SCHOOL ADDRESS

FACT SHEET 2009/2010

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

CONTACT PEOPLE

WWW ADDRESS

MR GIANFRANCO TARQUINI LLP/ERASMUS OFFICE INSTITUTIONAL COORDINATOR

TEL. 0039 06 7259 2555 FAX 0039 06 7236605

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

www.scienze.uniroma2.it

MS DESY CATENA MS LAURA CALCONI LLP/ERASMUS COORDINATOR FACULTY OF SCIENCE

TEL. 0039 06 7259 4471 FAX 0039 06 7259 4497

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CAMPUS, LOCATION AND FACILITIES

Academic Calendar

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:

• 36 classrooms;

• A scientific library, with study spaces for individual and small groups;

borrowing; PC workstations including the use of Internet for researches;

• 15 Didactic and Multimedia Laboratories.

• a 300 sits Auditorioum (Aula Gismondi);

• 115 Laboratories dedicated to research and graduate studies;

Finally, the building of the School of Science is located in Via della Ricerca

Scientifica, 1.

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 (erasmus@uniroma2.it) 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 Erasmus@uniroma2.it

How to reach the Faculty

APPLICATION DEADLINES WINTER SEMESTER:

­ 5th May – 30th of June; SUMMER SEMESTER:

­ 1st October – 30th of November;

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:

- www.porta-portese.it;

- 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

Meals

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.

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

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.

Credits and Grading

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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.

Scientific Didactic Coordinator

Further information on the different degree courses and modules can be found atwww.scienze.uniroma2.it;studentscanalsocontactscientificdidacticcoordinators:

EcologyProf.GiulianaAllegrucciE‐mail:allegrucci@uniroma2.it

CellularandMolecularBiology–secondleveldegreeProf.LuisaCastagnoliE‐mail:castagnoli@uniroma2.it

BiotechnologyProf.CinziaForniE‐mail:forni@uniroma2.it

CellularandMolecularBiology,BiologicalScienceProf.CarlaJodiceE‐mail:jodice@uniroma2.it

HumanBiologyandEvolutionaryBiologyProf.PatriziaMalaspinaE‐mail:patrizia.malaspina@uniroma2.it

ChemistryProf.BarbaraFlorisE‐mail:floris@uniroma2.it

PhysicsProf.AnnaDiCiaccioE‐mail:anna.diciaccio@roma2.infn.it

MathematicsProf.AntonellaCalzolari,E‐mail:calzolar@mat.uniroma2.it

ComputerScienceProf.EnricoNardelliE‐mail:nardelli@mat.uniroma2.it

MediaAndCommunicationScienceProf.MassimoPicardelloE‐mail:picardello@uniroma2.it