Health, insurance and safety

During your PhD

PhD candidates must ensure that they have appropriate healthcare coverage and comply with UNICAM requirements concerning insurance, health and safety training and, where applicable, health surveillance.

Health · Insurance · Safety

Essential requirements for your doctoral activity

Healthcare arrangements depend on your personal and residence status. Insurance coverage, workplace safety and health-surveillance requirements are instead directly connected with your status and activities as a PhD candidate.

Healthcare in Italy

Make sure you have valid healthcare coverage

The appropriate form of healthcare coverage depends on citizenship, residence status and the reason for staying in Italy. International PhD candidates should check which arrangement applies to them before or immediately after arrival.

ITALIAN HEALTH SERVICE

SSN coverage

People entitled to registration with the Italian National Health Service – Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (SSN) can access healthcare according to the conditions applying to their individual status.

EU / EEA / SWITZERLAND

Check your existing coverage

Depending on the type and duration of stay, healthcare may be provided through European healthcare arrangements, registration with the Italian SSN or another suitable form of health coverage.

NON-EU PHD CANDIDATES

Healthcare and residence status

Valid healthcare coverage is particularly important for residence-permit procedures. Depending on the individual situation, this may involve registration with the SSN or another healthcare insurance arrangement valid in Italy.

Voluntary SSN registration for international students

€700
current minimum student contribution per calendar year

Check whether voluntary registration applies to you

International students who are eligible for voluntary SSN registration under the student category can register for a calendar year by paying the applicable annual contribution.

The amount and administrative procedures may change. Always verify the current requirements with the competent health authority before making a payment.

University insurance

Accident and civil-liability coverage

Coverage for PhD activities

UNICAM PhD candidates benefit from insurance coverage for accidents and civil liability for the duration of the PhD, according to the conditions of the University insurance policies and the applicable INAIL coverage.

Coverage applies according to the conditions and limits established by the relevant policies. Activities outside the ordinary UNICAM setting, including research periods at external institutions or abroad, should therefore be properly authorised and documented.

In case of accident

Report the event immediately

01

Inform the Office

Contact the Advanced Studies Office as soon as possible.

02

Keep documentation

Retain medical certificates, reports and any other documentation relating to the event.

03

Follow instructions

The Office will provide information on the documentation and subsequent administrative steps required.

Advanced Studies Office:
dottorato@unicam.it

Workplace health and safety

Mandatory safety training

PhD candidates must complete the general and specific health-and-safety training required for the activities and facilities in which they work.

GENERAL TRAINING

4 hours

General safety training is normally completed online through the UNICAM e-learning environment and provides the common foundation required before specific training.

SPECIFIC TRAINING

Risk-based

The duration and delivery method of specific training depend on the risk level and type of activity. Laboratory, veterinary, animal-facility and other higher-risk activities may require additional or in-person training.

Working at another institution?

Safety training completed outside UNICAM

PhD candidates whose research activity is carried out at another institution may be required to complete the specific safety training provided by that institution.

Certificates already obtained at another institution should be submitted to
formazione.sicurezza@unicam.it
for the appropriate checks.

Health surveillance

Occupational-health requirements

PhD candidates must comply with the health-surveillance requirements associated with their research activities. UNICAM uses information on the activity performed to determine the occupational-health measures that apply.

PhD candidates operating at external institutions and subject to health surveillance there must provide UNICAM with the relevant certificate of fitness issued by the occupational physician of the host institution.

For health-surveillance matters:
servizio.prevenzione@unicam.it

Research mobility

Before leaving for another institution

Before starting a research period abroad or at another institution, make sure that the activity has been properly authorised and that healthcare, insurance and safety requirements for the host institution and destination country have been checked.

Mobility abroad →

Research budget and missions →

Your checklist

Before starting research activities

✓ Make sure you have healthcare coverage appropriate to your status.

✓ Complete the required general and specific safety training.

✓ Complete the documentation required for health surveillance.

✓ Check additional requirements before working at another institution or abroad.

Regulatory framework

UNICAM PhD Regulations

The University Regulations define insurance coverage and the obligations of PhD candidates concerning workplace health and safety and health surveillance.

Consult UNICAM Regulations →

Need support?

Contact the right office

PhD administrative matters and accidents:
dottorato@unicam.it

Safety training:
formazione.sicurezza@unicam.it

Health surveillance:
servizio.prevenzione@unicam.it

Advanced Studies Office contacts →