Erasmus for Study Reason

ERASMUS FOR STUDY REASON

APPLICATION PROCESS AND ADMISSION INFORMATIONa.y. 2013/2014

The purpose of this bookletis to support the student in filling the application form online, providing information about the timing of admissionand for the organization of the Erasmus mobility for study reason.

Application Process

To apply for the LLP/Erasmus at Trento University, students should fill out the online application form available on our website at sure to carefully read the “Decalogue for a correct Erasmus Online Application Form” and to upload the documents requested before submitting it by the deadline,

31st May 2013 for Fall/Winter term and full academic year

The documents to be attached to the online Application form are:

• the declaration of the Home University issuing that the student has been selected as Erasmus student;
• a provisional ECTS Learning Agreement;
• the Transcript of Academic Records/study plan;
• the language certificate testifying the student’s knowledge of Italian and/or English if requested;
• a copy of the student Identity Card or Passport;
• a copy of the European Health Insurance Card (for EU students) or equivalent insurance/health policy (for non EU students).

Regarding the Application Form, please note that:

• the Italian Tax Code is not a compulsory field and thus you do not have to enter anything;
• the documents data requested are the ones of your Identity Card or Passport;
• the compulsory fields and attachments are marked by an asterisk;
• the application form cannot be submitted if one of the compulsory fields has not been filled out or a compulsory attachment has not been upload;
• the receipt has to be printed after the submit and returned to the staff for international activities at the arrival;
• an email notification is sent to the student after the application submit.

Italian Language Course

Most of the academic courses and exams organised by the University of Trento are in Italian. Students are therefore required to have an adequate knowledge of the Italian language before they attend the academic courses.

Any initial Italian language course undertaken by the Erasmus students at Trento University (at whichever level) will be offered free of charge.

Students interested in being pre-enrolled to one of the Italian language courses offered by Trento University Language Centre (CIAL) have to report it on the online application form. We recommend students to include the period of the Italian language course into the Erasmus studying period. Students are recommended to enrol to the Italian language course personally at CIALSecretary’s Office during the enrolment dates.Please note that the enrolment is mandatory for being admitted to the Italian language courses and thus we recommend all the students to take into account that they haveto be in Trento before the beginning of the course.

Home University declaration

Students are requested to upload to the application form a declaration of the Home University, which testify that the student has been selected for the LL/Erasmus Programme. The exact period of student’s permanence at Trento University as well as the teaching area of the Erasmus Inter-institutional Agreement has to be reported in the declaration which has to be signed and stamped by the student’s Sending Institution. A fac-simile is available in the online Application form.

Provisional Learning Agreement

Students have to fill in a provisional Learning Agreement reporting the courses they would like to attend during the Erasmus studying period. Information on the courses are available on Please note that the number of credits students should achieve at end of the Erasmus studying period depends on the Sending Institution.

Language Requirements

Students have to prove their level of Italian and/or English and to upload a certificate testifying the language level requested by Trento University Departments to the online application form. Please note that even if the language requirements are optional, nonetheless are warmly recommend. For details on the language requirements requested by the Departments, please look at the table reported here below.

Departments / Italian level / and/or / English level / Certificate / Language requirements / Language certificate deadline
Economics and Management / B1 for Bachelor courses / or / B1 for Bachelor courses / internationally recognized and/or assessed by Home Institution (University Language Center and/or language professor only) / mandatory for the admission / to be sent via email to
by July 31, 2013
Please note that students who cannot upload the language certificate by May 31, 2013 have to upload to the application form a self-declaration stating that the language certificate will be sent via email no later than July 31, 2013
B2 for Master courses / or / B2 for Master courses
Law / A2 / or / B1 / assessed by Home Institution / warmly recommended for the admission
Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Information Engineering and Computer Science (Telecommunication area) / A2 / and / B1 / assessed by Home Institution / warmly recommended for the admission
Mathematics
Physics
Information Engineering and Computer Science (Informatics area)
Centre for integrative biology / A1
for Bachelorcourses / A2
for Master courses / assessed by Home Institution / warmly recommended for the admission
Departments / Italian level / and/or / English level / Certificate / Language requirements / Language certificate deadline
Sociology and Social Research / A2 / Not applicable / assessed by Home Institution / mandatory for the admission / to be sent via email
by July 31,2013
Please note that students who cannot upload the language certificate by May 31, 2013 have to upload to the application form a self-declaration stating that the language certificate will be sent via email no later than July 31, 2013
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Centre for mind /brain sciences / A1 for Bachelor and Master courses / B2 for Master in Cognitive Science only / assessed by Home Institution / mandatory for the admission / to be sent via email
by July 31,2013
Please note that students who cannot upload the language certificate by May 31, 2013 have to upload to the application form a self-declaration stating that the language certificate will be sent via email no later than July 31, 2013
Humanities / A2 / or / B1 / assessed by Home Institution / warmly recommended for the admission
International Studies / Not applicable / B2 / internationally recognized / mandatory for the admission / to be sent via email
by July 31, 2013
Please note that students who cannot upload the language certificate by May 31, 2013 have to upload to the application form a self-declaration stating that the language certificate will be sent via email no later than July 31, 2013

Extra Admission Requirements

Students interested in the courses offered by the School of International Studies and in some courses offered by the School of Economics and Management should produce some extra documentation. Information will be given directly by the Staff for International Activities.

In the table below are reported the general academic requirements for the School of Economics and Management and for the School of International Studies.

Departments / Other Academic Requirements
Economics and Management / Bachelor students are not eligible for courses offered within Master's degrees entirly run in English (i.e. MIM-Master in International Management, MAIN-Master in Innovation Management, MEC-Master in Economics and EMBS-European Master in Business Studies)
International Studies / Students are eligible only if they have passed at least two exams in courses similar to those offered by the School of International Studies

Admission

Admission at Trento University is sent through an e-mail notice of acceptance by the Staff for International Activities within June, 30th 2013. Students who ask for the Opera Universitaria accommodation will get information on the assignation by the University reference office.

Information on the stay and documents such as the official enrolment and the personal student number will be given to the students during the check-in.

We warmly recommend all the students to take note of the UserId and >Passwordreceived by Trento University IT System during their registration since they will need them at the arrival and during the Erasmus studying period.

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ERASMUS CONTACTS

CAMPUS / Department/Faculty/School/Centre / Erasmus Officer / Contacts / Opening hours
HILL CAMPUS / Centre for Integrative Biology / CRISTINA MASCIANGELO / Staff for International Activities
Via Sommarive 5, 38123 Povo (TN)
Ph. +39 0461 28 3237
Fax +39 0461 28 1680
E-mail: / Monday 13.30 – 15.00
Wednesday 10.00 – 12.00
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
Department of Industrial Engineering
Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics
CITY CAMPUS / School of Economics and Management / FABIA POGGINI / Staff for International Activities
Via Inama 5, 38122 Trento
Ph. +39 0461 28 3817
Fax +39 0461 28 1876
E-mail: / Monday 10.00 – 12.00
Wednesday 10.00 – 12.00
Department of Humanities
Department of Sociology and Social Research
Faculty of Law
School of International Studies
ROVERETO CAMPUS / Centre for Mind/Brain Science / MICAELA RAPETTI
LUISELLA ZECCHINI / Staff for International Activities
CorsoBettini 84, 38068 Rovereto (TN)
Ph. +39 0464 808448 / 808460
Fax +39 0464 808407
E-mail: / Monday 10.00 – 12.00
Wednesday 10.00 – 12.00
Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

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