Housing

Please start looking for a place to live immediately after notification of admission if you wish to study at FAU. Admission and enrollment at FAU do not automatically entitle you to a place in a student residence or other accommodation. The housing market in Erlangen and in the entire Nuremberg-Erlangen-Fürth metropolitan region is very tight. If you enter Germany after September 1st without a permanent place to stay in the Erlangen area, there is a relatively high risk that you will not be able to find a place to live by the start of lectures in mid-October.

After passing the application interview, you will receive more detailed information on finding accommodation in our acceptance letter.

General recommendations:

Join the FAU International Facebook group, where international students help each other out in all different kinds of inquiries

Jou can receive two types of support from the FAU Accomodation Service:

General support: The accommodation service supports international newcomer students from abroad who will be enrolled in an English-taught international study program. If you need help with your housing search, please register on their database “Mobility Online” after you received your admission letter.
Welcome packages: The packages (currently available for Erlangen as place of residence) are offered at a charge and are tailored to your specific needs, ranging from someone going with you to help sort out the most important formalities once you have arrived in Germany to the full service package including an apartment in premium student accommodation. Detailed information on the welcome packages can be ordered on the website of the FAU Accomodation Service.

We recommend that you contact the FAU Accomodation Service as early as possible in order to secure their full support.

Please note that untrustworthy advertisements for accommodation is on the rise. FAU provides important information.