Dormitory info

This page is about the dormitory placement offered by BME (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) to scholarship-holders and fee-paying students. Please note that PhD students are not eligible to receive dormitory accommodation. You may also wish to check out this page about private dormitories, that you can pay for a placement in, independent of your scholarship status.

Dormitory application

BME (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) offers free dormitory placement to a limited number of students. At the beginning of each semester, you have the opportunity to apply for a place. Both senior (returning) and freshman (first-semester) students can submit their applications via the KEFIR system. For more information about the process, please check out our video guide.

The selection process for freshman students depends on their admission points, while for senior students, it depends on their academic achievements (CCCI). This also depends on your faculty, since each has different cutoff points.

Dormitories you can apply to – if you are eligible – are the following ones:

  • Visit Kollégium: for Stipendium Hungaricum and Diaspora scholarship holders
  • Martos Kollégium: for SCYP holders
  • Hungarian dormitories: – based on faculty – for fee-paying students. Note that for the process, only Hungarian description is available at http://ehk.bme.hu/kollegium/felveteli. In case you have any questions, feel free to contact us for help at the following email address: imt.accommodation@bme.hu.

Penalty points

Tenants who have accumulated penalty points during their stay in the dormitory will have the following sanctions on their dormitory application:

  1. In case a Tenant has 1 to 9 penalty points, 10% of the penalty points will be subtracted from the Tenant’s CCI average in the following dormitory application period. (e.g., if a Tenant has 3 penalty points and an average of 4.5, the modified average will be only 4.5-0.3= 4.2)
  2. Between 10 to 14 penalty points, Tenant cannot apply for dormitory in the following application period.
  3. In case a Tenant collects 15 penalty points, the Tenant must leave the Hostel with immediate effect. Besides this, the Tenant must also pay one month of housing allowance fee (40.000 HUF).

Room change

Your placement in your rooms is entirely random. However, it is possible to swap rooms between students upon reaching a mutual consensus. In this case, both students have to send an email to imt.accommodation@bme.hu, including all necessary details. We also organize room change periods every semester.

Application commitment

Please note that if you apply for a dorm place, you agree to stay there for the academic semester, meaning you reserve no right to ask for an accommodation allowance once you get accepted, even if you want to move out during this time! 

House rules

There are regular inspections at these venues that you must attend. You will be informed about their time in advance. Mentors will go and check your living conditions and survey if you have any problems. Please keep in mind that if we find unacceptable hygienic conditions in your room during our monthly inspections or receive any complaints about your non-compliance with the house rules, we will take note of that. Repeated offences might result in you being expelled from all university dormitories. The house rules are found on this link: HOUSE RULES for Visit dormitory and HOUSE RULES for Martos dormitory

Dormitories

Visit Hostel

Dormitory for Stipendium Hungaricum and Diaspora scholarship holders. 

Open hours: 9:00 – 18:00 Monday to Sunday

Location: 

Visit Hostel is located at Budapest, Vásárhelyi Pál u. 2 – 4, 1114 

Very close to Móricz Zsigmond körtér and Újbuda-központ. It takes around 15 minutes to get to any building on campus on foot and even less if you use public transport. Near the hostel itself, there are numerous places to eat. There is also a big mall called Allee, where you can find almost anything you need, including a supermarket. It takes 5 minutes to get to the mall on foot. 

Rooms: 

There are rooms with a maximum of 6 beds. Please note, that the dormitory does not provide single bedded rooms.  

The rooms of the hostel are modern and well-equipped. Everyone has a cupboard, a table, a lamp for reading, a box spring bed, and bedding. Each room has a separate bathroom.  

Kitchens are shared by residents of each corridor. Wi-fi connection is available throughout the hostel. Also, there is a bike-parking area in the backyard. 

How to get to Building R of BME? 

It is a 15-minute walk from the Dormitory, or you can take tram 6 from Móricz Zsigmond körtér to Petőfi híd, Budai Hídfő in around 7 minutes. 

Martos Flóra Kollégium

Dormitory for Scholarship For Christian Young People (SCYP) scholarship holders. 

Open hours: 0:00 – 24:00  Monday to Sunday

Location: 

Martos Flóra Kollégium is located in Budapest, Stoczek József u. 5, 1111, right next to campus.  It takes around 10 minutes to get to any building on campus. Near the dormitory, there are numerous places you can eat. There is also a big mall called Allee, where you can find almost anything you need, including a supermarket. It takes 10 minutes to get to the mall on foot. 

Rooms: 

There are rooms with a maximum of 4 beds. 

The rooms of the dormitory are modern and fully equipped. Everyone has a cupboard, a table, a lamp for reading, a box spring bed, and bedding. Some rooms have direct access to their respective bathrooms. Fully equipped kitchens are shared by residents of each room. Wi-fi connection is available throughout the dormitory.