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Brief of the Students’ Dormitories

Off-campus accommodation

Students are allowed to choose off-campus accommodation. When they find the houses and sign the contract, they need to report the address and phone number to the Office of Foreign Students Affairs. Having the introduction form given by the office, they need to go to the nearest police station for registration with the contract as well as the landlord within 24 hours.

On-campus accommodation

Dormitory for overseas students

The dormitories are mainly offered to the long-term students and the short-term students groups. There are 164 rooms for boys and 125 rooms for girls, which can hold about 560 people. Inside the room there are beds (not bedding), desks, air-condition, a water heater, a television, telephones, a refrigerator, Internet lines and an attached shower room.

Every student can have free use of Internet (if he has a laptop), 50 KVA of electricity (80 KVA for single occupancy) and 4 cubic of water per month. Overuse of water and electricity will be charged accordingly. The room is charged for the whole semester, from 20 th February to 20 th July, or from 20 th August to 20 th January. Every student staying in the dorms before or after this period, or he wants to pay by days will be charged by 35 RMB/bed per day (60 RMB for single occupancy). Any student who wants to keep the dorm in winter or summer holidays should notify the Office of Overseas Students and pay 1000 RMB every room per month. The accommodation fees will not be refunded during the semester without any special reason. An extra fee 400 RMB should be paid for bedding when the students move in.

When the students want to apply for the room, they need go to the school of overseas education to sign the agreement and pay the accommodation fee first. After that they go to the front desk of the dormitory, pay the key deposit 50 RMB and get the key.

If any student who wants to book a room, he can do it beforehand by telephone, fax, e-mail, letter, etc.

Room Price

Single occupancy (each bed) RMB1400/month; 7000/semester (5 months)

Double occupancy (each bed) 800/month; 4000/semester (5 months)

Dongwu Hotel

Dongwu Hotel is also available for overseas students. With certain amount of accommodation fee and the deposit, students can move in. They can book the rooms by telephone, fax, e-mail, letter and etc.

Building	Beds	Equipments	Public equipments	Above 3 months (room)	1-3 months (room)	15-30 days (room)
Building 5	Single bed	TV, Air-condition	Shower room, bathroom, telephone	40RMB(Electricity fee excluded)	45RMB (Electricity fee excluded))	60 RMB
Building 7	Single bed	TV, Air-condition	Shower room, bathroom, telephone	32RMB (Electricity fee excluded)	40RMB (Electricity fee excluded))	50 RMB
	Double beds, double occupancy	TV, Air-condition	Shower room, bathroom, telephone	38RMB(Electricity fee excluded)	42RMB (Electricity fee excluded))	55 RMB
	Double beds, single occupancy	TV, Air-condition	Shower room, bathroom, telephone	50RMB(Electricity fee excluded)	60RMB (Electricity fee excluded)	70 RMB
Building 2	Single bed	TV, shower room, bathroom, phone	Central air-condition	80RMB	100RMB	120 RMB
Building 6	Double beds, single occupancy	TV, shower room, bathroom, phone	Central air-condition	80RMB	120RMB	140 RMB
Building 6	Double beds, double occupancy	TV, shower room, bathroom, phone	Central air-condition	100RMB	120RMB	140 RMB

Each student can have a free use of 1 KWA everyday. The overuse will be charged by 1RMB/KWA and the students need pay 20 RMB per month if they use the washing machines in building 5 and 7.

Photos of Accommodation(click to enlarge)

Dongwu Hotel Accommodation Building