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Accommodation

International students, teachers and university guests have various options where to live during the study/work period at the university. LBTU offers comfortable accommodation in the city centre dormitory No.8. All university facilities are easy reachable on foot and will only take up to 15 minutes. The distance between Jelgava palace (main building) and the Dormitory No.8 is about 1.1 km - a 10-15 minutes walk. The rooms are in an excellent condition and feature new furniture. It is intended for two people to share the room.

At the dormitory you will have: 
- a bathroom and fridge in each room
- a kitchen in combination with lounge on each floor

If you are, or will be registered as an exchange or full time student at LBTU (have submitted all of the required application documents), we will arrange the accommodation for you. For more information about the application procedure click here: Exchange studiesDegree studies.

Before your arrival please check if a place at the dormitory is reserved for you!

Costs for long term stay (students)
- Rent: 124.00 EUR*  per month per bed
- Deposit in the amount of 60.00 EUR** (refundable)

Costs for short term stay (guests)
- 1 to 4 days: 20.00 EUR (per day)
- 5 to 28 days: 18.00 EUR (per day)

* the price does not include cleaning, electricity costs, use of washing machines and tumble dryers
** deposit will be refunded after leaving the dormitory (the university can not cover the bank commission expenses and it will be charged from the sum of deposit)

All degree students coming from Non-EU countries must have made the payment before arrival. Exchange students and degree students from EU countries can pay upon arrival in the Dormitory office. Rent must be paid in monthly payments, no later than till the last day of the current month.

The payment in advance must be made to the following bank account:
Name of the account holder: Latvijas Biozinātņu un tehnoloģiju universitāte
VAT: 90000041898
Bank name: Swedbank AS
Bank address: Balasta dambis 15, Riga, LV-1048, Latvia
SWIFT code: HABALV22
IBAN account number: LV08HABA0551041541190

(comments: student’s name, last name, accommodation fee).

Contacts

Address: Lielā Street 19, Jelgava, LV-3001, Latvia (google maps)
Administrator: Ms. Vanda Karlinska, Tel.: +371 29174995

or contact International Cooperation Centre