How to Find Affordable Housing for International Students

in Germany

Germany is an exception when it comes to housing of international students as here they have to search for the room or apartment on their own. For example, university of Aachen has no dormitories and as a result, no one can guarantee that you will find a place to live. The only thing they can give you is a recommendation where to search for it. Here are some tips how to search for accommodations in order to find the one you need:

  1. Start the search before come. Browse through the web, search on both private apartment market and on the sites of the Student Services dorms.
  2. Take into consideration the outer city regions as well as neighboring cities.
  3. Together with that reserve a hotel room or place in a hostel for the first days, so you will be able to search for permanent housing.

The population of Aachen is 260,000 and 52,000 are students, so it is really hard to find appropriate place when semester begins. Bachelor’s or Master’s students live in dorms operated by the Aachen Student Services and others have to search for a room or apartment, so no wonder that the search of the place can be tedious and time-consuming.

The demand for housing is really high, no wonder that a single room will cost you 300-400 Euros per month. So it is advisable to search for the apartment as early as possible and in as many places as possible.

Thanks to well-thought-out public transportation system you will be able to reach all RWTH Aachen institutions in no time using a Semester Ticket that all enrolled students receive. So the area of your accommodations can be spread to Richterich, Haaren, Laurensberg, Brand, Eilendorf, Kornelimünster and other neighboring cities.

Take into consideration that exchange students and program participants should also search for housing, as well as doctoral students. Bachelor’s, and Master’s students can apply for dorm room, however, they can use it for one year maximum.