🏢 Student Dormitory No. 1 – Your New Address! 😎

DS1 is located on a gated, secured, and monitored area 🛡️📹 – so you can feel safe here 24/7!
The building has 4 floors + an elevator 🚪⬆️ – no more carrying heavy suitcases up the stairs 💪😅


🔧 What’s inside the building?
Ground floor:
🏢 Head of the Student Housing Estate & administration office
🏠 DS1 Manager
🎓 Student Council rooms

2nd floor:
📚 Student Research Clubs of PUT
🗣️ Large conference room – perfect for bigger meetings and events!

Contribution to the travel costs

Contribution to the travel costs of participants was introduced in project KA131 2024

Travel funding for all types of mobility is not available for exchanges funded by previous projects.
The grant amount is calculated as a lump sum based on the travel distance. To calculate travel distance*, please use the distance calculator available at http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm. 

Below 500 KM, participants will, as a general rule, travel with low-emissions means of transport.

Shinkansen – an overview of the system and elements of Japanese culture

Shinkansen is arguably the most visible sign of Japan’s technological advancement and, together with electronic goods, Mt. Fuji and sushi, the most recognizable symbol of Japan. The presentation will draw upon the origins of the famous Japanese high-speed rail system and its development over the period of close to 60 years. Challenges faced by engineers in the operation of Shinkansen trains will be briefly addressed, and information attesting to their incredible efficiency will be provided.