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Information for foreign students hosted by University of Genoa


A warm welcome is the best visiting card in order to encourage foreign students to choose Genoa for their abroad study period. To this end the University of Genoa offers services and organizes initiatives to welcome them in the best way, thanks also to the cooperation of the student association GEG.

Welcome facilities

Are addressed to:

  • foreign students hosted by the University of Genoa in the frame of European Mobility Programmes (Erasmus, Leonardo and other EU exchange programmes) or international university agreements
  • EU students and non-EU students living outside Italy who enrol at the University of Genoa:
    • for the first year of an undergraduate course, a specialist degree, a specialization or a period of research (Ph.D)
    • for individual training programmes;
    • for the first year of a Master degree (1st or 2nd level) and of other postgraduate courses.

 

Incoming Erasmus students for a.y. 2011/2012 have to complete the Erasmus Online Application procedure in order to be accepted by University of Genoa and to take advantage of the welcome facilities.


Application deadlines: 

  • 31th august 2011 for students who will attend University of Genoa during the 1st semester or for the whole academic year
  • 30th november 2011 for students who will attend University of Genoa during the 2nd semester

Accommodation

Apartment

The University of Genoa, in order to help students in finding the best accommodation for their needs, organizes, a free service of accommodation research through the Foreign students accomodation service (SASS)

Italian Language Courses

The University of Genoa organizes, with the contribution of the European Commission,  Italian Language courses for foreign students, completely free of charge. The major aim of the courses is to provide students with the linguistic tools which will enable them to make the best of their stay in Genoa.

Structure and duration of the courses

  • Beginners (50H)
  • Intermediate and Advanced (40H)

Starting dates:

  • 12th September 2011
  • 10th October 2011
  • 13th February 2012
  • 12th March 2012

The courses are divided into levels from A1 (breakthrough) to C2 (mastery) in keeping with the criteria laid down by the Common European Framework of Reference for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe.

The students have to sit for an entrance test.

The classes are established on the basis of the test results - the test usually coincides with the beginning of the course - and do not exceed 25 students.

All the teachers are specialized in T.I.F.L. (Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language). Students completing the course will receive an attendance certificate bearing the total hours attended. The certificate may be presented to the students' home university that will assign credits according to its own rules.

 

PICK - UP SERVICE

Thanks to the cooperation of the student Association GEG (Gruppo Erasmus Genova), a "pick-up service" is available for foreign students: upon request, students are welcomed at Genoa airport or railway station by "colleagues" who take them to their residence or to the University offices.Geg organizes also trips, excursions and events for a better integration in social life.

For any further information, please contact:

Servizio Mobilità Internazionale e Accoglienza Studenti Stranieri -Settore IX

Via Bensa, 1- 2nd floor

16124 Genova

tel. +39 010 209 9545

Fax +39 010 209 5012

E-mail: coopint@unige.it

Opening hours:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday,Friday 9.00 - 12.00

Tuesday 9.00-11.00 and 14.30 - 16.00