Tips for Moving In

Have a look at a summary of our "tips for moving in" in our checklist for new arrivals.

Please pay attention to the following points when moving in:

Residents’ Registration Office

• In Germany, registering your place of residence is obligatory.
• Students have to register their place of residence in Munich at the Department of Public Order (KVR) in the Residence Registration Office (Bürgerbüro). For further information please click here.
• In order to do so, you need a confirmation from your landlord (Wohnungsgeberbestätigung). A few days after moving in, you will receive an email with the confirmation from the Studierendenwerk’s administrative office responsible for your hall of residence.
• Please register at the Residents’ Registration Office in charge within two weeks after moving in. You will receive an email containing further information after you have moved in.
• Students studying in Garching, Oberschleißheim, Rosenheim and Freising have to register at the Residents’ Registration Office in their towns. Further information:
  • Garching
  • Oberschleißheim
  • Freising
  • Rosenheim

Licence Fee / Rundfunkbeitrag

• Every household in Germany has to pay a certain fee for using the internet, radio and TV.
• Students living in a hall of residence also have the duty to pay. (Students who receive BAföG, however, can apply for exemption.)
• The fee is not included in the rent.
• In accordance with tenancy law, it is not possible that the Studierendenwerk pays the licence fee.
• Click here for more detailed information.
• More information for students can also be found on the website of the ARD ZDF Beitragsservice.
• After students have registered their place of residence, the Residents’ Registration Office usually transfers the data to the ARD ZDF Beitragsservice. Consequently, every resident will be contacted separately and has to react in order to avoid potential fines.

Bank account

• The Studierendenwerk withdraws the rent from the bank account you stated approximately on the eighth day of each month by SEPA direct debit.
• The deposit will be withdrawn from your account at the end of the month you move in.
• Students who do not have a European bank account or are not listed below, have to open up an account at a German bank.
• Students from the following countries can use an account from their country:

• Please clarify with your bank that the Studierendenwerk München Oberbayern is allowed to withdraw from your bank account.
• Please also see our FAQ on rent and security deposit.

Liability insurance

• The Studierendenwerk urgently recommends to take out liability insurance. Damage that was caused by you as a resident can be covered by a liability insurance.

Room inspection by students after moving in

• The Studierendenwerk has to rent out the rooms seamlessly because the accommodation is government-sponsored.
• Therefore it could be possible that your room shows damage and/or still has to be painted after you have moved in.
• Along with your tenancy documents, you will receive a form on which you can report any damage or similar that is present when you move in.
• Please be aware that any damage that is not reported within two weeks after you move in will be deducted from your deposit after you have moved out again.

Internet connection

• There is an internet connection (cable, no Wi-Fi) in every rented property.
• The connection is only to be used for study purposes and not for any other purpose.
• Along with your tenancy documents, you will receive an IP address, with which to access your connection.
• The User Agreement for the Data Network is part of the Tenancy Agreement (Annex 4).

Subletting

• Our subletting policy as well as the application form can be found here.
• It is possible to sublet your room to enrolled students for a maximum of one semester with the approval of the Studierendenwerk (e.g. during semester breaks or for study reasons such as ERASMUS, internship etc.).
• If you sublet your room without approval or at an exorbitant rent, the tenancy agreement will be terminated without notice.

Reasons for being able to extend your tenancy

• tutor
• honorary positions (special involvement in the hall of residence without pay)
• being a network administrator
• running communal facilities

Safety tips

Tips for living safely in the city can be found here.