FULL-RATE ACCOMMODATION

How to request a housing place

You can reserve a place on an annual or six-monthly basis (first or second semester) – August is excluded from both types of bookings. The opening dates for the booking procedures for each period are posted by mid-June on the homepage of the Residences website. The periods available are:

Annual booking: 27th August 2024 to 31st July 2025
Booking for the first semester: 27th August 2024 to 14th February 2025
Booking for the second semester: 17th February 2025 to 31st July 2025

Rules and requirements

The following students may book accommodation: 

   – students who are enrolled or intend to enrol in a degree course;

   – foreign students participating in international mobility programmes;

   – students who are enrolled or intend to enrol in a PhD programme (if not recipients of a scholarship or research grant under their research fellowship).

The requirements for being able to live in a hall of residence are:

   – being at least 18 years of age as of the date of check-in; otherwise, the student must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, who must check in together with the student and must sign the check-in report of the accommodation. The student must also show the consent form for minors signed by the parents and the photocopies of the identity documents;

   – not having any outstanding financial debt towards Politecnico di Milano.

N.B: By reserving accommodation in a residence at the Politecnico di Milano, you accept, in acknowledgment, the Regulations, the Charter of Services and the Guide to Reservation of the University Residences that are currently in force.

How to book

As of the date when booking opens, full-rate housing places can be booked – until the available places run out – in accordance with the procedures that are automatically managed by the online booking system available at: www.residenze.polimi.it.

ATTENTION – If you are a student who is not yet enrolled at Politecnico di Milano or if you are waiting for a visa, you can still book an accommodation place. In the event of failure to enroll at Politecnico di Milano or failure to obtain a visa, the amount paid for the accommodation reservation will NOT be refunded.

In order to book, you must follow these steps:

   – connect the portal (please note: if you do not have login details, you must first register on the university’s Online Services portal);

   – check availability, select the Hall of Residence, type of housing place, booking period and payment method, then save your booking;

   – make the payment within 24 working hours in order to confirm the booking, otherwise it will be cancelled and the housing place will be on sale again. The payment must be made via PagoPA, whether it is in instalments or paid as a one-off payment;

   – communicate the date and time that you intend to check in, as detailed in the booking guide. 

Once you have completed your booking, it will no longer be possible to change the booking period from annual to six-monthly or vice versa. 

N.B: Only full-rate students who are in one of Politecnico residences during the semester which immediately precedes the period they intend to book (i.e., in the residence as of May 31st for 1st semester or annual reservations, and as of December 31st for 2nd semester reservations) will have priority over new students when reserving. Those who participate in an international mobility program during the semester immediately preceding the booking, unlike during previous years, will not be able to access priority booking, but will need to book during the same stage as new guests. The stages in which it is possible to enjoy the right to priority booking are specified in the booking guide.

Rates, payments and booking confirmation

The rates vary depending on the Hall of Residence and type of accommodation. The amounts set out in the pricing list are per person and include – in addition to the housing place itself – utilities, the use of common kitchens and all facilities offered in the hall of residence booked, as described in the charter of services included in the documentation for each hall of residence.

During the booking process, students can choose one of the following payment options: 

   – one-off payment: by paying the full amount up front (when choosing this option, a discount will be applied to the fee) and the damage deposit; 

   – bimonthly instalments: by paying, at the time of booking, the first of 5 instalments for annual booking or the first of 3 instalments for six-monthly booking (and the damage deposit). 

For both methods, the payment of the amounts is due by and no later than the expiry dates, and must be carried out through the PagoPA platform, following the instructions given here.

You will receive a confirmation of your booking after the first payment (whether this is the full amount paid up front or the first instalment, depending on the payment option selected). The student has 24 hours to make this payment from the time when they select their room; failure to do so within this timeframe will result in the booking being cancelled. The booking is then confirmed within the following 48 hours.

Subsequent instalments are paid according to the following deadlines:

Instalment due dates for annual booking
the first instalment is paid at the time of booking.
the second instalment is requested on 1st October and must be paid by 15/10/2024
the third instalment is requested on 2nd December and must be paid by 16/12/2024
the fourth instalment is requested on 3rd February and must be paid by 17/02/2025
the fifth instalment is requested on 1st April and must be paid by 15/04/2025

Instalment due dates for first semester bookings
the first instalment is paid at the time of booking.
tyhe second instalment is requested on 1st October and must be paid by 15/10/2024
the third instalment is requested on 2nd December and must be paid by 16/12/2024

Instalment due dates for second semester bookings
the first instalment is paid at the time of booking.
the second instalment is requested on 1st April and must be paid by 15/04/2025
the third instalment is requested on 3rd June and must be paid by 17/06/2025

Failure to pay the instalments by the deadlines will result in a 10% late payment fee being applied to the instalment. Failure to pay the instalment + the late payment fee is grounds for the university to commence debt collection, which may result in the student’s academic career being frozen. 

The complete guide to booking is available here.

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