Reserve your room
Reservation requests for Skoltech dormitories are accepted below
In order to reserve a spot at the Skoltech dormitories, 1st year MSc and PhD students have to apply for accommodation no later than 4 weeks before your planned arrival at Skoltech. 2nd year MSc and PhD students have to apply no later than 3 weeks before arrival (shorter times are available in exceptional cases).

To reserve a space in the dormitory, do one of the following:

booking procedure
1
Prepare and send a booking request
Review the accommodation regulations, room options and instructions on how to book a spot. Prepare all the required information.
2
Submit a booking request
Fill out a booking form to send a request. Please note, sending a request does not yet confirm your resevation.
3
Pass assessments
You will receive an email confirming we've seen your request. The email will contain several assessments required for officially booking your spot in the dorms.
4
Get a booking confirmation and pre-arrival letter
After you complete all assessment, we will process your request (it may take some time). Once your request is booked, you will receive a checklist with the next steps and navigation advice a few days before check-in.
booking paperwork
What you'll need to prepare before booking:

  • Exact arrival date & time
  • Exact departure date (in case it is earlier than the end of current study year)
  • Personal preferences (optional)
  • Special medical things like allergy, lunatism, epilepsia, apnoe, hard snore, OSD, brain- or heart-diseases – smth what we shall keep in mind while allocating student, etc. This information is needed to make sure we provide you with the best fit possible.
  • Acknowledgment of Rules for Accommodation and Stay in Lodging facilities, Migration Rules and Internal Skoltech Rules
Documents needed for pre-booking:

  • Immediately after you complete the booking form below, please send scans of the following migration documents (your own and your family members' if they are arriving with you) to migrationdocs@skoltech.ru:
  • passport (all non-blank pages in one file),
  • visa (if applicable),
  • migration card (if applicable),
  • previous registration slips (if applicable)
  • marriage certificate (in case of family accommodation)
IMPORTANT: only scans, each document to be named in the format: Surname_Name_name of document_valid period
(Example: Epiphanova_Marie_passport_27.07.2010-27.07.2035)
Documents needed upon check-in:
  • originals of migration documents (see previous step)
  • Sublease agreement
  • Certificate of transfer
  • PD consent
  • Consent to deduct penalties form
  • Documents for a medical check, including for all accompanying family members and pets. (if applicable)
  • The list of documents and timeframes for their presentation depend on current epidemiological situation and are to be explained by Dormitory Team during reservation process.
Important documents you need to be familiar with:
  1. Accommodation Rates Order, valid as of September 1, 2025. Read more here and here.
  2. Rules for Accommodation and Stay in Lodging facilities
  3. General provisions of sublease agreements
  4. Accommodation rules for Palisad
  5. Internal rules for students
  6. Migration rules
  7. Policy for internal security and access control
  8. Appliance Instruction
  9. Sample for independent rent lease agreement
Now book!