Housing for international students

The deposit is 600 euro and should be transferred within 15 days after signing the rental agreement by both parties into the account number BE94 7370 1237 4314 – BIC code: KREDBEBB, stating the structured communication you will find in your rental agreement (under article 4). 

You can expect the deposit back within three months after your rental agreement has ended.

As a tenant, you are not allowed to use the student room as your main residence. As an international student, you are allowed to register at this address in the aliens register, as you will keep your main residence in your home country. If a tenant wants to alter the destination of the property, they must have explicit consent of the landlord.

As an international student in Belgium, you must register your residence (your student room address) at the city hall if you are staying longer than 3 months. This is a normal procedure and landlords are used to it.

This registration does not mean that your student room becomes your official domicile (main residence). Most students keep their official domicile in their home country, while using their student room address here as their registered residence for study purposes.

You can therefore rent a room on the private market without needing to “transfer” your domicile. What matters is that you are correctly registered with the local municipality at the address where you are staying.

If you rent a room in one of our student homes, there will be a check in on the day when the agreement starts. We will send you the exact timing for the check in, when you can pick up your keys, a few weeks in advance.

Unable to attend that day? We have a key safe where you can pick up your keys when it suits you. If you were unable to attend the check in day, we will send the information concerning the key safe at the end of this day. 

There is no washing machine available in the student dorm but there are laundromats nearby. Some suggestions:

• Nederkouter 138
• WASBAR, Kalandestraat 3
• WASBAR, Korenmarkt 37
• Wassalon Lavendel, Oudburg 27-29

You are welcome at the Office of Student Support with your financial questions. 

Do you have any other questions, or is anything unclear? You can turn to the Student Support staff member of your department. 

You will always find a sympathetic ear with:

• the Student Support staff member of your department
• the housing department
• the bridge-builders: these are students who also live in a student house and collaborate with the housing department. You can also turn to them with practical questions or concerns.

Further, Savania, the student association of our student homes organises social events and activities.

Unfortunately, we cannot let you move into your student room earlier.

But here are some hostels where you could stay:

• Hostel Uppelink
• Hostel De Draecke
• Treck Hostel
• KaBa Hostel