AY 2012-2013 UNIVERSITÀ BOCCONI HOUSING APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS - Approved by ISU Bocconi Board of Directors - These regulations subsitue the provisional ones approved on April 19th, 2012. In case of discrepancies between the Italian text and the English translation, the Italian version prevails. TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 – GENERAL INFORMATION page 3 Art. 1.1 Bocconi Residences page 3 Art. 1.2 Housing Assignment Process page 4 Art. 1.3 Types of Housing Applications page 5 Art. 1.4 Housing Fees page 6 Art. 1.5 Check-out page 6 Art. 1.6 Sublease for Residents Participating in International Study page 6 Abroad and/or Internship Programs Recognized by Università Bocconi Art. 1.7 General Access and Social rules page 7 Art. 1.8 Information on the Use of Personal Information and Rights of page 8 the Applicant SECTION 2 – FULL RATE HOUSING page 9 Art. 2.1 Eligible Full Rate Housing Applicants page 9 Art. 2.2 Applying for Full Rate Housing: Deadlines and Procedures page 10 Art. 2.3 Renewal of Housing Assignment for Subsequent Years page 11 2.3.1 Renewal of Housing Assignments for AY 2012-2013 page 11 2.3.2 Renewal of Housing Assignments for AY 2013-2014 page 12 Art. 2.4 Rankings page 12 Art. 2.5 Results, Appeals and Petitions page 12 Art. 2.6 Housing Assignments and Acceptance page 13 SECTION 3 – REDUCED RATE HOUSING page 14 Art. 3.1 Eligible Reduced Rate Housing Applicants page 14 Art. 3.2 Income and Asset Requirements for Access page 15 Art. 3.3 Applying for Reduced Rate Housing: Deadlines and Procedures page 15 Art. 3.4 Documentation Required page 16 Art. 3.5 Methods of Assignment of ISU Brackets for Reduced Rate page 17 Housing Art. 3.6 Verification of Financial Status and Validation of Economic page 17 Information Provided (Italian Presidential Decree 445/2000, Article 71) Art. 3.7 Renewal of Housing Assignment for Subsequent Years page 18 3.7.1 Renewal of Housing Assignments for AY 2012-2013 page 18 3.7.2 Renewal of Housing Assignments for AY 2013-2014 page 19 Art. 3.8 Rankings page 19 Art. 3.9 Results, Appeals and Petitions page 20 Art. 3.10 Housing Assignments and Acceptance page 20 ATTACHMENT A: Description of Bocconi Residences page 22 ATTACHMENT B: Housing Fees, ISU Bocconi Brackets and Payments page 23 ATTACHMENT C: Car, Motorcycle and Bicycle Parking page 25 ATTACHMENT D: Bocconi Residence Regulations page 26 ATTACHMENT E: Housing Calendar page 30 ATTACHMENT F: List of Municipalities – Commuting Students page 31 ATTACHMENT G: FULL RATE HOUSING - Summary of Important Dates page 35 and Deadlines ATTACHMENT H: REDUCED RATE HOUSING – Summary of Important page 36 Dates and Deadlines ATTACHMENT I: Requirements regarding financial conditions for al location page 37 of reduced rate housing ATTACHMENT J: 2011 Average Exchange Rates page 42 2 AY 2012-2013 UNIVERSITÀ BOCCONI HOUSING APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS SECTION 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION The 2012-2013 Housing Application Requirements and Regulations have been published by ISU Bocconi and the Student Services Office – Students Division which regulates housing assignments for the Bocconi Residences. Contact information: Housing Center – Piazza Sraffa, 13 Università Bocconi’s One Stop Service Center email: [email protected] Tel: (+39) 02-5836-2795 / (+39) 02-5836-2152 Art. 1.1 Bocconi Residences For the 2012-2013 academic year Università Bocconi offers 5 Residences to its students, for a total number of 1.378 room assignments, both full rate and reduced rate (fee determined according to the economic condition of the student's family). Assignments are distributed amongst the 5 Bocconi Residences as follows: RESIDENCE NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS 261 BOCCONI • 13 single rooms with private bathrooms Via Bocconi, 12 – Milan • 248 single rooms with bathrooms to be shared with one other student 96 JAVOTTE • 8 single rooms with private bathrooms Via Giovenale, 4 - Milan • 88 single rooms with bathrooms to be shared with one other student 362 • 350 single rooms with private bathrooms ARCOBALENO or with bathrooms to be shared with one other Via F.lli Fraschini, 3 - Milan student (partly assigned to international exchange students) • 12 studios 326 • 176 single rooms in 4-bedroom apartments DUBINI • 140 single rooms in 2-bedroom apartments Via Vittore Buzzi, 7 - Milan • 10 studios, studio apartments are handicap- accessible 333 SPADOLINI • 317 single rooms in 4-bedroom apartments Via G. Spadolini, 12/A - Milan • 16 studios, studio apartments are handicap- accessible Students who wish to apply for Bocconi Housing may only submit one application; either for full rate or reduced rate housing. The application process, rankings and renewal requirements for subsequent academic years will vary depending on the type of housing, as specified by these Housing Requirements and Regulations. Students assigned full rate housing for the AY 2012-2013 will not be able to apply for or be assigned reduced rate housing if they are previously or subsequently assigned an ISU bracket for the AY 2012- 2013. 3 Art. 1.2 Housing Assignment Process The housing assignment process is structured in four steps: Students may only submit one application; for either full rate or reduced rate housing. 1st STEP Applications must be submitted online and, if Submit Online Application applying for reduced rate housing, must be www.unibocconi.eu/housingdesk subsequently completed with all required documentation. Rankings are created to determine the order of priority with which available rooms will be assigned. Being ranked does not automatically imply that you will be assigned housing. The final 2nd STEP housing assignment depends on many variables Rankings (type of housing requested, availability and the applicant's gender). The ranking order is only a partial indicator of the probability of being assigned housing. Housing assignments will take place in different rounds, as placements may become available at 3rd STEP different times. It is possible that assignments Housing Assignments continue into the month of September due to first assignees cancelling their assignments. Housing assignments must be accepted according to the time frame and procedures indicated in the e-mail sent to the student communicating the placement assignment. Failure to follow the acceptance procedures will result in the 4th STEP cancellation of the assignment and the re- Housing Assignment Acceptance assignment of the placement to another eligible ranked student. It is important that applicants check the e-mail account provided when filling out the online application according to the time frames indicated in these Housing Application Requirements and Regulations. Università Bocconi reserves the right to transfer residents to a different Residence at any time throughout the academic year. Please note that it will not be possible for a student to request a room assignment change at any time. Exceptional cases due to serious and certified problems will be evaluated based on the following conditions: - a room change can occur only once during a student’s university career; - any changes made will occur only at the end of the academic year; - should a change in a resident’s housing assignment be allowed, students will not be able to choose their new assignment, as it is an unchangeable and random allocation to be made by the IT system. 4 Art. 1.3 Types of Housing Applications Students may only submit one application; for either full rate or reduced rate housing. The decision to apply for either full rate or reduced rate housing is up to the student. See Attachment I for detailed information regarding the minimum criteria for eligibility for reduced rate housing. TYPE OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS DOCUMENTATION APPLICATION Students whose family’s income and assets are within the ISU Bocconi Requirements: Documentation of Reduced rate - ISEE/ISEEU € 20.124,71 economical character - ISPE/ISPEU € 33.960,46 required And who meet the eligibility requirements set forth in Art. 3.1 Students whose family’s income and Documentation of Full rate assets exceed the ISU requirements economical character not (Art. 3.1 and 3.2) required The following norms will be applied to those students assigned reduced rate rooms, but are later assigned the 4th ISU bracket subsequent to the verification of incomplete, irregular or the submission of documents which do not confirm with the data indicated online by the applicant: - the students will lose eligibility for housing for the current academic year and for the duration of his/her program, if there is demand for housing by eligible students; - in any event, the student will not be allowed to renew his/her housing assignment for the subsequent academic year; - the student will be responsible for the payment of the equivalent of twice the amount due for the assignment made undeservedly from the time of the assignment until the moment in which the housing fee assigned to the student was disputed; - the submission of irregular documentation of economical character may be brought to the attention of the Disciplinary Committee for the possible application of further sanctions. Current residents should apply according to the chart below: 2011-2012 Resident 2012-2013 Housing Application Full rate resident who would like to renew his/her full rate housing Renewal – full rate assignment for the following academic year. New admission - reduced rate: in this case, the renewal of the current Full rate resident who would like to placement is not possible and the student apply for reduced rate housing. must complete the online check-out for AY 2011-2012. Reduced rate resident assigned the 1st, Renewal – reduced rate: if the applicant does 2nd or 3rd ISU bracket for the AY 2011- not meet the economic requirements, the 4th 2012. bracket/full rate will be applied. Renewal – reduced rate: the housing fees Reduced rate resident assigned the 4th applied for the AY 2012-2013 will reflect the ISU bracket.