Semester in the Mediterranean
Student Housing
While in Cyprus, you will stay
with other Global Learning Semesters students in same-sex apartments or
houses (units). Your housing will be either in residential areas near
the
University of Nicosia campus or near the downtown shopping district of Nicosia.
Some important points about housing
- Unlike some other study programs, we guarantee housing. Your housing will be available for move-in at the beginning of the program.
- Our units are modern, furnished, and include kitchens, lounges
and basic amenities. As is
typical of apartment living, not all units are identical as it relates
to amenities, furniture and size.
- Our base fees are for double-occupancy living (e.g. two students per bedroom). Units might have 1, 2 or more bedrooms.
- All of our units have WiFi (wireless internet broadband) available.
The University of Nicosia campus library has also WiFi access available
for all students.
- Students that would like a bedroom of their own can request a
single room by paying the single supplement with their program fees. We
cannot guarantee availability of single rooms and will refund single
supplements if we cannot accommodate a single room request. It is
highly unlikely that a student will be able to successfully request a
single room after he or she has arrived in Cyprus.
- Room assignment occurs after the participant list for a
semester is finalized. We attempt to accommodate reasonable roommate or
housing preferences, but make no guarantees that we will be able to do
so.
- Our units are not supervised residence halls. Students are
expected to be capable of mature, independent apartment-style living
with their roommates.
- All else being equal, we prioritize housing requests based on the
date we receive a student's full payment (earlier is better). This is
not an absolute factor, but is used as a "tie-breaker" when needed.
- Most of our units are within walking distance of the
University of Nicosia (approximately 5-15 minutes by foot). We help
make supplemental travel arrangements for students located downtown
that might need to travel to school by car or bus.
Maro Apartments
Maro
Apartments are located at a two minute walking distance from our host
institution, the University of Nicosia, in the residential area of
Makedonitissa. This neighborhood is one of the most prestigious areas
of Nicosia and only a ten minute drive to the city center.
The
apartments are new, only having been completed in 2006. They are all
two-bedroom apartments and can accommodate four people, are fully
furnished with wardrobes, writing desks, living room, kitchen with full
catering equipment, bathroom with shower and a veranda.
Other Housing Details
Occupancy: 2-4
Area: 80 square meters
Smoking/Non-Smoking: Non-Smoking
Elevators: Yes
Air-Conditioning/Heating: Yes
Network Access: Yes (Wi-Fi)
Kitchen: Yes
Laundry Facilities: In the building (there is a 4 Euro charge per load of wash or dry)
Phone: None. Cell phone is provided to each student
Intercollege Apartments
Intercollege
Apartments are located at a two minute walking distance from our host
institution, the University of Nicosia, in the residential area of
Makedonitissa. This neighborhood is one of the most prestigious areas
of Nicosia and only a ten minute drive to the city center.
All
apartments are two-bedroom and can accommodate four people, are fully
furnished with wardrobes, writing desks, living room, kitchen with full
catering equipment, bathroom with shower and a veranda.
Other Housing Details
Occupancy: 2-4
Area: 80 square meters
Smoking/Non-Smoking: Non-Smoking
Elevators: Yes
Air-Conditioning/Heating: Yes
Network Access: Yes (Wi-Fi)
Kitchen: Yes
Laundry Facilities: Yes
Phone: None. Cell phone is provided to each student
Gabriel Wing Apartments
Gabriel
Wing Apartments are located at a two minute walking distance from our
host institution, the University of Nicosia, in the residential area of
Makedonitissa. This neighborhood is one of the most prestigious areas
of Nicosia and only a ten minute drive to the city center.
Apartments
vary between one to two or three-bedroom apartments and can accommodate
between one and four people, are fully furnished with wardrobes,
writing desks, living room, kitchen with full catering equipment,
bathroom with shower and a veranda.
Other Housing DetailsOccupancy: 1-4
Area: 60-100 square meters
Smoking/Non-Smoking: Non-Smoking
Elevators: No
Air-Conditioning/Heating: Yes
Network Access: Yes (Wi-Fi)
Kitchen: Yes
Laundry Facilities: Yes
Phone: None. Cell phone is provided to each student
Housing outside of Cyprus
When
we travel, we stay in tourist-class hotels, not hostels. These hotels
are clean, safe, comfortable and reasonably located. On these trips,
students stay two to a room (same-sex) in the vast majority of cases.
There might be occasions when students will stay three to a room (same-sex) in a triple room.
