Sorted by cities:

BUDAPEST

• Ajtósi Dürer Dormitory
• Damjanich Dormitory
• Erdős Pál Dormitory
• Kőrösi Csoma Sándor Dormitory
• Márton Áron Dormitory of Budapest
• Nándorfejérvári Dormitory
• Vezér Dormitory

DEBRECEN

• Márton Áron Dormitory of Debrecen

PÉCS

• Márton Áron Dormitory of Pécs

SZEGED

• Márton Áron Dormitory of Szeged

SZOMBATHELY (Savaria Campus)

• Pável Ágoston Dormitory I.
• Pável Ágoston Dormitory II.
• Pável Ágoston Dormitory III.

Comparison of the dormitory fees and number of international places

• 2025/2026 academic year
• 2024/2025 academic year
• 2023/2024 academic year
• 2022/2023 academic year
• 2021/2022 academic year

Average travel time between the dormitories and the faculties

Active and coming application periods:

SUMMER DORMITORY 2025 (7th of July – 29th of August)

• Summer Dormitory Application (ongoing from 23rd of May)

2025/26 ACADEMIC YEAR (1st of September 2025 – 3rd of July 2026)

• Application to the Accommodation Services of Budapest, for new applicants / students (ongoing from 15th of May)
• Application to the Accommodation Services of Budapest, for non-first year students (ongoing from 15th of May)
• Dormitory Application of Szombathely (Savaria Campus) (ongoing from 15th of May)

• Regulation of International Dormitory Admission
• House Rules of the Dormitory Centre and the dormitories
• Fire safety regulation
• ELTE network regulation

Who can apply?

Every ELTE student and applicant (even before being accepted to the University) can apply to the ELTE dormitories, regardless of their faculty, scholarship, citizenship, or other quality.

How can you apply?

You can apply to the dormitory and housing services with the same application form. ELTE students must do it in the Neptun learning system, while ELTE applicants, who do not have a Neptun access yet, can apply with an online form. Both are dedicated only to the international students, who do not have to upload any document during the procedure. The applications are compared to the central and faculty databases before being processed.

Result of the dormitory application

Every applicant is informed about the decision at the same time. The dormitory applications usually have a result around 10th of July, 5th of January for the spring semester, and 10 of June for the summer dormitory.

Getting a dormitory place mainly depends on in which priority group does the applicant belongs to, and the time order of the applications within the priority group. The priority groups, in order are:

0. ELTE applicants / students with special needs (physical disability, autism, etc.) on the recommendation of the ELTE Disability Centre.
1. ELTE applicants / students to whom we must provide a dormitory place (e.g., in case of certain ministerial and bilateral scholarships).
2. Applying / first year students with Stipendium Hungaricum, Christian Young People, and Hungarian Diaspora Scholarships.
3. Non-first year ELTE students with Stipendium Hungaricum, Christian Young People, and Hungarian Diaspora Scholarships.
4. ELTE applicants or students with other scholarships (Erasmus, CEEPUS, etc.).
5. ELTE applicants or students without any scholarship (self-paying students).
6. ELTE staff (interns, trainees, guest teachers).
7. Non-ELTE applicants.

Waiting list

If you missed the application, or you did not get a place on the first try, you can still get a place on the waiting list. You can find its announcement in the Applications section.

Documents regarding accommodation

Before being accepted to a dormitory: The Letter of Acceptance issued by your faculty includes a paragraph with the address of an ELTE dormitory. It does not grant you a place, but it serves as a temporary proof of accommodation which is accepted by every Hungarian and most foreign authorities during your visa application.

After being accepted to an ELTE dormitory, but before signing in: Upon request at info@dormitory.elte.hu, the Dormitory Centre can provide you a proof of accommodation which you can use in any official procedure.

After signing in into the dormitory: The dormitory can provide you a Hungarian or bilingual dormitory certificate, the Accommodation reporting form for third country nationals, or other common documents upon request.

Moving in

The dormitory’s Letter of Acceptance provides more information regarding the arrival and checking in, along with the actual epidemiological information. Generally, the student is expected to arrive within the office hours.

Room assignment

Hungarian and international students are living in the same building. The dormitories and the floors are co-educated, but the rooms and common bathrooms are always separated to female and male. The students can send requests before the beginning of the academic year that will be considered when the room assignment is being made. Single-bed rooms are not available unless stated otherwise, you shall expect to have at least one roommate.

Dormitory fee, payment

For the comparison of the dormitory fees, please, open the section of the comparable tables or the dormitories’ subpages above on this page.

The dormitory fee includes the utilities like electricity, water, heating and the internet connection.

The dormitory fee must be paid for each begun calendar month of when the student is registered as a resident in the dormitory. Discounts (half-month fee) and daily fees are not available. The payment must be done in the Neptun study system. A detailed guide is available on the website of the ELTE Quaestura Office, in the FAQ / Fees and funds menu.

Accommodation allowance

Scholarship regulations may determine special rules.

Students with Stipendium Hungaricum, Christian Young People, or Hungarian Diaspora Scholarships do not get their accommodation allowances from the calendar month of signing in into the dormitory until the last full calendar month of the semester (January or June) regardless of the date of moving out, which rule resets on 1st of February.

Students with Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship must pay the difference between the dormitory’s full fee and their scholarship’s accommodation allowance through Neptun.

Students with Christian Young People or Hungarian Diaspora Scholarships do not pay dormitory fee for the months of when they are eligible to the accommodation allowance of their scholarship, including not paying the difference of the accommodation allowance and the dormitory fee.

Scholarship transfers, including accommodation allowances, are prepared weeks earlier. Cancelling the dormitory place after a transfer name list has been closed will delay the pay out to the next month's transfer.

REFUNDING THE DEPOSIT

The deposits will be refunded to everyone not having any unpaid fee, there is no need requesting it. The refund will be transferred to your Neptun joint account, usually in 3-4 weeks after the end of the semester of moving out. If you want it to be transferred further to your bank account, please, follow the steps of the Quaestura Office FAQ / Fees and funds / 1.12.
Please, note that ELTE can transfer only to certain type of bank accounts, which is explained in the Quaestura FAQ. If you are going to terminate your Hungarian bank account before moving out from the dormitory, ask for advice at info@dormitory.elte.hu!

Life in the dormitories

What do we provide?

The dormitory fee includes the utilities like the electricity, water, heating, and the internet. Every resident gets a bed with mattress, a large pillow and warm blanket, a wardrobe, a shelf, a table, and a chair. Every room has a fridge and a freezer. The rest are different in each dormitory, but international students are usually accommodation in 2-bed room that have its own bathroom.

Services

The rooms are cleaned by its residents, the common rooms are cleaned by the dormitory. Every dormitory has stable and fully covered Wi-Fi connection in the buildings. Kitchens are usually on every floor, they are equipped with stoves, microwaves, and kettles, but otherwise the student must have his / her own kitchen equipment. Washing machines and drying possibilities are available in every dormitory. For more information, please, read the other articles, and visit the dormitories’ subpages.

Sport

The dormitories usually have a gym which you can use for free. Most dormitories have indoor and / or open-air sport facilities as well. It is also common that aerobic or similar trainings are organised on a weekly basis.

Community, cultural and free time activities

The dormitories have a vivid community life. International students are welcome and encouraged not only to participate, but to create their own events as well!

Main and regular events

Most dormitories also have a larger festival, usually during the spring. Every dormitory has smaller regular events like a tea house, movie club or board game night, and seasonal events around the Hungarian and popular international holidays. 

Internationalisation

Our residents are from nearly 80 countries from around the globe. Regulations, the administration, information letters, manuals, etc. are all translated and available in English. International students are assigned to dormitories where they do not have to worry about the language barrier.

Room and dormitory change

The room assignment is managed by the dormitory, changing the room can be requested by the dormitory leader or the administrator.

Changing the dormitory requires a changing partner from the dormitory you intend to move to and the approval of both dormitory leaders.

Moving out

The dormitory places, with a few exceptions like the end of studies, are provided until the end of the academic year without any further application.

Those, who intend to move out before that, must inform their dormitory leader and the international coordinator of the Dormitory Centre at least a month before leaving. As the last step, the student must sign out by the administrator of the dormitory to complete the administration. The dormitory status remains active until then, including the obligation of continue paying the dormitory fee.

About the Dormitory Centre

The Dormitory Centre is a central department at the Chancellery, being independent from the faculties and the international offices. It and its international coordinator is responsible for the accommodation services at the University, including both the dormitories, and the Housing Office and the housing services. It organises the applications, helps the integration of international students, and supports the internationalisation of the University.