ACCOMMODATION SCENARIO
at dormitories and other buildings of the
CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE
This document is issued on the basis of the Accommodation Rules of the Czech Technical University in Prague (hereinafter „CTU”), and pursuant to Art. 2, para. 2 it is issued by the CTU Rector after consultation at the CTU Academic Senate. The purpose of this document is, pursuant to the Accommodation Rules, to determine the procedures, rules and methods for providing accommodation in buildings owned by CTU, in particular to CTU students and graduates, and also to students and graduates of other universities and other education facilities, and also study programmes and other persons (hereinafter “accommodation applicants”), all on the basis of and in accordance with the rules, documents and other implementing regulations set out below.
Article I.
SERVICE FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION, as an organisational unit within CTU (hereinafter „SFA CTU”) manages dormitories and other buildings in which it provides accommodation, in particular
- Strahov Dormitory, Podolí Dormitory, Masaryk Dormitory, Sinkule Dormitory, Dejvická Dormitory, Bubeneč Dormitory, Orlík Dormitory, Hlávka Dormitory
- Novoměstský Hotel
- other buildings
(hereinafter referred to together as “dormitories”).
The SFA CTU Director can determine for the academic year which buildings shall be used year-round and which only for shorter periods (e.g. placements, exchange trips in summer) and which buildings shall not be used at all in justified cases (e.g. due to cost-cutting measures, repairs, renovations) will be used for other purposes.
Article II.
CTU students and graduates are entitled to receive an accommodation place at dormitories run by SFA CTU upon meeting the conditions and formalities laid down in SFA CTU regulations, this Scenario and its appendices at a specially reduced price („dormitory price for students”). Rules and procedures for providing and obtaining dormitory accommodation are laid down for individual academic years. These rules may not be discriminatory in nature, and they must in particular:
- set out simplified conditions for already accommodated CTU students and graduates to obtain dormitory accommodation again;
- set out a procedure for obtaining accommodation for new CTU students or new CTU student applicants so that they shall be assured of obtaining a dormitory accommodation place when objective conditions are met (e.g. submitting confirmation of studies, correctly filled-in application);
- provide accommodation places to students on exchange placements and in summer study programmes according to options and availability of accommodation capacities;
- provide accommodation for a period of 2 nights to CTU students taking an exam during the course of the exam period at the dormitory price for students;
- provide and adapt accommodation places to CTU students with special requirements and specific needs (e.g. disabled students) according to their needs and considering the technical means available to the accommodation provider;
- allow accommodation applicants to choose a dormitory, or choose an accommodation place within the accommodation capacity available according to set conditions.
After dealing with all applications for accommodation submitted by applicants, CTU students, the SFA CTU will be provide accommodation in line with the terms and conditions set out above:
- students of other universities or other schools;
- students or graduates of other schools or study programmes or placements who apply for accommodation when they meet the set conditions and rules;
- to other persons in order to fill accommodation capacities, at a non-discounted price.
Procedures and rules for dormitory accommodation for the next academic year, and a document summarising the set of information on submitting a reservation and application for dormitory accommodation, on assigning accommodation places, on procedures and documents necessary to arrive at dormitory accommodation, etc., for the given academic year are found in Appendix 1 of this Scenario.
Article III.
SFA CTU shall decide on the assignment of an accommodation place. Entitlement to accommodation arises on the basis of a decision on assigning accommodation and after payment of the reservation deposit by the accommodation applicant. Relevant documents stipulate the amount and payment method of the monetary deposit, set the conditions for submitting an accommodation application and reservation and methods of paying for costs linked to accommodation. The Rector of CTU on the proposal of the SFA CTU Director, issues the Dormitory Price List and Price List of Accommodation and Price List of Accommodation for Employees (hereinafter „Pricelists”). The Dormitory Pricelist is issued following discussion with the CTU Student Union and following discussion with the CTU Academic Senate. The Director of SFA CTU issues the the Pricelist of refunds, fees, lump sum payments, penalties and other services provided by SFA CTU in Prague (hereinafter „Price list of payments“) and Pricelist of Compensation for damage Caused to the Property of SFA CTU in Prague for Accommodated (hereinafter „Price list of damages“). This does not affect the provisions of Article VI. of this Scenario. An Accommodation Schedule (hereinafter „Schedule”) is also issued for each academic year, with the Schedule for the following academic year forming Appendix 2 of this Scenario.
Article IV.
An applicant for accommodation shall enter into the Agreement of Accommodation before taking up accommodation at the halls of residence on the basis of the allocated accommodation place and its confirmation by the applicant. Alongside the Agreement of Accommodation, the applicant also arranges the insurance of belongings taken to the place of accommodation. Other rights and obligations of the accommodated person and accommodation provider are contained within the General Terms of Accommodation and House Rules for the individual dormitories. The General Terms of Accommodation comprise Appendix 3 of this Scenario, the House Rules are issued by the Director of SFA CTU, and these documents shall be duly published alongside the Accommodation Agreement so that all CTU students and any other accommodation applicants are able to read these documents. The General Terms of Accommodation shall be provided to the accommodated person to read along with their signature of the Accommodation Agreement at the latest. The General Terms of Accommodation mainly contain the rights and obligations of the accommodated person, such as the obligation to keep the dormitories tidy, to refrain from undesirable conduct, the right to separate female and male accommodation, etc.
Article V.
Accommodation at the halls of residence may come to an end on the basis of the situations presented in the General Terms of Accommodation (for example, the passing of the time for which the Agreement of Accommodation has been arranged, the ending or interruption of studies at university, leaving on a foreign placement, notice submitted by the resident a minimum of 30 calendar days in advance, the deregistration of the resident from the halls of residence without notice having been submitted, notice submitted by the accommodation provider, for example, for failure to pay residence fees, destroying the property of the CTU, etc.). Once accommodation has come to an end, the resident returns the place of accommodation in the condition in which they received it. Other terms and conditions, such as the return of the deposit, compensation for loss or damage in the case of damage to equipment at the accommodation, are regulated in the House Rules and, as the case may be, the General Terms of Accommodation.
Article IV.
Students have the right to a discounted price for accommodation. Graduates of the CTU have the right to an appropriate discount on the price of accommodation for a period of 5 years after graduation. The price for accommodation for students is determined in the Dormitory Price List, always for the given academic year. The size of other fees and payments is set in the Price List of Payments. Pricelists state payments for accommodation at dormitories. The Price List of Payments states the prices of services associated with accommodation (electricity) and, for example, fees for receiving and processing an application for accommodation, the size of the deposit, the size of the insurance premium, etc. The Price List of Payments forms Annex No. 4 of this Scenario.
Article VII.
SFA CTU may issue other implementing regulations to carry out, or secure the technical implementation of, the provisions of this Scenario.
Agreed by the CTU AS of the day 26. 4. 2023.
Effective as of 2 May 2023.
doc. RNDr. Vojtěch Petráček, CSc., Rector, CTU in Prague, m.p.
Bc. Michal Vodička, Director, SFA CTU, m.p.
Appendices:
- Procedures and rules for accommodation at SFA CTU dormitories for the next academic year,
- Accommodation Schedule for the next academic year,
- General Terms of Accommodation,
- Pricelist of refunds, fees, lump sum payments, penalties and other services of the SFA CTU.
