Transportation

One of the best examples is the public-transportation fare for a ride of max. 75 minutes in one direction, changing between metros, buses and trains for a single €uro. For the same ride in London, you need to pay three to four times as much. Check out your routes on the official Transportation Company of Rome; ATAC

Food

The food in Rome is very convenient; as long as you decide to cook by yourself and not opt to go out to restaurants every day. With a budget of 5 – 7 Euros per day, you eat and drink three times a day, you can also afford to have an espresso or cappuccino at the local bar. A sandwich may range between 3 – 7 Euros, depending on the location where you buy it or the size

Rent

Renting rooms or apartments in Rome is not difficult, especially if you opt to share an apartment with other students. Apartments (situated not in the historic center) cost between Euros 700 – 1000. Single rooms may cost Euros 200 – 400. Some students share rooms to cut their costs. Utility costs are mostly not included in the rent. Also here, depending on the usage of a utility (water, gas, electricity, etc.) the cost may vary between 10% – 30% of the rent. SSM recommends you to rent a small apartment together with other classmates or Italian students from the local university, in order to foster a cultural exchange and get all advantages to learn the real Italian life style.

Health-Insurance

In Italy you might find yourself in need for medical care and/or hospitalization. This is why, when applying for the study visa before leaving your country, you have to provide evidence of your capability to cover all possible expenses related to medical assistance.
You may choose one of the following possibilities:

• obtain a consular statement confirming that you are entitled to medical care in consequence of an agreement between Italy and your home country;
  
  
• subscribe a private health insurance policy in your home country, and obtain from the competent Italian Consulate a statement of its validity for Italy; such a consular statement must also describe the length and types of services covered; besides it must confirm that the contract does not imply any limitations of or exceptions to the tariffs fixed for urgent hospitalization during the whole time period it may be necessary;
  
  
• subscribe a health insurance policy with an Italian body or company such as the Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni (INA), which, thanks to an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Health, offers a special insurance policy to cover medical assistance; in case of an insurance policy stipulated with Italian bodies other than INA, it shall be supported by a statement issued by the insurance company concerned in confirmation that the contract does not imply any limitations of or exceptions to the tariffs fixed for urgent hospitalization during the whole time period it may be necessary.