Living in a hall of residence

For many students, the main part of their student lives takes place in their hall of residence. As many different nationalities usually live here together, minor communication problems or (intercultural) conflicts may occur from time to time.

• Living in a German hall of residence

  How a hall of residence is structured, can make a great difference: depending on whether you live in a single room in a shared flat, an apartment with a shared kitchen or a studio apartment, you will have more or less contact to your neighbours. This short youtube video (in German) about living in a German hall of residence, provided by the Studierendenwerk Chemnitz, also shows the differences between the various types of accommodation.

• Hall of residence dictionary

  This handy dictionary from the Deutsche Studierendenwerk offers lots of helpful illustrations and explains life in a hall of residence in many different languages. On this website, you can find the dictionary as an app for download.

  Here you will find the dictionary as a pdf file in various languages.

In many halls of residence of the Studierendenwerk München Oberbayern there are also resident tutors. The resident tutors are the first person to turn to if newly arrived students in the hall have any questions. They also plan, organise and carry out activities such as get-togethers for new residents, table tennis tournaments, Sunday breakfasts, bar evenings, various trips or cooking together...  The tutors’ contact details as well as the planned activities can be found hung up in the various halls – simply go there and meet new people, your new housemates!