Dormitories Guide

DS Akademik

One of the oldest student houses in Poland, put into service in 1930. You can meet students from every faculty here. It has over 900 places in almost 500 rooms. It is located at Narutowicza Square, between the Bratniak-Muszelka and Pineska-Tulipan

Address:

ul. Akademicka 5, 02-038 Warszawa

Contact:

Reception:

tel.: (+48) 22 234 44 77
e-mail: portiernia.akademik@pw.edu.pl

Administration:

e-mail: akademik.ds@pw.edu.pl

Administrator:

mgr Tomasz Rutecki
room 771
tel.: (+48) 22 234 44 85
e-mail: tomasz.rutecki@pw.edu.pl

Accomodation:

room 601
tel.: (+48) 22 234 44 16, (+48) 22 234 46 73
Paulina Bińkowska
e-mail: paulina.binkowska@pw.edu.pl
Michał Staniak
e-mail: michal.staniak@pw.edu.pl

Administration operating hours:

From Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Council of Residents:

Head - Jakub Daszkiewicz, room 311

Members:

Maja Bonikowska, room 736
Jakub Daszkiewicz, room 311
Maciej Furmanek, room 355
Zuzanna Grochowska, room 620
Aleksandra Karkowska, room 608
Klaudia Kmita, room 620
Kinga Lebuda, room 335
Maciej Proniewicz, room 534
Daria Słowińska, room 356
Szymon Tuz, room 306
Seweryn Żelazowski, room 364

Contact:

e-mail: Akademik@samorzad.pw.edu.pl
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DSAkademikPW/
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ds.akademik.pw

Disciplinary Committee:

Maja Bonikowska, room 736
Aleks Czernicki, room 345
Jakub Daszkiewicz, room 311
Jakub Dziopa, room 548
Grzegorz Litwiniuk, room 285
Alicja Tomaszewska, room 708
Mikołaj Trzciński, room 376
Jan Tuszyński, room 376
Jakub Sitarek, room 508
Seweryn Żelazowski, room 364

Rooms and their facilities:

The dormitory currently has 54 single rooms with an area of approx. 9-12 m², 344 double rooms with an area of approx. 10-19 m², including 14 with private bathrooms, 43 triple rooms with an area of approx. 14-16 m² and 8 quadruple rooms with an area of approx. 25-31 m². Each room is equipped with all necessary furniture, a sink or washbasin and a refrigerator.

Rooms are numbered clockwise from the main staircase. Even numbers are on the outside, odd numbers on the inside (though there are exceptions).

The residential section is equipped with four lifts: two stopping at the half floors of the main staircase, one stopping at the floors from the first floor (on the right) and one cargo lift for staff use (on the left).

Please note: the third floor cannot be accessed by lift or the main staircase.

Check-in process:

Go to the administration office – room 601. Bring a photograph for the resident card. It is best to fill in the questionnaire and room equipment card before entering. At the administration office, we complete the formalities and collect the key, bed linen and, if necessary, curtains for the room and a desk lamp.

Check-out process:

Collect the circulation card from the administration office. Clean the room and give the card to the cleaner to sign. Return the equipment and key to the administration office and complete the formalities.

Bathrooms:

Co-ed bathrooms, usually with 8 shower cubicles and 12 toilets per floor.

Kitchens:

One kitchen per floor, usually with four cookers with ovens and four burners.

Laundries:

Laundry rooms on the 3rd and 6th floors, with a total of 6 washing machines and 2 dryers, PLN 5–5.77 per wash and PLN 2–4.61 per dry.

Drying rooms:

There are drying rooms in rooms 396 and 873. You must have your own dryer. The rooms are monitored.

Rooms and utility spaces:

Room rental (except for the banquet hall, which operates under slightly different rules) is arranged by contacting one of the caretakers and collecting the key in exchange for your resident card, after reading and accepting the rules and regulations.

Party hall − room 202:

A room that can accommodate a social gathering for 30 people. It has large tables and benches, a sound system and disco lighting. It also hosts integration events for residents. To rent the room, please contact the room supervisor and prepare a guest list. You must obtain permission to organise an event from the room supervisor and the building administrator. Leave the document with the guest list at the reception desk and collect your guests from there.

Room supervisors:

Zuzanna Grochowska, room 620
Aleksandra Karkowska, room 608

Music room − (temporarily) room 291:

A soundproofed room equipped with musical instruments.

Room supervisors:

Aleksandra Karkowska, room 620
Szymon Tuz, room 306

TV room − room 408:

A room for approx. 30 people equipped with a projector and sound system. An ideal place to watch a film or sporting event. Some meetings of the Council of Residents and Programme Committees are also held here.

Room supervisors:

temporarily unavailable

Ping-pong room − room 447:

A room with a ping-pong table.

Room supervisors:

temporarily unavailable

Fitness gym (formerly ladies' gym) − room 502:

Before using the gym, you must sign a certificate confirming that you have no health contraindications. The gym is equipped with various machines and sports equipment, such as a treadmill, exercise bike, barbells, trampoline, resistance bands and weights, allowing you to do many effective workouts.

Room supervisors:

Jakub Sitarek, room 508
Daria Słowińska, room 356

Billiard room − room 539:

Probably the most popular room in the dormitory. It has a pool table and a dartboard.

Room supervisors:

Jakub Sitarek, room 508
Mikołaj Trzciński, room 376
Seweryn Żelazowski, room 364

Quiet study rooms − room 635 and 817:

Rooms equipped with several desks, chairs and lamps. A good place to study in peace, either alone outside your own room or in a group.

6th floor room supervisors:

temporarily unavailable

8th floor room supervisors:

Maja Bonikowska, room 736
Kinga Lebuda, room 335

Parking − courtyard:

Parking for residents is located in the courtyard, known as "Studnia". Usually, at the beginning of the academic year, there is a parking campaign. It is worth applying early, as the number of spaces is limited – there are about 30 spaces for cars. The fee is PLN 56 per month for a car and PLN 25 per month for a motorbike, payable together with the accommodation fee.

Parking supervisor:

Jakub Daszkiewicz, room 311

Bicycle storage room – ground floor:

The bicycle storage room is located on the ground floor, next to the exit to ‘Studnia’ from the Pineska side. The room is only accessible to its users. As with the car park, we organise registration campaigns. The bicycle storage room has 43 spaces and is available free of charge.

Bicycle storage supervisor:

Jakub Daszkiewicz, room 311

Sports facilities:

There is a gym and two exercise rooms on the ground floor. Physical education classes are held there, and they are also available to residents with a signed health declaration from Monday to Thursday between 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. during the academic year (rules are subject to change). Residents can also use the fitness gym in room 502.

Small shopping:

On the ground floor, there is a self-service shop, a coffee machine, and vending machines with cold drinks.

Internet access:

Internet access in rooms is provided via a wired connection. You must have your own Ethernet cable. During check-in, we collect a token from the administration, then, after connecting the device to the network, we create an account on the website https://net.ds.pw.edu.pl and register the device. If you want to connect more devices, fill in the form on the website and contact the IT Centre. Connecting your own Wi-Fi access points is prohibited.
In some places in the corridor, there is access to the pw.edu.pl and eduroam Wi-Fi networks.
Instructions for connecting to the wireless network: https://ci.pw.edu.pl/Uslugi/Siec-WIFI-PW

WUT IT Centre (contact in case of connection problems)
tel. (+48) 22 234 59 99
e-mail: 5999@pw.edu.pl

Taking out the rubbish:

Sorted rubbish should be disposed of in the appropriate containers in the courtyard. Please do not leave your rubbish on the corridors, in bathrooms or kitchens.

What is best to bring with you from home before arrival?

Electric kettle, toaster, dishes, pots, iron, clothes dryer. It is worth agreeing with your roommate not to duplicate items.

It is worth preparing a paper photograph in 4.5 x 3.5 cm format for your resident card.

What is not worth taking because it is provided by the Student House or Council of Residents?

The hall of residence provides bed linen, curtains and a bedside lamp. Vacuum cleaners can be borrowed from the administration or from RM.

The way to university:

Central Campus:

tram − ok. 10 min
bicycle − ok. 10 min
on foot − ok. 30 min

South Campus:

tram − ok. 25 min
bicycle − ok. 10 min
on foot − ok. 35 min

Reporting faults

Faults should be reported by making an entry in the logbook at the reception desk or to the Administrator in room 771.

Rules for hosting guests

Guests of DS residents are allowed to stay on the premises during visiting hours, i.e. from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Residents must collect their guests from the reception desk and make an entry in the visitor log. It is possible to extend a guest's stay beyond the designated hours by filling in a special form (known as an extension form), obtaining the signature of a member of the Residents' Council and presenting the signed extension form at the reception desk. Guests may stay at the DS for a maximum of 3 consecutive nights, 5 nights per month.