Experience Bicocca

Choosing University of Milano-Bicocca means becoming a part of a vibrant, youthful and dynamic community rich in services for you, your free time, your university life and beyond.

Here follows a list of various opportunities available for you.

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Soft skills development

University of Milano-Bicocca offers a multitude of services and projects for its students, contributing towards the development and recognition of soft skills.
  • Rosetta Stone is Bicocca's language learning software of choice for students, teaching staff and administrative technicians. 24 languages, courses without any enrolment limitations, all available online and free of charge
  • E4Job is the platform where students can acquire, consolidate and certify necessary competencies for succeeding in an increasingly digitalised civil society and world of work
  • iBicocca is the University of Milano – Bicocca project dedicated to quenching undergraduate and post-graduate students' thirst for learning, innovation and business 
  • Bbetween is a University of Milano-Bicocca project designed to boost and enhance the soft skills of students, teaching staff and citizens. Cinema, music, performing arts, foreign languages, functional and creative writing, multimedia, cultural heritage and civic engagement are topics covered along various pathways.
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Cultural activities

The University promotes the development of activities, events and projects for cultural growth. It also encourages and strengthens ties with the local area, partly through agreements with the main cultural institutions in Milan and beyond. 

Discover the cultural offering of Bicocca.

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Work at the University

Work at the University

There are numerous paid and voluntary work opportunities at the University.
Choose the most suitable one for you:
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Student Associations

The University is rich in student associations promoting various initiatives; view the dedicated page to find out more.

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Music in Bicocca

The University has a Choir and three orchestras: the University of Milan-Bicocca Orchestra, the World Music Orchestra and the Guitar Ensemble.
Participation is open to students, lecturers, technical-administrative staff and former students, but also to people from outside the University who wish to experience ensemble music, both choral and instrumental.
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Sport at Bicocca

There are numerous sports activities reserved for Bicocca students. Football, tennis, volleyball, gym, floor exercise courses. Numerous events and tournaments are organised, including CorriBicocca, Valanga Bicocca and much more.

Choose your favourite sport.

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Residences and catering

The University of Milano-Bicocca provides residential accommodation for students living away from home. Accommodation is provided according to the Right to Education principle, to students who must apply to obtain it at a reduced price. 
There are several canteens and bars on campus.
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Welfare and the right to education

University of Milano-Bicocca students can access a series of benefits, grants and services as part of a commitment to guaranteeing the right to study.
Consult the dedicated pages:
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Sustainable living

Bicocca has rolled out numerous initiatives to enable sustainable living on campus and beyond.
Here are a few:
Water and food
Ciclostazione
Sharing Mobility

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Health pathways

The University of Milano-Bicocca wishes to promote a greater awareness of healthy lifestyles among its students. Each of us can improve our health by following a healthier diet, heightening our awareness of alcohol and cigarette consumption and by making time for exercise and rest, every single day.
Discover all the initiatives rolled out as part of the Health Pathways awareness-raising campaign 

 

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Living the district

The University of Milano-Bicocca is a highly modern campus-district integrated in the city, with facilities for studying and socialising, study rooms, libraries, residences, canteens and free parking, in a fluid and natural exchange with accommodation, squares, stores, companies and places of cultural generation.
Discover the district:

Experience Bicocca

Choosing University of Milano-Bicocca means becoming a part of a vibrant, youthful and dynamic community rich in services for you, your free time, your university life and beyond.

Here follows a list of various opportunities available for you.

Soft skills development

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soft skill
University of Milano-Bicocca offers a multitude of services and projects for its students, contributing towards the development and recognition of soft skills.
  • Rosetta Stone is Bicocca's language learning software of choice for students, teaching staff and administrative technicians. 24 languages, courses without any enrolment limitations, all available online and free of charge
  • E4Job is the platform where students can acquire, consolidate and certify necessary competencies for succeeding in an increasingly digitalised civil society and world of work
  • iBicocca is the University of Milano – Bicocca project dedicated to quenching undergraduate and post-graduate students' thirst for learning, innovation and business 
  • Bbetween is a University of Milano-Bicocca project designed to boost and enhance the soft skills of students, teaching staff and citizens. Cinema, music, performing arts, foreign languages, functional and creative writing, multimedia, cultural heritage and civic engagement are topics covered along various pathways.

Cultural activities

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Cultural Activities

The University promotes the development of activities, events and projects for cultural growth. It also encourages and strengthens ties with the local area, partly through agreements with the main cultural institutions in Milan and beyond. 

Discover the cultural offering of Bicocca.

Work at the University

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work
There are numerous paid and voluntary work opportunities at the University.
Choose the most suitable one for you:

Student Associations

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students

The University is rich in student associations promoting various initiatives; view the dedicated page to find out more.

Sport at Bicocca

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sport

There are numerous sports activities reserved for Bicocca students. Football, tennis, volleyball, gym, floor exercise courses. Numerous events and tournaments are organised, including CorriBicocca, Valanga Bicocca and much more.

Choose your favourite sport.

Residences and catering

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The University of Milano-Bicocca provides residential accommodation for students living away from home. Accommodation is provided according to the Right to Education principle, to students who must apply to obtain it at a reduced price. 
There are several canteens and bars on campus.

Welfare and the right to education

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welfare
University of Milano-Bicocca students can access a series of benefits, grants and services as part of a commitment to guaranteeing the right to study.
Consult the dedicated pages:

Sustainable living

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sostenibilià

Bicocca has rolled out numerous initiatives to enable sustainable living on campus and beyond.
Here are a few:
Water and food
Ciclostazione
Sharing Mobility

Health pathways

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The University of Milano-Bicocca wishes to promote a greater awareness of healthy lifestyles among its students. Each of us can improve our health by following a healthier diet, heightening our awareness of alcohol and cigarette consumption and by making time for exercise and rest, every single day.
Discover all the initiatives rolled out as part of the Health Pathways awareness-raising campaign 

 

Living the district

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bicocca
The University of Milano-Bicocca is a highly modern campus-district integrated in the city, with facilities for studying and socialising, study rooms, libraries, residences, canteens and free parking, in a fluid and natural exchange with accommodation, squares, stores, companies and places of cultural generation.
Discover the district:

Coronavirus Phase 3: FAQs

ACCESS PROCEDURES

The following figures can access the University of Milan-Bicocca during Phase 3:
- lecturers;
- research associates, scholarship holders and external collaborators, provided authorisation is granted by a line manager;
- technical and administrative staff;
- external personnel from bodies with agreements with the university (CNR, INFN, spin-offs etc);
- PhD students, post-graduate students, Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree students undertaking theses which require their presence in laboratories or other university facilities, in agreement with their supervising lecturer; 
- “150-hours” students undertaking teaching support and service activities, in agreement with their line manager; 
- library users, as per the guidelines set out at the following link: https://www.biblio.unimib.it/it.
- students enrolled on Degree Courses for the attendance of classroom-based lessons and educational workshops in the first semester, only in accordance with the procedures set out in the teaching plan available at the following link: https://www.unimib.it/news/comunicazione-agli-studenti-sullorganizzazione-della-didattica-del-primo-semestre
- external personnel (suppliers, maintenance, occasional users), in accordance with the procedures set out at the following link: https://en.unimib.it/about-us/covid-19-safety-instructions

You cannot enter if you have been placed in quarantine or home isolation by the health authorities.
You cannot enter if you are aware that you have come into unprotected contact with a person with COVID-19 in the previous 14 days. 
You cannot enter if you have any of the following symptoms: cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, diarrhoea and/or vomiting, fever (body temperature of over 37.5°C).
You cannot enter if you are not wearing a mask.

A body temperature of over 37.5°C is one of the symptoms of coronavirus and measuring body temperature is one of the measures designed to contain the spread of the disease. 
As such, as a precaution, the university has brought in temperature scanners at the entrances so that we can measure body temperatures. If you have a body temperature of over 37.5°C, the scanner will detect this and you will not be able to enter the university. 
Regardless of this, it is your own individual responsibility to monitor your health. 

Various measures have been introduced to enable us to register your attendance. Staff with badges register their attendance using the machines, while special machines have been installed to enable students to register their attendance. Accessing the university wireless internet network will serve as confirmation of attendance for all other figures who do not have a badge. 
The presence of external users (library, competitions, supplier and maintenance activities) is authorised and monitored by the relevant departments.
All persons who visit university buildings are invited to use the resources provided for attendance registration in order to facilitate any epidemiological investigations required in the event of a positive case. All persons are advised to download the Italian government's Immuni app, developed by the Extraordinary COVID-19 Emergency Commissioner in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Technological Innovation and Digitalisation.

MASKS AND HAND SANITISER

Yes.
Wearing a mask is mandatory at all times while inside. This is also mandatory in open spaces where it is not possible to maintain an interpersonal space of at least one metre.
The sole exception to this rule is where workspaces (offices) are being used by only one user. In this case, the mask can be removed for the period spent in the office.

However, it must be kept to hand and worn whenever the person leaves the office or if any other people enter.

Any type of mask or face covering can be used to cover the nose and mouth (surgical masks, fabric masks, filtering face coverings provided they don’t have an exhalation valve). Visitors to the university are invited to bring their own mask with them. The body temperature scanners at the entrances will also check that a mask is being worn. 
Where necessary, university staff can get a new mask at the reception desks. The reception desks will keep track of masks handed out purely for stock management purposes.
If, in exceptional cases (deterioration, damage etc), students and external staff need to replace their mask, the university will take their details and provide them with one at the reception desk.

All buildings are equipped with hand sanitiser dispensers located at the entrances, in corridors, at the entrances to classrooms and lecture halls, at the entrances to the library and, more generally, in all busy areas.
Despite this, it is important to remember that the most important measure we can take to prevent the spread of the disease is to wash our hands carefully with soap and rinse well. By washing our hands, we eliminate the virus from our hands, thus preventing us from getting infected by inadvertently touching our mouth or eyes.

CLASSROOMS AND LECTURE HALLS

Yes. 
If the nature of the lesson requires recording, you can still record lessons in the rooms that are set up for this, in accordance with the procedure previously communicated to lecturers. Technical support will be available.

You need to adhere to a few simple rules while recording lessons:
- don't get too close to the microphone when you're recording to avoid your mouth inadvertently coming into contact with the surface of the microphone – by avoiding contact, there is no risk of infection;
- try to touch the lectern as little as possible and, at the end of the recording, make sure that you carefully wash your hands using soap and rinse well – you can pick up the virus by touching an infected surface and then touching your mouth or eyes without having washed them.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Access for international students is regulated by a specific university procedure set out at the following link: https://www.unimib.it/internazionalizzazione/faq-covid-19-mobilita-internazionale  

WORKSPACES

The hygiene measures set out in the ministerial decrees must be adhered to by all in order to reduce the risk of infection, particularly when multiple people are sharing a workspace or using the same equipment. 
Please make sure:
you wear a mask
you wash your hands frequently and thoroughly 
you observe good respiratory hygiene (cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or your elbow when you sneeze or cough)
you maintain an interpersonal space of at least one metre
Users must be invited to adhere to these rules too.
The criteria for using workspaces are set out in the Phase 3 guidelines, which are available here: https://www.unimib.it/sites/default/files/LINEEGUIDA_FASE3_protocollo.pdf.
As a result of the guidelines, some offices/studies will need to be reconfigured in order to ensure that an interpersonal space of at least one metre can be maintained. 
As a guide for the managers responsible for reconfiguring the offices in their departments, the following criteria can be generally applied. The number of people permitted in the same office/study at the same time is:
- One person if the space was originally designed for one or two people
- Two people if the space was originally designed for three or four people
- For workspaces originally designed for more than four people, the new capacity is to be decided on a case-by-case basis depending on the size of the space.
It’s important to stress that the above are not rigid rules, but general guidelines. Spaces must be reconfigured based on the size of the space, the space between workstations and any specific needs associated with the activities carried out in the space. 
The only mandatory “rule” is that an interpersonal space of one metre must be ensured at all times.
A rota for the occupants of the same office can be agreed with the relevant manager.

Ventilation of workspaces is a crucial prevention measure, particularly if the workspace is being occupied by multiple people at the same time.
Where possible, you are advised to open the windows regularly and keep them open for at least 10 minutes, in order to ensure that the workspace has been fully ventilated.

There is no advice against using hand-dryers.
Hand-washing eliminates the virus. Once you've washed your hands, you can either use the hand-dryers or disposable paper towels to dry off.

Absolutely. We recommend cleaning your work station every day. The university provides the necessary cleaning materials – these can be found at receptions desks and across the various Departments.

The government guidelines, including frequent handwashing, wearing masks and maintaining an interpersonal space of one metre, are applicable to all work-related and social activities and are designed to contain the spread of the virus.
The use of gloves is not necessary if you make sure you wash your hands carefully after each delivery. In fact, it could be counter-productive if you don’t change your gloves after every time you use them or if you touch surfaces with potentially contaminated gloves.
At the current time, there is no need to implement any additional prevention measures on top of those published by the university on its website.  You are advised to encourage couriers to adhere to the government guidelines, particularly as regards interpersonal space.

IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS

Staff should not come to the university. They must immediately inform their employer of what has happened via their line manager. They are also advised to contact their doctor for further testing. In the event that staff develop a fever in excess of 37.5°C while on university premises, they must quickly contact the reception desk in their building to activate the health emergency procedure. In the event that staff develop symptoms of COVID-19 while at home, they must not come to the university and should instead contact their doctor for further testing and to get a doctor’s note. 

You should contact your doctor for guidance on whether or not you should come to work. Any absences must be certified by your doctor as per standard procedure. If an absence is not certified by a doctor, other mechanisms such as annual leave or paid rest days will be used. Staff can work on site if deemed appropriate by their doctor or remotely if advised to.

RETURNING SAFELY AFTER OVERSEAS TRAVEL

Those returning to Italy from countries that have been declared as “risk countries” and that must therefore take a test must immediately contact their doctor for instructions on how to take a test and to get a note to justify their absence from work (if necessary). Any absences must be certified by your doctor as per standard procedure.