Remember to plan your housing well in advance! We recommend that you start looking for a place to stay as soon as you receive your letter of acceptance.
Living in a hall of residence
The Studentenwerk at the TU Braunschweig has 7 halls of residence with more than 1,800 rooms for university students. Room types range from single rooms with a shared kitchen and bathroom to individual apartments. Rents range from € 280 to € 500 including electricity, water and heating. Additionally, you will need to pay a deposit of about 400€. The rooms are fully furnished and come with Internet access and a telephone connection. This does not include mattresses, blankets, pillows, sheets, towels, dishes or cutlery. However, the Studentenwerk offers various starter packages at reasonable prices with basic equipment.
Application for a room at a residence hall
If you want to apply for a room in a student residence, you can find the online application on the website of the Studierendenwerk: https://stw-on.de/en/wohnen/bewerbung
Please read the information and indications carefully before you complete the application. We strongly recommend to be flexible with the choice of the rooms and residence halls, and to calculate the upper rent limit realistically, because the places are restricted.
Please don’t apply before you have received an official Letter of Acceptance for your exchange study period from our side. Please note that accommodation cannot be guaranteed by the university!
Private accommodation
Braunschweig has a large number of private apartments and shared accommodation (WG) for rent. Prices range from € 250 to € 350 for a room in a shared apartment and from € 350 to € 500 for a single apartment, plus utility costs (electricity, water, heating).
Rooms and apartments to rent can be found on the university's bulletin boards, in newspapers and on the Internet, for example on the following pages:
Offer and search page of the Studentenwerks
WG-Gesucht
ebay Kleinanzeigen
Reading through private apartment adverts, you will find that they use a lot of abbreviations. The Studentenwerk offers a helpful list of the most common abbreviations.