HOUSING POLICIES
Payment: Payment of the basic Housing Cost for the semester must be made before you can receive the keys to your accommodations.
If you are expecting Financial Aid to cover your housing costs: In all cases the Housing Deposit must be paid, in order for a student to be considered for JCU Housing. Housing placement is not affected by the timeliness of Financial Aid payments, but you must present appropriate documentation to the University ahead of time. For further information, please contact our Financial Aid Office: financialaid@johncabot.edu.
Application and Payment Deadlines: Applications received after the dates below will be wait-listed. Once your application is processed, you will be placed in the next available housing assignment.
Semester
|
Application Deadline |
Payment Deadline |
| Fall |
July 1st |
July 15 |
| Spring |
November 1st |
November 30 |
| Summer I |
April 15 |
April 30 |
| Summer II |
May 15 |
May 30 |
Housing Assignments: You will receive your assignment and apartment address upon check-in when you arrive. Once a housing assignment is made
you may not request re-assignment during the current semester. New arrangements may be possible for the following semester (on consultation with the Housing Coordinator). However, if JCU finds it necessary to change housing assignments for any reason, it reserves the right to place you in another accommodation.
- JCU will take into consideration your requests for roommates, but cannot guarantee compliance with your wishes. Roommate requests must be mutual.
- All housing assignments will be same sex only. No co-ed assignments will be made except for married couples.
- First year students normally will be housed through the JCU Housing Office and freshmen will be assigned to the Residence for the first academic year
Confirmation of housing is given only after a student has been accepted for enrollment by the University and
the Housing Deposit and Housing Request Form are received. The housing deposit is non refundable. It is a guarantee to obtain housing and, as such, will be credited against the final housing cost. Room assignments are made the week prior to the student’s arrival in Rome. Students will be informed of their housing addresses upon their arrival in Rome and not before.
Damages: JCU Housing reserves the right to withhold transcripts if the accommodations are not returned in satisfactory condition. This includes damage to the apartment, missing items, extra cleaning (Cleaning is done by an agency contracted by the university at mid-term and at the end of the year only) and excessive utility charges incurred at the end of the term. Transcript holds will be released only after payment is made to the JCU Business office by credit card only.
Withdrawal from the Housing Program: Paid Housing Costs (less the non-refundable $1,000 Housing Deposit) may be fully refunded when written notification of withdrawal from the Housing Program is received BEFORE the payment deadline corresponding to the term for which housing was requested. After that date and before occupying the accommodations, Housing Costs (less the non-refundable Housing Deposit) may be refunded 50%. After the housing unit has been occupied, no refund is possible.
The Housing Deposit is non-refundable.
Housing Contract: Students will be required to sign a Housing Contract sent via email prior to departure agreeing to respect the property, privacy and rights of roommates and neighbors as well as abide by all Italian laws. IT IS THE REPONSIBILITY OF EACH STUDENT TO FAMILIARIZE HIM/HERSELF WITH THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT extracted from JCU Housing Policies and Regulations. Here below are examples including but not limited to:
- Any unlawful activity, drug use, or abuse of property, inappropriate behavior toward neighbors, JCU personnel or housemates is grounds for dismissal from JCU Housing and will lead to forfeiture of all fees.
- ALL JOHN CABOT HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS ARE NON-SMOKING including balconies.
- Overnight guests are not allowed in JCU Housing for any reason
- Pets are not allowed under any circumstances.
- Students must abide by ALL of the terms of the Contract.
- Students placed in JCU Housing are responsible for reading and abiding by the policies and procedures outlined in JCU Housing Policies and Regulations.
JCU reserves the right to adjust the US dollar prices for housing if the currency exchange rate exceeds 1.40 USD/Euro.