Flat-share casting and flat viewings - that's what many first-semester students are currently dealing with. Because as soon as admission to the degree programme is granted, the search for accommodation begins. A brief portrait of living in Oldenburg with useful tips for those looking for accommodation.
Admittedly, the Oldenburg housing market has also been more relaxed, but with a little patience you can certainly find something. Oldenburg's first-year students have not yet had to resort to tents and gymnasiums - as has happened in other university cities. In 2011, a roof over your head in Oldenburg cost students an average of 237 euros "all inclusive". In some of its ten student residences, the Studentenwerk Oldenburg is well below this with warm rents starting at 150 euros and offers the largest and most varied range of accommodation in the city. It makes sense to apply as soon as you have been accepted to study, as things can get tight at the beginning of the winter semester.
Accommodation offers from fellow students can be found not only on the various notice boards, but also online in the university forum. Offers and requests for accommodation can be posted here. But there are also other ways to find your own flat or a place in a shared flat: the Oldenburg housing association GSG has a special housing offer for students at moderate rents, and vacancies can be found on a special website.
The Catholic University Community offers accommodation for ten students in the Oscar Romero House, not far from the university. Rooms and flats - mainly furnished - are also available from the HomeCompany accommodation centre, but for a fee.
Further options are available from local estate agents, various internet portals and via small ads in the print media, such as the Nordwest-Zeitung, the Hunte-Report, the Sonntagszeitung, the weekly newspaper DIABOLO and the event journal Mox. If you are on site, you should definitely also take a look at the AStA notice board (Haarentor campus, central area, room M1-153).
