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InternationalExchange students must complete a learning agreement for studies with the list of courses they intend to take at the University of Siena.
The learning agreement must be signed by the student, the responsible person at the sending university and the responsible person at the receiving institution (the University of Siena).
- The responsible person at the University of Siena for signing the learning agreement is the academic Erasmus/Exchange coordinator (USiena Exchange Coordinator). Read below on how to find the name and contact of your Unisi Exchange Coordinator
- The contact person at the University of Siena is the International Mobility Office/incoming section ([email protected])
- How do I find the name and contact of my USiena Exchange Coordinator?
After submitting the application form, you can log in into your “Segreteria online” and then click on
☰ MENU ► Home ► Mobilità internazionale in entrata ► Application form for incoming students
You will find a summary of your application with the name and email address of your “USiena Exchange Coordinator”.
- When do I have to send my learning agreement to the USiena Exchange Coordinator?
First-semester students: From July 1st to August 31st
Second-semester students: From December 1st to January 31st
- How to send the learning agreement to the USiena Exchange Coordinator?
- European students (Erasmus+): You must prepare a Digital Learning Agreement (DLA). You can do this either through the specific platform adopted by your home university or via the Online Learning Agreement (OLA) platform. Please ensure you include the correct name and email address of your USiena Exchange Coordinator in the "Receiving Responsible Person" section. The University of Siena will review and approve all DLAs digitally through the EWP Dashboard.
- Non-European students (Overseas / Exchange agreements): You must fill out the Learning Agreement using the PDF model available at this link and send it via email as a PDF document directly to your USiena Exchange Coordinator for approval.
Upon your arrival, you will have the possibility to confirm or make changes to your initial Learning Agreement if necessary.
If you need to modify your course selection (adding or deleting courses), you must:
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Update the During the Mobility/Changes section of your Learning Agreement.
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Obtain signatures from yourself, your home university, and your USiena Exchange Coordinator.
- How to submit the Final learning agreement
The final Learning Agreement containing must be submitted via this Google Form. (the form will be available from September 15th)
Deadlines for submitting the final learning agreement
- First-Semester & Full-Year Students: From September 15th to October 31st.
- Second-Semester Students: From February 3rd to March 31st.
Note: Full-year incoming exchange students are allowed to modify and submit a new Learning Agreement at the beginning of the second semester.
Important Exceptions by Study Area
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Medical and Health sciences studetns: Do not use the Google Form. You must email your signed Learning Agreement directly to [email protected]
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Polo Umanistico - Arezzo Campus (Scienze della formazione, scienze umane e della comunicazione interculturale): Please refer to the dedicated desk (Contact person: Lucia Salvatore, [email protected]).
Once the Admission Office receives your final Learning Agreement via the Google Form, they will upload your official study plan directly to your Segreteria Online portal and the My USiena App.
Your Online Booklet (Libretto)
- The Admission office will insert your chosen courses into your online record book (libretto). Once the booklet has been successfully uploaded, you will receive a confirmation email containing the link and instructions to log in using your UNISIPASS credentials.
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Verify Your Booklet: You must carefully check that all courses in your online profile exactly match your approved study plan. Please report any anomalies immediately via email to [email protected].
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Course Attendance: You can attend all classes of interest from the very start of the semester, even if they have not yet been uploaded to your online booklet. In USiena, lessons are open to everyone, and there is no attendance register for most courses.
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Timetable: Lesson timetables are managed directly by departments. Please consult the website of the department hosting your courses: USiena Departments List.
How to communicate efficiently with the Admission office
Once you are matriculated (at the beginning of the semester), the University of Siena provides you with an institutional email address ending in @student.unisi.it. To ensure your requests are processed:
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Always write from your institutional email (@student.unisi.it). Emails from personal accounts could not be processed.
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Send your messages directly to [email protected] rather than to individual staff members.
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Always specify your Full Name and Matriculation Number (Numero di Matricola) in the subject line
For a detailed list of courses taught at the University of Siena, please refer to the online platform "Planning your degree": here you can find the list of our degrees divided in to five subject areas. For each degree you will find the programme structure.
Then, in order to find detailed information about each subject, you can browse the USiena course catalogue
The course catalogue can be browse by the following search criteria: academic year, department, degree, study field (SSN), language of teaching, name of the module.
For each module the following information is provided: the name of the Professor, the number of ECTS credits, the semester, a description of the module and the content, a link to the timetable (as soon as it is available)
Since most of the course information for the next academic year is not available during the spring application period, you should use the current information.
Please remember that the learning agreement represents itself the registration to the courses you have chosen.
From the start of the semester, you can attend all the courses you are interested in. You will need the study plan (libretto) uploaded into your “Segreteria Online” to register for the exams (appelli). The Incoming Exchange Student Academic Office will upload your study plan into the “Segreteria online” and to on the App My USiena on the basis of your learning agreement.
Usually, the dates of the exams are published in December (1st semester) and April/May (2nd semester).
All study programmes at UNISI are measured in terms of ECTS credits. The credits represent the total student workload (class time, individual study, exam preparation, practical work etc) and one credit is equivalent to 25 hours.
A full-time one-year study programme amounts to 60 credits (30 credits per semester)
Credits are earned once the student has passed the assessment for each course or activity.
Exams are held after the teaching period and are mainly oral exams although some courses will have written tests during the semester or before the oral exam. Each exam will be admistered on several dates during the exam period and students can choose which date they wish to take the exam. They are also entitled to turn down a mark and take the exam again if they are not satisfied with the result. Rules apply as to how often a student can take an exam within an examination period.
Examinations are graded according to a scale ranging from 0 to 30, with 18 considered the passing mark.
A "cum laude" may be added to the highest grade (30; 30 e lode) as a mention of special distinction.