Accommodation

Dormitory

Our students are warmly welcomed in our dormitory No.1, located close to Vasileostrovskaya (Василеостровская) metro station in the city center at the address:

51 Sredny prospekt, Vasilievsky Island, St. Petersburg

Cosy double/triple/quadruple furnished rooms are offered to students. Each room has Wi-Fi, a bathroom and is equipped with a fridge and other household items.

• 24-hour security service
• Video monitoring
• Wi-Fi
• Badge system to entry the dormitory building

There is a room for individual studies and student events, a mini-laundry room with washing machines and a drying closet, a kitchen room is equipped with electric and gas stoves.

How to get there

By public transport

Our students pick up international students at the airport Pulkovo to accompany them to get the dormitory by public transport.

There are city buses (tickets 60 ₽) number 39 and 39Ex running regularly from 5:10 to 0:44 between the airport and the nearest Moskovskaya (Московская) metro station.

From Moskovskaya metro station (Blue line) you go to Nevsky prospekt metro station and then change for the Green line and go to Vasilyeostrovskaya (Василеостровская) metro station. The pass fare is 70 ₽.

You go out from the metro, cross the road, turn to the left and go about 500 m along the Sredny prospekt.

By taxi

You can pay for the taxi by credit card/cash at the Taxi Pulkovo counter or by cash to the driver at the end of a ride. If you need one, please ask at the Pulkovo Taxi counter. Preliminary cost is 1500 ₽.

There are user-friendly Taxi-Apps in Russia (only in Russian available) — Yandex Taxi-App is the most popular: just download the app, connect your credit card, choose the destination (dormitory address) and choose the offer (what kind of car)

If you arrive to the dormitory at night time (from 01.00 to 07.00), please touch the bell button on the door to enter and tell your name — there is 24 hours security service in the dormitory.

Required documents

The required documents for check-in are following:

• Passport (original)
• 2 photos of 3 x 4 cm size (for issuing a dormitory pass)
• Medical certificates (chest radiography and drug test)

To get a room it is enough to provide your passport and photos at the reception. If you have no required medical certificates at the moment of check-in, please note you have to file them within first week after arrival.

Incoming students can make these medical tests before arrival to St. Petersburg, in their home country and bring them to us translated into Russian. It is also possible to make the aforementioned tests in St. Petersburg within a week after arrival. If needed, you can be supported by our students — they show you the way to the medical centers. If you need such support, please let us know in advance!

Chest radiography (a medical X-ray examination):

Radiography Center «Vosstaniya 1», Vosstaniya street, 1 (near Ploschad Vosstaniya metro station)

Do not forget to take your passport!

Drug test:

St. Petersburg medical center “Expert in narcology” (Клиника «Петербургский нарколог»).
Bolshaya Pushkarskaya, 20 (800 m from Tschkalovskaya metro station)

Do not forget to take your passport!

Doctor’s office:

Following the abovementioned health tests students have to undergo a health check-up in the doctor’s office at RANEPA St. Petersburg (room 120, 57/43 Sredny prospekt VO).

Working hours:

Monday-Thursday: 10.30 – 13.00; 14.00 – 16.00
Friday: 10.30 – 13.00; 14.00 – 15.30
Saturday, Sunday – closed

Do not forget to bring to the doctor’s office all medical certificates listed above!

Room prices (per person/per month):

• Double room – 7800 ₽
• Triple room – 6700 ₽
• Quadruple – 5600 ₽

You do not need to pay in advance or to reserve any deposit – just pay the appropriate sum in «Sber» Bank within several days after arrival. Please note, there is a bank charge of 1%.

It is possible to pay either cash or by card. You can pay monthly — no need to pay for all your stay at once.

You do not need to bring any bed sheets/pillows/blankets with you, but it has sense to bring or buy after arrival dishes for cooking, as well as a personal tableware and cutlery (plate/cup/spoon/fork, etc.).

If there are no free rooms in the dormitory available, we will help you to find a suitable accommodation as a hostel located near your faculty.