Housing at MU
The Accommodation and Catering Services of Masaryk University (SKM MU) is a purpose-built facility of the university that provides the operation of canteens and accommodation facilities at Masaryk University (www.skm.muni.cz). International exchange students are usually accommodated in the “Vinařská”, “Komárov-Sladkého” or “Kounicova” halls of residence:
Before Arrival
Book your room
In early August (autumn semester) or early January (spring semester), you will be informed by e-mail how to book a pre-booked room in the ISKaM booking system and how to pay the booking deposit. If you do not proceed with both steps within the deadline, your room reservation will be cancelled.
In the ISKaM booking system, you will:
- choose a residence
- choose a room number
- choose the date of arrival and departure (BINDING)
- sign the accommodation contract electronically
You have to print out the accommodation contract twice and bring it with you.
Private accommodation
If you prefer to stay in a private flat, please follow this link for more information.
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After Arrival
Information about how to get to:
Room reservation
- Students who reserve a bed through ISKam at MU halls of residence are obliged to pay a reservation deposit of 2000 CZK + 30-times the daily rate of the dormitory fee. Their reservation of a bed will be cancelled if they do not pay for deposits. The reservation deposit can be paid for by bank card through SUPO.
- In case a student does not have an active SUPO account, the account should be activated in SUPO.
- Reservation deposit is due 5 days after bed reservation is made.
Rent payment
Within 10 days after arrival, every student is obliged to pay the first month’s rent.
| BOOKING DEPOSIT |
SECURITY DEPOSIT |
FIRST MONTH’S RENT |
OTHER MONTHLY RENT PAYMENTS |
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before arrival, during reservation
|
before arrival, during reservation |
within 10 days after arrival |
by 10th day of the month |
| ca. 2000 CZK |
30 times the daily rate of the dormitory fee |
monthly rent |
monthly rent |
| SUPO by card |
SUPO by card |
SUPO by card |
SUPO by card |
| BOOKING DEPOSIT + SECURITY DEPOSIT = LAST MONTH’S RENT |
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To get more information about MU dorms, click here.
Other monthly rent payments must be made by the 10th day of the particular month (March’s rent - needs to be paid by 10 March at the latest, and so on), when making a rent payment through cashless transfer, it is necessary to send the payment at least 5 working days before the deadline, so that the money arrives on the MU account on time.
In case of late payment, you will be charged a penalty of 5 CZK for each day of delay.
Supo account
SUPO is a university system of settling payments for services. To log in into the SUPO account, enter your UČO and primary MU password. The aim of the system is to minimise handling of cash, to support cashless forms of payment and to centralise in one common place students' financial means intended for payments for various types of services at Masaryk University.
Check your balance in your SUPO account (“SUPO client account” in the left-hand menu and then on the sub-link “MU account balance overview”).
Practical example:
| Item |
Balance in CZK |
| Current balance |
5 407.00 |
| Blocked balance |
3 300.00 |
| Disposable balance |
2 107.00 |
| Refundable balance |
0 |
| Outstanding items |
4 999.00 |
| Amount to pay: |
2 833.00 |
Means of rent Payment
How can you pay the rent? You just need to have money on your SUPO account; money for the rent will be automatically deducted. How to get money into your SUPO account and pay the rent:
- By card here.
- Cash payment through Credit Top-up Machines (see the photo below). You can find these devices at all faculties (except for the Faculty of Informatics) and all halls of residence. It accepts bank notes only.
- Cash payment at the counters of any bank to the MU bank account (MU bank account details).
- Cashless transfer/payment order from your Czech account.
- Cashless transfer/payment order from your home account (when transferring the money from a foreign account, the transfer fee is to be paid by you, otherwise it will be withdrawn from your SUPO or you will have to pay the transfer fee in cash to the accommodation assistant).
Dormitories FAQ
What to do to extend/shorten the dormitory accommodation contract?
Will I get the deposit back?
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Yes, the booking deposit will be released within 14 days after you check out. It usually happens only on Wednesdays of each week. So if you are checking out on Wednesday they may release it on Wednesday. If you are checking out on any other day than Wednesday, the deposit will be released only on the upcoming Wednesday. See further details about the transfer to your home bank account below. The deposit will not be used to cover your last month of accommodation. So you need to pay for your last month of accommodation as usual.
Where can I find more details about the deposit?
- Login into MU SUPO to check your deposit status and its amount.
I still have some money on my Webkredit/ SUPO. How can I get it back?
- If you have some money on the canteen account (WebKredit), you should first transfer the money to your SUPO account in order to get back all the money. Then, you can have the money sent to your account by following these steps. These steps can only be done after your study record has been closed (your coordinator will notify you when that happens, probably mid-July).
- use this application to enter your bank account number into our system
- use this application to ask for the refund
- The money transfer will take about a week and your bank may charge some fees for an incoming international transfer.
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Before Departure
Accommodation contract
You, as an international student staying in the halls of residence, may:
- EXTEND the contract at any time during the semester
- TERMINATE the contract earlier, but you have to do it in advance
To terminate the contract earlier/ shorten your stay, you need to contact your accommodation assistant who you can find in the document Important SKM MU contact (see the section Documents). The notice period is 1 month and it starts on the first calendar day of the month following the one when you deliver the notice. The notice period is 30 days before your planned day of departure.
Pre-departure steps
You should follow the instructions of the accommodation department, however, exchange students will be informed about the pre-departure steps in detail by e-mail, when the end of the semester is approaching.
Withdraw your money from the SUPO account
If there is an overpayment on your SUPO account before your departure, ask for the refund at https://inet.muni.cz/app/supo/vraceni (the money will be then return to your Czech bank account). If you do not have a Czech bank account, you need to wait until your study record in the IS is terminated. Then, you need to send a request here, attaching this document. Be prepared for the banks to charge some fees and that it may take some time for the money to arrive.
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