Housing



Home Sweet Home
Whether you live with an Italian family or in an apartment, our housing office will help you make arrangements, and guide you through the process from beginning to end. Living in Italy should not only be an exciting learning experience but also an insightful one. We want you to consider Italy your home away from home.

Homestays or Apartment Living?
All Arts and Science students automatically live in homestays. Due to studio hours, all Architects and Pre-Architects placed in apartments unless they opt for a homestay. Studio Art students are given a choice of either homestay or an apartment, but apartment living is on an "as available only" basis and is accommodated on a first-come, first-serve basis.



Who's Who in the Housing Office

Jim Kauffman
Rm. 24
055-5031327
jhkauffm@syr.fi.it

Jim Kauffman has been SUF’s Assistant Director of Student Life and Housing Coordinator since 2000. Jim came to Italy with his wife and two children seventeen years ago. He wanted to give his family a diverse cultural experience. His family enjoyed living in Florence so much that they have never left. Jim oversees extracurricular activities and counseling issues and is responsible for everything related to student housing.

“Placing students in their appropriate housing is a fundamental part of our program. As 80% of our students live with Italian host families, it gives me a great deal of pride that semester after semester the students rank their homestay experience one of the most significant aspects of studying abroad.”

“Working in the housing office has given me the opportunity to get to know both students and host families. I enjoy being the connective element between two languages and two cultures. Helping people is very important to me!”

Roberta Mugelli
Rm. 24
055-5031328
rbmugell@syr.fi.it


Roberta Mugelli has worked for Syracuse as Housing Assistant for many years. Roberta was born and raised in Florence. She serves as a liaison between the host families and the university and is responsible for the administrative procedures regarding housing. Her passions include encountering new cultures and working within the international community at SUF.