The IPE in the person of the Director General _________________________

and Mr. ____________________________________________________
identified with the following identification document

type _________________________ n°_______________________________________
(hereinafter: student)

They agree and stipulate the following:

ART. 1 – General provisions

The University Colleges of Merit managed by the IPE (hereinafter: Colleges) offer their residents the opportunity to experience their studies within highly educational and stimulating environments for human, professional, cultural and spiritual growth. The Colleges represent a welcoming place of meeting and discussion for students involved in heterogeneous study experiences and aim, among other things, to offer a contribution to the city’s cultural and academic life and encourage interaction between students and professionals. Students are invited to take an active part in cultural activities not only by taking part but also by promoting educational initiatives, in order to create an open and cordial climate of study and coexistence.

Life within the Colleges is characterized by a family environment and the relationships between the people who reside there are based on full and mutual trust, respecting everyone’s freedom of expression and opinion. The Colleges adopt the principles of the Catholic Church and the spiritual formation activities, with free participation, are entrusted to the Prelature of Opus Dei with full respect for everyone’s convictions and beliefs.

ART. 2 – Residential services and use of facilities

Admission to the College, in the manner provided for in the competition notice for admission to the IPE 2024/25 University Colleges of Merit, allows access to the various residential and training services in the ordinary opening period, from 9 September 2024 to 26 July 2025, in the IPE Poggiolevante College, located in Bari, via Orfeo Mazzitelli 41 (tel. 08.05.04.54.33 – info@poggiolevante.it).

In exchange for the regular payment of the fee, the following services are guaranteed to the student:

  • Accommodation in a single room with sink (shared shower and toilet)
  • Cleaning of the room and bathroom: 5 days a week
  • Weekly change of bathroom linen and fortnightly change of bed linen
  • Weekly laundry service for personal linen
  • Full board seven days a week with breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner with the possibility of packed lunches and late meals
  • Access without time limitations, with personal code
  • Individual and group study rooms, multimedia classrooms with cameras for remote lessons, library, newspaper library, computer, electronics, 3D printing and robotics laboratories, 1000/100 Mbps internet, WiFi
  • Conference hall and living room for films and satellite TV, recreation room, music room, garden with gazebo and large barbecue, chapel, gym, five-a-side football pitches, internal parking for cars, bicycles, motorbikes and electric scooters with charging.

In relation to residential services, the student undertakes, in particular, to respect the following conditions:

  • Dietary needs deriving from pathologies certified by medical prescription must be evaluated with the College for the purposes of any possible management. The aforementioned medical prescription will be delivered and kept, for the duration of the stay only, exclusively by the internal kitchen staff, without any additional processing of the sensitive data.
  • With regard to timetables and the use of common areas, each student is required to follow the instructions contained in the handbook for residents, published on poggiolevante.net, updated in relation to needs.
  • Everyone will take care to communicate their presence at the meals scheduled for the week in due advance according to the methods indicated by the Management.
  • Students are responsible for the care and order of the room assigned to them. They may modify the furnishings only with the approval of the Management. They are required to reimburse any material damage caused.
  • It is not permitted to remain in the rooms during cleaning hours. If necessary, in case of illness, the student will move to the infirmary.
  • Access to the bedroom floors by non-residents (not even family members) is not permitted unless accompanied by a member of the Management, in exceptional cases.
  • You can invite family, friends, colleagues and colleagues to public activities in the conference hall.
  • Colleagues and friends do not participate in the ordinary activities of the College, while it is possible to invite non-resident colleagues and friends to study in the common areas by informing the Management in advance.
  • Smoking and the use of electronic cigarettes or similar products are prohibited inside the College.
  • It is not permitted to bring animals, weapons, explosives, drugs or spirits, or dangerous objects, into the College.
  • In the rooms it is forbidden to use stoves or other tools that could cause fires. The use of a stove or fan heater must be agreed with the Management.
  • For reasons of order and safety, each student is required to notify the Management in the event of absence from the College for one or more nights.
  • Maximum respect for the times established for the various activities of the day is required.

ART. 3 – Training Project

The IPE Colleges aim to develop transversal skills through the promotion of various initiatives. The IPE Academy promotes a series of specialist and interdisciplinary activities aimed not only at consolidating specific academic preparation but also at developing solid and transversal cultural knowledge: cultural in-depth activities through thematic workshops, public training activities speaking, problem solving and team working, etc.

Pursuant to what is expressly provided for in the art. 4 of Ministerial Decree 673/2016, each student signs an annual training project shared with the management which aims to enhance their potential and skills.

The implementation of the Training Project contributes to characterizing the experience in an IPE College as a moment of overall personal growth which occurs through the creation of authentic bonds, dialogue, listening and discussion between students and with members of the Management. The implementation of the Training Project, therefore, requires a continuous and active presence in the life of the College on the part of the student who undertakes to carry it out.

Participation in training activities for a minimum of 70 hours per academic year is mandatory for students enrolled in three-year degree courses or in the first three years of a single-cycle degree. Students enrolled in master’s degree courses or enrolled in years subsequent to the third year of single-cycle degree courses are obliged to follow at least 25 hours of training activities per academic year.

The student undertakes to complete at least 50% of the training hours through in-person activities.

The activities are planned by the IPE Academy, by the individual College and by other Colleges, subject to approval by the Conference of University Colleges of Merit.

ART. 4 – Students ASIRID

The Poggiolevante College also hosts students participating in the ASIRID project, the International Residential High School for Digital Innovators.

In addition to the training obligations common to all, the ASIRID student is required, during the academic year, to:

  • participate for a further 30 hours in internal training lessons and professional courses
  • collaborate individually or in groups for at least 80 hours on internal or company-entrusted educational projects.

ART. 5 – Economic conditions

The annual fee is divided into ten installments to be paid according to the following scheme:

  • Upon admission and renewal, a deposit of €1,000, possibly refundable in the event of a lower fee due to subsequent benefits
  • 2 installments of the fee minus the deposit already paid, by 30 September 2024
  • 2 installments of the fee by 10 November 2024
  • 3 installments of the fee by 10 January 2025
  • 3 installments of the fee by 10 April 2025

Payments must be made to the Intesa Sanpaolo current account registered to:

IPE Poggiolevante
IBAN IT16 F030 6909 6061 0000 0138 735 – BIC BCITITMM

ART. 6 – Quantification of the fee

The total fee is equal to € ________________________________.

A subsidy of € ______________________________ was assigned on ________________ by IPE, INPS, ENPAM, ADEPP, ________________ which reduces the total fee paid by the student to € ___________________________________________.

ART. 7 – Conduct and disciplinary measures

Students are required to avoid behavior that may cause annoyance or damage to people or things both within the College and in the immediate vicinity.

Violation of the prohibitions may result in the issuing of an informal warning up to immediate expulsion from the College, based on the unquestionable assessment of the Management.

ART. 8 – Renunciation of staying in the College

Early and voluntary renunciation of staying in the College entails the obligation to pay an amount equal to three instalments.

An exception is made in cases where the renunciation is determined by serious and proven needs (for example: health reasons, prior agreements in view of public competitions, failure to be assigned a university location). In such situations the College Management, in agreement with the IPE, reserves the right to evaluate individual cases in order to reach a fair resolution.

ART. 9 – Renewal

The student’s desire to renew the place for the following year must be explicitly expressed by email to amministrazione@poggiolevante.it by 31 May 2025. The renewal, subject to verification of the necessary requirements established in the art. 13 of the competition notice for admission to the IPE 2024/25 University Colleges of Merit, is decided at the sole discretion of the Management following a personal interview. Feedback on the renewal request will be given to the student via email by 15 July 2025.

ART. 10 – Student safety

Upon admission, the student must inform himself, through the instructions provided, on the procedures to be followed in the event of an emergency and fire prevention. The student must participate in training and information activities and evacuation drills aimed at protection and safety in accordance with current sector regulations and as prescribed by the relevant bodies.

ART. 11 – Duration of the contract

This contract lasts from ___________________ to ___________________.

Upon expiry of the contract, the student undertakes to leave the room free of all their personal objects and effects, unless otherwise agreed with the Management.
Any further periods of stay not regulated by this contract must be evaluated and expressly agreed with the Management, with payment of a specific fee.

ART. 12 – Final provisions

The IPE declines all responsibility for any harmful event (theft, loss, damage, etc.) that may occur to the student’s belongings during their stay at the College. In the event of any shortages or damage found by the College Management on the assigned material and on the common structures, the student will have to pay the amount equal to the repair and/or replacement cost within one month.

Any changes to the contractual conditions will be arranged by means of an apostille attached to this contract.

ART. 13 – Competent forum

For any dispute arising from this contract the court of Naples is competent.

Read, signed and signed in Bari on ______________________

The student _____________________________________________

The IPE Director General ___________________________________

Pursuant to art. 13 of the Legislative Decree. 196/2003 and EU Regulation 2016/679 regarding the processing of personal data, the undersigned gives my consent to the processing of personal data by IPE; such data will be processed for institutional purposes, therefore strictly connected and instrumental to the activities of the Institute and the Poggiolevante College. The data will be processed using electronic or paper support suitable to guarantee security and confidentiality for the entire duration of the relationship and for the following ten years.

The Data Controller of Personal Data is IPE, Riviera di Chiaia 264, 80121 Naples.

The data controllers are Lucio Spina and Simona Balzano. Delegate for Poggiolevante is Michele Crudele (direzione@poggiolevante.it).

The student _____________________________________________

I expressly approve, pursuant to the articles. 1341 and 1342 cc, all the previous clauses and, in particular, the articles. 2, 3, 4, 10 and 11.

The student ___________________________________________

I authorize IPE – Institute for research and educational activities, as managing body of the “IPE University Colleges” to publish in paper and digital formats in printed media, brochures, posters, on audio-visual media and/or the internet, of its own photographic images and/or or video footage. The use of the images is to be considered carried out and granted free of charge. I relieve IPE from any financial obligation and from any responsibility inherent to incorrect use of data and images by third parties.

I authorize the processing of the data provided for the purposes of the activities that the IPE carries out with the Ministry of University and Scientific Research.

With this release, IPE is released from any direct or indirect responsibility relating to any damage to my image. This document has unlimited validity.

The student ___________________________________________

edition: 5 July 2024