Upon your arrival - Bilateral agreements
Upon arrival in Padua, students must book an appointment to register their arrival and receive their Unipd badge. The appointment is necessary to confirm their presence in Padua.
Appointments are scheduled from the week before until the week after the start of the semester. Students will receive an email from the Mobility sector with detailed information on how and when to book the appointment.
Those staying in an ESU residence must also make another appointment with the SASSA Service to sign the accommodation contract. An appointment must be booked for the first available date after arrival in Padua, from the restricted area of the ESU online portal ("Sportello Studente") by clicking on the calendar icon at the top right.
Usually, the enrolment procedure is completed before your arrival. Please note that, after enrolment, your temporary numeric username used to access Uniweb will change to the new username “name.surname@studenti.unipd.it” (as shown on your identity document/passport and recorded in Uniweb). If your temporary numeric username stops working, it may mean that you have already been enrolled and will be able to log in using your final username.
The password set during the initial account activation will remain the same after enrolment, but it expires every 3 months.
Payment of an enrolment fee of €22.50 will be required. This covers insurance costs (€6.50) and reimbursement of administrative expenses (€16.00). This payment is mandatory for all students enrolled at the University of Padua, even if they are already covered by other private or national insurance policies.
UNIPD insurance covers any accidents that may occur on the journey from home to the university, during classes, or while having a meal in an ESU canteen.
It is possible to pay the €22.50 fee at no extra cost via PagoPA, a payment method that guarantees secure and reliable electronic transactions to the public administration. To make the payment, access your personal page on Uniweb and click on:
“Diritto agli studi universitari, disabilità, trasparenza, corsi estivi” > “Pagamenti”.
For further information on how to pay via PagoPA: https://www.unipd.it/en/pagopa
Classes may start before or after the official semester dates published in the academic calendar. To find out the exact start date of your classes, you need to check the class timetable for each course, which should be available between 4 and 2 weeks before classes begin.
You do not need to enrol in the courses you will attend; you simply need to register for each course on the Moodle e-learning platform and complete your Study Plan on Uniweb (see the During your stay section).
You will receive detailed instructions during the Welcome Days and by email.
(Please also refer to the detailed Guide sent by email by the Mobility sector.)
The application for the residence permit must be submitted within 8 working days (from Monday to Friday), considering as the first day the one following the first full day after arrival in Italy.
The Mobility sector will contact you after your arrival and will explain how to start the procedure.
Students must collect all the following required documents:
- 4 passport-size photographs
- 1 revenue stamp for 16,00 Euro, to be purchased from a tobacconist's
- Insurance: photocopy of the policy/certificate. Medical insurance acceptable for the residence permit must provide for a national office based in Italy that can be contacted in case of emergency. Students should be aware that the insurance used to obtain the visa may not meet the requirements for the residence permit.
- Confirmation of arrival: the Mobility Desk will provide by email a document certifying the date of arrival and the duration of the stay, required for the residence permit application.
- Photocopy of all passport pages (main page and all pages with visas/stamps)
- Accommodation contract/declaration of hospitality:
- All students staying in university residences will sign a contract upon arrival at the SASSA Service (“Accommodation acceptance form”);
- Students who have chosen private accommodation must include in the application a photocopy of the signed contract and the “Comunicazione di ospitalità”, which the property owner must send to the Ufficio Immigrazione within 48 hours of the student's moving into the flat.
- Codice fiscale: this document will be provided by email by the Mobility sector.
Once the residence permit application is ready, students must personally submit the envelope at a Post Office (“Poste Italiane”). The application fee, to be paid at the post office, is approximately 100,00 Euro.
The Post Office will issue 3 receipts, which constitute proof of the application and contain the following information:
- a sheet with the date of the appointment at the Ufficio Immigrazione for fingerprinting;
- the application payment receipt;
- a sheet containing username and password, which allow students to check the status of the residence permit on the dedicated website.
Students must keep these 3 receipts, as they certify lawful stay in Italy until the residence permit card is issued (it is advisable to keep a photocopy in your wallet and the originals at home).
Once all the procedures indicated above have been completed, non-EU citizens are required to upload to Mobility Online a colour scanned copy or a photograph of each of the 3 sheets received from the Post Office.
I Welcome Days are aimed at all incoming students taking part in a mobility programme and students on joint international programmes. They generally take place at the beginning of each semester, and participation is strongly recommended for all students.