Housing in Lugano / Mendrisio

USI’s two student residences (USI Home on the Lugano campus, Casa dell’Accademia on the Mendrisio campus) are reserved first of all for exchange students, international students on certain scholarships and German-Swiss or French-Swiss students enrolled in the first year of the Bachelor in Architecture.

Other students may apply for accommodation, but should understand that their application is unlikely to be accepted.

For further information:

• USI Home;
• Casa dell’Accademia Mendrisio;
• accommodation for exchange students: see below.

Students needing to make their own arrangements for accommodation may seek help from the Housing Service.
The Services does not guarantee to find them accommodation, but offers Bachelor/Master and PhD students:

• a database of available accommodation; all offers are vetted prior to publication with the purpose to avoid scams. Note: we cannot guarantee all the AD's are scam-free and safe;
• a Facebook page for the Lugano Campus and a page for the Mendrisio Campus to encourage direct contact among students, co-tenancy and sub-letting arrangements and, more generally, the circulation of information regarding the accommodation available;
• a series of useful links to external sources  that may be able to provide accommodation;  
• linguistic assistance, for students encountering problems in communicating with landlords or lettings agencies;  
• basic information and assistance with the procedures and regulations governing renting/letting in Switzerland.

Mobility students as SEMP (ex Erasmus) and other exchanges programs that will apply for a room within a deadline will have priority over other students for the on campus residences (see above): USI Home in Lugano and Casa dell'Accademia in Mendrisio.

Lugano Campus, USI Home

Housing Service
email                     [email protected]   
email USI Home   [email protected]

Main building, USI front desk

Monday-Friday: 10 a.m. - 12 noon, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. 

Mendrisio Campus, Casa dell’Accademia Mendrisio

Christiane Schröder
email   [email protected]
tel        +41 58 666 58 59
Villa Argentina, Office 002

Monday-Friday: 10 a.m.- 12 noon, 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.

Marisa Furci Macchione
email   [email protected]
tel        +41 58 666 58 53
Villa Argentina, Office 009

Monday-Friday: 10 a.m.- 12 noon, 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.