Looking for a room?

You find this for e.g. in our letters on the letterhead "Identnummer" or in the reservation confirmation.

Students of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Folkwang University of the Arts and Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences can apply for a room.

External students can also apply for a place in student accommodation. However, these applications are not given priority.

Of course! Guests* have the possibility to sign a short-term rental contract with us. Important to know: Applications from guests will be given lower priority.

We will conclude a short-term rental contract if you stay in our dorm for less than six months. In that case, a monthly surcharge will apply. You will have to pay a monthly fee in addition to the guest fee. You must rent your room for at least one month.

The amount of this fee depends on the rental period:

Reasons for such an additional fee are, among others, the high administrative costs and a certain vacancy rate that arises with short term contracts.

Example: You live as a guest in one of our dormitories for five months. In this case, as a guest you pay the regular rent plus a fee totaling 40,00 € per month (20,00 € guest fee + 20,00 € short-term fee).

*As guests, we refer to students from universities other than Universität Duisburg-Essen, Folkwang Universität der Künste and Hochschule Ruhr West.

If you have received your admission document, you can apply for a room on our online portal. We show you how to do this here. For degree programs with open admissions, we need a confirmation from the university.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to apply without a valid enrolment document or admission letter.

Yes, you can also apply for several locations. All you have to do is register with your user data in the online portal and create a new application with your existing profile.

No. You can generally apply any time after enrolling successfully or receiving an admission letter. However, the sooner we receive your application, the better chance you will have.

Rooms are rented out all year round. The tenancy agreements generally begin at the start of the semester, e.g. 01.03/01.04 or 01.09./01.10 of a year.

We process applications in the order they arrive. Please note that we do not have a waiting list for specific residences. The sooner you apply online, the better your chances of being allocated the accommodation of your choice. 

We cannot make any general statements about how long you will have to wait for accommodation, as it depends on many different factors.

As soon as a room is free, we send you an offer by email. More detailed information on the application procedure is available here.

Note: We save your application for twelve months from the date of application. If you do not update your application within this period, it is subsequently deleted and you will have to make a new application.

The 850,00 € reservation fee is required as a security for STUDIERENDENWERK. After you move in, this fee will be counted as a deposit. In accordance with the terms of the tenancy agreement, the deposit will be returned to you around eight weeks after tenancy ends, provided that you leave your room in clean and tidy condition.

Note: Separate conditions apply to our dormitory in Bülowstraße 51-55, Mülheim. The reservation fee is 1041,00 € and will be refunded at the earliest 10 weeks after the end of the rental period.

We appreciate that you would like to have a look at your potential new home in advance. However, we are unable to conduct viewings because, as the landlord, we are not allowed to enter rented residential property.

You can nevertheless visit our student houses of your own accord and arrange with current tenants to view a room.

If this is the case, your application will no longer be considered. You can simply apply again at a later time.

The maximum amount of time you can live in a student residence has been set to ten semesters. The tenancy agreement can be terminated at the end of the first year of residence at any time with three months' notice. There are special regulations for exmatriculation (only within the first year of residence) as well as for program students and guests.

Exception: In our dormitory Bülowstraße 51-55 in Mülheim, the tenancy agreement is always issued for one year. After each year, it can be extended up to a maximum of ten semesters.

Guests we charge a monthly fee, which is due in addition to the rent. It amounts to 20,00 €/month.

Who is considered a guest in the dormitory of STUDIERENDENWERK?
We consider all students who are not enrolled at one of these three universities to be guests: University of Duisburg-Essen, Folkwang University of the Arts, Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences.

In this respect, the total rent of program/exchange students also includes this monthly guest flat rate of 20,00 €.