Incoming Erasmus+ study and traineeship

The length of your stay depends on the course you are studying at your home university and the course you choose to take whilst in Genoa.

The duration ranges from a minimum of 2 months to a maximum of 12 months, depending on the inter-institutional agreement signed between your home university and UniGe.

• All subject areas: ITALIAN – B1, ENGLISH – B1
• Medicine: ITALIAN – B1

EU citizens must carry their European Health Insurance Card issued in their country of residence.

Non-EU citizens can consult the page dedicated to healthcare

Upon arrival in Genoa, you must send the following documents to sportellomobstud@unige.it:

• a valid identity document
• a visa, for non-EU citizens
• travel tickets proving your arrival in Genoa (train, flight, motorway receipt, bus)

You will be assigned a registration number and login details to access UniGe’s online services and officially begin your mobility programme.

For information on accommodation, canteens, transport, other services and leisure activities, visit the dedicated page: https://unige.it/vivere-e-studiare-unige

The GEG (Erasmus Group Genoa) is a non-profit student association, part of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN). Its aim is to promote student mobility through university exchange programmes, based on the principle of ‘students helping students’.
GEG is run by volunteers and organises numerous activities to welcome international students to Genoa.
GEG also organises a pick-up service on request.

GEG contacts - genova@esn.it

If you’re interested in sports, you can contact the CUS (University Sports Centre).

UniGe organises, with the support of the EU, Italian language courses for international students, completely free of charge.
The courses are divided into levels, in accordance with the criteria established by the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
You can enrol directly on one of these courses by completing the relevant section of the application form.

• Erasmus+ Coordinator: Maria Traino
• European and International Mobility Office: erasmusapplicationform@unige.it
• International Mobility Desk: sportellomobstud@unige.it

Please do not use smartphones or tablets to fill the Application form, since it may cause errors. If technical problems occur during the Online procedure, please mail to help.applicationform@unige.it.

Checklist of what to do:

1. Fill in the form completely and carefully
2. Indicate all your names and surnames (as they are printed in your identity documents).
   When you enter names and addresses , please use the English or Italian alphabet and do not use special characters. If names or addresses contain special characters, please use the following characters in place of them:
   
   
   • a instead of °á,â,ã,ä,å,ă,ą
   • e instead of è,é,ê,ë,ę,ě
   • i instead of ì,í,î,ï,ĩ,ī,ĭ
   • o instead of ò,ó,õ,ō,ŏ,ő,ǿ
   • u instead of ù,ú,û,ũ,ū,ŭ,ů
   • c instead of ç,ĉ,ċ,č
   • n instead of ñ,ňň,ń
   • l instead of ł
   • oe instead of ö
   • ss instead of ß
   • ue instead of ü
     
     

If in the list included in the Application form, you don't find the name of your place of birth, select the option "Others, as indicated in the copy of my identity documents" and send the copy of a valid identity document (Passport or identity card), attached to the complete Application Form.

3. Check the correctness of the e-mail address you indicate in your Application Form, since all official communications will be sent to you by e-mail.

At the end of data entry, two options are available:

1. Data Confirmation
   if you select this option, you create the definitive version of your Application Form and your data are registered in the Erasmus + Incoming database of UniGe. No more changes can be done through the Online procedure, if changes occur, you have to contact directly the International Mobility Office
2. Cancel
   if you select this option, all data you inserted will be deleted and a new online procedure has to be started.

N.B.If you don't confirm the application, your data won't be registered in the UniGe Erasmus + Incoming database.

Please also attach to the Application form a draft of Learning Agreement. It will be forwarded to the School member in charge of the exchange.

1. After confirmation, two options are available:
   
   • save: if you want to save a PDF version of your application form on your computer
   • print: if you want to print the application form
     
     
2. Once saved or printed, the application form has to be signed and stamped by your home University
   
   
3. The signed and stamped application form has to be sent only via email to the address erasmusapplicationform@unige.it directly by the International Office of your home University.
   N.B. Email sent by unofficial email addresses or students' addresses (@gmail.com, @yahoo.com...) won't be considered
   
   
4. The complete Application Form sent by email by your home University, has to be received by the International Mobility Office.

Before leaving, you have to contact the Professor responsible for the exchange or the Erasmus office of your UniGe Department, in order to get your confirmation of attendance duly signed and stamped.

At the end of your Erasmus exchange, you have to go your UniGe Students' registrar Office (secretary's office) in order to get the document stating your didactic activies during the Erasmus exchange.

School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Medicine and Surgery - Pharmacy)
Viale Benedetto XV, 7
Tel: 0039-010 353 38190
Fax: 0039-010 353 38190
studenti.medfar@unige.it