Mission

Halls of Residence are university centres that, integrated within the University, provide accommodation and further the education of the residents, at the service of the university community and of society as a whole.

The aims of Halls of Residence are:

To foster a community sense of co-existence amongst residents in keeping with their human, civic, social and ethical education.
To arouse a spirit of responsibility amongst residents, especially through study, involvement in the various activities and the organisation of life in the residence.
To encourage residents to become actively involved in the social environment.
To stimulate a multi-faceted and open-minded cultural background, to complement academic education, with a questioning approach to the quest for truth.
To provide residents with a suitable environment in which to achieve the full development of their personalities as well as their academic targets.

The Hall of Residence, which is both home and workshop, lives, thinks, feels, organises itself, celebrates and shares university life. It has its values and meanings, which are expressed in gestures, symbols and ways of life. They are values that are common to all Halls of Residence: the furtherance of education, study, co-existence, personal develop-ment and the creation of a suitable and comfortable environment in which to live, study and interact with others. A Hall of Residence should ensure the prevalence of an atmosphere of freedom with acceptance of a statutory framework designed to achieve its aims through healthy co-existence. The presence of rules should not be seen as an obstacle but rather as a means of furthering that personal freedom.