Turin · for students

Studying in Turin

A quiet room, a library five minutes away, the university canteen at a quarter of an hour. Turin has 120,000 students and does not show it: two big universities, the design schools, study rooms open until the evening. For an exam, an Erasmus or a whole semester.

5 minIED at the Marconi campus, in front of the metro
5 minthe San Salvario public library, free
18 minthe university canteen, full meal €8.60
20 minthe Politecnico, on foot or by tram

Inside Tomato

Before you go out: what is already in the house, included in the price of the night. And a long-stay rate, if you stay a semester.

The room
All en suite with air conditioning, quiet hours from 11 pm to 8 am. To really sleep the night before the exam.
The coworking space
Free for guests: a desk, sockets, wi-fi, and the meeting room for group work, booked at the desk. Prices and meeting room →
The kitchen, 24 hours
The cheapest place in town to eat. Breakfast is at one shared table, in the morning.
The long-stay rate
A week, a month or a semester: ask at the desk or write to torino@tomato.to.it. Book with us and we answer, not a middleman. Long stays →

Libraries open to everyone

Free and no student card needed: an ID is enough. In order of distance from the door.

5 minon foot

Natalia Ginzburg city library

via Cesare Lombroso 16

Sockets at the tables, wi-fi, no card needed to sit. Mon, Wed, Thu 12:30-19; Tue, Fri 9-15:30; closed at weekends.

20 minon foot

Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria

piazza Carlo Alberto 3

The historic state reading rooms. Call first for hours and access: 011 810 1111.

20 minon foot

Central Engineering Library, Politecnico

corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24

Admits readers from outside the Politecnico for consultation, leaving an ID at the entrance.

25 minby tram

Norberto Bobbio Library, Campus Luigi Einaudi

Lungo Dora Siena 100

The big law and economics library, open to non-UniTo readers too: register on Affluences, book a seat and validate the QR code within an hour. Mon-Fri 8:30-19:15, Sat 8:30-13:15.

Study rooms and canteen

With a student card from any university, even outside Piedmont: book with the Campus Piemonte app.

6 minon foot

Casa del Quartiere San Salvario

via Morgari 14

The old public baths turned community house: bar, courtyard, tables where you study for the price of a drink. Every day 9 am to midnight, no student card needed.

18 minon foot

EDISU study room Principe Amedeo

via Principe Amedeo 48

96 seats, wi-fi, photocopies. Mon-Fri 8:30-19, Sat 8:30-16. University students only, booking on the app.

18 minon foot

EDISU canteen Principe Amedeo

via Principe Amedeo 48

Mon-Sat, 12-14:30 and 19-21. Students of Piedmont universities pay by income bracket; everyone else pays €8.60 for a full meal with the “other users” registration on the EDISU portal.

20 minon foot

Murazzi Student Zone

Murazzi del Po 22

190 seats on the river, sockets, a bar with terrace. Open in the evening and on Sundays too; hours change with the season. Same app.

The universities, on foot

From San Salvario the IED is around the corner, the Politecnico twenty minutes away, Palazzo Nuovo twenty-five.

5 minon foot

IED Turin, Marconi campus

via Nizza 18

The new home of the European Institute of Design, opposite Marconi metro station, with its own library. The historic campus is at via San Quintino 39.

20 minon foot

Politecnico di Torino

corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24

The main campus, on foot or by tram along corso Vittorio, with the Engineering Library.

25 minon foot

University of Turin, Palazzo Nuovo

via Sant’Ottavio 20

The humanities building, at the end of via Po.

25 minby tram

University of Turin, Campus Luigi Einaudi

Lungo Dora Siena 100

Law, political science and economics, with the Bobbio Library.

35 minmetro + bus

IAAD

via Pisa 5/d

The Institute of Applied Art and Design, in the Aurora district.

A semester in Turin costs less than you think

Tomato is at via Silvio Pellico 11, in the middle of San Salvario: en-suite room with air conditioning, quiet hours from 11 pm to 8 am, coworking space and 24-hour kitchen included. If you stay a month or a semester, write to us for the long-stay rate. No parties: breakfast at one shared table in the morning and an aperitivo at seven, if you feel like it.

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