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Wageningen University can arrange housing for PhD candidates in advance of their arrival. Housing for PhD candidates at Wageningen University is arranged through the SSHW (Housing Corporation Wageningen). The SSHW, and therefore Wageningen University, offer single student rooms only.
Room types
There are three types of rooms:
- shared bathroom and shared kitchen facilities
- shared bathroom and private kitchen facilities
- private bathroom and private kitchen facilities
It is possible to indicate preferences for the type of room (private facilities or shared facilities) and/or type of corridor (international or mixed). The Central Student Administration of Wageningen University tries to take into account these preferences as much as possible when assigning housing. However, Wageningen University and the SSHW cannot guarantee that the requested room is available. This depends on the number of applications and the number of rooms available. For details, visit the SSHW website: www.sshw.nl/html/uk
Note that these rooms are single rooms. It is prohibited to live in one room with more than one person.
Facilities
The buildings are divided into groups ("corridors") of six to eighteen rooms. In most of the student buildings, international students live with Dutch students on a corridor and share common facilities such as a kitchen, toilet and bathroom. Rooms for international students are furnished with at least a bed and mattress, a desk, a chair, a wardrobe, a small safe, and a bedcover with a pillow and sheet.
On the corridor there is a kitchen and, on most corridors, a common room with TV. Students who live on the same corridor usually cook together. Each corridor has a list where a student can sign in whether or not he/she wants to join the meal or wants to be the cook for that evening. Of course, students are also free to cook on their own. All students can use the common shared 'things for use in the kitchen' like plates, pans etc., so international students do not have to bring any.
Note: this information is valid for rooms with shared facilities. There is a small chance that the room has private facilities (10 % of the rooms in Bornsesteeg). These rooms have no kitchen equipment. The facilities mentioned above can vary per building/corridor.
In general, there is a washing machine, a shared telephone (costs are calculated depending on how much a student has called or by using phone cards) and an internet connection in each room. However, students need to arrange their own computer as well as a connection cable and 'network-card'.
Costs
Room prices vary between € 235 and € 290 depending on the type and size of the room. These prices are subject to change. For details and up-to-date information, visit the SSHW website: www.SSHW.nl. After arrival, student are required to sign a rooming contract and are required to pay an administrative fee of € 18. There is also a (one time only) fee of € 55 / €65 (depending on the type of room) for a service set. This set contains the costs for cleaning the room after a tenant moves out, basic items such as bed linen (duvet cover, pillowcase and mattress sheet) and some cleaning products.
How to arrange a room?
For PhD candidates who have not yet arrived at Wageningen, it is up to the supervisor to contact the Central Student Administration. Due to housing shortages it is extremely important that a supervisor files a request for housing three months in advance of a student’s. Only then can Wageningen University guarantee housing at a PhD student’s time of arrival.
When a student wishes to move to another room within an SSHW building or move to another SSHW building, he/she must visit the SSHW (Duivendaal 1, Wageningen) or visit the SSHW website: www.SSHW.nl
Family Housing
It is necessary to warn all international students that most of the SSHW housing facilities are not suitable as family housing, and more importantly, sharing a single SSHW room with more than one person is prohibited.
Wageningen University cannot help find family housing. Waiting lists are long and the SSHW has only a few apartments available. Wageningen University strongly advises its students not to bring their partner or family if the students have not been able to arrange family housing prior to their arrival. Only after his/her arrival can a PhD candidate look for suitable family housing and arrange a visa for a spouse or a partner. Keep in mind that all of this may consume a considerable amount of time.
A PhD candidate who wants to come to Wageningen with his/her partner can apply for a so-called “combi-room” at the buildings Bornsesteeg or Haarweg. A combi-room is only suitable for two people. A combi-room is not suitable for children. A PhD candidate who wants to come to Wageningen with his/her family can apply for family housing. These houses are suitable for couples with children.
For registration on the waiting list for either a combi-room or family housing, send an e-mail to the SSHW at woondiensten@sshw.nl. Please remember that the waiting lists are long and the supply is limited. It may take 1-2 years before the SSHW can offer family housing or a combi-room.
Another housing corporation in Wageningen, De Woningstichting, also offers family housing. Contact: info@de-woningstichting.nl.
For more information you can visit the SSHW website at www.sshw.nl.