handbook ume iuss 2012 2013

UME School Handbook

September 2012

UME School

C/o EUCENTRE

Via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................... ii

1. THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY (IUSS) ................................ 1

1.1 HISTORY AND EXCELLENCE .......................................................................... 1

1.2 IUSS CORE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................... 1

1.3 MASTER PROGRAMMES ................................................................................... 2

1.4 DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES .............................................................................. 3

1.5 RESEARCH CENTRES ........................................................................................ 4

2. OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................... 5

2.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 5

2.2 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE ...................................................................... 7

2.2.1 Important Coordinates ..................................................................... 8

2.3 COOPERATION AGREEMENTS ........................................................................ 9

2.4 JOINT PLACEMENT AGREEMENT WITH UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ...... 10

2.5 ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES OF THE SCHOOL .................................................... 11

2.5.1 Master of Science Degree ............................................................... 11 2.5.2 Doctor of Philosophy Degree ....................................................... 12 2.5.3 Master and Doctoral Dissertations ............................................... 12

2.6 IUSS PRESS ..................................................................................................... 13

2.7 EUCENTRE .................................................................................................. 13

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2.8 GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE MODEL (GEM) .................................................... 14

2.9 PAVIA RISK CENTRE (PARC) ........................................................................ 15

3. DETAILS OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ..................................................... 17

3.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 17

3.2 SYLLABUS, QUALITY ASSURANCE AND GRADING ..................................... 18

3.2.1 Syllabus ............................................................................................. 18 3.2.2 Class Attendance ............................................................................. 20 3.2.3 Grading System ................................................................................ 20 3.2.4 Course Evaluation ........................................................................... 21

3.3 GENERAL REGULATIONS .............................................................................. 21

3.3.1 Student Performance ...................................................................... 21 3.3.2 Exclusion from the Programme .................................................... 22 3.3.3 Transition from Master to Doctoral Programme ....................... 22

3.4 MSC IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND/OR ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY (ROSE) .................................................................................... 22

3.4.1 General Requirements .................................................................... 22 3.4.2 Master Dissertation ......................................................................... 23 3.4.3 Duration of the Programme .......................................................... 24

3.5 MSC IN RISK AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (REM) .......................... 24

3.5.1 General Requirements .................................................................... 24 3.5.2 Internship Report ............................................................................ 24 3.5.3 Duration of the Programme .......................................................... 25

3.6 PHD IN UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING THE EXTREMES ................ 26

3.6.1 General Requirements .................................................................... 26 3.6.2 Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor .................................................. 27 3.6.3 Doctoral Dissertation ..................................................................... 28

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3.6.4 Individual Studies ............................................................................ 28 3.6.5 Periods Abroad ................................................................................ 29 3.6.6 Transition from a Master Programme .......................................... 30 3.6.7 Recognition of Previously Earned Credit Points ........................ 30 3.6.8 Plan of study .................................................................................... 31 3.6.9 Progress Report ............................................................................... 31 3.6.10 Working Activities Concomitant to the Doctorate .................... 31 3.6.11 Papers and Conferences ................................................................. 32 3.6.12 Duration, Suspension and Extension of the Doctoral

Programme ....................................................................................... 33 3.6.13 Final Doctoral Exam ...................................................................... 34

3.7 GRADUATION ................................................................................................. 35

3.8 UME SCHOOL SEMINARS.............................................................................. 35

3.9 ROSE SHORT COURSES ................................................................................ 35

3.10 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ROSE SEMINAR ............................................ 36

4. FACILITIES AT THE SCHOOL ..................................................................... 37

4.1 ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES OF THE SCHOOL ...................................... 37

4.1.1 CAR College ..................................................................................... 37 4.1.2 Alternative Accommodation .......................................................... 38

4.2 COMPUTER AND PRINTER FACILITIES ........................................................ 38

4.2.1 General Rules and Regulations ...................................................... 39 4.2.2 UME School Email Account Usage ............................................. 39 4.2.3 Printing and Photocopying ............................................................ 40 4.2.4 Policy for Laptop Computers ........................................................ 41

4.3 EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES ......................................................................... 42

4.4 UME SCHOOL SECRETARIAT ....................................................................... 43

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4.5 CLASSROOMS ................................................................................................... 43

4.6 LIBRARY AND DOCUMENTATION CENTRE ................................................ 44

5. FINANCIAL INFORMATION ....................................................................... 45

5.1 TUITION FEES................................................................................................. 45

5.1.1 MSc Programmes ............................................................................ 45 5.1.2 PhD Programme ............................................................................. 45

5.2 SCHOLARSHIPS ................................................................................................ 46

5.2.1 MSc Students ................................................................................... 46 5.2.2 PhD Students ................................................................................... 46

5.3 OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UME STUDENTS ...................... 47

5.3.1 Teaching Assistantships .................................................................. 47 5.3.2 Research Contract Opportunities .................................................. 47

6. FURTHER USEFUL INFORMATION ......................................................... 49

6.1 UME SCHOOL STUDENT CARD ................................................................... 49

6.2 UME SCHOOL WEB SITES ............................................................................ 50

6.3 ROSE STUDENT WEBPAGES ........................................................................ 50

6.4 UME ALUMNI ................................................................................................. 51

6.5 FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ACADEMIC DOCUMENTS ................ 51

APPENDIX A: ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION ............................ 53

A.1 Colleges in Pavia .......................................................................................... 53

A.1.1 Historical Colleges .......................................................................... 53 A.1.2 Modern Colleges ............................................................................. 54

A.2 Estate Agents ............................................................................................... 55

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A.3 Hotels in Pavia and Surroundings ............................................................. 57

A.3.1 Hotels in Pavia ................................................................................ 57 A.3.2 Hotels in the Surroundings of Pavia ............................................ 58

APPENDIX B: INFORMATION ABOUT THE ITALIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ................................................................................................ 59

B.1 For Non EU Students ................................................................................ 59

B.2 For EU Students ......................................................................................... 61

APPENDIX C: USEFULL MAP ......................................................................... 62

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1. THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY (IUSS)

1.1 HISTORY AND EXCELLENCE

The Institute for Advanced Study of Pavia (Istituto Univeritario di Studi Superiori, IUSS) fulfils, since 1997, an advanced teaching and research model and, since 2005, is formally an independent institution within the Italian University system framework along with other prestigious institutions in Italy, such as the “Scuola Normale Superiore” and the “Scuola Sant’Anna” in Pisa, or the International School for Advanced Studies “SISSA” in Trieste.

Due to the completeness of its education and training fields, which allow a strong interdisciplinary approach, the mission of IUSS is that of contributing to the growth of a small number of selected students by offering them, at every step of their higher education, qualified programmes enhancing their capabilities and knowledge.

IUSS is also committed to scientific progress by preparing young researchers and developing scientific research programmes.

1.2 IUSS CORE ACTIVITIES

Among IUSS core educational and research activities there are:

• Undergraduate Courses open, on a merit base, to the most promising students of the University of Pavia

• II Level University Master Programmes providing a strong international approach

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• Doctoral Programmes providing an interdisciplinary point of view and exposure to cutting edge research

• Advanced Short-Term Courses and Seminars

• Research Centres

In the following a brief overview of these activities is provided while further information is readily available through the IUSS website at www.iusspavia.it.

1.3 MASTER PROGRAMMES

IUSS Master programmes foresee a period of courses, held in English, and in some cases an internship carried out within a company or an institution lasting in general 3 to 6 months. The Master programmes require a full time commitment and cover a 12 to 18-month period, at the end of which successful students receive a University Master Degree of Level II (60 or 90 ECTS credit point).

The faculty is composed of highly qualified professors and renowned guest speakers from international cutting-edge companies.

The interdisciplinary approach allows preparing people to face the complexities found within a wide range of fields and to therefore successfully proceed in a dynamic career achieving their goals and personal satisfaction.

IUSS looks for promising young graduates, willing to broaden their perspectives in a challenging environment.

Admissions are based on the assessment of curriculum vitae and, in some cases, an interview.

Scholarships are awarded on a merit base taking into account geographical considerations and range from tuition waivers to full scholarships covering tuition, accommodation and living expenses.

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Herein, the list of the Master programmes run by IUSS:

• Master in Earthquake Engineering and/or Engineering Seismology

• Master in Risk and Emergency Management

• Master in Media Science and Technology

• Master in Nuclear and Ionizing Radiation Technologies

• Master in Methods for Management of Complex Systems

• Master in Materials for Micro and Nano-Technologies

• Master in Cooperation and Development

• International Expo Master Degree Course in Coastal Marine Integrated Management

• Executive Program in International Economic Integration

Some of these programmes award joint degrees with national or international institutions.

1.4 DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES

IUSS hosts four PhD programmes; some of them are jointly run with the University of Pavia.

• PhD in Understanding and Managing Extremes (Two curricula: (i) Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, (ii) Risk and Emergency Management).

• PhD in Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnologies.

• PhD in Economics Law and Institutions.

• PhD in Computational Mechanics and Advanced Materials.

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1.5 RESEARCH CENTRES

IUSS training and research centres reflect the interdisciplinary approach fostered by the Institute.

Centres currently run by IUSS are:

• Centre for Studies and Research on Ancient Law (Cedant);

• Human Development, Capability and Poverty International Research Centre (HDCP-IRC);

• Texts and Textual Traditions Research Centre;

• Advanced Numerical Simulation Centre (CESNA);

• Risk and Security Study Centre (CeRS);

• Centre for Postgraduate Education and Research on Languages of Europe: Typology, History and Sociolinguistics (LETiSS);

• Neurolinguistics and Theoretical Syntax Research Centre (Ne.T.S.);

• Understanding and Managing Extremes (UME) Graduate School.

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2. OVERVIEW

2.1 INTRODUCTION

The Graduate School in Understanding and Managing Extremes (UME) is a new exciting development of IUSS.

Innovative, internationally planned, open minded, grown on the traditionally fertile soil of the University of Pavia, and based on a system of Colleges unique in Italy.

In this framework, the UME School offers post-graduate programmes geared towards the evaluation of uncertainties, risk mitigation and emergency management. The key objective is to provide a system within which Master and Doctoral candidates can study, understand and deal with extreme events.

UME programmes currently focus three main areas:

Disaster risk assessment, focusing mainly on natural hazards such as earthquakes, hurricanes, fires, landslides and floods (with possible extensions to the topics of climatology, desertification, human-made and technological risks etc.).

Extreme situation management, which includes topics of statistics and probability, law, economics, resource management, finance, insurance, sociology, ethics, psychology and medicine.

Engineering for risk mitigation, which includes topics on engineering to increase the capacity of buildings and infrastructure to withstand the demands from extreme events.

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All lecturers at the School are internationally recognised experts in their field, coming from a number of distinguished institutions from around the world.

Each course is intensively taught in a period of one to four weeks, during which the respective lecturer is able to fully dedicate his/her time and efforts exclusively to the scholastic activities at the School, thus ensuring teaching and research training at the highest possible level of quality. All of the above endows a truly unique character to the UME School, be it for its fully international nature or for its innovative organisation in education and research training in the fields of evaluation of uncertainties, risk mitigation and emergency management.

Currently, two programmes of the UME School are fully operational at master and doctoral level, i.e. the ROSE Programme in Earthquake Engineering and/or Engineering Seismology and the REM Programme in Risk and Emergency Management. Another Master programme on risks related to weather and atmospheric phenomena is envisaged for the near future.

The European Commission has approved and financed within the Erasmus Mundus II framework the Masters in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (MEEES), coordinated by the UME School and featuring the participation of the University of Grenoble 1 “Joseph Fourier” (France), the University of Patras (Greece) and the Middle East Technical University (METU) of Ankara (Turkey), which aims to enhance quality in European higher education and to promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through cooperation with Third Countries (www.meees.org).

The School also relies on advanced numerical and experimental facilities, including the full-scale testing laboratory of the European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (EUCENTRE, see Section 2.7), featuring what is currently the most powerful shaking table in Europe.

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The aim of this handbook is to provide information to UME students on the many aspects of the School such as its organisational structure, the various academic activities and facilities, and the bureaucratic and financial procedures, which each student must be aware of upon arrival at the School. The most recent issue of the Handbook can be downloaded at: http://www.umeschool.it/downloads.

2.2 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

The overall coordination and management of the UME School is under the direct responsibility of its Director:

• Gian Michele Calvi, Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori (IUSS), Pavia, Italy

The School is organised according to the following scheme:

UME School Board- Master Board- Doctoral Board

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UME School Director and Programmes CoordinatorProf. Gian Michele Calvi(Deputy: Dr. Alessandro Dazio)

ROSE ProgrammeDeputy Coordinator: Dr. Paola Ceresa

ROSE Students REM Students

REM ProgrammeDeputy Coordinator: Dr. Ricardo Monteiro

UME School SecretariatMs. Simonetta Silva, Ms. Laura Meazza

AdministrativeQueries

AcademicQueries

AdministrativeQueries

AcademicQueries

First point of contact for students regarding academic queries are the ROSE and REM programme deputy coordinators. It is obvious that

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ROSE students shall contact the ROSE programme deputy coordinator, while REM students shall contact the REM programme deputy coordinator. Academic queries encompass e.g.:

• Academic performance;

• Individual study plan;

• Academic programme;

• Credit recognition.

On the other hand, the first point of contact for students regarding administrative queries is the UME School secretariat. Administrative queries deals with topics like e.g.:

• Issue of documents regarding one’s academic career (Transcripts, certificates, ...);

• Scholarship payment;

• Accommodation.

2.2.1 Important Coordinates

Important coordinates of key personnel of the UME School are listed in the following table:

Person/Service/Function Coordinates

UME School Director and Programmes Coordinator Prof. Gian Michele Calvi

E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +39 (0382) 51 69 811

UME School Deputy DirectorDr. Alessandro Dazio

E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: +39 (0382) 51 69 856

ROSE Programme Deputy Coordinator Dr. Paola Ceresa


REM Programme Deputy Coordinator Dr. Ricardo Monteiro


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Person/Service/Function Coordinates

UME SecretariatMs. Simonetta Silva Ms. Laura Olga Meazza

E-Mail: [email protected]: +39 (0382) 51 69 851 Phone: +39 (0382) 51 69 867 Fax: +39 (0382) 529 131

UME/EUCENTRE Library and Documentation Centre Ms. Roberta Lucentini

E-Mail: [email protected]

UME/EUCENTRE IT Support E-Mail: [email protected]

The physical address of the UME School Secretariat is:

UME School Secretariat c/o Eucentre Via A. Ferrata 1 I-27100 Pavia

Pleasa note that the specification “c/o Eucentre” is mandatory.

2.3 COOPERATION AGREEMENTS

Cooperation agreements with a number of renowned institutions actively involved in earthquake engineering research are in place at the ROSE Programme, allowing for cooperation in research activities, combined organisation of seminars and conferences, exchange of technical data and publications, and most importantly the possibility of student exchange initiatives.

Formal agreements are currently available with the following institutions:

• Imperial College London (UK) • North Carolina State University (USA) • University of Adelaide (Australia)

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• University of Canterbury (New Zealand) • University of Toronto (Canada) • Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) • University at Buffalo (USA) • University of California at Berkeley (USA) • University of California at San Diego (USA) • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA) • University of Cincinnati (USA) • Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (Ecuador) • Tongji University Shanghai (China)

Web links to the above-listed institutions can be found on the ROSE Programme website (www.roseschool.it), where further information can be obtained. Furthermore, cooperation between the School and many Italian Universities also exists and students are advised to speak to the ROSE programme deputy coordinator for more information.

The REM Programme benefits from partnerships that the UME School has formed with a number of public/private institutions and international organizations, with the main aim of providing placement opportunities for REM students during their mandatory internship period. Such partnerships include e.g. those with the EUCENTRE Foundation (see Section 2.7), the GEM Foundation (see Section 2.8), ImageCat Inc., the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA).

2.4 JOINT PLACEMENT AGREEMENT WITH UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

This is an exciting new opportunity offered to ROSE Doctoral students. The Institute for Advanced Study (IUSS) of Pavia and the University of Toronto, Canada recently signed a joint placement

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agreement allowing doctoral students of one university, who fulfil a given set of conditions (e.g. having the doctoral dissertation jointly supervised by faculties of both universities and spending a 12 months educational and research stay the other university), to obtain a degree mentioning the joint placement career.

2.5 ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES OF THE SCHOOL

One of the characteristics of the UME School is the combination of Masters of Science (MSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree programmes within the same teaching structure. The teaching system at the School consists of providing a number of relatively short courses, offered in series, with a typical duration of four weeks in the ROSE/MEEES Programme and one to four weeks in the REM Programme.

2.5.1 Master of Science Degree

Currently at the UME School students have the possibility of obtaining MSc degrees awarded within three main programmes, i.e. the ROSE Programme (formerly ROSE School), the MEEES Programme, and the REM Programme. In particular, the offered programmes are listed below:

- Master programme in Earthquake Engineering and/or Engineering Seismology (ROSE);

- Erasmus Mundus Master programme in Earthquake Engineering and/or Engineering Seismology (MEEES);

- Master programme in Risk and Emergency Management (REM).

Detailed information on the MEEES Consortium, as well as on academic and administrative specifications is given in the “MEEES Handbook” and on the website www.meees.org.

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2.5.2 Doctor of Philosophy Degree

The UME School runs a PhD programme in Understanding and Managing Extremes that is characterised by the two curricula

- Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (ROSE);

- Risk and Emergency Management (REM);

and that awards the following degrees:

- Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, obtained in the framework of the doctoral programme in Understanding and Managing Extremes;

- Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Risk and Emergency Management, obtained in the framework of the doctoral programme in Understanding and Managing Extremes;

According to Italian laws, the doctoral programme has a minimum duration of 36 months. Students can only be enrolled in one programme at a time (MSc or PhD). However, ECTS credits obtained within the MSc programme may be transferred to the PhD programme. A more detailed discussion of the academic requirements for the PhD degree is provided in Chapter 3.

The above effectively means that students who are first accepted into the MSc programme and then later become PhD students (by following the standard PhD application and admission procedure), may have their work and results obtained within the scope of their MSc programme recognised as valid to partially meet the PhD requirements.

2.5.3 Master and Doctoral Dissertations

It is envisaged that work towards the preparation of an MSc dissertation or PhD thesis may be carried out in any institution where a UME School faculty member is employed. Hence, permanence in Pavia is in effect necessary only for attending the taught courses. To this purpose carefully read the regulations presented in Sections 3.4 to 3.6.

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2.6 IUSS PRESS

The Institute for Advanced Study (IUSS), of which the UME School is a part of, features also its own publishing house, the IUSS Press (www.iusspress.it), with the objective of:

• providing top quality publications at a fraction of the cost of conventional publishing houses, thus reducing price of acquisition of technical books (especially for students);

• reducing significantly the time between submittal of authors’ drafts and final production, thus enabling faster publication of state-of-the-art manuscripts;

• providing a higher royalty to authors than what is typically available from conventional publishing houses, thus stimulating renowned experts into producing high quality textbooks.

Every year, the UME School publishes a number of Research and Educational reports through the IUSS Press, featuring work carried out by its students and staff. In addition, textbooks and/or monographs, written by UME lecturers, are also regularly published by the IUSS publishing house. Please refer to the website for a complete listing of available publications.

UME School students can purchase IUSS Press publications directly at the EUCENTRE Secretariat located on the second floor of the EUCENTRE 2 building (See map on Appendix C). Publications can be paid in cash or by credit card.

2.7 EUCENTRE

The Foundation “European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering” (EUCENTRE, www.eucentre.it) is oriented towards promoting, supporting and advancing research and training activities aiming at the reduction of seismic risk.

EUCENTRE was originally founded by the Italian National Department of Civil Protection (DPC), the National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), the University of Pavia (UNIPV) and the Institute for Advanced Study (IUSS) of Pavia.

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EUCENTRE pursues its aims also making use of the following structures:

• The TREES Lab – Laboratory for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering and Seismology;

• The CAR College – International College for Civil Protection “Cardinale Agostino Gaetano Riboldi”.

The UME School is strictly connected to the EUCENTRE Foundation.

• Most of the local UME Faculty members and other staff belong to EUCENTRE;

• EUCENTRE has many research projects in the field of earthquake engineering and engineering seismology. MSc and PhD students can be involved in such projects and they are encouraged to do their dissertations within the EUCENTRE project framework, also in cooperation with external faculty members (see Section 2.5.3);

• The TREES Lab numerical and experimental facilities at EUCENTRE can be used both for training and research activities involving UME students;

• The CAR College is devoted to host postgraduate students, scholars and lecturers involved in natural risk mitigation studies;

• EUCENTRE coordinates the publications of the IUSS Press.

2.8 GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE MODEL (GEM)

The GEM Foundation (www.globalquakemodel.org) is a public-private partnership that drives a collaborative effort aimed at developing and deploying tools and resources for earthquake risk assessment worldwide. Hundreds of organisations and individual experts, professionals and practitioners are working together on uniform global databases, methodologies, tools and open-source software.

GEM Headquarters are hosted on the premises of the EUCENTRE Foundation in Pavia, allowing a privileged interaction with the UME School. GEM researchers regularly teach ROSE and REM courses and supervise master and doctoral theses.

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2.9 PAVIA RISK CENTRE (PARC)

Pavia Risk Centre (PaRC) refers to a knowledge hub located in the North-Italian city of Pavia, where several organisations with various areas of expertise work within the same vicinity on a common aim: profound understanding of different types of risk, natural and man-made, in order to develop approaches, technologies, systems and solutions to reduce the overall consequences of these events.

PaRC core organisations are EUCENTRE, GEM, the UME School, IUSS Press and the Pavia Città della Formazione Foundation (http://www.paviacittadellaformazione.it/), while the relevant network of activities is summarised by the following scheme:

ResearchSections

EUCENTREwww.eucentre.it

GEM Foundationwww.globalquakemodel.org

INGV SectionMI-PV

REM Programmewww.umeschool.it/rem

ROSE Programmewww.roseschool.it

MEEESErasmus Mundus U.E.

www.meees.org

TREES Laboratorywww.eucentre.it/laboratorio

Seismic Design JournalProgettazione Sismicawww.progettazionesismica.it

Restaurant “Osteria del Collegio”

Auditorium

Saints Giacomoand Filippo Section

Luigi NascimbeneSection

DocumentationCentre

IndustryPartnerships

Partnerships with Practitionersand Associations

UME Graduate School(IUSS)

www.umeschool.itIUSS PRESS

(IUSS)www.iusspress.it

POSTGRADUATETRAINING PUBLISHING

HOUSE

ACCOMMODATIONAND FACILITIES

TRAININGDISSEMINATIONCONSULTANCY

RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFICCONSULTANCY

SERVICES

DICAR Laboratory(UNIPV)

DICAR Laboratory(UNIPV)

ITS Technical Trainingwww.paviacittadellaformazione.it

CAR Collegewww.carcollege.it

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PaRC is not an institution; it is a brand that aims to promote excellence in research and activities related to seismic and other risks in this city in the region of Lombardy.

Additional information can be found on the PaRC Web site at: http://www.paviariskcentre.org/

3. DETAILS OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

3.1 INTRODUCTION

The following sections present and discuss important aspects related to the academic organisation of the UME School. The School is embedded through IUSS into the Italian National University System. Both organisations have own regulations that concur in ruling the activities of the UME School. Key regulations are:

• IUSS Academic Regulations (Regolamento Didattico IUSS): http://www.iusspavia.it/UserFiles/File/Regolamenti/Regolamento_didattico_Istituto.pdf

• IUSS Master Regulations (Regolamento Master IUSS): http://www.iusspavia.it/UserFiles/File/Admin/Regolamenti2011/Regolamento%20MastersMODIFICATO%2020%204%202011%281%29.pdf

• IUSS Doctoral Regulations (Regolamento in Materia di Dottorato di Ricerca) http://www.iusspavia.it/UserFiles/File/Admin/Regolamenti2011/Regolamento%20dottorati%20MODIFICATO%2024%206%202011.pdf

• National Doctoral Regulations (DM n. 224 del 30.04.1999, Regolamento in Materia di Dottorato di Ricerca) http://www.iusspavia.it/UserFiles/File/Calia/Regolamento_nazionale_dottorati.PDF

These regulations are available in Italian only. Where deemed necessary this Handbook provides simplified translations of important requirements. These regulations may change at any time, which would obviously call for modifications and amendments of this Handbook.

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3.2 SYLLABUS, QUALITY ASSURANCE AND GRADING

3.2.1 Syllabus

The teaching system at the School consists of providing a number of intensively run courses, offered in series, each with duration of not more than five weeks. The courses are divided into two semesters, the first running from September until mid-February (Fall Term) and the second from mid-February until July (Spring Term). Students are admitted to the School in September, which corresponds to the beginning of the academic year.

Three weeks of introductory courses are offered to students attending the Master in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, covering the basic principles in: i) applied mathematics, ii) solid mechanics, iii) structural analysis and iv) soil mechanics. These four courses run simultaneously and schedules are harmonized in order to avoid overlaps. The main aim of this initiative is to ensure all students entering the Master courses have the same level of preliminary knowledge in the fields of mathematics and civil engineering that are necessary for advanced studies in earthquake engineering and engineering seismology. Every introductory course awards 2 ECTS credit points. Master students are required to attend three courses. They are free to attend all four courses, however maximum 6 ECTS are awarded and the overall grade is the average of the 3 best grades.

Four weeks of introductory courses are offered also to students attending the Master in Risk and Emergency Management, covering the basic principles in probability and statistics, earth sciences and natural disasters and disaster risk reduction and emergency management.

The complete and most up to date academic programme is listed on the websites of the master programmes at:

• ROSE Programme: http://www.roseschool.it/modules/index/group/term

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• REM Programme: http://www.umeschool.it/rem/programme_outline/

The School will take all reasonable efforts to maintain the programme as published on the website. If for reason of force majeure (e.g. sudden unavailability of the lecturer, insufficient number of students ...) modifications are necessary, the affected students will be immediately informed and as far as possible an equivalent or better programme is proposed.

Next to dates, brief course description and information about the lecturer, the academic programme defines the number of European Credit Transfer System1 (ECTS) credit points awarded by each course. Each ECTS credit point corresponds approximately to 25 hours of work. Typically, every successfully completed course accounts for 6 credits within the ROSE Programme and 1 to 6 credits, within the REM Programme.

The typical organization of the study consists in two semesters where the students follow courses earning 30 credits per semester, while the third semester is devoted to scholarly work.

Within the ROSE Programme the third semester is devoted to the production of the master thesis of technically high standards for which 30 credits are awarded. The thesis can be produced either through original research work or through a professional internship.

During the third semester, students of the REM Programme will carry out a 5- to 6-month internship in one of the partner institutions and produce a final report, for which 30 credits are awarded.

Every course features a final written exam, which may or may not be complemented with an oral examination. Lecturers can also choose to

1 http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/socrates/ects_en.html

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base their evaluation on coursework, projects and midterm exams, if deemed appropriate. However, and independently of the amount of individual work required by such assignments, it is suggested that these will count for not more than 50% of the final grade. Since the official language of the School is English, all examinations, coursework, lectures, and course material will be in English.

3.2.2 Class Attendance

Puntual attendance of classes according to the schedule provided by the lecturer is mandatory. The schedule of a course is provided to students shortly before the beginning of the course. Changes of schedule may occur and will be communicated directly by the lecturer or by the UME School secretariat. Even short notice changes of schedule do not exempt students from attending classes.

Master and Doctoral students who wish to withdraw from a given course (by informing the lecturer that they do not intend to sit the exam) are strongly advised to do so within the first third of the course (typically 1.5 weeks of lectures). Under limited exceptional circumstances, assessed by the School Board on a case-by-case basis, this rule may be overlooked.

3.2.3 Grading System

For grading of the students, the UME School has adopted a system based on letters, in the sense that the final grades may be elaborated by the lecturers according to any criterion (e.g. points, percentage of class, and so on) but will be always translated in letters for official scripts. The grades range from A+ (maximum grade) to D (pass), as indicated in the table below.

Table 1. Grading system at the UME School

A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- DPass

F Fail

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The UME School does not compute, store or divulgate grade point averages (e.g. GPA, CGPA ...). No official ranking of students within a batch is carried out.

3.2.4 Course Evaluation

In order to gauge the quality of the teaching and identify possible areas where improvements are called for, a course evaluation form for students to compile at the end of each course has been prepared. The latter features five main lines of enquiry so as to enable students to judge the content, organisation and preparation of the course, together with examination procedure and the proficiency of the lecturer and teaching assistant.

Students are asked to respond anonymously, so that any eventual negative feedback is not inhibited; however, the student will not receive his/her course grade until he/she has submitted the evaluation form. Criticism on the fairness of the examination results can be included in a specific category of the questionnaire, instead of being merged within the overall assessment from the student.

The results from this evaluation are used by the School to identify possible areas where improvements might be required; the results for each course are provided to its respective lecturer, who then takes such feedback into account in the preparation of subsequent instalments of his/her course.

3.3 GENERAL REGULATIONS

3.3.1 Student Performance Master and doctoral programmes require a full time commitment. Students must follow the regulations explained in this Handbook with reference to:

• Class attendance

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• Examinations

• Final dissertation

If any of the aforementioned regulations is not adhered to, this could lead to exclusion from the programme.

3.3.2 Exclusion from the Programme A student may be excluded from the programme he/she is currently attending (i.e. Master or Doctoral Programme), whenever serious and well-documented faults or wrongdoings have taken place, following the decision of the School Board.

3.3.3 Transition from Master to Doctoral Programme The transition procedure from a Master Programme to the UME Doctoral Programme is described in Section 3.6.6.

Hence, according to current regulations MEEES, ROSE and REM Master students are allowed to participate to the doctoral student selection competition, and, if admitted, to start the UME Doctoral Programme while they are still enrolled into the Master Programme.

3.4 MSC IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND/OR ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY (ROSE)

3.4.1 General Requirements

The Master degrees in Earthquake Engineering (EE), in Engineering Seismology (ES), and in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (EEES) of the ROSE Programme require 90 ECTS credits to be obtained, with no more than one dissertation. This effectively means that the student must attend at least 10 taught modules.

For the Master degree in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology students are required to acquire, through attendance of taught modules and the carrying out of a master thesis, at least 42

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credits on each of the two Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology components. Students enrolled in the MSc programme will normally be required to have not more than two courses with a grade below B- during their studies at the School. Students who fail to comply with such prerequisite are advised to speak to the ROSE Programme Deputy Coordinator, so that the School Board can then take an informed decision on the matter.

3.4.2 Master Dissertation

Students need to produce a Master dissertation of technically high standards, which should be carried out under the supervision of at least one ROSE faculty2 or one local research staff3.

As a general rule, students of Master programmes should decide who their dissertation supervisor will be by the end of the second semester and should communicate this decision to the UME Secretariat no later than July 15.

Master dissertations are graded as accepted/not accepted. Accepted dissertations award 30 ECTS points.

Detailed specifications:

• The master thesis has to be written using the template provided by the School. Students shall request the template at the UME School Secretariat;

• The master thesis should feature SI units;

• The final version of the thesis should be submitted in soft and hard copy, plus one copy on a CD;

2 See: http://www.roseschool.it/page/275/rose-school-faculty.html 3 See: http://www.roseschool.it/page/281/rose-local-faculty-and-research-

staff.html

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• For the thesis to be accepted, it will have to be mandatorily accompanied by the thesis approval document signed by the Supervisors. Students shall request the blank thesis approval document at the UME School Secretariat.

3.4.3 Duration of the Programme

Students are allowed a maximum of 20 months to complete their MSc studies (i.e. to obtain the necessary course credits and submit the Master dissertation), even if it is expected that they will do so within the allocated 18 months. This up to 2 month extension can only be taken previous approval obtained by contacting the ROSE Programme Deputy Coordinator. In truly exceptional, well documented and timely communicated cases, the School Board may grant an extension beyond 20 months.

3.5 MSC IN RISK AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (REM)


The Master degree in Risk and Emergency Management (REM) at the UME School requires 90 ECTS credits to be obtained, with no more than one internship report, which means that the student must earn at least 60 credits through taught modules.

The student needs to produce a final report of technically high quality, i.e. his/her Master dissertation pertaining to the internship of 5 to 6 months carried in one of the partner institutions, with which the UME School has a cooperation agreement in the framework of the REM programme. The internship should foresee two tutors, one from the Institution and the other from the School; both should communicate regularly to assure that the objectives of the placement are fulfilled.

3.5.2 Internship Report

Students need to produce a final Report of technically high standards, corresponding to an internship carried out under a topic within the

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Risk and Emergency Management context, which should be carried out under the supervision of at least one member of the REM teaching body4 or local research staff5.

As a general rule, students of the REM Programme should decide, together with the deputy coordinator of the programme, where their internship will take place by the beginning of the second semester. At this point, the internship agreement forms should be prepared, together with the School Tutor. No internship report will be accepeted without the internship forms duly signed and stamped by the Hosting Institution.

Internship Reports are graded as accepted/not accepted. Accepted reports award 30 ECTS points.


• The internship report has to be prepared according to the template provided by the School. Students shall request the template at the UME School Secretariat;

• The final version of the report should be submitted in soft and hard copy, plus one copy on a CD;

• For the report to be accepted, it will have to be mandatorily accompanied by the approval document signed by the Tutors. Students shall request the blank approval document at the UME School Secretariat.

3.5.3 Duration of the Programme

Students are allowed a maximum of 20 months to complete their MSc studies (i.e. to obtain the necessary course credits, carry out the internship and submit the final report), even if it is expected that they will do so within the allocated 18 months. This extension, up to 2

4 See: http://www.umeschool.it/rem/teaching-body/ 5 See: http://www.umeschool.it/rem/teaching-body/local-staff/

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months, can only be taken after previous approval obtained by contacting the REM Programme Deputy Coordinator. In truly exceptional, well documented and timely communicated cases, the School Board may grant an extension beyond 20 months.

3.6 PHD IN UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING THE EXTREMES


A PhD degree at the UME School involves the attainment of 90 ECTS credit points and the completion of a Doctoral thesis. Within the 90 ECTS credit points, students must complete a minimum of one and a maximum of two individual studies, the remaining of the credit points must be earned through courses.

A PhD degree at the UME School is awarded after a minimum period of 36 months and a transition from one of the master programmes offered by the School is possible.

The above effectively means that students who are first accepted into the MSc programme and then later become PhD students (by following the standard PhD application and admission procedure) may have their work and results obtained within the scope of their MSc programme recognised as valid towards meeting the PhD requirements, provided the higher performance standard required for PhD students is met.

PhD students will normally be expected to have not more than two courses with a grade below B+ during their studies at the School. Students who fail to comply with such prerequisite are advised to speak to the ROSE or the REM programme deputy coordinator, so that the School Board can then take an informed decision on the matter.

If a student wishes to attend two similar courses for the PhD degree (e.g. two courses on Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures) then a reduced number of credits are usually assigned to the second course depending on the similarity of the syllabuses of each course;

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such decisions are made by the ROSE or the REM programme deputy coordinator, on a case-by-case basis. Additional information regarding the assemblage of the doctoral plan of study is provided in Section 3.6.8.

It is also envisaged that work towards the preparation of an Individual Study or PhD thesis may be partially carried out outside Pavia, at the home institution of a visiting faculty member that may be serving as co-supervisor of a UME student. Such period abroad shall be organised according to Section 3.6.5.

3.6.2 Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor

The supervisor of the doctoral dissertation is the most important reference person for the doctoral student and should be defined during the first year. The supervisor is the first point of contact for all research and logistic related matters, such as working space, IT, periods abroad, and conferences attendance.

Within the initial period of the programme during which doctoral students may not yet have a supervisor of the doctoral dissertation they shall refer to the UME School Secretariat and to the ROSE or the REM programme deputy coordinator for any issue they may have.

The doctoral dissertation supervisor must be a local faculty or local research staff afferent to the ROSE6 or REM7 Programme, respectively. Doctoral students can have an additional supervisor chosen among UME School faculty. The choice of this additional supervisor must occur in agreement with the doctoral dissertation supervisor.

6 See: http://www.roseschool.it/page/281/rose-local-faculty-and-research-staff.html

7 See: http://www.umeschool.it/rem/teaching-body/local-staff/

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3.6.3 Doctoral Dissertation

Students need to produce a doctoral dissertation of technically high standards, which should be carried out under the supervision of at least a doctoral dissertation supervisor (See Section 3.6.2). The doctoral dissertation does not award ECTS credit points.


• Doctoral dissertations have to be written using the template provided by the School. Students shall request the template at the UME School Secretariat;

• Doctoral dissertations should feature SI units;

Further requirements for doctoral dissertations are described in Section 3.6.13.

3.6.4 Individual Studies

Individual studies are scholarly works similar to master dissertations carried out under the supervision of at least a UME School faculty. For a successfully completed individual study 18 ECTS credit points are awarded. The thesis of previously completed master programmes may be recognised by the School Board as individual study (See Section 3.6.7).


• Individual studies have to be written using the template provided by the School. Students shall request the template at the UME School Secretariat;

• Individual studies should feature SI units;

• The final version of an individual study should be submitted in soft and hard copy, plus one copy on a CD;

• For the individual study to be accepted, it will have to be mandatorily accompanied by the thesis approval document signed

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by the Supervisors. Students shall request the blank individual study approval document at the UME School Secretariat.

3.6.5 Periods Abroad

Doctoral students may spend periods abroad up to 18 months in total to follow courses and/or carry out research work in a foreign University with whom the School holds a Cooperation Agreement (see Section 2.3), or, previous approval by the School Board, in other Institutions whose potential benefit to the career of the doctoral student is clearly documented. During the period abroad students are entitled to a 50% increase of their monthly scholarship.

The step-by-step procedure to apply for a period abroad is as follows and must be strictly adhered to:

1) The student discusses with the doctoral dissertation supervisor his/her intention to spend a period abroad;

2) Student, doctoral dissertation supervisor, and host faculty agree on purpose, duration and boundary conditions (e.g. accommodation, additional compensation, ...) of the period abroad;

3) The student submits to the UME Secretariat his/her application for a period abroad. The application consists at least of: i) IUSS application form (can be obtained at the secretariat), ii) commented description of the envisaged academic activities at the host institution, iii) letter of support by the doctoral dissertation supervisor, and iv) letter of support by the host faculty. The application must reach the UME Secretariat at least two months before the start of the envisaged period abroad. Additional documents in support of the application may be submitted;

4) Upon approval of the period abroad by the Rector of IUSS, the student can attend the host institution for a duration not exceeding that approved by the Rector.

5) Upon return in Pavia, the student must submit to the UME Secretariat a letter signed by the host faculty confirming that the

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student has attended the host institution and stating the exact duration of the stay. It is noted that the increase of the doctoral scholarship is paid at the end of the period abroad as a lumped sum calculated based on the effective duration of the stay as stated by the host faculty in his/her letter.

3.6.6 Transition from a Master Programme

According to current Italian laws, students cannot be enrolled in two different degree-awarding programmes at the same time. However, this requirement notwithstanding, doctoral students may be allowed to conclude their master programme during the first 6 months of the doctoral programme, provided there is significant congruency between the two programmes. Upon enrolment, students shall ask permission to do so.

During the overlapping period, master and doctoral scholarships cannot be cumulated. Holders of both master and doctoral scholarships shall decide which one is to be discontinued. It is strongly recommended to discuss the matter with the ROSE or the REM programme deputy coordinator.

If a student is not able to conclude the master programme within 6 months after the beginning of the doctoral programme, he/she will be required to suspend one of the two programmes.

3.6.7 Recognition of Previously Earned Credit Points

Students who arrive at the School having already completed a Masters degree in Earthquake Engineering and/or in Engineering Seismology and/or Risk and Emergency Management (or related) may be able to convert some of their courses into credits for the UME Doctoral Programme. However, this is carried out at the discretion of the School Board on a case-by-case basis. As a rule, only credit points earned in the framework of degrees obtained in addition to the one required for

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admission to the doctoral programme will be considered for recognition.

All PhD students, including UME School master graduates, wishing to have ECTS credit points recognised towards the fulfilment of their doctoral degree requirements shall contact the ROSE or the REM programme deputy coordinator to obtain the documents necessary for the credit recognition application.

3.6.8 Plan of study

Doctoral students are required to earn 90 ECTS credit points prior to the final exam (See Section 3.6.1). The plan of study envisaged to earn these credits must be discussed and agreed with the Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor (See Section 3.6.2).

3.6.9 Progress Report

Doctoral students are required to submit a yearly progress report presenting the activities carried out during the year. Reports are due after the first and after the second year on June 15 and must be previously approved by the doctoral dissertation supervisor.

Students shall request the progress report template at the UME School Secretariat.

Upon acceptance of the progress report by the School Board, students are admitted to the next academic year of the programme.

3.6.10 Working Activities Concomitant to the Doctorate

Doctoral studies call for a full time commitment and the majority of working activities concomitant to the doctorate must be approved by the School Board. Special restrictions apply to doctoral scholarship holders (See also Section 5.2.2).

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For this reasons, doctoral students who envisage pursuing working activities concomitant to the doctorate are strongly encourages to get in contact with the ROSE or the REM programme deputy coordinator as early as possible.

3.6.11 Papers and Conferences

Doctoral students are encouraged to submit high quality papers to top journals and conferences. The decision of writing and submitting a paper shall be taken in agreement with the doctoral dissertation supervisor and the latter shall approve the final draft of the paper.

As affiliation, doctoral students are kindly requested to use the following format:

• ROSE Programme, UME School, IUSS Pavia, Italy

• REM Programme, UME School, IUSS Pavia, Italy

At the same time, while presenting their work by means of computer presentations students should display the logos of the School. To this purpose, two alternatives are available:

• Alternative 1: Use of the combined IUSS-UME logo

• Alternative 2: Concomittant use of the logos of IUSS and UME.

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These logos together with a UME School MS Powerpoint presentation template can be downloaded at http://www.umeschool.it/downloads. It is noted that the use of these features is strictly reserved to academic purposes inherent to the UME School.

The participation in conferences is not a right but rather a possible recognition for outstanding academic performance. Such participation shall be agreed upon between student and doctoral dissertation supervisor. It is clearly stated that the UME School has no funds to support the participation of students to conferences. Such funds must be provided by the student, and/or the doctoral dissertation supervisor, and/or possible other sources.

In exceptional cases pertaining to very important conferences like e.g. ECEE and WCEE, the School may provide partial financial support to student presenting a paper. If the case, the availability of such funds is communicated to all students stating the amount of the support and the procedure that has to be followed in order to benefit from the support. Until such a statement is made, students cannot assume that they will obtain any financial support directly by the School.

3.6.12 Duration, Suspension and Extension of the Doctoral Programme

The minimum duration of the doctoral programme is 36 months.

For serious reasons students can apply for a suspension of the doctoral programme. The suspension can be no longer than 12 months and it cannot be requested to begin the programme with.

In order to conclude their thesis, students can apply for a 12 months extension of the doctoral programme. A circumstantiated application is due by August 31st of the third doctoral year.

Both the suspension and the extension do not give rise to additional funding. The doctoral monthly scholarship is supplied during maximum 36 months.

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3.6.13 Final Doctoral Exam

By August 31st of the third doctoral year students must apply for admission to the final doctoral exam. The application consists of: i) the IUSS application form that is sent to all candidates directly by IUSS central administration, ii) an advanced draft of the dissertation.

In the case admission to the final exam is granted by the School Board, the student must submit a defence version of the thesis no later than October 31st. The defence version shall be submitted in at least 4 printed copies and in digital format. The exact number of required hard copies is communicated by the UME Secretariat to the candidates a few weeks before the October 31st deadline.

The UME Final Doctoral Exam takes place typically in the first week of December and consists in the oral defence of the doctoral dissertation. At UME, defences have a typical duration of 45 minutes. During the first 30 minutes the candidate presents his/her dissertation to the examination panel consisting of at least 3 independent faculties, while the last 15 minutes are devoted to the answering of questions asked by the panel.

The results of the final doctoral exam are announced the same day of the exam. Successful candidates have until January 31st, at the latest, to implement minor changes requested by the supervisors as well as by the panel and submit the final version of the doctoral dissertation. The final submission consists of:

• Two (2) hardcopies of the final version of the doctoral thesis. One copy will be archived at IUSS Headquarters and one at UME School Secretariat.

• One (1) CD/DVD Rom with the digital copy of the final version of the doctoral thesis in PDF format. This CD will be stored at the UME School Secretariat.

• Two (2) copies of the thesis for the National Libraries in Firenze and Roma. These can be either hard copies or CD/DVD Roms.

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Candidates that fail the final doctoral exam may apply to repeat the exam once, within one year from the date of the original failure.

3.7 GRADUATION

Two Graduation Ceremonies are foreseen every year: one in May, during the Annual International ROSE Seminar, and a second one in December, in the framework of the activities related to the UME Final Doctoral Exam (See Section 3.6.13).

3.8 UME SCHOOL SEMINARS

In the framework of the UME School Seminars, which are organised on regular basis during the academic year, renowed faculty, researches and professionals are invited to talk on state-of-the-art topics of general interstest.

Presentations last approximately 1 hour and afterwards time is devoted to questions and general discussion. Seminars are advertised through the Secretariat by E-mail and it is expected that UME School Students attend these seminars as part of their general education.

3.9 ROSE SHORT COURSES

In addition to its academic programme presented in Section 3.1, the ROSE Programme also features the possibility for students to attend isolated one-week short courses, which are held one or two times a year, featuring a concise focus on relatively specific topics (ranging from basic to advanced issues).

These short courses serve the purpose of complementing the graduate education of all students. Only PhD students will have extra 2 ECTS credits points added to their academic record for every one-week short course attended, which effectively means that PhD students who manage to attend three short courses fulfil the credit requirements

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equivalent to a regular one-month course. No more than 6 ECTS credit points can be earned in this way.

3.10 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ROSE SEMINAR

As a part of the ROSE Programme, an International Seminar is organised every year in May, to provide the students of the School with an opportunity to present and discuss their research work to an audience of international experts. It is also foreseen that outstanding contributions by ROSE students may be published, after a standard review process, in a special issue of the Journal of Earthquake Engineering, which will be distributed to all participants of the following Seminar. In addition to standard presentations on research work carried out within the Programme, the annual Seminars feature also the tradition of inviting a prominent scientist to deliver a keynote lecture on a given contemporary and highly relevant topic in the field of Earthquake Engineering. The Seminar ends with the Graduation Ceremony, which is the occasion to deliver the Masters and PhD diplomas to all the students who have finished their studies. Since 2007, along with the ROSE Programme diplomas, joint Erasmus Mundus diplomas are also awarded by all the four representatives from the different European Institutions that agreed to create the MEEES Programme (www.meees.org).

Since 2008, during the ROSE Seminar, the ROSE prize is awarded with a two-year rhythm to professionals and academics at any stage of their career who have demonstrated exceptional creativity and innovation capacity in the fields of earthquake engineering and engineering seismology, obtaining extraordinary research and professional achievements and demonstrating uncommon skills in education. Check out the web page of the prize for the complete list of award recipients (http://www.roseschool.it/prize/home.html).

Both the name and contents of the Seminar are to be updated in the near future, in order to include the contribution of the recently started REM Programme.

4. FACILITIES AT THE SCHOOL

The UME School is hosted by the EUCENTRE Foundation on its premises in Via Ferrata, 1, Pavia, which houses the two UME School classrooms, the UME Secretariat, the Library and Documentation Centre, photocopying facilities, as well as many offices for researchers and the structural testing laboratory.

4.1 ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES OF THE SCHOOL

4.1.1 CAR College

An outstanding development to the educational facilities has been possible through the opening of the Collegio Internazionale per la Protezione Civile - Cardinale Agostino Riboldi (CAR College), located in the historical centre of Pavia (http://www.collegioriboldi.it/).

The CAR College has two sections: the “St. Giacomo and Filippo Section” and the “Nascimbene Section”. Both sections and the outbuilding Church of Saints Giacomo and Filippo went through extraordinary renovation works. The St. Giacomo and Filippo Section, hosting students and professors since September 2007, features 32 rooms and small apartments, in addition to facilities such as: computer room, library, meeting room, and gymnasium. The Nascimbene Section, opened in February 2012, comprises 25 additional rooms and small apartments. The Church, following its renovation, is now an auditorium with 130 seats. The top class “Osteria del Collegio” (An “osteria” is a tavern restaurant providing local cuisine) is located at the ground floor of the St. Giacomo and Filippo Section (http://www.osteriadelcollegio.com). At the “Osteria del Collegio”, UME School students can enjoy meals at a reduced price (See Section 6.1 for additional details).

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Life at CAR College is organised according to the CAR College Regulations. A copy of these regulations is provided to Tenants upon beginning of their stay and must be strictly adhered to. Failing to do so may lead to the expulsion from the College, and in particularly serious cases, even from the programme.

Please refer to the UME School Secretariat for any question regarding the CAR College, e.g. room reservation, rent payment, room change and cost of short stays.

4.1.2 Alternative Accommodation

There are various possibilities for students to find alternative accommodation for their stay in Pavia. In Appendix A, contact information for the historical and modern colleges in Pavia, estate agents and hotels is provided.

For those students who wish to find an apartment in the private sector, the recommended period to begin searching is between July and September. The estate agents listed in Appendix A can be contacted for this purpose, but it is also worth noting that there is a Students’ Assistance Office in Corso Mazzini (further information can be found on the website www.centroassistenzastudenti.it) which can help to find accommodation for students of the University of Pavia and of IUSS. Furthermore, apartments as well as rooms in apartments are often advertised on the notice board in the main building of the University of Pavia (Corso Strada Nuova). Important issues to consider when searching for accommodation are: i) estate agents often ask one-month rent for their services, ii) contracts usually last for a minimum of 12 months, iii) at the beginning of the location period the advance payment of up to 3 monthly rents is required.

4.2 COMPUTER AND PRINTER FACILITIES

The UME School computer room is located on the ground floor of the St. Giacomo and Filippo Section of CAR College, and is maintained by

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the UME School IT Technical Support team who is based on the ground floor of the EUCENTRE 2 building. For queries relevant to computer and printer facilities, the UME School IT Technical Support can be reached under [email protected].

4.2.1 General Rules and Regulations

Following general rules and regulations apply to the computer and printer facilities of the School:

• The computer facilities are for the exclusive use of the student community of the School. No access must be permitted to unauthorized persons.

• The Systems Administrator is the only person authorized to install software on computers of the School. If you need to install specific software you are required to provide details of the license and/or define whether the software that you intend to install is Shareware or Freeware.

• Any physical damage or malfunction of the facilities must be reported immediately to the IT Technical Support team.

The UME School has a large number of students and as such it is necessary that these rules are enforced to allow an adequate working environment for everybody.

4.2.2 UME School Email Account Usage

Following general rules and regulations apply to UME School email account usage:

• The general format of the email account is: [email protected]

• The general format of the MEEES email account is: [email protected], where the username is assembled as follows: “first letter of the name.surname”.

• The account credentials will be given to students by the UME Secretariat.

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• Please, be aware that the main purpose of this service is academic, therefore use it judiciously. Please, report any problem that you face with the service.

• Each official communication has to be done using the provided email account.

• Authentication credentials are strictly personal and must not be yielded to anybody. Users are personally accountable before the Law for the use of their credentials.

4.2.3 Printing and Photocopying

A b/w multifunction printer (MFP) and a laser colour printer are located in the computer room at CAR College (St. Giacomo and Filippo Section) while a b/w multifunction printer (MFP) is located in the hall of Classroom 1 at EUCENTRE (See Appendix C). A further b/w laser printer is located in Classroom 2 at EUCENTRE (See Appendix C)

For printing and photocopying with the MFP devices, each student should contact the UME School Secretariat in order to obtain a printer card (€15 deposit) allowing 500 copies to MSc students and 1000 copies to Doctoral students. Subsequent printer cards can be obtained at a charge of €15 for 500 copies for MSc students and 1000 copies for PhD students.

Printing and photocopying with the non MFP devices, i.e. the laser printers, is managed by means of the software “PaperCut Print” installed on the desktop computers located in the printing rooms. Access to these computers is allowed by using the UMESCHOOL domain credentials given by the UME Secretariat. Each user is assigned an initial credit and on a monthly, accumulative basis, the credit is automatically increased by a fixed amount. If some user exceeds the assigned quota, he/she can buy an extra ticket from the UME Secretariat and get his/her account charged with the new credit.

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The idea of a credit scheme is to ensure a rational use of the printing resources of the School. The prices have been computed strictly to cover the cost of printing. Further information regarding costs for printing is available in the Secretariat.

Each student has to plan the printing/photocopying needs in advance. In case he/she needs to print during the weekend and the available credit is not sufficient, the above mentioned tickets have to be bought before 18:00 on Friday. No sale of tickets and charging of credit will be done during the weekend and there will be no exceptions on this.

Each student should use fresh paper only when/where strictly required. He/she should use recycled (one-side printed) paper for draft printing.

4.2.4 Policy for Laptop Computers

Following general rules and regulations apply to usage of laptop computers within the UME School network:

• If a student possesses a laptop, he/she is encouraged to use it within the UME School network, following the rules for accessing the network. An up-to-date version of an antivirus software must be installed on every laptop computer accessing the network.

• A wired network is available in each room of CAR College and in the computer room of St. Giacomo and Filippo Section.

• A wireless network, named HOTSPOT, is available in the lecture room of St. Giacomo and Filippo Section of CAR College.

• A wireless network, named EUCENTRE-HOTSPOT, is available in the Library and Documentation Centre (Section 4.6) and Classrooms 1 and 2 (See Appendix C) of EUCENTRE.

• In order to have internet access (web, mail, I.M. etc…) you have to open your web browser (Firefox, IE, Safari, Opera …) and insert your credentials in the page that will automatically pop up. You can access internet in this way with any device using your personal credentials.

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• Authentication credentials are strictly personal and must not be yield to anybody. Users are personally accountable before the Law for the use of their credentials. The connection logs are available for inspection by police officers as regulated by law.

4.3 EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES

The UME School makes use of the structural laboratory of the University of Pavia in the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAR). The total area inside the laboratory exceeds 1500m2. Reaction structures include a strong floor of approximately 400m2, with a capacity of approximately 500kN/m2, and four reaction walls, with a reaction capacity of approximately 600kN each, at 8m of height. Equipment includes two small shaking tables (100kN capacity), two MTS dynamic actuators (500kN capacity), four screw jacks (500kN capacity), more than two hundred displacement transducers, twenty digital accelerometers and two laser velocity interferometers. The data acquisition system is fully consistent with the available instruments thanks to the continuous use of the most advanced hardware/software test processing tools. The laboratory is fully equipped with standard material testing machines and with a workshop for in-house preparation of all necessary test-rig components.

The EUCENTRE features an experimental and analytical laboratory – TREES Lab – that has been specifically idealised and designed to meet the requirements of the Earthquake Engineering research and industry communities. The Lab features a 7m × 5.6m uniaxial shaking table which is capable of reproducing peak accelerations of 1.8g under a the maximum 60 tonnes payload, maximum velocities of 1.5 m/s and limit displacements of ±500mm; the table is thus the most powerful of its kind in Europe. In addition, the Lab possesses a 16.8m × 12m strong floor coupled with two orthogonal 12m high reaction walls that cater for pseudo-static and pseudo-dynamic bi-directional testing of full scale buildings and structural elements. The TREES Lab features a dynamic multiaxial bearing tester system used for tests on full-scale bearings and

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isolation devices. Finally, there is also a mobile assessment system, with the most advanced tools for in-situ non-destructive tests and for fast seismic vulnerability assessment.

Students of the UME School who are interested in undertaking experimental work should contact local UME School faculty and research staff for further information.

Students are only allowed to enter the laboratory area, which comprises also the square in front of the lab building (yellow area on the Appendix C map), when specifically authorised, and they should be accompanied by a member of the EUCENTRE laboratory staff and equipped with protective gear. Students are not allowed to operate any equipment or approach the experimental facilities during testing. Furthermore, there are clearly marked areas of EUCENTRE and of the experimental laboratory where access to students is prohibited.

4.4 UME SCHOOL SECRETARIAT

Students can contact the UME School Secretariat in person or by phone during opening hours or by mail. The Secrecariat is located on the ground floor of the Eucentre 2 building and its coordinates are given is Section 2.2.1.

Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 12.30 and from 15:00 to 17:00

4.5 CLASSROOMS

Lessons generally take place in the Classrooms 1 and 2 of the EUCENTRE Foundation. A useful map showing the location of the two classrooms is given in Appendix C.

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4.6 LIBRARY AND DOCUMENTATION CENTRE Scientific Manager: Prof. Carlo G. Lai Chief Librarian: Ms. Roberta Lucentini Opening hours: Monday-Thursday: 09:30 – 12:30 and 14:30 – 17:30

Friday: 09:30 – 12:30 The Library and Documentation Centre of Eucentre provides information services, sources and documentation for research needs and advanced study mainly in the field of the Earthquake Engineering, Seismological Engineering and Mitigation of Risks. These services are provided in particular to Eucentre researchers, students and staff members of the UME School, IUSS and University of Pavia, Eucentre partners, staff members of the Department of Civil Protection, staff members of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. The library works free from constraints, pressure or censorships of ideological, political, religious, social and/or commercial nature. The library guarantees the conservation of cultural heritage, the free access to the use of the library holdings and the constant training through internships activities.

Main Services Offered: Consultation in the reading room, personal loan, document delivery (it is a service of search and delivery of photocopies of articles published on scientific journals, technical reports, proceedings, etc), interlibrary loan, desiderata (users can propose the purchase of books or journals which are not available at the Library and Documentation Centre of Eucentre), reference, computer for internet browsing, etc.

Further information is available here:

• http://www.eucentre.it/documentationcentre/

5. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

5.1 TUITION FEES

5.1.1 MSc Programmes

The participation fees to the ROSE and REM MSc programmes are 9.000 Euros and cover the entire 18 months duration of the programme.

Tuition fees will have to be settled as follows:

• 20%, i.e. 1’800 Euros within August 31st, i.e. before the beginning of the programme;

• 80%, i.e. 7’200 Euros within September 30th, i.e. one month later Paid tuition fees are not returned in case a student leaves the programme. Tuitions fees for the MEEES Master programme are presented in the MEEES Handbook.

5.1.2 PhD Programme

The participation fee for each year of the UME PhD programme is 6’000 Euros. However, in practice, all doctoral candidates admitted to the School are provided with a tuition waiver. PhD students are not required, therefore, to pay any participation fee, throughout the entire duration of their degree, rendering doctoral studies at UME School essentially cost-free.

However, doctoral students are required to pay a yearly administrative fee (“Tassa per il diritto allo studio”) amounting to 100 Euros plus 14.62 Euros tax stamp.

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5.2 SCHOLARSHIPS

5.2.1 MSc Students

Every year, the UME School offers scholarships to a number of ROSE and REM MSc students based on merit, geographical considerations and availability of funds.

Three main types of scholarship are available:

(i) Tuition scholarships, comprising the payment of tuition fees for the entire duration of the 18-month study programme. Tuition scholarships have hence a value of 9’000 Euros

(ii) Partial scholarships, comprising the payment of tuition fees for the entire duration of the 18-month study programme and of the accommodation at CAR College, for no more than 20 months. Partial scholarships have hence a value of 18’000 Euros

(iii) Full scholarships, comprising the payment of tuition fees for the entire duration of the 18-month study programme, the accommodation at CAR College for no more than 20 months and a 9’000 Euros contribution to living expenses. Full scholarships have hence a value of 27’000 Euros.

5.2.2 PhD Students

Scholarships are also available for doctoral students. The annual gross value of the doctoral scholarship is 16’158.72 Euros, and after deduction of social security contributions the net amount paid to students is approximately 12’378.24 Euros. This yearly scholarship is paid in 6 bi-monthly instalments; the relevant amount is paid to students at the end of the period. The amount of the doctoral scholarship is set at national level and changes are possible. Students will be informed immediately should changed regarding financial aspects of their scholarship arise.

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The doctoral scholarships are made available in equal measure by IUSS and EUCENTRE.

The duration of the scholarship is equal to the formal duration of the programme, i.e. 36 months.

Doctoral scholarships cannot be combined with other scholarships awarded for the same purpose or with research grants (“Assegni di Ricerca”). However, doctoral students are allowed to participate in competitions for the assignment of study awards sponsored by IUSS or other Organizations, as well as to earn compensations amounting to not more than the amount of the doctoral scholarship, or twice the same amount if they do not hold a doctoral scholarship.

5.3 OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UME STUDENTS

5.3.1 Teaching Assistantships

There is a possibility for PhD students at the UME School to serve as Teaching Assistant (TA) of a course on a subject with which the student is very familiar. The role of the TA changes depending on the needs of the lecturer but tasks may involve any, or all, of the following: organisation, photocopying and distribution of course notes, presentation of assignments, tutorial sessions with students, collection and marking of assignments. The payment for TA services is currently 1.000 Euros gross for which there is a tax deduction of approximately 30% for non-residents and 20% for residents. Students serving as TA do not acquire course credits.

Students interested in serving as TA should contact the ROSE or the REM programme deputy coordinator.

5.3.2 Research Contract Opportunities

Research contracts with the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAR) or the EUCENTRE Foundation may be

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available and students who are interested in becoming involved in this research are advised to speak to local UME School faculty and research staff for further information.

6. FURTHER USEFUL INFORMATION

6.1 UME SCHOOL STUDENT CARD

Upon arrival in Pavia, students are issued by IUSS their personal UME School Student Card which identify them as IUSS students enrolled in one of the programmes of the UME School.

Additionally to the usual benefits accessible through exihibition of a student card, the UME School Student Card allows eating at the “Osteria del Collegio” (See Section 4.1.1) at a discount price. Both at lunch and dinner, UME School Student Card holders are entitled a set meal for a 15 Euros fix price. Please note that in order to benefit from the fix price meal, students have to identify themselves as such by showing the UME School Student Card before ordering and by stating that they would like to eat the fix price meal. Alternatively, UME School Student Card holders are entitled to a 20% discount on the standard restaurant menu card prices. Please note that these benefits apply to the card holder only and not to possible guests.

The validity of the UME School Student Card corresponds to either the duration of the programme the student is enrolled in (ROSE/REM students) or the duration of the stay in Pavia (MEEES students). The card remains property of IUSS and must be returned at the UME Secretariat before graduating (ROSE/REM students) or before leaving Pavia (MEEES students).

Studnets are kindly requested to contact the UME School Secretariat if they do not yet have a UME School Student Card.

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6.2 UME SCHOOL WEB SITES

The official website of the UME School is www.umeschool.it. In addition, there is the ROSE Programme website (www.roseschool.it) that has recently been converted into a web portal which has links to all that is related to ROSE Programme activities. The MEEES web site can be found at: www.meees.org.

Students are invited to browse the sites to obtain further information and upcoming news related to many of the issues discussed in this Handbook.

6.3 ROSE STUDENT WEBPAGES

Every student of the ROSE Programme has a profile webpage on the ROSE website (www.roseschool.it) where information on their curriculum, research interests, and publications can be included and regularly updated. A blank default student profile page is automatically created. Students are strongly encouraged to regularly update their profile.

To access their personal web page, ROSE students shall use the username and password they defined while they originally applied to the programme. In this framework, it is of fundamental importance that students log-in using their original username. Changing username would create a new account, which has only limited capabilities. In the case a student has forgotten his/her username, he/she should contact the UME School secretariat, who will retrieve it for him/her. On the other hand, has the password been forgotten, students are encouraged to make use of the “Lost password?” option offered by the system.

On the front page of the portal website, a randomly selected image and profile summary of a ROSE students is posted every time the page is accessed, thus students are particularly encouraged to regularly update their profile.

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After having accessed to their personal web page, ROSE Students will be able to access two other important services offered by the School:

• ROSE students can access the online digital catalogues of a number of electronic journal subscriptions through automatic recognition of the UME School/University of Pavia server’s IP address;

• ROSE students can access a list of research topics currently offered as topics for master and doctoral dissertations.

6.4 UME ALUMNI

Based on the success of the ROSE Alumni Association, the UME Alumni Association will be set up with the main aims and objectives being:

• To serve as an active network between the Alumni, the students and the faculty of the School.

• To be a source of information to the Alumni on the activities and the development of the School.

• To help in promoting the School worldwide and to contribute towards its continuous improvement in the quest for excellence.

Futher info will be provided as soon as available.

6.5 FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ACADEMIC DOCUMENTS

All MSc Dissertations, Individual Studies, PhD Theses and Reports have specific formatting guidelines that should be adhered to by the students of the School. These guidelines can be obtained from the UME School Secretariat.

APPENDIX A: ACCOMMODATION

INFORMATION

A.1 COLLEGES IN PAVIA

The following two subsections include contact information for those students interested in finding accommodation in an historical or a modern college in Pavia.

A.1.1 Historical Colleges

1) COLLEGIO NUOVO - FONDAZIONE SANDRA E ENEA MATTEI, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 404, Via Abbiategrasso Tel: +39 (0382) 526’372, +39 (0382) 5471 Fax: +39 (0382) 423’235 Website: http://colnuovo.unipv.it

2) COLLEGIO GHISLIERI, 27100 Pavia (PV) - Piazza Ghislieri Tel: +39 (0382) 378’62’17, +39 (0382) 378’62’04, +39 (0382) 378’61 Fax: +39 (0382) 237’52, +39 (0382) 237’55 Website: http://www.ghislieri.it

3) ALMO COLLEGIO BORROMEO, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 9, Piazza Borromeo Tel: +39 (0382) 3951, +39 (0382) 395’344, +39 (0382) 395’363 Fax: +39 (0382) 395343, +39 (0382) 395’360 Website: http://www.collegioborromeo.it

4) COLLEGIO UNIVERSITARIO DON BOSCO, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 4, Via S. G. Bosco Tel:+39 (0382) 411’011 Fax: +39 (0382) 411’022 Website: http://www.collegiodonbosco.191.it/

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5) COLLEGIO UNIVERSITARIO S. CATERINA DA SIENA, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 17/B, Via S. Martino Tel: +39 (0382) 375’099 Fax: +39 (0382) 241’08

With its new “BIOMEDICAL UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE”, 27100 Pavia (PV) -12, Via Giulotto Tel: +39 (0382) 516’799, +39 (0382) 334’23 Fax: +39 (0382) 516’790 Website: http://www.collsantacaterina.it

6) UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI COLLEGIO UNIVERSITARIO FEMMINILE CASTIGLIONI-BRUGNATELLI, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 18, Via S. Martino Tel: +39 (0382) 274’74

A.1.2 Modern Colleges

1) Collegio F. Cairoli, Piazza Cairoli, Tel. +39 (0382) 237’46

2) Collegio Cardano, Viale Resistenza 15, Tel. +39 (0382) 301’271

3) Collegio Castiglioni-Brugnatelli (new section of the historical college N. 6), Via S. Martino 18, Tel. +39 (0382) 335’18

4) Collegio Giasone del Maino, Via Luino 4, Tel. +39 (0382) 376’511

5) Collegio Fraccaro, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, Tel.: +39 (0382) 301’371 Website: http://www.collegiofraccaro.it/

6) Collegio Griziotti, Via Tavazzani 58, Tel. +39 (0382) 472’561

7) Collegio Spallanzani, Via Foscolo 17, Tel. +39 (0382) 530’423

8) Collegio Valla, Viale Libertà 30, Tel. +39 (0382) 247’84

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9) Collegio Volta, Via Ferrata 17, Tel. +39 (0382) 548’511 Website: http://collegiovolta.unipv.it/

10) Collegio Golgi 1, Via Aselli 43, Tel. +39 (0382) 510’100

11) Collegio Golgi 2, Via Aselli 39, Tel. +39 (0382) 510’466

Further information for each of these colleges can be found on the following Webpage: http://www.edisu.pv.it/index.php?page=collegi-e-residenze-in-pavia

A.2 ESTATE AGENTS

The following list includes the contact details for estate agents in Pavia for those students who wish to find accommodation in the private sector.

1) DOMINA IMMOBILIARE srl, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 3, Via Giacomo Franchi Tel: +39 (0382) 255’95 Website: http://dominaimmopavia.agenzie.casa.it/ 2) METRO QUADRO SAS di Bergonzi Pietro & C., 27100 Pavia (PV) - 14, Corso Mazzini Tel: +39 (0382) 359’25 – Fax: +39 (0382) 359’25

3) CIESSE IMMOBILIARE di Mariateresa Losi, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 1/a, Corso Mazzini Tel: +39 (0382) 222’92, +39 (0382) 280’49 – Fax: +39 (0382) 303’891

4) PRIMO PIANO SAS, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 16, Corso Carlo Alberto Tel: +39 (0382) 230’24 – Fax: +39 (0382) 211’30

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5) VAIMA AGENZIA IMMOBILIARE, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 17, Corso Cavour Camillo Benso Tel: +39 (0382) 266’38 Website: http://www.vaima.it/

6) AGENZIA IMMOBILIARE LORETO di Sacchi Crosia Luisa, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 3, Via Colombo Cristoforo Tel and Fax: +39 (0382) 303’132

7) AREA IMMOBILIARE di Stefano Abatangelo, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 34/B, Corso Cairoli Tel and Fax: +39 (0382) 304’356

8) ARONA MARCO AGENZIA IMMOBILIARE, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 6, Viale Golgi Camillo Tel: +39 (0382) 526’256

9) ARTE CASA IMMOBILIARE Srl, 27020 Carbonara al Ticino (PV) - S.S. 596 dei Cairoli Km. 4.200 Tel: +39 (339) 920’42’85 Website: http://www.artecasa.it/portale/index.php

10) ATHENA IMMOBILIARE SAS di Ghisalberti Vincenzo, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 22, Via Bordoni Antonio Tel: +39 (0382) 309’900, +39 (0382) 309’908 Website: http://www.immobiliareathena.it/

11) BBC IMMOBILIARE Srl Agenzia Intermediazione Consulenza, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 2, Via Rossi Bernardino Tel: +39 (0382) 539’275

12) BOCCHIOLA CASE Agenzia Immobiliare, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 74, Viale Tasso Torquato Tel: +39 (0382) 573’630 Website: http://www.bocchiolacase.it/home.asp?idm=920

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13) CASTELLO SERVIZI IMMOBILIARI di Massimiliano Melotti, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 40, Viale Matteotti Giacomo Tel: +39 (0382) 303’575 Website: http://immcastello.agenzie.casa.it/

14) CENTRO IMMOBILIARE (s.r.l.), 27100 Pavia (PV) - 18, Via Porta Calcinara Tel: +39 (0382) 246’67

15) CENTRO STORICO IMMOBILIARE di Stucchi Marcello, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 3, Via Bordoni Antonio Tel: +39 (0382) 538’297 Website: http://www.centrostoricoimm.it/

16) BRAWER PROPERTIES, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 41, Corso Cavour Camillo Benso Tel: +39 (0382) 211’18 – Fax: +39 (0382) 304’968 Website: http://www.brawerproperties.it/

17) Gambini Dott. Elisabetta, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 163, Via dei Mille Tel: +39 (0382) 286’19

18) SOLO AFFITTI IMMOBILGEST S.n.c. di Simonelli Carlo e Fabio, 27100 Pavia (PV) – 128, Corso Strada Nuova Tel: +39 (0382) 301’936 – Fax: +39 (0382) 301’936 Website: http://www.soloaffitti.it

A.3 HOTELS IN PAVIA AND SURROUNDINGS A.3.1 Hotels in Pavia

The following list includes the contact information of hotels in Pavia:

1) Hotel Moderno ****, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 41, Viale Vittorio Emanuele II Tel. +39 (0382) 303’401 – Fax +39 (0382) 252’25, Website: http://www.hotelmoderno.it

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2) Hotel Cascina Scova **** Cityspa – Resort, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 18, Via Vallone Tel. +39 (0382) 413’604 Website: http://www.cascinascova.it

3) Hotel Excelsior ***, 27100 Pavia (PV) – 25. Piazzale Stazione Tel. +39 (0382) 285’96 – Fax +39 (0382) 260’30, Website: http://www.excelsiorpavia.com

4) Hotel Rosengarten ***, 27100 Pavia (PV) - 21, Piazzale Policlinico Tel. +39 (0382) 526’312 – Fax +39 (0382) 525’186, Website: http//www.rosengarten.pv.it

5) Hotel Aurora ***, 27100 Pavia (PV) – 24, Viale Vittorio Emanuele II Tel. +39 (0382) 236’64 – Fax +39 (0382) 212’48, Website: http://www.hotel-aurora.eu/

A.3.2 Hotels in the Surroundings of Pavia The following list includes the contact information of a few hotels located outside Pavia:

1) Plaza Hotel ****, 27028 San Martino Siccomario (PV) - 39, Via Togliatti Tel. +39 (0382) 559’413 – Fax +39 (0382) 556’085, Website: http://www.plazahotel.it

2) Hotel Le Gronde ****, 27051 Cava Manara (PV) - 102, Via Togliatti Tel. +39 (0382) 553’942 – Fax +39 (0382) 553’943, Website: http://www.hotellegronde.it

3) Hotel Riz ***, 27010 San Genesio ed Uniti (PV) - 3, Via dei Longobardi Tel. +39 (0382) 580’280 – Fax +39 (0382) 580’004, Website: http://www.hotelrizpavia.com

4) Hotel de la Ville ***, 27021 Bereguardo (PV) - 44, Via Ticino Tel. +39 (0382) 928’100 – Fax +39 (0382) 928’097, Website: http://www.hotel-delaville.com

APPENDIX B: INFORMATION ABOUT

THE ITALIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

The Italian immigration law requires students to have a valid health insurance during their stay in Italy.

Erasmus Mundus students are already covered by the IPS International Passport health insurance supplied by the programme, whereas, for students attending non-Erasmus Mundus programmes different options are available, as illustrated in the followings.

B.1 FOR NON EU STUDENTS To fulfil the health insurance requirements prescribed by the Italian law, Non-EU Students have four main options. These are:

1) A private insurance taken in their country of origin. Note that, in order to be accepted for obtaining the residence permit in Italy, the insurance needs to fulfill the following requirements: • be valid in the Schengen Area, • be taken out in the policy-holder’s name (spelled out in western

characters), • state the exact coverage period, which must be at least equal than

the duration of the policy-holder’s stay in Italy, and the type of coverage for medical expenses,

• cover expenses in case of emergency treatment and urgent hospitalisation,

• provide for the policy-holder’s repatriation to their country in case of serious illness,

• must have a coverage maximum of at least 30’000 Euros (the relevant amount should be expressed/converted in Euros),

• be written in Italian (or in English, French, Spanish). Furthermore, the whole document has to be endorsed and stamped by the Italian Embassy/Consulate in the country of origin of the student.

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These requirements may change in time. Therefore, please contact the UME School Secretariat before buying a new private insurance.

2) As an alternative, once in Italy, the INA-Assitalia Insurance that can be bought making a payment on the company’s account by means of a payingin slip (c/c n. 71270003 to “Le Assicurazioni d’Italia”) at the post office. At present, the price is 49 Euros for 6-month coverage and 98 Euros for 1-year coverage. This insurance only covers urgent medical assistance (surgery and accidents) in the Emergency Room (“Pronto Soccorso”) of any hospital. Students are strongly advised to request a copy of the INA-Assitalia health insurance contract.

3) Otherwise, upon the arrival, it is possible to subscribe to the Italian National Health Service (“Servizio Sanitario Nazionale” - S.S.N.). At present the price for students is 155,97 Euros per year; the payment is valid for a calendar year, that is, until the 31st of December of the year when the payment has been made8. In order to subscribe, students first have to pay 155,97 Euros at any post office, by filling in the F24 Form (“MODELLO F24”). After submitting the residence permit application, they have to go to the A.S.L. office in the area9 where they live (A.S.L., Azienda Sanitaria Locale, are the local administrative and operative facilities of the National Health Service) and apply for the subscription, bringing along: their passport, the residence permit application receipt, the paying-in slip receipt for MODELLO F24.

The public coverage provided by the National Health Service (“Servizio Sanitario Nazionale”) provides full health assistance - including the possibility to choose a family doctor. In the Italian health system, the family doctor gives general or 1st level health assistance, i.e.

8 This effectively means that to cover the entire duration of a 18 month master programme students are required to pay this amout 3 times, while to cover the entire duration of the 36 PhD programme 4 payments are necessary.

9 The coordinates of all A.S.L. offices in Italy con be found here: http://www.salute.gov.it/servizioSanitarioNazionale/menuServizioSanitarioNazionale.jsp?menu=indirizzi&lingua=english

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health care outside the hospital, hence including medical treatment in case of ordinary diseases or no-emergency health problems, and prescribes medicines and tests.

IMPORTANT: before paying the F24 Form, students are suggested to ask for details to the Foreign Citizens Services Unit at A.S.L.

4) Lastly, those who have a document proving their right to health assistance on the basis of treaties and/or bilateral agreements signed by Italy and one’s own Country, which has been issued by the Italian Embassy/Consulate in their Country, can show this document to make use of the health services stated in the agreement. For more information students are kindly asked to contact the A.S.L. in their area of domicile.

B.2 FOR EU STUDENTS Students from European Union member countries, who upon arrival in Italy hold a European Health Card (TEAM) or a E106 Form (substitutive statement of the original European Health Card issued by their country), can have access to the same services offered by the Italian National Health Service (S.S.N.) as Italian citizens.

The assistance of a family doctor is guaranteed if the student has an Identity Card and either the original TEAM Card or an E106 Form. In this case it is possible to go directly to a family doctor affiliated with the National Health Service, both for health problems and/or to ask for medical prescriptions10. The A.S.L. (A.S.L., “Azienda Sanitaria Locale”, are the local administrative and operative facilities of the National Health Service) will request the reimbursement to the competent foreign institution, according to the rules of the National Health Service of the country of provenance of the student. For more information students are kindly asked to contact the A.S.L. in their area of domicile.11.

10 The list of doctors is available at any A.S.L. or at any Chemist’s shop. 11 The coordinates of all A.S.L. offices in Italy con be found here:

http://www.salute.gov.it/servizioSanitarioNazionale/menuServizioSanitarioNazionale.jsp?menu=indirizzi&lingua=english

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APPENDIX C: USEFULL MAP

handbook ume iuss 2012 2013

Documents

master programmes

iuss core activities

ume school handbook

details of academic

master of science degree

iuss press

doctoral programmes

advanced study iuss