Students' Tips

WHILE STILL AT HOME...

1. UNIVERSITALY PORTAL, VISA AND TAX CODE

MESCI pre-enrollment procedure for the 2022/2023 a.y. is now taking place on the Universitaly portal. Please note that if you have received your pre-acceptance letter and you don't have a VISA, you can start the pre-enrolment procedure on Universitaly even without the Declaration of Value or the Statement of Comparability (however you need to have one of these documents at the moment of the enrolment (in October 2022).

Once the pre-enrollment procedure has been elaborated by Universitaly you will be able to ask for an appointment at the Italian Diplomatic Authority to apply for a visa and for an Italian fiscal code (codice fiscale), necessary to conclude the enrollment procedure. Please remember that both documents (Italian study visa and fiscal code must be available before the beginning of the lectures in 24 October 2022.

2. DICHIARAZIONE DI VALORE IN LOCO

After you have received the letter of pre-acceptance, you will have to immediately contact the nearest Italian Diplomatic Authority and begin the process of obtaining a Declaration of Value (a certificate issued by an Italian diplomatic authority located in the country where the qualification was awarded) of your degrees. Each diplomatic authority follows different procedures, in any case the declaration MUST indicate the years of schooling, the official translation of the qualification into Italian and the legalization of the Embassy / Consulate of Italy in the country in which it has been awarded. We encourage you to contact the relevant Italian diplomatic authority for detailed instructions regarding the procedure to follow.

As an alternative, you can ask for the Statement of Comparability through the CIMEA website. This process requires the translation into Italian of your university transcripts and can take several weeks, therefore you are advised to proceed as soon as possible. Students will be admitted for enrolment only if their DV/SoC will be submitted before the beginning of classes. Students who have earned their degree in an Italian university are exempt from this procedure.

3. WHERE TO STAY

Please find here a useful list of hotels, B&B, religious institutes, etc. and info related to apartments near Tor Vergata University.
You can also stay at Tor Vergata University campus that offers short and long term accommodations. Visit the web site to get more information: https://www.cx-place.com/cx-rome.html
Whether in a hostel, campus or with friends, guarantee an address before coming. You might need it for the Visa and surely for arranging your documents once you get here. You will get here by the end of summer, the city will be crowded, and so make sure you guarantee your place. Other accomodations possibilities can be found at:

https://www.uniplaces.com/d/rome/rent-rooms-near-tor-vergata

https://www.spotahome.com/for-rent/rome/university-of-rome-tor-vergata-student-apartments

There are a lot of websites where you can book a hostel, here is one: http://www.hostelbookers.com/hostels/italy/rome/

Discounts for Tor Vergata Students are offered from Agevola http://agevola.uniroma2.it/alberghi-roma/

4. HEALTH INSURANCE

The best price found for this year was about €150,00 euros/ year (EuropeAssistance). Check the possibilities in your own country for international coverage. The Italian consulate in your country may have information about any public health agreement, if existent, so check it out!

ONCE HERE

1. MOVING AROUND...

How to get to the city…(from the airports)

Leonardo da Vinci – Fiumicino

Train: http://www.trenitalia.com/en.html

Private bus: http://www.terravision.eu/rome_ciampino.html

Regular bus: http://www.atac.roma.it/

Ciampino

Private bus: http://www.terravision.eu/rome_ciampino.html

Regular bus: http://www.atac.roma.it/

Taxi from (both) airports to town shouldn’t be more than €50,00. So make sure you talk to the driver before you get in! First Italian exercise!

1.1. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

https://www.atac.roma.it

Annual Pass €250,00

Lasts 365 days, from the day you first use it. You can have it done at the metro stations (such as Anagnina, Lepanto, Ottaviano and EUR Fermi - biglietterie Atac) and all you need is a photo and you’ll have to fill in a form.

Monthly Pass €35,00

This one can be bought in some “Tabaccherie” , where the regular ticket is also sold. The discount for those who use public transportation every day is about 19%.

Student Pass

The monthly/ yearly student passes cost half the price of the ordinary ones we listed above, BUT masters’ students are not eligible! If you get caught, you will be asked to pay a fine...

2. PERMESSO DI SOGGIORNO

In case you are a non EU citizen within 8 working days that you are in Italy you have to submit your documents to apply for your “Permesso di Soggiorno”. Check the homepages below (in this order, and choose which method you are going to use to apply for it):

https://www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/10716

Usally students apply through the post office, which is the one suggested by the university. It takes almost 3 months to receive an answer from the Questura to schedule appointments for the formal application procedure for the Permesso. In general after around 8 months from the beginning of the process, students receive a formal documentation. It is a slow process.

2.1. POST OFFICE

If you chose the post office (the kit), here is a summary of the documents you will be asked. The process might take a while and you’ll be given a “ricevuta” (receipt) saying that your documents have been submitted, which will be your official document within the country. In the case that you do not speak Italian, make sure that you have someone who can read and explain you exactly what is required for a student. To apply for the permesso will cost you somewhere around 100 Euro.

https://www.poste.it/

3. ACCOMMODATION

Home sweet Rome…

Universitá Tor Vergata is really far from downtown, so your options will be living closer to school and paying a bit less for rent, or living in town but paying a bit more to be closer to everything else… In any case, we would suggest you to leave along metro line A, preferably between Termini and Anagnina. (To give you an idea, if you live near Termini, it will probably take you maybe an hour or an hour and 15 minutes to arrive at university.)

3.1 TOR VERGATA "CX Rome Student Place"

The new campus offers short and long term accommodations. Visit the web site to get more information: https://www.cx-place.com/cx-rome.html

3.2 ROOMS TO RENT

Rent varies from €400 for a shared room to € 550 for a private one in the San Giovanni area. You may find a private room for €400 around the University area, for example. PS: In both cases you will be asked for a “caparra”, which is a deposit, that amounts from 1-3 months of rental paid in advance that they give you back when you leave if the apartment is in order.

http://www.wantedinrome.com/

http://www.portaportese.it/

4. INTERNET - CELL PHONES

4.1 INTERNET

Once you have your house, you can choose one of below main operators in the market. You might need some support of some Italian speaker.

https://www.vodafone.it/eshop/tariffe-e-prodotti/fibra-adsl-e-telefono/internet-a-casa/fibra.html#/

http://www.fastweb.it/offerta/famiglia/...

https://www.windtre.it/offerte-fibra/internet-wifi-a-casa/

https://www.tim.it/fisso-e-mobile/fibra-e-adsl

4.2. CELL PHONES

We are listing the main companies including the new one launched by the post office.

5. OTHERS

5.1. STUDYING ITALIAN (AND/OR OTHER LANGUAGES)

The school is planning to offer a course of italian for free for MESCI Master students (still to be determined the start date). There are also many courses available in town, many different prices as well. You can get around quite well in Rome without speaking Italian, but it is certainly a “plus” that you know it, increasing your internship opportunities. And, thinking about the internship, you might want to use this year to learn another language (Spanish, French or Portuguese) that are many times required in order to get an internship abroad. They have a language centre at the university, and official courses linked to embassies in the city!

5.2. GETTING A DATE

Just kidding! Take it as a reminder of the “romantic Latin air” you will see in Rome.

5.3. FINDING A JOB

Many people are allowed to find part time jobs while studying a Master programme, so check it in your consulate in your home country first. So, if you’re willing to find a job there are many jobs you can apply for, if you don’t speak any Italian you may go to pubs, restaurants or bars in the touristy neighborhoods. You may also apply for teaching English or other languages, if you would rather. The regular minimum wage is €6,00/ hour, if you find something on you own graduation field or for example private classes of your mother tongue, the wage can get to € 25-30,00/ hour!

Some opportunities can be found at: