Are you currently living outside the EEA region and do you need an entry visa and/or residence permit to study in the Netherlands?
Then UT will ensure a guaranteed housing offer - for the first year - for students who are joining the University of Twente (UT) for the very first time.
How to qualify for a guaranteed housing offer?
Are you a non-EEA student and do you require a visa? If you meet the conditions below, UT offers you a room for one year.
- you need an entry visa and/or residence permit
- you will join the UT for the first time
- you currently don’t live in the Netherlands.
You will rent this room for one year through UT. Please bear in mind that UT does not offer housing services for families. For example, if you are looking for a house or flat instead of a room, we recommend you look at our other housing possibilities.
Housing portal Roomspot
Since, as a non-EEA student, you need an entry visa and/or residence permit, UT wants to offer you extra help in your search for a room. That is why you will see the tab 'special offer UT' in the online portal Roomspot, which is exclusively available for non-EEA students. As soon as we have received and registered the payment of your entry visa, tuition fee, and bank statement, you will be informed by e-mail on which date the special offer access will become available to you.
Deadlines
September intake | February intake | |
Sign up for Roomspot | 15 June | 15 November |
Arrange your payment (for a visa as well as tuition fee) to get access to the special housing offers in Roomspot | 30 June | 30 November |
Secure your housing via Roomspot. | 16 June till 31 July | 16 November till 15 January |
After 1 August/16 January, we cannot provide you with a guaranteed housing offer.
If you would like to find accommodation on campus or near our university, create an account at Roomspot, the online housing portal for the cities of Enschede and Hengelo. Here, you can find the current housing offers and apply for the accommodation you are interested in. You can make an account at Roomspot and respond to room offers anytime.
Housing providers
- Veste Wonen
VESTE WONEN IS THE ON-CAMPUS HOUSING PROVIDER AND OFFERS FURNISHED AS WELL AS UNFURNISHED ROOMS (COOPTATION).
Our Housing team only mediates for the furnished rooms. For the exact location of the accommodation offered by Veste Wonen, please see the campus map.
Veste Wonen offers a variety of rooms in an accommodation group, either with or without private bathroom and kitchen facilities. Apartments and studio flats are also equipped with private bathroom and kitchen facilities (for couples only). One-room apartments have shared bathroom facilities and a private kitchen. All accommodation has a personal fridge available, and electricity, water, gas as well a wired internet connection are included in the rent prices. The rent prices depend on the type of accommodation, ranging from € 350 - € 450 for a room and € 600 - € 700 for a 2 room apartment.
All rooms available can be found and applied for via Roomspot.
These types of accommodation can be categorized as follows:
- Tower / Campuslaan
This eight storey building is located next to the tennis court on campus. It has 14 fully furnished apartments with private kitchen and bathroom facilities. Each apartment has its own balcony.
All rooms are fully decorated and furnished, including bed linen and kitchen equipment. Guests only have to bring their personal belongings and some towels. On the ground floor you will find a washing machine and tumble drier for communal use (free of charge). There is also an elevator in the building. The Tower / Campuslaan accommodation is for two persons only.
- Two-room apartments
- Private kitchen and bathroom facilities
- 33 m2
- This accommodation is for two persons only
- Two-room apartments
- Mondriaan
The Mondriaan complex is situated near the de Veste office and can be recognised by its particular shape and the colours of the balconies (blue, yellow and red). It has 77 apartments, divided over four different accommodation types – offering a variety of rental options. All rooms are fully decorated and furnished, including bed linen and kitchen equipment. Guests only have to bring their personal belongings and some towels. There is also a laundry room with washing machines and tumble drier.
- Mondriaan 1-room apartment
- Private kitchen
- Bathroom facilities shared with 1 other tenant - 16 square meters
- Mondriaan 1-room+ (also called “solitary room”) - Calslaan 51-14 and 51-24
- Bed, living, and private kitchen all in 1 room
- Private bathroom
- 23 m2
- Mondriaan 2-room apartment
- Private living room/kitchen and bathroom - 41 or 42 m2
- This accommodation is for two persons only
- Private living room/kitchen and bathroom - 41 or 42 m2
- Mondriaan 3-room apartment
- Private living room/kitchen and 2 bedrooms
- 60 m2
- This accommodation is for two persons only (or two persons and a young child)
- Mondriaan 1-room apartment
- Matenweg patio
The Matenweg patio rooms are built around a small square and most of them are one-storey buildings. In total there are 13 rooms and 5 studio apartments. All rooms are fully decorated and furnished, including bed linen and kitchen equipment. Guests only have to bring their personal belongings and some towels. All studios have their own private kitchen and bathroom facilities. Depending on the building, 6 or 7 tenants live together. The bathroom and kitchen are shared with the other tenants. Every room has its own washbasin, and some have their own bathroom facilities. There is also a communal living room where the tenants can relax or have dinner.
Based on room size and rent, this complex has three types of accommodation available:
- Matenweg patio 10
- 6 tenants per group
- Shared living room and kitchen/bathroom facilities
- 10 or 14 m2
- Exception: Matenweg patio 10-104 (23 m2)
- Matenweg patio 16
- 7 tenants per group
- Shared living room and kitchen/bathroom facilities
- 14 m2
- Exception: Matenweg 16-104 (private bathroom facilities, 25 m2)
- Matenweg patio studios
- One larger room with private kitchen
- Private bathroom facilities
- 33 m2
- This accommodation is for two persons only
- Matenweg patio 10
- Plaza Residence
STUDIO APARTMENTS
International students can stay for a maximum of 1 year. If you would like to stay for longer, there is an option of renting after 1 year based on their availability. If you are interested in renting a room or want to view a room, you can visit the Plaza Residence (NewNewNew) website.
RENOVATED ACCOMMODATION
The apartments are part of the Plaza Residence building at de Veldmaat, in which there is also a conference hotel (U Parkhotel), with 72 hotel rooms and conference rooms. The Plaza Recidence building is situated on the UT campus.
The studio apartments are energy efficient, fully furnished, and fully set up with a kitchen and bathroom. The property itself features various facilities such as, game rooms, a lounge room, a cinema, study rooms, and a concierge. There is also a roof terrace which has a great view of Enschede and Hengelo, as well as storage and parking options at an additional cost.
RENT AND EXTRA INFORMATION
Room sizes vary from 22 to 35 m². For detailed pricing and facilities information visit the NewNewNew website, or check the Mosaic World website.
Current non-EEA students
If you are a second or third-year student needing an entry visa and/or residence permit who had guaranteed accommodation for the first year; and you are looking for accommodation on campus or in the vicinity of our university, you can look at several options. You should keep an eye on websites like Roomspot, Student Union Kamersite, Kamernet, and Pararius. You can also visit Huurwoningen.nl, and Kamersenschede.nl or social media platforms such as Facebook.
Exceptions for some studies
As UT is a campus university, you have the option to live either on campus or in the city. But if you are going to study one of the programmes below, your situation is different.
- The Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and Creative Technology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam / University of Twente
- University College Twente
- ITC: Geo-information Science and Earth Observation graduate, degree, diploma or certificate programmes
- The Master’s in Water Technology (joint programme hosted in the city of Leeuwarden, not Enschede)
- The Master’s in Environmental & Energy Management (hosted in the city of Leeuwarden, not Enschede)
Possible housing options
There are different possible housing options. You can rent a room or a (studio) apartment. You can live alone, or with roommates. Take a look at the student house where Carlijn shares a few facilities and compare it to the apartment which Akash rents alone:
