First-year students – accommodation

Accommodation request

Admitted students apply for accommodation for their first year of study in July - see the Accommodation Schedule for more information.

Information on how to book dormitory accommodation for the academic year 2024/2025 can be found in Schedule of Student Accommodation in Dormitories for the Academic Year 2024-2025, 13R/2024 published in the "Documents" section. An overview of the application deadlines for accommodation for the next academic year.

Higher-year students must apply for accommodation each year.

Please follow the deadlines and instructions in the schedule!

Essential steps to getting a university dormitory (details in the Accommodation Schedule):

1) The student has proof of admission to study, then he/she can apply for accommodation

2) Newly applying students will pay a deposit of CZK 2,500. Otherwise the application will not be processed.

3) Submission of applications in ISKAM from 10. to 21. July 2024

4) The student will check in ISKAM whether he/she has received a dormitory placement). Applications will be approved in order based on commuting distance. Whether the request was granted: 21. July 2024 in ISKAM

  • granted = the student can make a bed reservation and sign the agreement
  • undecided = accommodation not allocated (deposit not paid, debt to UWB or insufficient accommodation capacity)
  • rejected = accommodation was not granted either due to insufficient dormitory capacity, short commuting distance from the place of residence or failure to pay the accommodation deposit.

5) The student makes a bed reservation and electronically signs the agreement in ISKAM - click the dialog box. Reservation of a specific bed and signing the contract: from 1. to11. August 2024. He/she pays the dormitory fee for September.

A new application for accommodation must be submitted for each subsequent academic year (the deadline for higher-year students is usually in April). The deposit remains in ISKAM for the next academic year.

Identification of university dorms in ISKAM: Armabeton = Borská 53; Lochotín = Bolevecká 30-32; Bory = Máchova 14-16, Máchova 20, Klatovská 200 (Baarova 36 - closed, reconstruction).

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If you do not have an Orion account yet, log in to ISKAM (accommodation and catering):

ISKAM login without an Orion account

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Payment and other information

  • Dormitory fees for a given month are due by the 15th of the month. Late payment is subject to a penalty.
  • Dormitory fees can be paid by bank transfer, QR code, payment gateway or at payment terminals (the NTIS hall at Technická 8; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Univerzitní 22; the Bory and Kollárova cafeterias).
  • Payments by bank transfer are credited to the JIS account in ISKAM (JUK - unified university account) in about 2-3 business days. This includes payments by QR code.
  • Always use the variable symbol (VS) to match the payment to your JIS card (JUK account).
  • Payments at bank terminals and payment gateways will appear on the JIS (JUK) account in ISKAM immediately.
  • Each guest is charged a flat fee of CZK 100/month/person for their own electrical appliances.

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Connecting to the Eduroam wireless network and registering computers on the dormitory network

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Deposit for accommodation (CZK 2,500), dormitory fee and topping up JIS:          

  • Bank account number:  78887000/2700
  • Variable symbol: number generated on the ISKAM website after you log in (or your full birth certificate number)
  • Specific symbol: 7777

Always use the variable symbol (VS) to match the payment to your JIS card (JUK account).

 


Foreign payments including Slovakia (IBAN Methods of Payment):

Beneficiary: University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Univerzitní 8, 306 14 Plzeň, Czech Bank transfer to:

UniCredit Bank ( SWIFT address BACXCZPP )

UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s., Želetavská 1525/1, 140 92 Praha 4 - Michle, Czech

account number 78887000 /CZK /

account number in IBAN format CZ8027000000000078887000

Bank Code: 2700

Variable symbol: generated number after login to ISKAM or birth certificate number

Specific symbol: 7777

Fee / Charges-details: OUR !!!!

If you do not enter OUR, the bank charges a fee of 200,- CZK!!!

Termination of accommodation

Termination of accommodation in University dormitories is governed by the accommodation agreement.

The process of termination of accommodation (handover of the bed, room):

  1. The student will report to the dorm manager to check the status of payments on his/her JIS account (whether he/she owes the dorm fees, contractual penalty, laundry or other services).
  2. The student receives a bed handover form, which is confirmed by an authorized SKM employee (usually a cleaning lady), based on a room inspection (cleaning, undamaged equipment, etc.) and the return of bed linen.
  3. The confirmed form and room key will be returned to the reception (doorman’s office) upon departure.
  4. Check-out takes place in the morning on weekdays. If the student plans to leave on a Saturday or Sunday, he/she will check out on the Friday and return the room key to the reception at the weekend.
  5. Foreign students who do not have a Czech bank account will receive, after prior arrangement with the dorm manager, the accommodation deposit in cash at the reception.

 

  • Requests for refund of JIS card balance (JUK account) and refund of deposit

(if the student does not continue to stay at the dormitory in the following academic year) are submitted electronically in ISKAM (Accommodation and Catering).

  1. a) ISKAM login
  2.   b) Tabs Account, Basic data - fill in the account number and bank code here
  3. c) Tabs: Account, Accounts
  4. d) Return overpayments. Once clicked, a refund request is submitted and the amount will be refunded as soon as possible to the bank account indicated (within 2 weeks).