The figures and the clubs that, since the nineteenth century, have gravitated around the Academy of Art have made Brera one of the most typical city districts. After the fading of the  bohémien artists’ age, today it has become a very refined district.

The Boarding School is located  in Via Statuto, 100 metres far from “Moscova” green line (2) metro station, allowing to easily reach Polytechnic, both Piazza Leonardo and Bovisa’ s head offices, and Catholic and Public Universities. It takes almost half an hour to reach Bocconi University, the second Bicocca  Public University , IULM and San Raffaele Life and Health University. By just three steps of the same metro line you can reach the Central Station.

WHO WE ARE

San Paolo is an Archiepiscopal Boarding School. Three are its main characteristics.

IT IS A BOARDING SCHOOL, that is a community life place for 126 students coming from all italian regions. Students are enrolled at the various Milanese Universities. First requirement is therefore a friendly appreciation of community life, friendship, sharing, mutual cooperation and co-responsibility. In order to be admitted, useful are  membership life experiences in youth organizations or in one ‘s own parish. Those who are just looking for an accomodation shouldn’t come to San Paolo.

IT IS A UNIVERSITY BOARDING SCHOOL, therefore requiring a good intellectual equipment allowing to face demanding studies such as are those of milanese Universities. Important, in order to be admitted, are the State exam grade and the last years secondary school report.

IT IS AN ARCHIEPISCOPAL BOARDING SCHOOL, that is initiative of the Milan Church for the whole young people’s education. It isn’t therefore lacking in both cultural and spiritual reflection suggestions. Liturgic celebrations come along with the most important moments of the year, Our suggestion is addressed to the freedom of those young people who are sharing or are opened to the values we are suggesting.

THE ADMITTANCE

The admittance to the Boarding School, subject to the Educational and Regulations Project acceptance, occurs by an interview with the Director. Such appointment is also being renewed throughout the year, as to verify the university and Boarding School guests’ life situation . By the end of the year the students’ readmission is decided on the basis of study application and achieved results, of active participation to activities and of a behaviour respectful to life in common rules.

THE STRUCTURE AND SERVICES

The Boarding School has got a chapel accessible every day for personal prayer. For this purpose, aids for reflection and prayer are at disposal. The Holy Mass is celebrated under the ambrosian rite in coincidence with the main stages of the year.

Hosts have at their disposal single rooms (almost all with private bathroom), doubles (some with private bathroom and others with shared bathroom) and triples (all with shared bathrooms). Each room is furnished with a telephone allowing to directly receive phone calls from the outside and to make calls to other rooms, to offices and to the porter’s lodge. Cleaning is made each workday by our staff. Bed linen, provided by the Boarding School, is changed once a week. The Boarding School doesn’t provide bathroom linen. In the Boarding School there is a self-service canteen for dinner from Monday through Friday (service is included in the boarding charge). A pay self-service laundry is at disposal, with an ironing board for personal linen.

A broad studying room,  a computer hall, air-conditioned with internet connection, and a sports hall are at students’ disposal.

CONTACTS

San Paolo Archiepiscopal University Boarding School

Via Statuto, 4 - 20121 MILANO

Call center: 02.63.24.01

Administration: 02.63.24.70.2

Fax 02.29.00.59.61

e-mail: sanpaolo.direzione@vincenziana.it

sanpaolo.segreteria@vincenziana.it