During the quarantine, it is possible for VMU students who are unable to study remotely to move into dormitories
Taking into account the Government of the Republic of Lithuania 2020 May 13th No. 475, which from May 25th allowed to carry out higher education studies that cannot be carried out remotely, Vytautas Magnus University from this year May 25th allows new residents, VMU students, to stay in the university dormitories, who have http://studentas.vdu.lt before submitting a place by submitting a motivated application for accommodation by e-mail studentas@vdu.lt and obtain a consent to stay in VMU dormitory.
Persons staying in a dormitory must indicate that during the stay:
- they did not develop a fever (37,7°C and above) and did not show signs of acute upper respiratory tract infections, acute intestinal infections and other communicable diseases (e.g. cough, difficulty breathing, diarrhea, vomiting, rash, etc.);
- does not suffer from chronic diseases specified in serious chronic diseases for which a person is issued a certificate of incapacity for work during an emergency of quarantine period;
- does not live with persons subjected to the necessary isolation due to the risk of the spread of coronavirus infection, or returned from it and performed the compulsory 14 days self-isolated period (except for the countries specified by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania). We remind you that returning from foreign countries must fill in the questionnaire provided by the National Public Health Centre and must isolate themselves in Lithuania (at home or in a place designated by the municipality) for 14 days by calling 1808 to register and check for coronavirus infection at a mobile point.
IMPORTANT: students wishing to move to Vytautas Magnus University dormitories are recommended to critically evaluate all other accommodation options, not only dormitory, choosing the safest one.
The decision on the possibility of providing a place to live will be made taking into account the reasons given by the students for staying in the dormitory and the conditions applicable to such accommodation. Please note that guests are not allowed in the dormitory.
In the dormitory, all new and arriving students will be required to check the temperature and follow all quarantine instructions in the dormitory.
For more information, contact by e-mail studentas@vdu.lt or phone: (8 37) 751 175
A Survey of the Quality of Accommodation Services is Being Conducted
From May 11, 2020, on the initiative of Student Affairs department, „Survey of the Quality of Accommodation Services“ is being conducted for the very first time. Students, who are living in the dormitories are requested to evaluate living conditions and services, that are provided in the dormitories of Vytautas Magnus university. Link to the survey was send to all the residents by an e-mail to their personal e-mail address.
We kindly invite students to participate in the survey and submit their evaluation, opinions and suggestions, that would help to improve the performance and services provided in the dormitories. We are hoping for ~10 minutes of your time, that you would dedicate for completing this questionnaire. It is intended to conduct this survey every year in the future in order to compare the results and to deliver changes of accommodation services. Summarised results will be also published on http://accommodation.vdu.lt/.
Thank you for your active participation and contribution.
Possibility of changing the room of the dormitory dormitory during the period of quarantine (updated 05.11)
Starting from May 11th, 2020, students living in VMU dormitories will be able to change dormitory rooms to vacant places not only in the same dormitory where they live (this opportunity has been granted since April 1st) but also between dormitories. Residents shall check the list of vacant rooms and make new reservations on http://studentas.vdu.lt.
IMPORTANT: Students who wish to change their place of residence between dormitories will not be able to take the opportunity to keep it until the 31st of July, i. e. neither the new nor the former residence will be retained until the specified date if they are evicted.
We want to remind that during the nationwide quarantine announced by the Government of Lithuania new residents will not be accommodated in the dormitories of VMU (reservations will be canceled), all residents are also banned from inviting guests to the dormitory. Gatherings and organization of common activities in the shared areas (e.g. kitchens, smoking rooms, reading rooms, etc.) and rooms of the dormitories are also banned (residents, who will violate this order shall be imposed disciplinary penalties).
For more information please contact: e-mail studentas@vdu.lt or phone 8-37 75 11 75
Possibility to Postpone the Payment of Accommodation Fees During Quarantine
We want to inform that students, who are living in the dormitories of Vytautas Magnus university in Kaunas, Kaunas District, or Vilnius, and who due to financial difficulties cannot pay their accommodation fees in time set by University and specified in the Agreement for Accommodation, may apply for a postponement of the deadline for the payment until the end of quarantine period in Lithuania.
Residents may apply for an individual payment schedule or for payment in instalments (when resident is paying part of the accommodation fees for month and gets permission to pay the rest later).
In order to apply for the postponement of the deadline, resident shall personally contact VMU Student Centre by an email studentas@vdu.lt
In case of questions please contact Student Centre:
Email studentas@vdu.lt
Phone no (8 37) 751 175
Information on Changes of the Procedure for Termination of the Agreement for Accommodation, Moving in and out of the Dormitory
After taking into consideration initiative of the Student Representative Council to mitigate effect and negative consequences for students of VMU during the nationwide quarantine announced by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, Vytautas Magnus university (VMU) has made a decision until July 31st, 2020, to allow students of VMU, who have terminated their Agreement for Accommodation during the period from April 1st, 2020, until the end of quarantine, to return to live in the same place of residence in the dormitories of VMU, where they lived before the date of moving-out.
In order to move-out of the dormitory, student shall:
- send an e-mail to studentas@vdu.lt from e-mail account provided by the university and inform representatives of the University about termination of the Agreement for Accommodation and the date of departure from the dormitory (no later than 10 working days after sending the letter). The date of termination of the Agreement for Accommodation will be the one, when University receives an email (calculation of the fees will be suspended from this date as well). Residents also retain the possibility to terminate their Agreement for Accommodation and move-out of the dormitory in accordance with current procedures, by informing dormitory administrator in advance (accommodation fees would be suspended from the day of moving-out);
- when moving-out of the dormitory, resident must vacate the place of residence, return the inventory, take out any personal property, return keys and entrance card to the dormitory’s administrator.
In order to return to live in the same dormitory room, where they lived prior to departure, Students will be required to complete following procedures after the end of the Quarantine Period:
- Residents who terminated the Accommodation Agreement after April 1st, 2020, has the right to request a return to live in the same place of residence in the dormitory, where they lived before the termination of their Agreement. For this, after the end of quarantine but no later than by July 31st, 2020, resident shall submit a prescribed application form on http://apgyvendinimas.vdu.lt.
- residents who by July 31st, 2020, will not submit a request to return to the same dormitory room where they lived before the date of departure, will lose the right to return to it but will have an opportunity to choose another place of residence from the public list of vacant rooms in the dormitories;
The procedure for concluding the Agreement for Accommodation and returning to live in the same dormitory room, where student has lived before moving-out, does not apply to students who will graduate or their exchange study period at VMU will be completed in Spring semester 2019-2020.
We would like to inform you, that during the implementation of this decision room reservations and changes will be limited and/or may take longer than usual. We are sorry for the inconveniences.
If you have any questions, please contact us by e-mail: studentas@vdu.lt or phone number: (8 37) 751 175.
25 Percent Accommodation Fee Reduction Will be Granted
In accordance with the decisions of the working group, which was established to analyse and address relevant issues in the University dormitories during the nationwide quarantine announced by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, Rector of the University has made following decisions: in order to reduce negative consequences of the quarantine situation for students, all students of Vytautas Magnus university, who have valid Agreements for Accommodation, will be granted 25 % accommodation fee reduction for a period from April 1st, 2020, to June 30th, 2020.
Accommodation fee reduction will be granted to all students of Vytautas Magnus university, who have been living in the dormitories on April 1st, 2020, or later. Accommodation fees will be updated by the following order:
- If student of VMU has already paid the fees for April, he or she will have an overpayment once 25 % reduction will be applied;
- If student of VMU has not yet paid the fees for April, he or she will have to pay 25 % lower fees once reduction will be applied;
- If student of VMU has already moved-out of the dormitory after April 1st, 2020, he or she will have an overpayment or the fee will be 25 % lower (depending on whether resident has paid fees or not), once the reduction will be applied.
Accommodation fees will be recalculated by April 17th, 2020, and information will be updated on http://studentas.vdu.lt without prior notice. Accommodation fees for May and June will already be reduced by 25 %.
In case of questions, please contact:
Phone +370 37 75 11 75
Email studentas@vdu.lt
University Initiates Supplemental Agreement to the Agreement for Accommodation
In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus within the dormitories of Vytautas Magnus university during the nationwide quarantine, announced by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, and subsequently after the quarantine, University hereby initiates Supplemental Agreement to the Agreement for Accommodation, that shall be concluded by all Residents of the dormitories of VMU. This supplemental agreement will be concluded by all new residents in the future, when it will be possible to provide accommodation in the dormitories for new residents.
The purpose of this Supplemental Agreement to the Agreement for Accommodation is to agree to follow public recommendations and instructions formulated by the Government of Republic of Lithuania and the University (dormitory), in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus and its management within the dormitory, and, in cases when at least one of the residents of the room (-s) have any COVID-19 virus symptoms (fever, cough, sore throat, breathing difficulties) all residents of the room (-s) will have to self-isolate themselves for mandatory period of isolation of 14 days by following instructions and terms of the dormitory Administration.
Request to sign the Agreement was send to every Resident personally, to the University’s mailbox as well as to the personal email address, known to the University. Agreements shall be signed electronically after logging in at the portal https://epasirasymas.vdu.lt/ (when logging in with the personal username and password). University kindly asks for Your solidarity and understanding, therefore, please sign the Supplemental Agreement to the Agreement for Accommodation by April 9th, 2020 (including).
In case of questions, please contact:
Email studentas@vdu.lt
Phone no. +370 37 751 175
Room checks in the dormitories
On February 24th, 25th and 26th, randomly selected rooms at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) dormitories will be inspected.
February 24 th, 11 am:
- Dormitory no. 2 (Vytauto pr. 71, Kaunas)
February 24th, 2:30 pm:
- Dormitory no. 5 (Universiteto str. 8, Akademija)
February 24 th, 3 pm:
- Dormitory no. 7 (Universiteto str. 6, Akademija)
February 25 th, 3 pm:
- Dormitory no. 4 (Studentų str. 1, Akademija)
- Dormitory no. 8 (Studentų str. 5, Akademija)
- Dormitory no. 10 (Studentų str. 7, Akademija)
February 26 th, 1 pm:
- Dormitory no. 1 (Taikos pr. 199, Kaunas)
Residents, who have failed to meet the conditions laid down in the Agreement for Accommodation or who have violated the Internal Rules of the Dormitories of Vytautas Magnus University and who have been subject to disciplinary action:
- 10 Euro for a remark;
- 15 Euro for a warning;
- 20 Euro for a strict warning
Open Competition for University Fee Exemptions for Spring Semester 2019/2020
Vytautas Magnus university (VMU) has launched an open competition for university fee exemptions for Spring semester 2019/2020. The purpose of the competition is to achieve the mission of socially responsible university by reducing social exclusion, creating appropriate financial conditions for VMU students to be accommodated and (or) study (taking into account different social (material) situations, study results and (or) accommodation in the dormitory).
University fee exemptions for Spring semester 2019/2020 may be granted at a rate of up to 100% to cover:
ACCOMMODATION FEES, and this exemption may be granted for students of a full-time bachelor, master, PhD or integrated studies, who are currently living in the dormitory of VMU and who have concluded Agreement for Accommodation, which is valid until June 30th, 2020, based on:
- social (material) situation;
- dormitory and room type, where student is being accommodated (NOTE: students, who are currently living in a single-bed room of the dormitory cannot be awarded accommodation fee exemption).
University fee exemptions through the open competition may be awarded as a matter of priority, by taking into account social (material) status, for:
- Orphans, students who were granted custody or guardianship until adulthood or who have lost both of their parents (both of the parents have passed away);
- Students with disabilities;
- Students from the families with large number of children (there are four or more children in the family, who are currently students, school pupil or minors, and who are not older than 24 years).
Given the social (material) status, students must provide following documents for the competition:
- Orphans: original documents of the death certificates of your mother and father, with official translations to Lithuania, English or Russian languages with the translator’s stamp attached;
- Students with disabilities: original document, which proves your disability with official translations to Lithuanian, English or Russian languages with the translator’s stamp attached;
- Students from the families with large number of children: original certificate of family composition with official translations to Lithuanian, English or Russian languages with the translator’s stamp attached; original documents / certificates which proves age of your brothers and sisters with official translations to Lithuanian, English or Russian languages with the translator’s stamp attached.
Students who are willing to apply for fee exemptions, has to complete an electronic application form and submit (upload) documents, which proves social (material) status of the family, together with official translations to Lithuania, English or Russian languages with the translator’s stamp attached. This must be done no later than by February 16th, 2020. Results of the open competition will be published by March 1st, 2020, by personally informing students about it by an emails address, which was indicated in the Application Form.
Tuition fee and accommodation fees exemptions shall be awarded by taking into account all the support granted for the student by VMU, awarded scholarships, granted exemptions and (or) size of the fees paid for the University and given the support and (or) scholarships awarded from the State budget funds, private legal or natural persons.
More information
Application for University Fee Exemption, Spring Semester 2019/2020
- Student Centre (Student Affairs Department)
- Address: S. Daukanto str. 27-206, 44249 Kaunas
- Phone: (8 37) 751 175
- Email: studentas@vdu.lt
Students are invited to reserve place of residence in the dormitories of VMU
Starting from January 17th, 2020, all international students enrolled to study or already studying at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), as well as non-VMU students, may reserve themselves places of residence in the dormitories of VMU.
Number of free places for residence in the dormitory is limited but the vacant room list is constantly updated, therefore it is recommended to check it regularly.
For prospective students of VMU and non-VMU students
Incoming students of VMU full-time Erasmus+, Bilateral or other exchange studies and students form other higher education institutions, who want to reserve a place of residence in one of the dormitories of VMU must follow this procedure:
- create a personal account to the online accommodation system http://accommodation.vdu.lt („Accommodation for Others“)
- reserve place of residence from the provided list of vacant rooms
- pay (80 EUR) prior fee for reservation no later than in 3 working days after making the reservation
- receive confirmation e-mail of your reservation
- sign your online Agreement for Accommodation
- move-in into the dormitory no later than by February 16th, however, accommodation fee will be started to be count starting from the 3rd working day after sending confirmation e-mail.
For current VMU students
VMU students, who want to reserve a place of residence in one of the dormitories of VMU must follow this procedure:
- login to the online accommodation system http://accommodation.vdu.lt („VMU Students Accommodation“)
- reserve place of residence from the provided list of vacant rooms
- receive confirmation e-mail of your reservation
- sign your online Agreement for Accommodation and move-in into the dormitory within period of 3 working days.
For more information
- http://accommodation.vdu.lt
- Student Centre (Student Affairs Department)
- Address S. Daukanto g. 27, Room 206, Kaunas
- Phone +370 37 751 175
- E-mail studentas@vdu.lt