Question

You have come to the city for higher studies and live alone in a rented accommodation. Share the following with your friend ​

Answer 1

Answer:

There are two kinds of accommodation you can get in Germany as a student. The economical option – student unions’ halls of residence and the private accommodation tending to be more costly compared to the first option.

According to the Deutsches Studentenwerk: “German halls of residence are used by 10 percent of the student population. By way of comparison, 29 percent of all German students share flats, 17 percent live alone in a flat and 20 percent live with a partner.”

The same source mentions that places on the halls of residence are occupied by 40% of the total international students in Germany.

This shows that 60% of the international students are living are accommodated in private, either with other people or solely. The fact that most of the students are living in private places can result from the low offer as regards of the available places on the halls of residence, as they run out very quickly. However other factors might have played their role as well, for which we are not going to discuss.

Yet, the Deutsches Studentenwerk has understood that there is a much greater demand for places in the halls of residence compared to the available places. That is why they are advocating to the German government to finance the built of new halls of residence with about 45,000 available places.