Students are invited to carefully read the information on this page and to follow the booking instructions provided.
Note for students who have guaranteed housing: a housing placement in a double room is pre-arranged for you. MIL Service will contact you directly with all the necessary information to confirm your placement. Housing benefits begin on the official date of arrival and last until the official departure date.
Bicocca Village Residence
- Single or shared room in shared apartment (1 double room + 1 single room, 1 bath)
- Shared room in apartment (1 double room, 1 bath)
- Shared apartment (3 single rooms + 2 baths with showers)
- Shared apartment (3 double rooms + 2 baths with showers)
Services
- Unlimited wifi/internet
- Monthly cleaning service
- Set of bed linen (two sheets and one pillow case), blanket (winter only) and towels (one big and one small)
- Utilities (gas / water / electricity)*
- Basic kitchen appliances, items commensurate on number of tenants
- Concierge service (Mon - Fri 08:30am - 12:30pm, 3:00pm - 6:00pm. Saturdays 08:30am - 12:30pm)
- Fitness room**
- Air conditioning
- Laundry room (coin operated)
* consumption of energy is regulated in line with the law. A limit to its usage will be specified in the contract.
** to access the fitness Room, available one hour per week to students with reservation, residents must present a medical certificate attesting good health for non-professional sports activities. A non-Italian medical certificate is accepted if provided in English. The certificate must be signed by the medical provider and stamped.
COVID-19 Policy
Read here the Bicocca Village Residence Covid-19 Policy.
Location
The Bicocca Village Residence (also called the Bicocca Social Campus) is a brand new building completed in 2021, located in a neighbourhood on the Purple metro line (4) across from a commercial centre (food court, shops, movie theatre, etc.) and close to the State University Bicocca. It is also located close to Parco Nord, the largest park in the wider city of Milan.
All apartments are only one year old and newly furnished. Rooms are divided into mini apartments with different compositions. The residence hall is meant for students, young professionals, and in some cases families located on dedicated floors of the building.
To get to Università Cattolica students would take the M4 line to Garibaldi station and change to the Green line (M2) for 4 stops to Sant’Ambrogio / Università Cattolica stop. Average travel time is 35/40 minutes.
How to book your room in Bicocca Social Village
Students may contact MIL Service through the contact us page to request information regarding housing availability and how to book a room.
The email should include:
- arrival and departure dates
- gender
- any special needs requests (single room, disable access, roommate requests)
MIL Service will reply with proposals based on the information provided.
MIL Service apartments
- D’ALVIANO (4 single rooms, 2 double rooms, 4 baths)
- TELESIO (2 double room, 1 bath)
- SAN GENESIO 1 (1 double room, 2 single rooms, 2 baths)
- SAN GENESIO 2 (2 double room, 2 baths)
- POMPEO LEONI (2 double rooms, 2 baths)
- PAPINIANO 9 (1 double room, 1 single room, 1 bath)
- PAPINIANO 7 (1 double room, 1 bath)
Depending on demand and availability at the above apartments, additional placements may be made in other apartments operated by partnering organisations. Should places no longer be available, MIL Service may offer a placement at another apartment at similar conditions.
Cost
Housing costs may vary depending on programme and/or per agreement with the student’s home institution, if applicable. Students will be sent relevant cost information when they apply.
Services included
- Wifi/internet
- Monthly cleaning service
- Set of bed linen (two sheets and one pillow case), blanket (winter only) and towels (one big and one small)
- Utilities (gas / water / electricity)*
- Basic kitchen appliances, items commensurate on number of tenants
- Air Conditioning if available
- Washing machine if available
* consumption of energy is regulated in line with the law. A limit to its usage will be specified in the contract.
Additional services at additional cost
- Laundry room with coins
COVID-19 Policy
Read here the Apartments Covid-19 Policy.
How to book your room in one of the MIL Service Apartments
Students may contact MIL Service through the contact us page to request information regarding housing availability and how to book a room.
The email should include:
- arrival and departure dates
- gender
- any special needs requests (single room, disable access, roommate requests)
MIL Service will reply with proposals based on the information provided.
Other third party housing providers
Università Cattolica partners
These housing search platforms and residence halls have direct agreements with Cattolica.
- Dotstay (enter the code EDUCATT to receive a 10% discount)
- Roomtastic
- Gromia (Università Cattolica's students benefit of a 10% discount)
- Other Residence Halls (Camplus Colleges and In-Domus)
Non-Cattolica partners
While we do not necessarily have agreements with these other housing platforms and Cattolica cannot provide any kind of guarantee of placement or satisfaction, they have proven to be popular and reliable among Cattolica students.
- Uniplaces
- HousingAnywhere
- MilanoStanze.it
- Study Abroad Apartments
- Zappyrent (no commission)
- 21WOL Milano Centro
- Dovevivo Milano
IMPORTANT: Some of these sites act as intermediaries and apply commissions for each placement, in which case all housing offers have been properly vetted. Other sites simply manage listings and announcements by third parties, either management companies or individuals. Although these housing search platforms monitor and try to prevent the posting of fraudulent offers, some may still make their way onto the platform. Make sure you have the full name, contact information and address of the renter, and make sure to request a copy of your rent contract and identity document of the renter before transferring any funds to them. Should you have any doubts regarding the legitimacy of the offer you’ve found via any of the platforms, do contact the platform management to request vetting of the contact or to report a suspected fraudulent posting. Università Cattolica cannot be held responsible for any announcements or posting made by third parties on any of the sites listed here.
Other useful resources
- ESNUnicatt is the International Students Association at Cattolica. You can contact them at milano_unicatt@esn.it specifying what you are looking for (double or single room, price and area in Milan). They will respond in a couple of days.