ARRANGING ACCOMMODATION

Furnished Accommodation For Campus Students

The UT is the linking pin between local housing providers and admitted UT students, exchange students, staff members and guests: we coordinate supply and demand through the regional housing portal Roomspot (www.roomspot.nl/en). There are also a number of external parties that offer housing in the region and the UT works in collaboration with several of these housing providers.

ON-CAMPUS: DE VESTE

De Veste is the on-campus housing provider. De Veste offers fully furnished accommodation for non-EEA students, and unfurnished accommodation for EEA students. All UT campus rooms are private, while bathroom and kitchen facilities are often shared with other students.

ON-CAMPUS: PLAZA RESIDENT SERVICES

Plaza Resident Services offers fully furnished studio apartments with a kitchen and bathroom. The property itself features various facilities such as: game rooms, a lounge room, a cinema, and study rooms. There is also a roof terrace which has a great view of Enschede.

OFF-CAMPUS: ITC INTERNATIONAL HOTEL

The modern ITC International Hotel is located in the vibrant city centre of Enschede, approximately 20 minutes by bike or public transport from the UT campus. The shops, market and railway station are within walking distance. The fully-furnished rooms with balcony have private bathroom facilities and shared kitchen facilities.

Roomspot

If you would like us to assist you with finding accommodation on campus or in the vicinity of our university, please create an account at Roomspot (www.roomspot.nl/en). There you can find the current housing offers in Enschede and apply for the accommodations you are interested in. You can make an account on Roomspot and respond to housing offers at any time, regardless of your application status.

NON-EEA STUDENTS

If you require an entry visa and/or residence permit as a non-EEA the UT offers you additional assistance in your search for housing for a period of up to 1 year. Therefore, you will be shown extra housing offers in Roomspot that are exclusively available for non-EEA students, staff members and guests. These are available to view as soon as we have received and registered the payments of your entry visa and tuition fee (if applicable), as well as the bank statement.

It is important to complete the payments and bank statement as soon as possible, so that there will be several extra appropriate and affordable housing options available to you. PhDs and employees will see this accommodation once we receive their name via Human Resources.

NON-EEA EXCHANGE STUDENTS

For exchange students we only need the entry visa fee and bank statement. For more information about housing, please visit our webpage: www.utwente.nl/en/campus/facilities/ housing/

Please note that housing for students at University College Twente (ATLAS) is guaranteed for the first two years of the programme For more information visit: https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/ bachelor/programmes/university-collegetwente/life-at-uct/housing/

Shared Student House

One of the alternative accommodation options is to live with a group in a shared student house. For most students this is not only a partnership of convenience, but a crucial aspect of daily life. Many groups eat and cook together, play games in the evenings, go clubbing or do other things as a group. In short: they spend a lot, perhaps even the major part, of their free time together. A good fit is important and therefore students select their own housemates. Placement is very uncommon. The selection procedure, known as co-optation (Dutch: coöptatie), aims to ensure a good fit. This process is not organised by the UT, but by the students in each household.

In most cases, the group will invite you (or even a couple of interested students at once) to a meeting in order to get to know you. After that, they decide as a group and let you know whether you can move in or not. Don’t be afraid to reject the room yourself if you cannot picture yourself living with a particular group and don’t feel down if a group rejects you. Most students visit several houses before they find what they are looking for. If it’s not possible for you to visit the group beforehand, ask the flat for a meeting via Skype/videochat. More information is available at su.utwente.nl/en/rooms

When you speak to a student who studies in the Netherlands, they often refer to their flatmates of their living group as their ‘‘house’’. For example, they can say that they eat with their house or go to a party with their house.