Dear students, dear clients,
welcome to the new academic year in the dormitories and canteens of Palacký University Olomouc. Fortunately, the buildings of our university weren’t directly affected by the floods that hit the country in the past days, and so, as before, we will try to create the best and most pleasant conditions for your studies from the very first days. Whether you are our newcomers or returning to us after the holidays.
Dining
In our canteens, we can offer a wide range of meals for a regular and balanced diet, including gluten-free and vegetarian or vegan. You can choose from several meals each weekday, even a week in advance via the ordering system. In the very first week of the winter semester, an extended range of meat-free meals is available in the canteens as part of the European Sustainable Development Week at UP.
As UP students, the price of your meal is reduced by the state subsidy. Our canteens at 17. listopadu, in Holice, Neředín, the Rector's Office and the Faculty of Medicine are here for you. If you have any comments, please feel free to let us know in the online Book of Wishes and Complaints, we will try to do our best to improve your satisfaction.
There are also FreshUP bistros where you can buy a variety of dishes made by us, namely in the buildings of the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Arts, as well as in the Holice campus. In all of them it’s possible to pay by credit card and to top up your ISIC/student card since the holidays.
You can find all the information you need about dining on our website in the canteens section, and you can always find news, updates or information about changes in opening hours on the main SKM webpage or our Facebook and Instagram pages.
Accommodation
We also provide comfortable accommodation for our students in 11 UP dormitory buildings, which we try to keep in the best possible condition and whose facilities are constantly being expanded. In many of them you can use communal kitchens, study rooms, laundry room, music room, gym or ping pong table.
Over the holidays there were a number of improvements and renovations. There’s a new modern reception desk in Generál Svoboda dormitory, four newly renovated kitchens and all the rooms on the 1st and 2nd floor have been painted. Four new apartments have been built in the Evžen Rošický dormitory and all lighting has been upgraded to LED sources. Dormitory B. Václavek block C has three new lifts and a renovated study room in the basement, block A has been completely redecorated and has a new kitchen on the ground floor. In Šmeralova dormitory, the corridor lighting is newly controlled and the lights in the toilets and bathrooms have been replaced. Neředín I dormitory has had its rooms redecorated, and electric fire alarms have now been extended to all of them. In Chválkovice, the entrance hallway and study rooms have new lighting.
Food vending machines, which are already available in Evžen Rošický and Chválkovice dormitories, will be installed in dormitories Šmeralova, B. Václavek, Generál Svoboda, J. L. Fischer and Neředín during September.
There are also general practitioner, dentist and gynaecologist offices available at the J. L. Fischer dormitory (Šmeralova 10).
Everything about accommodation at UP, including a clear comparison of services and building facilities, can be found on the SKM website in the dormitories section. If you have any problems while staying in the dormitories, please contact the respective Dormitory officer or the Head of your dormitory. The students of the UP Dormitory Council will also be happy to advise you.
Information availability
Over four and a half thousand students are accommodated in our 11 dormitory buildings, and we serve around 3,500 diners in the six UP canteens on a weekday. You can find out about news, changes or any unavoidable operational restrictions on our information channels, so please follow the UP Accommodation and Dining Services website, Facebook or Instagram. In addition, we send out an e-mail to all accommodated students when necessary and always post operational information in the dormitory and canteen buildings.
Dear students, the entire staff of two hundred employees of the Accommodation and Dining Services wish you success in your studies and a happy stay in Olomouc.
Libor Kolář
Head of UP Accommodation and Dining Services