UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI FERRARA 09 JUNE 2015 Staff Week 2° day Speakers Carlo Santoro Alessia Bitti

SOME STATISTICS July 2013 – OECD data Between 2000 and 2011, the number of international students has more than doubled. Almost 4.5 million tertiary students are enrolled outside their country of citizenship. In 2014 the number should increase to over 5 million students. The largest numbers of international students are from China, India and Korea. Asian students account for 53% of all students studying abroad worldwide. New players have emerged on the international education market in the past decades, such as Australia, New Zealand, Spain, the Russian Federation and Korea. By contrast, the share of international students in some of the most attractive countries – Germany and the United States, for instance – has declined.

July 2013 – OECD data International students primarily go to English-speaking countries to study, often in the fields of social sciences, business and law (more than 30% of the total in these fields). The reputation of a country’s higher education and of its programs may have an impact on the decision of where to study. As English-speaking destinations are the most attractive in absolute numbers, an increasing number of nonEnglish- speaking countries have started to offer courses in English in order to overcome their linguistic disadvantage. Immigration policies have also been recently modified in some OECD countries in order to facilitate the entrance of non-EU citizens. SOME STATISTICS

Master Degrees held totally in English  Physics  Small and Medium Enterprises in International Markets  Green Economy and Sustainability

Subjects taught in English Study areas:  Chemistry and Pharmacy  Economics and management  Human studies and Foreign languages (all English language and literature subjects are held in English)  Law  Mathematics and Computer science  Morphology, surgery and experimental medicine  Physics and Earth sciences

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OFFICES INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS Student Registrar’s Office International Mobility Office

Administrative Procedure 1. Administrative Procedure 1. Contact with the Italian Diplomatic Authority

Administrative Procedure Administrative Procedure 2. The necessary documents handed to the International Mobility Office for a check...

Administrative Procedure... High School Diploma or Foreign academic degree diploma Declaration of Value (Pre-registration A form) (Passport-sized photo) Academic Transcript Syllabus of any subject/exam or Diploma Supplement

Administrative Procedure 3. Italian Test The non-EU student must prove a certain level of competence in Italian language

Administrative Procedure 4. Limited access admission test: The limited access degree courses require the candidates to pass the admission test before enrolment.

Administrative Procedure 5. Residence Permit (only for non-EU students) Non-Eu students by 8 days after they arrive in Italy have to apply for student residence permit at the Police Headquarter. Upon application, the student will be identified and asked to pay a fee for residence permit: 107,50 Euros overall. After having submitted the application, the student will be given a receipt legally in force until the residence permit is regularly issued.

Administrative Procedure 6. Documents check at the International Office The student must go to the International Mobility Office to hand in the documents for a check before admission. The Office will assess if the documents are in compliance with the present regulations.

Administrative Procedure 7. Application for vacant places (only for non-EU students) The students who haven't obtained a place within the limited quota for non-EU students, might see which courses still have vacant places for foreign students

Administrative Procedure 8. The International Mobility Office will print the enrolment form and the enrolment fee invoice, then passes the documents to the Registrar's Office in charge...

Administrative Procedure... The student must first go to the Bank, pay the enrolment fee and show up personally to the Registrar's Office to officialise the enrolment...

Administrative Procedure... Now the student is officially enrolled in the University of Ferrara. a Student Number (Matricola) a Student card, an account free Internet areas covered by Wi-FE.

The importance of …remembering username and password PRIVATE AREA ACCOUNT

Administrative Procedure 9. OFA: For all Bachelor's degrees/uni-levelled Master's degrees (even if they are not a limited access degree) students are required to do a test assessing their starting knowledge.

Administrative Procedure 10. FEES: University fees are split into four instalments. Students are informed via about the deadlines: I.6 th October - € 366,39 (or € 168,00) II.05 th December - € 360,72 III. 15 th March – € 315,00 (or less) IV. 15 th May - € 315,00 (or less)

Carlo Santoro International Mobility Office Alessia Bitti Law and Economics Student Registrar’s Office