Housing
The University of Lugano (USI) has a new platform where students can post messages about rooms/apartments to rent www.alloggi.usi.ch
The University of Lugano (USI) does not provide accommodation services. Those listed below are offered by private parties.
Students looking for an accommodation may look at ads on newspapers, specialized magazines, real estate agencies (Swiss agencies usually provide information free of charge), announcement boards on campus, and obviously the Internet.
Here are some useful websites:
www.alloggi.usi.ch
www.ticerco.ch
www.cdt.ch
www.montarina.com
www.homegate.ch
www.wgzimmer.ch
www.tuttoclick.ch
www.cercaetrova.ch
www.lugano.tourism.ch
www.mendrisioturismo.ch
www.casastudenti.ch
www.enormo.ch
The weekly magazine “Cerca e Trova” offers every Friday ads for apartments of every kind, size, and price.
We also recommend the weekly supplement “Extra”, sold every Thursday with “Corriere del Ticino“.
Lugano
Privately-owned Castalia Telematic House (www.castalia.ch/casa/welcome.htm) offers rooms in apartments for students at reasonable prices (380 - 580 CHF monthly rent, including bills and 24/7 Internet connection).
Also, there is a new high standard student house right in from of the Lugano campus. Rents vary from 700 to CHF 1'000 CHF. www.casastudenti.ch
Mendrisio
The student-house “Casa dell’Accademia” (http://www.arch.unisi.ch/en/aam_casa_accademia.htm) is at a 10-minutes’ walk from the campus and close to the city centre; it can easily be reached by bus and from the railway station. It has 18 fully furnished apartments, each with 4 single rooms, 2 bathrooms, a large kitchen and a living room. Monthly rent is Sfr 590 (service charges included) for a 10 months lease.
For more information about Casa dell’Accademia: