Survival Guide for Visitors - Accommodation at NCU
Campuses in Toruń
Student dormitories no. 10 and no. 11
Private accommodation
CAMPUSES IN TORUŃ
There are two university campuses in Toruń: the Center Campus (Osiedle “Centrum”) and the Bielany Campus (Osiedle “Bielany”). Currently the University owns 11 student dormitories (called DOM STUDENCKI or DS.) with accommodation for more than 3,300 students. For students with disabilities specially adapted apartments are available.
- The Center Campus is located next to the Old Town and to the Faculty of Philology, Faculty of Humanities, and Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science. It consists of 5 student dormitories, including:
- Student Dormitory no. 1, ul. Mickiewicza 2/4, tel. +48 56 6121174,
- Student Dormitory no. 2, ul. Mickiewicza 6/8, tel. +48 56 6121180,
- Student Dormitory no. 3, ul. Moniuszki 16/20, tel. +48 56 6121417,
- Student Dormitory no. 5, ul. Słowackiego 5/7, tel. +48 56 6121535,
- Student Dormitory no. 6, ul. Słowackiego 1/3, tel. +48 56 6121548,
Student dormitories in the Center Campus offer single, double and triple rooms equipped with a telephone. Toilets and showers are in a corridor. Each dormitory has a room for individual study, a self-service launderette called PRALNIA and a common room with TV. Internet is available in all student dormitories. In student dormitories no. 2 and no. 5, there are TV slots, so if you have your own TV set, you may watch TV.
The new University campus, the Bielany Campus, is located in the suburb of Bielany in the western part of Toruń. Apart from dormitories there are also the main University office (REKTORAT), the Foreign Languages Centre, a 930-seat lecture and concert hall (AULA), the University Library building, buildings for the Faculty of Biology, the Faculty of History, the Faculty of Chemistry, the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management complex and its 400-seat lecture hall, the Faculty of Law and Administration, the Faculty of Theology, sport halls, and a medical centre (APL = AKADEMICKA PRZYCHODNIA LEKARSKA). There is also a student club Od Nowa.
- There are 6 student dormitories located along Gagarina Street and Reja Street, including:
- Student Dormitory no. 7, ul. Gagarina 19, tel. +48 56 6114942,
- Student Dormitory no. 8, ul. Gagarina 17, tel. +48 56 6114943,
- Student Dormitory no. 9, ul. Gagarina 21, tel. +48 56 6114944,
- Student Dormitory no. 10, ul. Gagarina 27, tel. +48 56 6114945,
- Student Dormitory no. 11, ul. Gagarina 33, tel. +48 56 6114946,
- Student Dormitory no. 12, ul. Reja 25, tel. +48 56 6114947,
Student dormitories in the Bielany Campus offer single, double and triple rooms equipped with a telephone. Each building has a room for individual study, a self-service launderette called PRALNIA and a common room with TV. The Internet is available in all student dormitories. In student dormitories no. 10, 11 and 12, there are TV slots, so if you have your own TV set, you may watch TV.
In student dormitories no. 7, 8 and 9, there are studios consisting of 4 rooms with a shared toiled and a shower. A kitchen is located in a corridor.
In student dormitories no. 10 and 11, there are studios consisting of 2 rooms (which could be single or double) with a shared toilet, a shower and a kitchenette. .
STUDENT DORMITORIES NO. 10 AND NO. 11
The Nicolaus Copernicus University tries to provide accommodation for international students participating in the exchange programmes. Since the number of places is limited, Erasmus students who submit their application forms to the International Programmes Office early (before the 1st of JUNE) are given priority. Although most rooms in student dormitories are double, Erasmus students usually occupy single rooms in the student dormitory no. 10 (DS. 10) (on Bielany campus, ul. Gagarina 27, 87-100 Toruń, tel. (+48 56) 611 49 45) or in the student dormitory no. 11 (DS. 11) (ul. Gagarina 33, tel. (+48 56) 611 49 46). There are studios consisting of 2 rooms (which could be single or double) with a shared toilet, a shower and a kitchenette.
Here you may check some photos from those dormitories www.umk.pl/studenci/ds/studenci/os_bielany/ds11/ or www.umk.pl/studenci/ds/studenci/os_bielany/ds10/ .
Price
The cost of a single room is approximately 500 złoty per month (about 125 Euro) and that of a double room is about 320 złoty per month per person (about 75 Euro). However, the size of the room is the same both for one or two students (about 11 m2). The rent must be paid by the 15th of each month.
Upon arrival Erasmus students are asked to pay a deposit for their room which equals the amount of their monthly rent. It means that if you are to live in a single room, you will have to pay at the beginning of your stay 2 x 500 złoty; whereas if you are to live in a double room, you will be asked to pay 2 x 320 złoty. A deposit will be given to you back before your departure, provided your room will be in a very good condition.
Equipment and services
Each room is equipped with desks, bookshelves, and chairs. It has a shower, a toilet, and a kitchenette fitted with some cupboards, a refrigerator, and an electric kettle shared by students. You will probably need your own cutlery, pots and pans.
There is also a shared kitchen on every floor equipped with a gas cooker and a sink (hot & cold water). Sheets and a pillowcase are provided every month. You will need your own towels.
Each dormitory provides self-service launderettes called PRALNIA (you can buy tokens for one wash at the reception desk). Students themselves are required to clean their rooms. Please leave your room nice and clean when moving out, the way you would like to find it yourself upon arrival!
Every room is equipped with a telephone. Connections within the Campus and other dormitories (you dial only the last 4-digit numbers) are free of charge. You can also receive calls from the outside (if you live in DS. 11, your number will be 611 and the last 4-digit numbers; if you live in DS. 10, your number will be 612 and the last 4-digit numbers ) and from abroad (in DS. 11 +48 56 611 and the last 4-digit numbers; in DS. 10 +48 56 612 and the last 4-digit numbers).
The Internet network is available in all student dormitories (every room is connected to it for free); however, you should have your own computer or notebook and open a university account to be able to access it. Additionally, you have to buy a special cable (around 10 zł in every computer shop in Toruń) to be able to plug in.
There is a Reception in each dormitory which is open 24 hours. It is a place from which you get keys to your room and where you leave them each time you go out of the building.
Rules at the student dormitory
Applying for accommodation
PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION If you are interested in private accommodation, it is also possible
to rent a room or a flat in the town. The prices may vary depending on
the standard, location and distance from the University. Accommodation
is often advertised in local newspapers.
Please note that the International Programmes Office does not provide help in looking for private accommodation.
Our university offers a new system of searching and booking flats or rooms for students „Chata dla zaka” . It is run by Amicus Universitatis Nicolai Copernici Foundation. If you are interested, you may visit the web site http://fundacjaumk.umk.pl/chata/ to check the list of places offered in Torun. Some of them have photos attached. The procedure is as follows:
- First, you should pay 10 zloty (about 3 euros) to the bank account of Foundation: Multibank 07 1140 2017 0000 4602 0345 2752
- Second, write an e-mail (in Polish or in English) to fundacja@umk.pldescribing a place you would be interested in finding or already including the codes of flats from the list http://fundacjaumk.umk.pl/chata/ . You may choose only five places from the list. Please do not forget to mention that you are an Erasmus student.
- Then, the Foundation will be in contact with you giving you the names, addresses and telephones of the owners of the flats.
For further details, please check the web site in Polish: http://fundacjaumk.umk.pl/chata/zasady/
Alternatively, the student organisations
NZS
and ZSP provide information on accommodation in the area. Small
ads also frequently appear on notice boards around the University.
You can also visit the website of the International Student Home Exchange europa.eu/youth/news/index_1310_en.html to see whether there are any students from our university in Toruń who
would like to swap their home with you for the period of your stay here.
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