Information on Accommodation For International Degree Seeking Students

At the start of the academic year, it is Make sure to visit the International difficult to find a room in Münster. Start Centre of Münster University – Die looking for a place to stay as soon as Brücke! We will give you support in possible. If you can’t find a room before your search for accommodation! arriving in Münster, don’t worry - this is normal! When? During the opening hours. For special housing support hours at the Often it is much easier to find a place beginning of the semester, please see: once you are here. It is best to arrive in Münster a couple of weeks before the http://www.uni- semester begins. If you do not have a muenster.de/DieBruecke/en room or apartment at that point, you should book short-term accommodation Where? Die Brücke, Wilmergasse 2, like a hostel for the first few days. 48143 Münster

If you need a postal address in Münster for the visa application, you can use this address:

University of Münster International Office/ Die Brücke Wilmergasse 2 48143 Münster

Housing opportunities for international students

There are several options for those who Many choose to share a private flat with come to study in Münster. In addition to fellow students in "WGs" (Wohn- privately operated residence halls, the gemeinschaften/flat shares). This costs Studierendenwerk (student support service) less than renting a whole apartment, you offers furnished and unfurnished rooms. can quickly get into contact with fellow students and use the opportunity to Good to know! practice German at home! Abbreviations of housing details in ads and room descriptions: Living outside of Münster is also a good http://www.uni- - and often cheaper - option because you muenster.de/leben/en/abkuerzungsverzeich can reach surrounding areas for free nis.html with your semester ticket.

Short-term accommodation

Hostels Private short-term accommodation offers

Sleep Station Hostel “Deine Couch für Erstis” (couch-surfing offered by Wolbecker Straße 1, 48155 Münster students via AStA, the General Students' Committee) Tel. 0251 4828155 www.asta.ms/angebote/wohnen/wohnboerse/483- www.sleep -station.de sofasurfing

Nordstern Hostel AirBnB (Registration necessary) Hoyastraße 3, 48147 Münster www.airbnb.de www.nordstern-hostel.de

Couch-Surfing (Registration necessary) Jugendgästehaus Aasee (Youth hostel) www.couchsurfing.com Bismarckallee 31, 48151 Münster Tel. 0251 5302812 Emergency short-term accomodation http://www.jugendherberge.de/en/youth - The Studierendenwerk offers emergency short-term hostels/muenster373/ShortPortraet accommodation (Notfallunterkünfte) for those Mail: [email protected] struggling to find rooms, which includes a section in a shared hall with a bed and wardrobe for 5 €/night. More Hostels, Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts: https://www.stw-muenster.de/en/studentisches- www.muenster.de/uebernachten.html wohnen-en/wohnanlagen/notunterkuenfte/

Long-term accommodation

All student residence halls at a glance: www.stuwo.de/wohnheim-region/muenster/

Student residence halls operated by Studierendenwerk

Studierendenwerk Münster (Student Support Infopoint Housing at Studierendenwerk Services) is the most important public institution Münster for student residence halls! Bismarckallee 5, 48151 Münster

The choices of accommodation range from

rooms with shared kitchens and bathrooms to Opening hours: furnished one-person apartments. They also Tues - Thurs: 9 am - 12 am offer two- to six-room flats as WGs (flat shares), Thurs: 1 pm - 3 pm rooms in international residence halls and houses especially suited for families with Tel: 0251 83-79553 children. [email protected]

Student residence halls all around Münster Online-application via: Rent per month: 240 – 360 € Duration of tenancy: Minimum of 3 months https://www.stw- muenster.de/en/studentisches-wohnen- Find more details: www.stw-muenster.de en/bewerbung/studierende-allgemein/

Other student residence halls for women and men

Several private and church-affiliated organisations in Münster operate their own student residence halls, such as:

Paulus Kolleg EkvW Ökumenisches Volkeningheim

Rent per month: ~140 – 240 € Rent per month: ~ 100 € (small room) – 380 € Waldeyerstraße 32-34, 48149 Münster (flat with 2 rooms) Tel. 0251 80764 Breul 43, 48143 Münster [email protected] Tel. 0251 48320 www.paulus-kolleg.de [email protected] Application deadlines http://esgmuenster.de/profil.html Winter term: 15.07. Application deadlines Summer term: 30.01. Winter term: 15.06. and 10.09. Summer term: 15.01. and 10.03. Collegium Marianum Rent per month: ~ 240 € Von Detten Kolleg

Frauenstraße 3 – 6, 48143 Münster Rent per month: ~ 165 € Tel. 0251 49519400 Horstmarer Landweg 86, 48149 Münster www.muenster.org/marianum/ Tel. 0251 81876 www.bsw-muenster.de/de/wohnheime [email protected] www.von-detten.com/

S tudent residence halls only for women

Fürstin-von-Gallitzin-Heim Liebfrauenstift Rent per month: ~ 180 € Rent per month: ~ 130 – 170 € Frauenstraße 21-23, 48143 Münster Wegesende 4, 48143 Münster Tel. 0251 49519466 Tel. 0251-495-19477 [email protected] [email protected] www.bsw-muenster.de/de/wohnheime www.bsw-muenster.de/de/wohnheime Application deadlines Application deadlines Winter term: 15.06. Winter term: 15.06. Summer term: 15.01. Summer term: 15.01.

Student residence halls only for men

Albertus Magnus Kolleg Deutsches Studentenheim

Rent per month: ~ 165 € Rent per month: ~305 € (including breakfast Horstmarer Landweg 82, 48149 Münster and lunch) Tel. 0251 80850 Breul 23, 48143 Münster [email protected] Tel. 0251 4956601 www.muenster.org/amk [email protected] www.breul23.de www.bsw-muenster.de/de/wohnheime Widenberg Rent per month: ~ 600€ Am Kreuztor 8 48147 Münster Thomas Morus Kolleg

Tel. 0251 279020 Rent per month: ~140 € [email protected] Nünningweg 131, 48161 Münster www.widenberg.de Tel. 0251 49519466 Note: Rent includes all additional costs, 2 [email protected] meals a day and laundry/cleaning services. www.bsw-muenster.de/de/wohnheime

Student residence halls for families

Albertus Magnus Familienwohnheim Horstmarer Landweg 84, 48149 Münster [email protected] Rent per month: ~ 180 € for a 2-room apartment; ~ 200 € for a 3-room apartment www.amv-muenster.de/wohnheime.htm

Private room offers

Collection of private offers provided by AStA Housing in exchange for helping Living at an elderly person’s place and instead of (General Students' Committee of Münster paying a rent, you help this person with University): household tasks such as cleaning, gardening, www.asta.ms/angebote/wohnen/wohnboerse grocery shopping etc.

Application via: Nadann (local newspaper): http://www.muenster.org/wohnen-fuer-hilfe looking for a single room or flat:

http://www.nadann.de/Kleinanzeigen/Rubrik/Bi ete+Wohnen# Living outside of Münster It is not necessary to live in Münster! There are looking for a room in a shared flat: towns around the city that are quickly and easily http://www.nadann.de/Kleinanzeigen/Rubrik/Bi reached by train for free using the semester ete+WG# ticket e.g. Osnabrück, Westbevern, Ostbevern,

Lengerich, , , , Dülmen, Westfälische Nachrichten (local newspaper): , , … http://immomarkt.ms/suche/mieten-wohnung-

in-muenster E.g. Housing in Osnabrück:

http://www-old.uni- Platforms for flat shares, flats and houses: osnabrueck.de/SchwarzesBrett/standard/ www.wg-gesucht.de schwarzesbrett.php www.immobilienscout24.de

While responding to private room offers placed on various websites, please be aware of frauds! Don’t pay money in advance to foreign bank accounts or before having seen the flat and signed the contract.