Average monthly rent for a room in a shared apartment on the private housing market: €510

Most expensive university cities: Munich with an average rent of €850, Berlin and Hamburg with €650, and Cologne with €640

In 76 of the 90 university cities surveyed, home to 84% of students, the average rent exceeds the current…

Students can also make use of our free legal and social counselling services in September 2026.

• Draft bill for the 30th BAföG Amendment presented by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
• German National Association for Student Affairs (DSW) welcomes the increases in the housing allowance, basic needs allowance and income exemptions, but calls for faster implementation
• DSW Executive Board…

The animal protection organization PETA has once again recognized Germany's most vegan-friendly university dining halls. For the first time, all 57 student services organizations (Studierendenwerke) across Germany participated in the evaluation and completed a comprehensive questionnaire. The assessment considered the…

• Federal Statistical Office: Students on the private housing market spend 54% of their income on rent.
• Nearly two-thirds of student households are overburdened by housing costs.
• The German National Association for Student Affairs (DSW) warns that pressure from rising rental costs continues to increase.
• DSW Chairman…