Welcoming
We help students feel at home in a new academic and social environment through guidance and community support.
ESN Milano-Bicocca
A student association built on exchange, community and shared experiences
ESN Milano-Bicocca is a non-profit student association that supports Erasmus and Exchange students at the University of Milano-Bicocca through welcoming activities, orientation, cultural events, social initiatives and opportunities to connect with local and international students.
Our spirit
An experience without borders
ESN Milano-Bicocca took shape from a group of students who chose to live an experience without borders, embracing the opportunities offered by Erasmus and other exchange programmes to discover Europe and the world, meet other cultures and realise how unexpectedly close people can be in their aspirations, emotions and desire to grow together.
What we build
Belonging
We help students feel welcomed and connected from the very beginning of their journey.
What we encourage
Mobility
We support international exchange as an opportunity for personal, cultural and academic growth.
What we share
Experiences
We create moments that bring together students, cultures and new perspectives.
Who we are
We support both incoming and outgoing students
ESN Milano-Bicocca works with international students arriving at the university, but also supports outgoing students who are preparing for Erasmus or returning from it. Our goal is to make mobility more accessible, more human and more meaningful.
- Support for incoming Erasmus and Exchange students
- Orientation, welcoming and student life guidance
- Activities for outgoing students before and after mobility
Exchange
We create encounters between Italian and international students through events, activities and shared experiences.
International mindset
We believe mobility helps students open up to the world and discover new ways of living, studying and relating to others.
Collaboration
We work closely with the university and the local area
In pursuing its values, ESN Milano-Bicocca collaborates with the university and with many institutions and associations in the area. One of the strongest and most established collaborations is with the International Relations Office (URI), especially during the organisation of the Welcome Days at the beginning of the semester.
Welcome Days
Welcome Days are the key starting moment of the semester: incoming international students, URI staff, Erasmus coordinators, ESNers and other student associations all come together to welcome the new arrivals and help them begin their experience.
A larger network
ESN Milano-Bicocca is part of a national and European network that works to support student mobility, inclusion and participation through shared values and local action.
Association life
Moments that shape the ESN Milano-Bicocca experience
The association is made of people, events, shared spaces and memorable moments that connect students beyond the classroom.
Community moments are at the heart of the association.
University life becomes more open and international.
Welcoming activities create the first connection.
Shared experiences become memories that last.
The experience
From arrival to belonging
1
Arrive
Students reach a new university, a new city and a new context that can feel both exciting and unfamiliar.
2
Be welcomed
ESN helps create a first sense of orientation, support and connection during the early days of the semester.
3
Meet people
Events, activities and informal exchanges allow students to build friendships and feel part of a community.
4
Grow
Mobility becomes not only an academic opportunity, but a personal experience that leaves something lasting.
A shared emotion
Returning from Erasmus means carrying with you the faces, smiles and colours of a place that feels like a second home.
ESN Milano-Bicocca exists to keep that feeling alive and to encourage more students to seize the opportunities offered by Europe and the world.
Contact
Find us at Milano-Bicocca
We are present at the university and available for information, support and collaboration throughout the semester.
- Email: milano_bicocca@esn.it
- Office: ESN Milano-Bicocca Office - Building U6, floor -1
- Address: Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo, 1 - 20126 Milan - Italy
ESN Milano-Bicocca
The world is not only out there: it is already here
ESN Milano-Bicocca was created to carry forward the emotions of student mobility and to invite more students to discover the many opportunities that international experiences can offer.
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