Contact

Advisors for international students (International Office)

Katja Kaboth-Larsen

+49 (0)441 798-4783

Christine Trappe

+49-441-798-4124

Office hours

Availability by phone
Mondays: 9 -12 a.m. and 14-15.30 p.m. 
Thursdays: 14 p.m.-15.30 p.m.

Online office hours
Tuesdays: 9.30 a.m.–10.30 a.m. in our virtual meeting room (BigBlueButton)

Face-to-face office hours
Tuesdays: 14.00 p.m.-16.30 p.m. (SSC)
Thursdays: 10.00 a.m.-12.30 p.m. (SSC)

Our team of tutors offers help and support with all general questions and about life in Oldenburg. The tutor team can be reached at international.tutor@uol.de

our facebook group International Students in Oldenburg

For enrolled students we offer a community forum in Stud.IP (IO.003 International Students)

Finding accomodation

Please do not come to Oldenburg without arranging for a place to stay before you arrive. The University of Oldenburg does not own or manage any dorms and thus cannot provide or guarantee your housing!

1. The housing situation in Oldenburg

In Germany, you do not automatically receive a place in a hall of residence when you are accepted for a degree programme. Students are responsible for this themselves. Finding accommodation is one of the biggest challenges, as the number of students is growing, but the number of affordable accommodation options is not. The Studierendenwerk Oldenburg runs halls of residence for students at favourable rents, but the number of applicants always exceeds the number of places, so you can expect having a to wait several months or even semesters for a place.

Be prepared to find a room on the private housing market. The search is usually easier locally than from abroad. So be prepared to use AirBnB offers, cheap hotels or guest houses for the first few days and weeks. Plan an appropriate budget for this.

Tip: Finding suitable accommodation in Oldenburg/near the university is not an easy task and is also expensive (approx. 400 euros/room). You have a better chance if you look in places outside Oldenburg. Many of these places are easy to reach by bus or train (e.g. Bad Zwischenahn, Delmenhorst, Wilhelmshaven, Varel, Westerstede, Rastede). As an enrolled student in Oldenburg, you will receive the Deutschlandticket,  which means that you will not incur any additional costs for using buses and regional trains. 

2. Step by Step: How to find a place to stay?

3. Housing Guide Presentation for all new international students

4. Beware of scams! How to recognize and avoid housing scams

  • If it looks too good to be true, it probably is!
  • If every attempt to see the flat is declined
  • If a deposit or rent payment is required to secure the flat due to “the high demand”. The scammers may promise a refund in case you do not like the flat.
  • If they send you a copy of their passport to prove their identity (fake ID) and also request you to send them a copy of your passport.
  • If communication is only possible via email or WhatsApp but not by telephone or video call
  • If they cannot prove they are the owner, they probably aren’t: a lease contract draft does not prove the legitimacy of an offer. Scammers will usually provide foreign bank details supposedly belonging to a relative. 

Source: RWTH Aachen University

5. Accommodation Support Workshops

Every Friday from September to November, the tutor team of the International Office offers online accommodation support service starting at 6 pm Central European Time (CET). You will receive information on how-to live-in Germany as a student, various forms of accommodation, tips on searching, information on the current housing situation, emergency support options and current offers. You can ask questions and have yourself included in a database. The link to the event will be available here during this time. However, you should not wait for these workshops, but start your own search as soon as possible.

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