In order to study in Italy, one of the things you need to have is a Health Insurance. 

In order to be registered to the Italian National Health Service- NHS (SSN, Servizio Sanitario Nazionale) you should go to the Local Health Unit (ASL, Azienda Sanitaria Locale) in your residential area (or to any Local Health Unit) with your health insurance and residence permit. Otherwise, you can go to the Medical Guard or to the First Aid centre at the nearest hospital.

Registration with the NHS requires an annual tax of about € 149.You can make this payment in any post office and it must be made out to “Amministrazione P.T. – contributo Servizio Sanitario Nazionale”, C/C number 370007. You must also specify the reason of the payment: “iscrizione volontaria al Servizio Sanitario Nazionale”.

For access to the NHS go to the Local Health Unit (ASL, Azienda Sanitaria Locale) in your area of residence with the payment of the NHS tax and choose your general practitioner from the list they will provide.

Documents requested for the registration:

Certificate of residence or the application receipt from the municipality or self-certification;

Valid Identity Card and/or Passport;

Tax identification code (codice fiscale);

Name of the selected general practitioner;

Payment of € 149.77 to the Postal Office on c/c n. 370007;

Certificate of enrolment in a legally recognised university or self-certification.

HEALTH CARE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS AND STUDENTS RESIDING OUTSIDE LAZIUM at TOR VERGATA

The University of Rome Tor Vergata is pleased to announce that a basic health care centre is now available for our foreign students and those coming from other Italian regions except Lazium.

This initiative was strongly wanted by our Rector, prof. Giuseppe Novelli, by dr. Giuseppe Colpani, General Director of University of Tor Vergata, Dr. Tiziana Frittelli, General Director of Tor Vergata University Hospital,  Prof. Stefano Marini, President of IMS (International Medical School), Prof. Andrea Magrini, Head of the Department of Occupational Medicine and Prof. Tonino Marsella, Forensic Medicine. The service is free of charge for all Italian students residing outside Lazium, for all European students who have an ENI card number and for students of any nationality enrolled in the Italian National Health Service (SSN/SSR).  Support will also be given to those students that want to be enrolled in the National/Regional Health Service.

Examination rooms, located in the Occupational Health Department, will be open on Mondays and Thursdays 14-16 on the second floor of the University Hospital.

This facility is organized on a walk-in basis, without any appointment. Students may obtain the following services:

• A normal medical examination

• ECG and blood pressure check

• Prescriptions (according to the doctor’s examination) of therapies, blood tests, instrumental investigations, specialist examinations

• Health certificates for gym.

A professional MD and an IMS student about to graduate will be working together in this health facility. The future IMS graduate will help the doctor in case of cultural or linguistic barriers hindering access to primary care. On the same days and time there will also be a nutritionist to treat eating disorders; customized diets may also be prescribed.

The following medical services will not be available: vaccinations, emergency, surgical medications or diagnostic and surgical procedures.