Course Units
As an exchange student, you can choose course units from different Degree Programmes.
Look up in the course unit catalogue and use the filters to select the Area, Campus, Type and Language.
The catalogue for the following academic year is published online in June.
When choosing the course units you must pay attention to:
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the rules and constraints of your exchange programme: for instance, exchange students within the Erasmus+ programme can choose course units of the subject area of the exchange programme in which they were selected and must have a Learning Agreement consistent with it;
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the number of places available: some programmes have a limited number of places;
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the excluded subject areas: some non-Erasmus+ mobility agreements do not allow the choice of course units in some subject areas. When choosing your destination check the excluded subject areas at your university;
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the Campus: check the Campus you have been assigned to and choose the course units delivered at your Campus;
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the level of teaching: except for some exclusions, you can choose course units from First cycle (L, undergraduate) and Second cycle (LM, graduate) programmes, but you must carefully assess whether your own general knowledge is suitable for the level of the course unit you wish to attend.
If you are interested in Transferable skills, find out the rules and procedures for admissions.
Always contact the International mobility offices to check the actual availability of the course units you have chosen. If you don't, even if you have attended lectures, you may not be allowed to take the exam and gain credits.
Please remember that you must agree on your choices with your university, as it will have to recognise the credits you obtain at the University of Bologna.
You cannot sit the final examination for graduation at the University of Bologna.
Teaching calendar and course timetable
There is no single date for starting the courses. Each Degree Programme has its own course and exam timetable. Lectures generally begin in September or shortly afterwards, and may be annual, six monthly or divided into several sessions. The course timetables are set yearly, just before the start of the programmes and they are published in the course units pages starting from July.
Credits
One Italian credit (CFU, Credito Formativo Universitario) equals one ECTS credit. Credits are obtained exclusively on passing an exam or internship.
Guidance and welcome sessions, information about teaching
The international mobility and Campuses’ International relations offices support exchange students for academic issues, organize guidance and welcome events and provide informative material to help exchange students in their choices regarding teaching.
Bologna Campus
Exchange students on Bologna Campus can participate in welcome sessions to learn more about the procedures to be followed and the services offered by the University of Bologna.
Sessions take place online on the Teams platform in English. Registration is not required.
Calendar
Welcome session 11 September 2024 at 12:00 CEST
Click here to join the meeting
Welcome session 12 September 2024 at 16:00 CEST
Click here to join the meeting
Information about teaching
- Agricultural and Food Sciences
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Economics, management and statistics
Information, that is the same for all incoming exchange students, is available on each degree programme website, for example Economics, management and statistics -
Education
Exchange students @EDU
- Engineering and Architecture
Information is available on each degree programme website: Admission, Guidance section > Incoming Exchange Students
Welcome day: 13 September 2024, 10:00-12:00
Viale del Risorgimento 2, Bologna
aula 2.9, second floor
The meeting will also be available online -
Humanities
Welcome meeting: 14 September 2023, 11.30-13:00, online on Teams
Join the meeting - Languages and literatures
Exchange students@LILEC
Students are invited to choose at least one course unit from the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures. When looking up the course unit catalogue, please select the Area: “Languages, and Literatures, Interpreting and Translation” and “Bologna” Campus, then choose at least one course unit in this field of study.
Welcome meeting: 20 September 2024, 11:30-13:30
Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, via Cartoleria 5, Bologna
Aula 2
- Law
Welcome Meeting: 22 February 2024, 15:00-16:00
Aula E, via Andreatta 8, Bologna
Welcome Meeting: 19 September 2024, 12:00-13:00
aula 2, Palazzo Poggi, via Zamboni 33, Bologna
The meeting will also be available online -
Medicine and Surgery (in Italian)
Studenti di scambio @Medicina e Chirurgia
Welcome meeting: 26 September 2024, at 14:00
Via Massarenti 9, Bologna
Aula Murri, polo Murri, second floor -
Medicine and Surgery (in English)
Exchange students @Medicine and Surgery
Welcome meeting: 26 September 2024, at 14:00
Via Massarenti 9, Bologna
Aula Murri, polo Murri, second floor -
Pharmacy and Biotechnology
Welcome Meeting: 25 September 2024, 9:00-11-00
via Irnerio 48, Bologna
Aula B Biochimica,
The meeting will also be available online
- Political Sciences
Information, that is the same for all incoming exchange students, is available on each degree programme website, for example Political, Social and International Science
Welcome Meeting: 17 September 2024, 09:00-11:00
aula Seminari, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna
The meeting will also be available online - Sciences
Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences
Exchange students @BIGeA
Mathematics
Exchange students @MAT - Veterinary
Before mobility - On line Welcome Day for incoming Erasmus vet students: 6 September 2024, at 14:30, online via Teams
Join the meeting
In presence Welcome Day for Incoming Erasmus Vet Students: 16 Septembe 2024, at 15:00
DIMEVET, via Tolara di Sopra, 50 - Ozzano dell'Emilia – Bologna
Aula Lanfranchi
Cesena Campus
Welcome Meeting: 19 February 2024 at 13:00, online via Teams
Students on the Cesena campus will receive the link via email
Rimini Campus
Welcome days from 13 September 2024 [.pdf 650 KB]
Official welcome [.pdf 860 KB]: 13 September 2024, at 11:00
Via Alberti 5, Rimini
The meeting will also be available online. Students will get instructions via email.
Incoming students info sheet [.pdf 609 KB]
Safety in study areas and training courses
Before attending the facilities of the University of Bologna it is important to read the information relating to risks, correct behaviour and emergency management in the university’s main places of study, work and research.
Furthermore, if during your mobility period at the University of Bologna you attend laboratories (even only IT laboratories), workshops, operating theatres, experimental fields, archaeological digs, geological fieldwork, and any other workplace with specific risks for study and research purposes, you will have to take specific safety courses (module 1, module 2 and module 3)
Modules 1 and 2 are delivered via e-learning (also in English).
You can attend the courses even before your arrival at the University of Bologna. To access the courses, you have to use your @studio.unibo.it credentials.
Consult the section "Teaching methods" in the course unit pages for detailed information, where available, on the safety training required to attend lectures.
For information on module 3 you may also:
- Check whether your study plan at the University of Bologna includes laboratory activities and the degree programme to which these activities belong.
- Check the relevant degree programme site: in the studying section, search for teaching activities and "Safety course" (or similar indications), to find out if you have to attend the safety courses, the class schedule, how to register, and the offices to contact if you need clarification.
Find out more
- Incoming exchange students @unibo Published