Application

Dear students,

Thank you for your interest in our halls of residence.

Before you submit your application, please have a look at the information provided on our halls of residence, the types of accommodation available, the current waiting periods as well as our FAQs. 

First-year students / Abitur students

Please note! First-year students or students who have passed their Abitur or university entrance qualification can submit an application for the winter semester from the 15th of May in the year that their studies begin and for the summer semester from the 15th of November the year before their studies begin.

Your application for accommodation is complete once you

• have entirely completed the online application form and have submitted the following documents:
• your ID or passport or your residence permit,
• your university entrance qualification (Abitur certificate) - if already available
• your acceptance letter - if already available.

Students

Your application for accommodation is complete once you

• have entirely completed the online application form and have submitted the following documents:
• your ID or passport or your residence permit,
• your university entrance qualification (Abitur certificate)
• your certificate of enrolment or acceptance letter,
• the degree certificate from a previous degree programme.

Cases of hardship / Students with children

Your application for accommodation is complete once you

• have entirely completed the online application form and have submitted the following documents:
• your ID or passport or your residence permit,
• First-year students / Abitur students: your university entrance qualification (Abitur certificate) - if already available. Your acceptance letter - if already available.
• Students: your certificate of enrolment or acceptance letter as well as your university entrance qualification (Abitur certificate) as well as the degree certificate from a previous degree programme.
• maternity record (“Mutterpass”) / birth certificate or disability card (“Schwerbehindertenausweis”) or medical certificate. Please also note the information/FAQ/Point3 provided below.

As a rule, places are allocated according to application dates. You will find more details on this in our Policy for Allocating Accommodation.

Students are emailed their accommodation offer (Festanschreiben) approximately three to eight weeks before the tenancy agreement would begin. However, please take into account the estimated waiting period and have a look at our FAQs.

Should you have any further questions regarding the application process, please get in touch with our Online Application.

Notes on hardship cases and students with children

Hardship cases

Students suffering from health problems or students in difficult social situations can apply for preferential admission. Reasons for being recognized as a hardship case include, for instance, a disability, pregnancy or serious chronic illness which significantly limits the student's possibility to find accommodation.

If you’d like to submit a hardship application, please fill in our Online Application Form and, additionally, email an informal application including the required documents confirming your situation to haertefaelle@stwm.de.

Required documents could be, for example:

• disability card (“Schwerbehindertenausweis”)
• maternity record (“Mutterpass”)
• medical certificate

All documents must be handed in in German.

Decisions are always made on a case-by-case basis and must be reviewed individually.

Please note that financial problems are not regarded as hardship cases.

The requirements specified in our Policy for Allocating Accommodation must be met.

Please also note our Application FAQs.

Here you can find further information on accommodation for students with a disability or chronic illness.

Students with children

Available accommodation for single parents and families with children is limited. Applications must be submitted online AND by email to haertefaelle@stwm.de.

Accommodation is allocated in accordance with the waiting list; here, too, waiting periods are to be expected.

Single parents and families with children are entitled to apply.

The requirements specified in our Policy for Allocating Accommodation must be met.

Please also note our Application FAQs.