SI LJUBLJA01 Di Stefano Agata Di Stefano Agata Di Stefano Agata Di Stefano Agata Di Stefano Agata B NAMUR01 D KAISERS01 D KONSTAN01 E BARCELO01 Guccione Salvatore Musumarra Giuseppe Foti Salvatore Guccione Salvatore 67 contents 762 Social work and counceling 313 Political science and civics 68 F LILLE13 G IOANNIN01 N OSLO01 NL AMSTERD02 P PORTO02 PL WROCLAW02 SF HELSINK01 Musumarra Giuseppe Rizzarelli Enrico Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Musumarra Giuseppe D BERLIN05 D FRANKFU08 E GRANADA01 E LEON01 E MURCIA01 NL ENSCHED03 Consoli Maria Teresa Vecchio Giuseppe Vecchio Giuseppe Vecchio Giuseppe Vecchio Giuseppe Consoli Maria Teresa B GENT01 B LIEGE01 BG SOFIA02 CH FRIBOUR01 CH FRIBOUR01 CH FRIBOUR01 CH FRIBOUR01 CH LUZERN01 CZ PRAHA07 CZ PRAHA18 D BONN01 D MUNCHEN01 D OSNABRU01 D OSNABRU01 D ROSTOCK01 D ROSTOCK01 DK ARHUS01 DK ROSKILD01 E MADRID03 E MADRID03 E MADRID04 E SANTAND01 E SANTAND01 E SANTIAG01 E TENERIF01 E VALLADO01 F GRENOBL23 F MONTPEL03 F PARIS057 F TOURS01 F TOURS01 Panebianco Stefania Longo Francesca Irrera Daniela Santangelo Grazia Sciacca Fabrizio Sciacca Fabrizio Vecchio Giuseppe Panebianco Stefania Attinà Fulvio Attinà Fulvio Longo Francesca Longo Francesca Attinà Fulvio Longo Francesca Attinà Fulvio Longo Francesca Panebianco Stefania Di Bella Salvo Attinà Fulvio Longo Francesca Biondi Francesca Astuto Giuseppe Ligresti Domenico Sciacca Fabrizio Negro Matteo Mulè Paolina Attinà Fulvio Sciacca Fabrizio Cresti Federico Biondi Francesca Vecchio Giuseppe contents MT MALTA01 MT MALTA01 N BERGEN01 P BRAGA01 P LISBOA04 PL KRAKOW01 PL POZNAN01 PL TORUN01 RO ORADEA01 RO SUCEAVA01 SF JYVASKY01 TR ISTANBU12 TR IZMIR05 TR IZMIR07 Andò Biagio Attinà Fulvio Longo Francesca Sciacca Fabrizio Attinà Fulvio Attinà Fulvio Vecchio Giuseppe Attinà Fulvio Longo Francesca Biondi Francesca Sciacca Fabrizio Irrera Daniela Panebianco Stefania Panebianco Stefania 69 contents L IST OF “E RASMUS FOR P LACEMENT ” A GREEMENT Thematic Area 62 Agriculture, forestry and fishery Tutor Professor E VALENCI01 Cirelli Giuseppe E IC Messina Bruno B NAMUR01 D FRANKFU01 D GOTTING01 D HALLE01 E BARCELO01 E PAMPLON01 F ARRAS12 G NHRF N TROMSO01 NL AMSTERD 02 P PORTO 02 E PCB PL KRAKOW 01 TR ISTAMBU 05 UK ST-ANDR01 E MADRID21 Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Rizzo Milena 523 Electronics and automation NL GRONING01 RO CRAIOVA01 S VASTERA01 UK HATFIEL01 Di Stefano Antonella Malgeri Michele Muscato Giovanni Muscato Giovanni 22 Humanities E GRANADA 01 CZ PRAHA07 G IRAKLIO01 D BSB Calabrese Gaetano Militello Paolo Militello Pietro Ortoleva Vincenzo 721 Medicine UK BIRMING 02 PL POZNAN 05 Rizzo Renata Cioni Matteo 58 Architecture and building 727 Pharmacy 70 Institutional Code contents 319 Social and behavioural science (other) SI PORTORO03 Tufano Roberto D AACHEN02 B IMEC NLKNMI E CENIEH F IRAMAT Bellini Vincenzo Angilella Giuseppe Angilella Giuseppe Gueli Anna Gueli Anna 481 Computer science UK HATFIEL01 Barbanera Franco 421 Biology and biochemistry G ATHINE01 HU SZEGED 01 F IPRI SAS P PORTO02 Agodi Antonella Agodi Antonella Agodi Antonella Agodi Antonella CH LA ROCHE F VERSAIL 11 A CEMM N OSLO 01 PL WROCLAW 02 UK GLASGOW 02 S GOTEBOR 01 Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Guccione Salvatore Rizzarelli Enrico F ESSEC IRENE B OIJJ B LIEGE01 CZ CPVP B SG Attinà Fulvio Attinà Fulvio Longo Francesca Longo Francesca Panebianco Stefania 441 Physics 442 Chemistry 313 Political science and civics 71 contents Memorandum of Understanding and International Cooperation A greements A way to improve dialogue and experience transfer between scientific communities, develop joint research and tuition activities and facilitate the exchange of teaching staff and students, is to establish a Memorandum of Understanding or International Cooperation Agreements. These are the first tools for the realization of all cooperation activities with foreign universities and institutions for educational and scientific purposes. The Memorandum of Understanding aims at establishing scientific collaboration contacts increasing academic and cultural exchanges in education and research fields, as well as students, researchers and professors mobility. This kind of agreement doesn’t have any financial backing. The International Cooperation Agreement, unlike the memorandum of Understanding, regulates the relationships among one or more departments of the University of Catania and the foreign partner Faculties/ departments. This agreement has a specific and defined objective and doesn’t have a suggested format. It is created and adapted to the needs of the promoting faculty/department. If the agreement is proposed by a foreign university, it is advised to contact a promoting Italian professor according to the scientific field the cooperation is focused on or the internationalization delegates. In order to stipulate a Memorandum of Understanding and an International Cooperation Agreement it is first of all necessary that professors promoting the agreement have a preliminary contact with an Italian professor or the internationalization delegates, acting as scientific contact within the University of Catania. 72 contents The agreement will be put into effect once it is duly signed by both partners. For further information on Memorandum of Understanding, please contact the Territory Relations Division. Address: Piazza Università 2, I-95131 Catania Phone: (+39) 095 7307353 Fax: (+39) 095 7307417 E-mail: [email protected] For further information about International Cooperation Agreement, please contact the IRO. Address: Piazza Università 2, I-95131 Catania Operative seat: Via S. M. del Rosario 9, I-95131 Catania Phone: (+39) 095 7307108 Fax: (+39) 095 7307105 E-mail: [email protected] 73 contents LIST OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION A GREEMENT EUROPE Belgium - Haute Ecole Paul Henri Spaak - Universitè de Liège Cyprus - Eastern Mediterranean University of Cyprus France - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (I.N.R.A.) - Universitè Francois-Rabelais de Tours - Universitè de Droit, D’Economie et des Sciences, Aix Marseille - Universitè de Limoges - International Brain Research Organization (I.B.R.O.) - Universitè de Nice-Sophia Antipolis Germany - Clausthal University of Technology - Institute of Polymer Materials and Plastic Processing - Munich Intellectual Property Law Center - Bielefeld University - Heidelberg University - Aachen Sciences University Greece - Agricultural University of Athens - National and Capodistrian University of Athens United Kingdom - University of Lancaster - University of Greenwich - University Court of the University of Edinburgh Ireland - National University of Ireland Maynooth Poland - University of Warsaw - University of Szczecin (ECONET) Romania - Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi - Polytechnical University of Bucurest - Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi - Titu Maiorescu University of Bucarest Spain Sweden - Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche - Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona - Istitut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalientàires (I.R.T.A.) - Fundacion e Instituto Universitario de Investigacion Ortega y Gasset - Universidad de Salamanca - Universidad de Valladolid - University of Gothenburg Switzerland - Institut Suisse de Droit Comparé 74 contents ASIA MIDDLE EAST AREA Iran - Payame Noor University, Tehran - Tabriz University Israel - Tel Aviv University Turkey - Selcuk University (Memorandum of Understanding) - Selcuk University (International Cooperation Agreements) - Adyaman University Russia - MGIMO University, Moscow - Gosudarstvennyj Institut Iskusstvoznanija, Moscow - Russian State University for the Humanities PACIFIC AREA Cina - Institute of Modern Physics, Lanzhou - China Institute of Atomic Energy, BeiJing - China Institute for Theoretical Physics, BeiJing - Centre for Chaos and Complex Networks, City University of Hong Kong - Xinjiang Agricoltural University,Urumqi, Xinjiang - Tongji University, Shanghai - Zibo N.1 Municipal Hospital India - Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing - Heart Institute, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital Japan - University of Nagoya South Korea - University of Pusan Sri Lanka - University of Colombo Vietnam - Hanoi University (Memorandum of understanding) - Hanoi University (International Cooperation Agreements) - Hanoi University (International Cooperation Agreements) AFRICA Algeria - Università Badji Mokhtar - Annaba Egypt - Alexandria University - Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex-Med) - Japan University of Science and Technology - University of Minufia Libya - Al Fateh University 75 contents A MERICA NORTH AMERICA Canada - Universitè de Sherbrooke, Quebec United States of America - Mississippi State University - Clarkson University, Postsdam, NY - U.S. Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy - CET Academic Programs - Nonlinear Electronic Laboratory - NOEL (University of California, Berkeley) - University of Buffalo - SUNY (State Universities of New York) - California University - UCLA (Los Angeles) - Worcester Polytechnic Institute - North Caroline University at Greensboro - University of Pittsburgh - Arcadia University, Philadelphia - College of Liberal Arts of Auburn University (Memorandum of understanding) CENTRAL AMERICA Cuba - Universidad de Oriente Santiago de Cuba - Universidad de La Habana Mexico - Universidad Autonòma de Baya, California Nicaragua - Universidad Catolica Agropecuaria del Tropico Seco di Esteli SOUTH AMERICA Argentina Brazil - Italian University Institute of Rosario (IUNIR) - Universidad Nacional de Rosario - Universidad Nacional de Còrdoba - Universidade Comunitaria Regional de Chapeco - Universidade do Oeste de Santa Caterina (UNOESC) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) Chile - Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaìso Uruguay - Universidad de Concepciòn del Uruguay 76 Facilities contents Facilities The University of Catania provides the following services that can be useful for international mobility. CAREER GUIDANCE AND VOCATIONAL CENTRE Address: Via A. di Sangiuliano 197, I-95131 Catania E-mail: [email protected] Website: www2.unict.it/en/career-guidance-andvocational-centre-cof CENTRE FOR DISABILITY Address: Via A. di Sangiuliano 259, I-95131 Catania E-mail: [email protected] - [email protected] Website: www2.unict.it/en/centre-disability-cinap MULTIMEDIAL LANGUAGES CENTRE Address: Via A. di Sangiuliano 197, I-95131 Catania E-mail: [email protected] Website: www2.unict.it/en/multimedial-languagescentre-clma UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES SYSTEM Address: Via Etnea 742, I-95125 Catania E-mail: [email protected] Website: www2.unict.it/en/libraries-and-documentationcentre-cbd-0 78 contents EUROPEAN DOCUMENTATION CENTRE Address: Via Umberto 285 B, I-95129 Catania E-mail: [email protected] Website: www2.unict.it/en/european-documentationcentre-cde-0 ACCOMMODATIONS AND MEALS (ERSU) Address: Via Etnea 570, I-95128 Catania E-mail: [email protected] Website: www2.unict.it/en/accommodations-and-mealsersu UNIVERSITY SPORT CENTRE (CUS) Address: Viale Andrea Doria 6, I- 95125 Catania E-mail: [email protected] Website: www2.unict.it/en/university-sport-centre-cus 79 Other Information of Interest contents City of Catania Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy. Catania is known for its seismic history, having been destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169, another in 1693, and by several volcanic eruptions from the neighbouring Mount Etna volcano, the most violent of which was in 1669. Catania has had a long and eventful history, having been founded in the 8th century BC. In the 14th century and the Renaissance, Catania was one of Italy’s most important and flourishing cultural, artistic, and political centres, having witnessed the opening in 1434 of the first university in Sicily. Today, Catania is one of the main economic, touristic, and educational centres in the island, being an important hub of industry. CLIMATE Sicily is famous or its mild climate, greatly influenced by sea currents. During the winter, the average temperature is about 12° C, while the average summer temperature is about 35° C, with a high humidity level. We recommend that appropriate winter garments be brought to be used on colder days. COST OF LIVING The cost of living in Catania is not particularly high. Below are some prices of day-to-day products: Coffee Sandwich Cigarettes Bus ticket Bread Beer Italian newspaper Admission to the cinema 82 € 0,80 € 2,50 from € 4,30 to € 5,50 € 1,00 € 2,50 (1 Kg) € 2,00 € 1,50 € 6,00 contents MARKETS – Clothes, fruit and vegetable market in Piazza Carlo Alberto from Monday to Saturday in the morning and Saturday afternoon. – Fish market in Piazza Di Benedetto from Monday to Saturday in the morning. – Antique market in Piazza Carlo every Sunday morning. SHOPPING The city centre has a wide range of shops, which are open from 9 am to 1 pm and from 4.00 to 8 pm during the winter, from 9 am to 1 pm and from 4.30 to 8 pm in summer. Pharmacies are also open at these hours, but it is always possible to find some open at night. Shopping centres are continuously open from 9 am to 9 pm. Shops are closed on Monday morning. MEDICAL CARE Students from European Union member states should have the sanitary card before departure for Catania. This card should then be presented at an ASL office in case of medical necessity. HOW TO GET AROUND THE CITY If you approach Catania by car from the capital towns of the Sicilian provinces the distances are: 168 km from Agrigento 110 km from Caltanissetta 85 km from Enna 95 km from Messina 195 km from Palermo 104 km from Ragusa 60 km from Siracusa 317 km from Trapani 85 contents If you arrive at Catania by train, the main station is the Stazione Centrale, in the city centre, where all the national and international trains stop. Intercity trains link Catania directly to the most important Italian cities, such as Milan, Florence and Rome. Within the city, you can use taxis or bus services for the city and beyond, leaving from the square in front of the train station. If you arrive at the airport, you can reach the city centre using the Alibus bus service covering: Fontanarossa (now Vincenzo Bellini) Airport, Service Area, Faro Biscari, Tempio (the harbour), Colombo, Borsellino (Porticello), Vittorio Emanuele, Cathedral. If you arrive by boat you can walk the short distance (under 1km) to the city centre. Leaflets with short walking tours for tourists are available in the tourist offices at the harbour. TRANSPORTS Catania’s Municipal Transport Society Urban bus, of orange colour, they are managed by the A.M.T. and they reach the whole city area. A single ticket costs € 1 and is valid for 90 min. Tickets are available at tobacconists, some Bars, or in the City’s central squares in suitable A.M.T. newsagents. Green number: 800.01.8696 Website: www.amt.ct.it F.C.E. Circum Etnea Railway – Bus Service The historic, Circumetnea is a Transport State’s society, as well as being a picturesque railway that offers the complete tour of the Etna’s town villages, it manages the city’s new metropolitan line, and also the blue bus lines of the CircumEtnea, that reach Etna’s town villages. Due to the fact of being a service created for commuters it is suspended on Sunday and holidays. 84 contents Departures from Catania, Via Dusmet – near the Port - from 7.00 am to 20.00 pm. Phone: (+39) 095 534323 / (+39) 095 54125 Website: www.circumetnea.it A.S.T.- S.p.a – Sicilian Transport Society Sicilian Regional Transport Society, it manages extraurban lines of blue colour. Tickets are available at tobacconists and newsagents. The ticket fare for a single ticket varies from € 1,90 to € 16,30 and it varies according to the distances Departures from Catania at Piazza Giovanni XXIII (Central Station F.S.), where there are the station ticket offices, at via Luigi Sturzo, 230/232. Phone: (+39) 095 7461096 Website: www.aziendasicilianatrasporti.it SAIS Bus lines SAIS is a private society that offers its services in Sicily, it covers the largest motorway connections, among which the Bus lines Palermo-Catania, Palermo-Messina, Catania-Messina, Palermo-Enna, Palermo-Gela. It also offers interregional connections between Sicily and the most important Italian cities. Tickets are available in SAIS offices at Piazza Borsellino. Departures from Catania, via D’Amico,181, near P.za Giovanni XXIII – Central Station and from the Airport Fontanarossa. Phone: (+39) 095 536168 / (+39) 095 7237101 Website: www.saisautolinee.it ETNA Trasports and INTERBUS Etna Spa and Interbus Spa are private Transport Societies that offer national connections to Rome and Naples. Departures from Catania, via Archimede, in front of Central Station. Phone: (+39) 095 530396 Website: www.interbus.it / www.etnatrasporti.it 85 contents C INEMAS The ticket price ranges from a minimum of € 4.00 to a maximum of € 6.00. On Tuesday admission cost is usually low in any cinemas. Name Adress Phone Abc Via Pietro Mascagni, 92 (+39) 095 535382 Alfieri Via Duca degli Abruzzi, 8 (+39) 095 373760 Ariston Via Balduino, 17/B (+39) 095 441717 Capitol Via Vicenza, 14 (+39) 095 506471 Corsaro Via S. Nicolò al Borgo, 49 (+39) 095 502690 King Via A. De Curtis, 14 (+39) 095 530218 Lo Po’ Via Etnea, 256 (+39) 095 326210 Odeon Via Filippo Corridoni, 19 (+39) 095 326324 Planet Viale della Costituzione, 47 (+39) 095 334866 Recupero Via Duca degli Abruzzi, 69 (+39) 095 383596 Tiffany Via Agnini, 26 (+39) 095 325851 Name Adress Phone Arena Paradiso Via Duca degli Abruzzi, 69 (+39) 095 383596 Arena Corsaro Via S. Nicolò al Borgo, 132 Arena Argentina Via Vanasco, 10 (+39) 095 322030 Arena Adua Via S. Nicolò al Borgo (+39) 095 2275493 O PEN A IR C INEMAS 86 contents T HEATRES Name Adress Phone Abc Via P. Mascagni, 92 (+39) 095 535382 Ambasciatori Via Eleonora D’Angiò, 17 (+39) 095 431440 Anfiteatro Le Ciminiere Viale Africa 108 (+39) 095 4011906 Angelo Musco Via Umberto, 312 (+39) 095 363545 Brancati Via Sabotino 2/C (+39) 095 531018 Camera Teatro Studio Viale Mario Rapisardi, 443 (+39) 095 7311264 Collegio D’Aragona Via Monsignor Ventimiglia, 184 (+39) 095 7460 311 Del Canovaccio Via Gulli, 12 (+39) 095 530761 Don Bosco Viale Mario Rapisardi, 56 (+39) 095 438470 Grotta Smeralda Via Antonello Da Messina, 11 (+39) 095 271576 Magma Via Quiete, 22 (+39) 095 441728 Massimiliano Kolbe Via Crociferi, 2 (+39) 095 341 566 Massimo Bellini Piazza Teatro Massimo Bellini (+39) 095 7150921 Metropolitan Via S. Euplio, 21 (+39) 095 322323 Nuovo Teatro S.Orsola Via Macallè, 3/A (+39) 095 2500264 Piccolo Teatro Via F. Ciccaglione, 29 (+39) 095 447603 Piscator Via Sassari, 116 (+39) 095 386780 Sala De Curtis Via Duca degli Abbruzzi, 6/a (+39) 095 376070 Sala Harpago Via Vittorio Emanuele, 67 (+39) 095 312918 Sala Magma Via Adua, 3 (+39) 095 444312 Sangiorgi Via A. San Giuliano, 233 (+39) 095 316 860 Scenario Pubblico Via Teatro Massimo, 16 (+39) 095 2503147 (Stabile) Verga Via Giuseppe Fava, 35 (+39) 095 363545 Teatro Inn Via Guerrera, 32 (+39) 095 7222258 Tezzano Via Tezzano, 40 (+39) 095 7273686 Valentino Via San Nicolò al Borgo, 73 (+39) 095 448926 Zig Zag Via Canfora, 69 (+39) 095 506190 87 contents U SEFUL N UMBERS Dangerous situation? Here are all the emergency numbers to use to request the timely intervention of the police or an ambulance for first aid. Emergency 112 Police 113 Fire Brigade 115 Financial Police 117 Health emergency 118 Forest Fire brigade 1515 Traffic police (+39) 095 493170 Sea Rescue Team 1530 Carabinieri Piazza Verga Giovanni 8 (+39) 095 530230 Police Via Ventimiglia Monsignore 18 (+39) 095 7346111 Fire Brigate Via Beccaria Cesare 31 (+39) 095 7248111 Financial Police Via Fontanarossa (+39) 095 347585 Health emergency Croce Verde, Via Vezzosi 31 (+39) 095 373333 Croce Rossa Italiana, Via Ebe 2 (+39) 095 492486 Guardia Medica, Corso Italia 234 (+39) 095 377122 Forest Fire brigate Via Fontanarossa (+39) 095 7233068 Harbour Master’s office Via Cardinale Dusmet (+39) 095 538888 Prefecture Via Prefettura 14 (+39) 095 4011111 Police Headquarters Piazza S. Nicolella 8 (+39) 095 7367111 Hospital Cannizzaro Hospital, Via Messina 829 (+39) 095 7263030 Garibaldi Hospital, P.zza S. Maria di Gesù 5 (+39) 095 7591111 Vittorio Emanuele Hospital, Via Plebiscito 628 (+39) 095 7435252 Municipal Tourism Board Via Vittorio Emanuele 173 800 841042 Provincial Tourism Board Via Etnea 63 (+39) 095 4014070 Postal Services Viale Africa (+39) 095 7201111 Internet Point Via Cibele 34/A (+39) 095 7312052 Phone Center Via Etnea 678 (+39) 095 434999 88 contents C ONSULATES Caltanissetta Slovenia Viale della Regione, 54 (+39) 0934 563168 Catania Belgium Finland Great Britain Greece Malta Netherlands Switzerland Via Escriva, 2 Tremestieri Etneo Via Anzalone, 7 Via Nicola Coviello, 27 Largo Bordighera, 42 Corso Martiri Libertà, 14 Via Anzalone , 7 Viale Alcide De Gasperi, 151 (+39) 095 438622 (+39) 095 326608 (+39) 095 7167336 (+39) 095 534080 (+39) 095 539628 (+39) 095 326608 (+39) 095 386919 Messina Denmark Corso Umberto, 143 Taormina Island Norway Germany Via Calabria, 36 Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 21 Via S. Sebastiano, 13 (+39) 0942 23052 (+39) 0942 23897 (+39) 090 718842 (+39) 090 674300 (+39) 090 671780 Palermo Austria Czech Republic Luxembourg Munich Russian Federation Sweden Hungary Holland Brazil Russia Morocco Mexico USA Tunisia Viale Leonardo da Vinci, 145 Via Quintino Sella, 76 Via Siracusa, 34 Via Principe Villafranca, 57 Via S. Meccio, 16 Via Emerico Amari,8 Viale delle Alpi, 30 Via Emerico Amari,8 Via Roma, 368 Viale Orfeo, 18 Via Villa Verona, 35 Via Emerico Amari, 40 Via Vaccarini Giovan Battista, 1 Piazza Florio Ignazio, 24 (+39) 091 6825696 (+39) 091 336892 (+39) 091 6256218 (+39) 091 333901 (+39) 091 6113970 (+39) 091 586527 (+39) 091 6850947 (+39) 091 586527 (+39) 091 585102 (+39) 091 329379 (+39) 091 688143 (+39) 091 587144 (+39) 091 305857 (+39) 091 6122337 Siracusa Spain Contrada Isola, Via delle Fornace, 68 (+39) 0931 721030 89 contents A glance at Cultural site - Churches 90 Cattedrale di Sant’Agata Piazza Duomo (+39) 095 320044 San Giuliano Via Crociferi, 36 (+39) 095 7159360 San Biagio Piazza Stesicoro (+39) 095 7159360 San Francesco Borgia Via Crociferi, 17 (+39) 095 310762 San Nicolò l’Arena Piazza Dante (+39) 095 7159912 San Michele Arcangelo Ai Minoriti Via Etnea, 81 (+39) 095 316974 Sant’Agata la Vetere Piazza Sant’Agata La Vetere, 5 (+39) 095 321902 San Benedetto Via Crociferi, 22 (+39) 095 7150499 Madonna del Carmine Piazza Carlo Alberto (+39) 095 7152418 Santa Maria dell’Aiuto Via Santa Maria dell’Aiuto, 80 (+39) 095 345344 Sant’Agata al Borgo Via Etnea, 437 (+39) 095 435059 Santa Maria di Gesù Piazza Santa Maria di Gesù, 18 (+39) 095 475392 contents Basilica Collegiata Via Collegiata, 3 (+39) 095 313447 San Placido Piazza San Placido, 3 (+39) 095 315100 Sant’Agata al Carcere Via dei Cappuccini (+39) 095 7421111 Badia Sant’Agata Via Vittorio Emanuele (+39) 095 320044 San Francesco d'Assisi all’Immacolata Via Crociferi, 2 (+39) 095 312103 San Gaetano alle Grotte Piazza Carlo Alberto 91 contents A glance at Archeological site Anfiteatro Romano Piazza Stesicoro Foro Romano Cortile S. Pantaleone Ipogeo Romano Via G. Sanfilippo (+39) 095 7472277 (+39) 095 7472268 (+39) 095 530127 (+39) 095 7150508 Teatro Greco-Romano e Odeon Via Vittorio Emanuele, 266 (+39) 095 7150508 Terme Achilliane Piazza Duomo (+39) 095 281635 Terme della Rotonda Via della Mecca Terme dell’Indirizzo Piazza Currò 92 (+39) 095 7150508 (+39) 095 7472268 (+39) 095 7472268 (+39) 095 530127 (+39) 095 7472268 (+39) 095 530127 contents A glance at Monuments Porta Uzeda Via Etnea (+39) 095 7423325 Monastero dei Benedettini Piazza Dante, 32 (+39) 095 7102767 Castello Ursino Piazza Federico II di Svevia (+39) 095 345830 Teatro Massimo Bellini Piazza Bellini (+39) 095 7306111 Porta Garibaldi Piazza Garibaldi Villa Cerami Via Crociferi, 91 93 contents A glance at Historical Buildings Palazzo degli Elefanti Palazzo dei Chierici Piazza Duomo Palazzo dell’Università e Palazzo San Giuliano Piazza dell’Università Palazzo Bruca Palazzo della Cultura (Platamone) Palazzo Cutelli Palazzo Gattadauro di Reburdone Palazzo Valle Via Vittorio Emanuele II Palazzo Gioieni d’Angiò Palazzo Minoriti Palazzo delle Poste Palazzo S. Demetrio Via Etnea Palazzo Manganelli Piazza Manganelli, 16 Palazzo del Toscano e Palazzo Tezzano Piazza Stesicoro 94 contents A glance at Museums Museo storico dello Sbarco in Sicilia - 1943 Centro Culturale Fieristico “Le Ciminiere” Adress: Viale Africa ,170 Phone: (+39) 095 533540 Opening hours:: Tue. to Sun. 9.00 am-12.30 pm Tue. and Thu. 3.00-5.00 pm Closed on Mon. Entrance: € 4,00 Reduced: € 1,00 Museo del Cinema Centro Culturale Fieristico “Le Ciminiere” Adress: Viale Africa ,170 Phone: (+39) 095 4011922 Opening hours: Tue. to Sun. 9.00 am-12.30 pm Tue. and Thu. 3.00-5.00 pm Closed on Mon. Entrance: € 4,00 Reduced: € 1,00 Museo Civico Belliniano Adress: Piazza S. Francesco D’Assisi, 3 Phone: (+39) 095 7150535 Opening hours: Mon. to Sat. 9.00 am-1.00 pm Closed on Sun. Entrance: Free Casa Museo di Giovanni Verga Adress: Via S. Anna, 8 Phone: (+39) 095 7150598 Opening hours: Tue. to Fri. 9.00 am-2.00 pm / 3.00-16.00 pm Sat. and Sun. 9.00 a.-1.00 pm Closed on Sun. Entrance: € 3,00 Reduced: € 2,00 95 contents Museo Emilio Greco Adress: Piazza S. Francesco d’Assisi, 3 Phone: (+39) 095317654 Opening hours:Mon. to Sat. 9.00 am-1.00 pm Tue. and Thu. 3.00-6.00 pm Entrance: Free Museo Diocesano Adress: Via Etnea, 8 - Piazza Duomo Phone: (+39) 095 281635 Opening hours:Mon. to Fri. 9.00 am-7.30 pm Closed on Mon. Entrance: € 4.00 Reduced: € 2.00 Museo Civico del Castello Ursino Adress: Piazza Federico II di Svevia Phone: (+39) 095 345830 Opening hours:Mon. to Sat. 9.00 am-1.00 pm Closed on Sun. Entrance: Free Museo Mogam Adress: Via Galermo, 171 Opening hours: Sun. to Mon. 9.30-12.30 am / 3.30-6.00 pm (visited only by reservation) Entrance: € 10,00 Reduced: € 6,00 Museo Tattile Multimediale Adress: Via Etnea, 602 Phone: (+39) 095 500177 Opening hours:Mon. 3.00 - 7.00 pm Tue. to Fri. 9.00 am-1.00 pm / 3.00-7.00 pm Sat. 9.00 am-1.00 pm (visited only by reservation) 96 contents XVI Museo Biscari - Museum&Fashion Adress: Piazza Duca di Genova, 27 - Via Museo Biscari, 16 Phone: (+39) 095 2503188 Opening hours:Tue. to Sun. 10.00 am-7.00 pm Closed on Mon. Entrance: € 5.00 Reduced: € 3.00 Museo di scultura in pietra lavica “Valeriano Santangelo” Adress: Via A. Santangelo Fulci, 55/a Phone: (+39) 095 7221642 Opening hours:Upon request Entrance: Free Museo del Mare Adress: Pizza Ognina, 14-17 Via dei Corzari, 18 Phone: (+39) 095 7127050 Opening hours:Tue. to Sat. hours 9.00 am-1.00 pm Museo dell’Arte del Carretto Siciliano Adress: Via Luigi Capuana, 38 Phone: (+39) 095 525342 - (+39) 095 7211888 Opening hours:Upon request Entrance: € 1,00 97 Studying, living, feeling at home ... ... Welcome to the University of Catania contents Palazzo Sangiuliano International Relations Office Address: P.zza Università, 2 I-95131 Catania Operative seat: Via S. M. Del Rosario, 9 (1st floor ) I-95131 Catania E-mail: [email protected] Receiving hours: Wednesday and Thursday 9.30-12.30 am Stampa: Tipografia dell’Università Catania 100