Visiting professor, researcher & fellow

Definition and meaning

Visiting Professor is a professor or researcher of high scientific qualification invited to cooperate with one or more Departments to perform teaching activities, including seminars, as part of a study program or Ph.D. course activated at the University.

Visiting Researcher is a professor or researcher of high scientific qualification, invited to cooperate with a research group related to one or more Departments to carry out research or research projects at the University.

Visiting Fellow is a researcher or post-doc or scholar of proven scientific qualification, invited to carry out his research in collaboration and/or under the supervision of teachers or researchers belonging to a Department of the University.

The status of Visiting Professor, Visiting Researcher, Visiting Fellow is recognized for the whole duration of the stay at UNIBAS according to the modalities established by the University Regulations.

Note: The status of Visiting Professor is incompatible with any type of position held in University or research institutions operating in Italy.

How

The selection is planned annually, based on the teaching and scientific needs of the University.

For further details on the application deadlines and methods, please refer to the University Regulation concerning Visiting Professor, Visiting Researcher and Visiting Fellow, as well as the relevant call for applications available in the Documents section.

Duration and benefits

Cooperation assignments must be carried out for a minimum period of 30 consecutive days and a maximum of 24 months.

The Host Department and/or the University will guarantee the Visiting Professor, Researcher and Fellow:

assistance and information support for the issue of the residence permit (non-EU);
a work station within the Host Structure;
accident and liability insurance coverage for the period of stay;
access to computer resources, libraries and other services offered by the University;
assistance to access at reduced rates to the canteen and residential service offered by the competent Regional Authority.

At the end of the stay at the University, the Visiting Professor, Researcher or Fellow is required to submit an exhaustive report on the teaching or research activity carried out to the Director of the hosting Department.

Financial support

Visiting Professors/Visiting Researchers can be funded:

with funds from the proposing Departments;
with University funds, for a maximum of 70% of the total cost (30% has to be paid by the proposing Departments);
with funds coming from special agreements stipulated with individuals, companies or foundations.

The Visiting Professor/ Researcher may be paid the monthly gross salary, depending on the country of origin. The Departments, in addition to the gross monthly salary, may contribute to travel and accommodation expenses.

Visiting Fellow may receive a reimbursement from the hosting Department, in whole or in part, of travel, board and lodging expenses.

For further details, please refer to the Regulations of the Visiting Professor, Visiting Researcher and Visiting Fellow and the related documents available in the Documents section.

Visa

1. Coming from the European Union

You need to:

check that the identity document is valid for the whole period of your stay in Italy;
have appropriate health care coverage valid also for Italy (TEAM card and/or private insurance).

2. Coming from outside the European Union

If you are a Visiting Professor or a visiting fellow or other lecturer coming from abroad, you need to apply for a Visa for self-employment freelance, while if you are a Visiting researcher, or a visiting fellow or other researcher coming from abroad you need to apply for a Visa for research to the Italian Consulate/Embassy in your home country. Depending on the purpose of your visit, you have to submit several documents. A detailed list of documents can be found consulting the "Farnesina" website "Visto per l'Italia". Common documents are:

Visa application form;
recent passport-size photograph;
valid travel document whose expiry date is three months longer than that of the visa requested;
"Nulla osta" (authorisation) from the relevant Questura and, in case of researchers, a Nulla osta (authorisation) from the relevant SUI (immigration helpdesk - for stays longer than three months) or documentation certifying that the applicant is a Researcher employed by a foreign university or research institution (for short stays);
proof of suitable accommodation.

Note: The visa issue procedures take a long time and you should start the procedure well in advance (at least 3 months before).

Health care

1) If you are a citizen of the European Union, the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) or Switzerland, by exhibiting your European Health Insurance Card EHIC (TEAM in Italy) or other forms of entitlement (e.g. forms E 106, E 109, etc.), you have the right to receive health care directly from public health facilities and private facilities recognized by the Italian National Health Service. To obtain health care, you will be required to pay a "ticket" (cost contribution). Important: the EHIC card does not give you access to treatment "programmed abroad", i.e. planned services (for instance: non-urgent dental care, spa treatments, etc.).

If you do not have an EHIC card, before leaving, find out from the national insurance body in your country if and how you can have access to health care in Italy.

If you pay taxes in Italy and stay in the country for more than 3 months you can register free of charge with the National Health Service - NHS.

2) If you are a citizen of non-EU countries, please check with the insurance body in your country if there is a health care agreement with Italy and, if so, how to access this. If not:

for short stays - less than 90 days you can obtain an urgent or elective treatment by payment of the relative regional tariffs. You can take out a private health insurance policy, valid in Italy, to which you can then apply for reimbursement. Contact your insurance company to find out which health costs can be refunded.

Note: It is not possible to register with the Italian National Health Service.

for long stays - more than 90 days you must take out private health care insurance valid in Italy which covers the whole period of your stay. Alternatively, in some cases, you may register with the National Health Service on a voluntary basis (registration with the National Health Service - NHS - ensures health care at the same conditions specified for Italian citizens).

Accomodation

It is recommended to get in touch with the contact professor at UNIBAS.

It could be also offered the possibility to lodge in the University Halls of Residence, managed by the Regional Education Authority (Azienda Regionale per il Diritto allo Studio Universitario - A.R.D.S.U.), with the exception of August, when the residence is closed, and those mobility hosted in Matera.

To check the availability for the period of interest and for detailed information, please contact your UNIBAS reference professor.

Where we are

The University of Basilicata’s Campuses are located in the two provincial capitals, Potenza and Matera, in three different areas.

Potenza

Campus universitario di Macchia Romana
Via dell'Ateneo Lucano n. 10, 85100 Potenza

The Macchia Romana campus hosts the Department of Agricultural, Forestry, Food, and Environmental Sciences (DAFE), the Department of Engineering (DiING), the Department of Basic and Applied Sciences (DiSBA), the Department of Health Sciences (DiSS), and the Department for Humanistic, Scientific, and Social Innovation (DiUSS), the POLiS center (Student Orientation), IT Services, the Central University Library, the Rectorate offices, the Internationalization Service and the Student Affairs office.

Polo del Francioso
Via Nazario Sauro n. 85, 85100 Potenza

The Francioso campus hosts the Department for Humanistic, Scientific, and Social Innovation (DiUSS), the Central University Library, the University Language Center, the Disability Services, the Student Affairs office, and a computer lab for IT Services.

Matera

Campus universitario
Via Lanera n. 20, 75100 Matera

The University campus on Via Lanera hosts the Department for Humanistic, Scientific, and Social Innovation (DiUSS), the Student Affairs office, and offices related to internship management and the University Library.

Residence permit

Coming from the European Union

If you stay in Italy for more than 3 months, you must register with the Registry Office (Iscrizione Anagrafica) in the city where you live.

Coming from outside the European Union

Once you arrive in Italy, only if you plan to stay for less than 90 days you do not need to apply for a residence permit, but within 8 days you must go to the police station (Questura) to report your presence (Dichiarazione di presenza), if you are not exempted from doing so.

In general, if you have a visa for self-employment freelance and you are going to stay in Italy for more than 90 days, within 8 working days of your arrival in Italy, you must apply for a residence permit. You have to go to the Italian Post Office (Poste Italiane) and pick up the yellow Kit, including a set of forms and documents regarding the application. The Kit is available for free. You can also find the Kit to the "Patronato" offices.

What you have to do:

Fill out the Kit with your information and with all pertinent information regarding your visa, passport and stay in Italy.

Pay the Permesso di Soggiorno application fee and Post Office service (currently total EUR 110,46) by means of a payment order. The payment order can be completed at any Post Office. The Kit includes the details to complete the payment order (e.g., memo line, payable to, amount, etc. - see also the link provided above as a sample). Also, acquire a Stamp Duty of EUR 16,00 (at any licensed Tobacco store) and pay EUR 30,00 at the time of submitting your application.
File the completed Kit and the fee payment receipt it with the competent Poste Italiane office based on the address where you will live. Please keep in mind that you can only file the Kit in person. When filing the Kit you shall show to the Poste Italiane representative your original passport bearing the Italian Visa. Also, bear in mind that you are required to file all the financial resources documents that you had filed with the Italian Consulate when you applied for your Italian Visa.
When filing the Kit, the Poste Italiane representative will schedule an appointment for you to go to the competent Police Station to do your fingerprint scan. The Poste Italiane representative will give you information about the address of the competent Police Station where to go.
At the fingerprint scan, the police officer will let you know the expected processing time as well as when and where to go to pick up the Permesso di Soggiorno card as soon as it is ready.

Note: It is very important to go to the appointment and to indicate the correct address on your permit application. The Questura will send any notices or calls in the event of problems in issuing the residence permit to the indicated address. Important: the name of the professor must be clearly visible on the door panel/letterbox.

Keep the receipt you are given at the Post Office because you must show it with your passport in the event of a police check.

To find out the status of your application for issue/renewal after the appointment at the police station (Questura) enter the file code number assigned during the appointment or the insured mail number (the password written on the receipt issued by the Post Office) in the Polizia di Stato website.

If you need help, you can contact the International Relations Unit (rel.int@unibas.it) or/and your contact professor at UNIBAS.

Useful Links:

Portale dell'Immigrazione

Poste Italiane

Polizia di Stato

Accident and civil liability Insurances

The University of Basilicata provides exchange and degree-seeking students, as well as incoming professors and administrative staff with insurance against accidents that may occur on the campus premises of the university or in any other place where you carry out study or traineeship or research activities as far as they are authorized by the University, as well as for civil liability toward third parties during the performance of institutional activities.

Third-party insurance (Assicurazione di responsabilità civile)

Third-party liability insurance is offered by the University of Basilicata to cover third-party damages that students could cause in and out of the Institution. The policy is extended to students, grant holders, trainees, postgraduate students, visiting/exchange students and professors, etc. staying at the University for vocational and educational training, analogous and other activities.

Accident insurance (Assicurazione contro gli infortuni)

Students coming to the University are covered against all risks that occur during all the institutional activities (in and out of UNIBAS) provided for or allowed by the University.

Please bear in mind that the policy does not cover medical treatment expenses for which, according to your citizenship, individual health insurance is required.

For further and detailed information, please contact innocenzo.cinefra@unibas.it or incoming@unibas.it

Tax code (tax identification number)

The Tax Identification Number (Codice Fiscale) is an identification document necessary in any relationship between citizens and public administrations. It is necessary to open a bank or a postal account and to enroll in the National Health Service, as well as it must be shown during the enrolment process. It is also required to lodge at the Halls of Residence managed by the Regional Education Agency (A.R.D.S.U.) and receive payments or reimbursements from the University of Basilicata. All students and teachers have to apply for this tax code and then return a copy of it to incoming@unibas.it.

You can obtain your Italian tax code before or after arriving in Italy.

Before arriving in Italy

If the Italian Consulate / Embassy in your country offers this service, you can apply for an official Italian tax code before you travel to Italy.

After arriving in Italy

To obtain the tax code after arriving in Italy you can go to the local "Uffici Territoriali” (local offices) of the “Agenzia delle Entrate” (Revenue Agency):

Ufficio Territoriale di Potenza

Ufficio Territoriale di Matera

during opening hours and by appointment, which you have to book on the “Agenzia delle Entrate” (Revenue Agency) website.

You must submit these documents:

the application form, which must be completed and signed. If you do not yet have a permanent address in Italy, you can leave box C blank;
for non-EU citizens: valid passport, with visa (when required);
for EU citizens: passport or identity document.

As soon as you have a permanent address in Italy, or if you change address/residence in the future, you can book an appointment and go back to the “Agenzia delle Entrate” (Revenue Agency) to update your data, by handing in the documents relating to your accommodation.

If in the meantime you have registered with the “Servizio Sanitario Nazionale” (Italian National Health Service), you can ask for the “Tessera Sanitaria” (European Health Insurance Card) to be printed and sent to the address provided.

For more information on how to obtain the tax code and download the application form and related instructions, please consult the Agenzia delle Entrate website.

International Relations Unit

Head

Dott.ssa Mariangela Colucci

phone + 39 0971 202199

e-mail: rel.int@unibas.it

Staff

Dott.ssa Giada Possidente

phone +39 0971 202156

e-mail: coopint@unibas.it

Departmental Coordinators for International Relations

Scuola di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali, Alimentari ed Ambientali/ School of Agricultural, Forest, Food and Environmental Science

Campus di Macchia Romana