fact sheet faculty - Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

FACT SHEET 2009/2010
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
CONTACT PEOPLE
MS DESY CATENA
MS LAURA CALCONI
LLP/ERASMUS
COORDINATOR
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
TEL. 0039 06 7259 4471
FAX 0039 06 7259 4497
MR GIANFRANCO
TARQUINI
LLP/ERASMUS OFFICE
INSTITUTIONAL
COORDINATOR
TEL. 0039 06 7259 2555
FAX 0039 06 7236605
WWW ADDRESS
www.scienze.uniroma2.it
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche,
Fisiche e Naturali
Università degli Studi di Roma
“Tor Vergata”
Via Della Ricerca Scientifica, 1
00133 Roma
Tel. 0039 06 7259 4100 – 4498
Fax 0039 06 7259 4497
THE LOREM IPSUMS
PRIMAVERA 2012
CAMPUS, LOCATION AND
FACILITIES
The Faculty of Sciences of the University of Rome Tor Vergata was founded in
1982; presently this Faculty offers Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies in
Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Media and
Communication Science.
The School of Science of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” is located in a
building which houses four academic departments: Biology, Chemistry, Physics,
Chemistry, Mathematics.
On the ground floor and first floor professors’ rooms and labs are located. The
second floor houses the classrooms, the scientific library, the Administrative Office
for Students, Students’ Service office, Offices of the Dean and Erasmus Students
Office.
The Faculty has a range of study facilities supported. These include:
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36 classrooms;
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A scientific library, with study spaces for individual and small groups;
borrowing; PC workstations including the use of Internet for researches;
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15 Didactic and Multimedia Laboratories.
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a 300 sits Auditorioum (Aula Gismondi);
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115 Laboratories dedicated to research and graduate studies;
Finally, the building of the School of Science is located in Via della Ricerca
Scientifica, 1.
Academic Calendar
The academic year is divided, for the different Degree Courses, in modules made of
lessons and/or laboratory practical work, at the end of which exam tests are held.
The courses that Erasmus students take are the same as those taken by Italian students
studying for their degree.
Lessons usually start on the first week of October and are divided into trimesters or
semesters.
Exams are held in three sessions: Autumn (September), Winter (February), Summer
(June-July).
A student prospectus, with a list of the Courses and the programmes is issued at the
beginning of the academic year.
Classes are interrupted during Christmas time (from 20 December to 10 January) and in
August.
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Examination Period
Course examinations usually consist of an oral discussion, which may
be
completed by other tests in written form.
Exams are held in three sessions: Winter (in February, for semester courses
held during the first semester), Summer (mid-June to mid-July) and Autumn
(mid-September to mid October). Exact dates will be displayed on the boards
on the walls of the deanery.
CFU credits represent a value allocated to modules to describe the student
workload required to complete them, and are different from the marks a
student gets in the examinations. The minimum mark required to pass an
exam is 18/30; the board of the examiners may unanimously decide to give
the maximum mark (30/30) cum laude.
Public Holidays
•
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS: From December 21stt to 6th January;
• EASTER HOLIDAYS;
• 1st November; 8th December; 25th April, 1st May, 2nd June, 29th
June.
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Registration: required documents
BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL
The Erasmus Office of the University of Rome “Tor
Vergata” will proceed to enrol the students only
after the official communication of the Erasmus
winners by the partner Universities.
The latter must send an e-mail to our Erasmus
Incoming office ([email protected]) include the
following information for each applying student:
name and surname, date and place of birth, e-mail
address, study area and semester will stay to study
at Tor Vergata University.
Erasmus Students are required to register
themselves on-line (compulsory) to the following
address: http://torvergata.llpmanager.it After the
registration on-line the students have to send the
STUDENT APPLICATION FORM by e-mail to
[email protected]
APPLICATION DEADLINES
WINTER SEMESTER:
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5th May – 30th of June;
SUMMER SEMESTER:
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1st October – 30th of November;
How to reach the Faculty
The University can be easily reached by public transport.
From Termini Railway Station:
Take the underground A-line in the ANAGNINA
direction and get off at the last stop “Anagnina” (travel
time is about 20 mins). A line reaching paths are clearly
indicated by black M on red background signs. Once on
the surface at “Anagnina” stop take bus nr. 500 or 046
and get off at the Science Faculty building -called Sogene(travel time: 10 mins).
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Accomodation
The University of Rome Tor Vergata is wating fora n
agreement with a students Residence.
For private accomodation exchange students can visit
these web sites:
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www.porta-portese.it;
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www.casaaffitti.com
Cost of Living
An estimation of the cost of living can be a very helpful tool
to those who are planning on moving to Rome. One should take
into account that cost of living varies from neighorhood to
neighborhood depending on location and housing available.
The minimum costs of living for a student is about € 900 per
month, including fod, personal care, housing and books.
Health insurance
Any citizen of a EU country has the right to medical treatment, both
urgent or necessary in exactly the same way as all Italian citizens.
In order to make use of the services offered by the National Health
Service students must register with the facility (hospital, first aid,
general practitioner) by showing the Europe Union card or the
temporary substitute certificate.
Meals
Students enrolled at the University for Foreigners may
eat at the University canteens of the Faculty of
Economics, of Law and of Engineering.
The cost of a meal is about € 2.50.
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Study Programs
The School of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences offers 10 Undergraduate Degree
Courses and 15 Postgraduate Degree Courses for the academic year 2008-09.
Here follows the list of the Undergraduate Degree Courses, with a short description of each
of them:
FIST LEVEL COURSES:
Applied Chemistry (at the detached seat of Ceccano)
Atmosphere Physics and Meteorology
Biological Sciences
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Materials Science
Mathematics
Media and Communication Science
Physics
SECOND LEVEL COURSES:
Applied Mathematics
Biology and Human Evolution
Bioinformatics
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Evolutionary Biology and Ecology
Human Food Science
Industrial Biotechnology (as from academic year 2009- 2010)
Materials Science
Materials Science and Technology
Mathematics
Mathematical elaboration of images and signals
Media and Communication Science
Science of the Universe
Physics
Credits and Grading
The organisation and evaluation system of the Degree Courses is based on
ECTS credit system, to allow students mobility across the European Community
and validation of the exams taken abroad. 1 CFU Credit of the Faculty
of Science is equivalent to 1 International Credit (ECTS).
Each credit requires 25 hours’ student work, that include lessons, laboratory
practice and private study.
In order to get their Final Degree students are required to obtain 180 CFU
credits in three years.
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Scientific Didactic Coordinator
Further
information
on
the
different
degree
courses
and
modules
can
be
found
at
www.scienze.uniroma2.it;
students
can
also
contact
scientific
didactic
coordinators:
Ecology
Prof.
Giuliana
Allegrucci
E‐mail:
[email protected]
Cellular
and
Molecular
Biology
–
second
level
degree
Prof.
Luisa
Castagnoli
E‐mail:
[email protected]
Biotechnology
Prof.
Cinzia
Forni
E‐mail:
[email protected]
Cellular
and
Molecular
Biology,
Biological
Science
Prof.
Carla
Jodice
E‐mail:
[email protected]
Human
Biology
and
Evolutionary
Biology
Prof.
Patrizia
Malaspina
E‐mail:
[email protected]
Chemistry
Prof.
Barbara
Floris
E‐mail:
[email protected]
Physics
Prof.
Anna
Di
Ciaccio
E‐mail:
[email protected]
Mathematics
Prof.
Antonella
Calzolari,
E‐mail:
[email protected]
Computer
Science
Prof.
Enrico
Nardelli
E‐mail:
[email protected]
Media
And
Communication
Science
Prof.
Massimo
Picardello
E‐mail:
[email protected]
Italian course
Free italian two-week intensive language course is offered before the beginning of
the lectures and durting the first and second semester.
Language of instruction
The first and second level courses are taught in Italian.
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