Tips for finding accommodation

Please check with your host institution for housing options (e.g., student residences).

In addition, the following information is available:

• Erasmus+ study visits: in the information provided by the Erasmus+ partner universities and in the testimonials on International Exchange Opportunities
• Direct exchange: in the testimonials of former participants
• Internship abroad: in the testimonials of former interns on the blog "Internship abroad"

Illustrated dormitory dictionaries

The Service Agency for Intercultural Competence of the German Student Union and the Studierendenwerk Bielefeld have published several illustrated dormitory dictionaries. Illustrations and vocabulary in eight languages help: From drain sieve to damage report, from oven light to clothes dryer chip. Eleven chapters are devoted to topics such as arrival, apartment furnishings, rights and obligations as roommates, kitchen technology, saving energy, and living together. The brochures are available here as PDF versions.

Dorm dictionary: German-French-Spanish
Dorm dictionary: German-English-Chinese
Dorm dictionary: German-Polish-Russian