Application

• Standard application procedure

  Application requirements
  Students who matriculated at the following universities can apply:
  - Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
  - Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
  - Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Halle
  - Hochschule Anhalt
  - Hochschule Merseburg
  - Students taking part in a bilateral exchange programme between universities (for a max of six months)
  
  In order to prove the eligibility to live in student accommodation, the tenant is obliged to present a valid certificate of enrolment to the responsible administrator or send it via mail to the responsible local facilitator immediately or at the latest four weeks after moving in. Additionally, the tenant needs to provide the certificate of enrolment for the following semester at the latest by 31 October (winter semester) or 30 April (summer semester).

  Application deadline
  Applications can be submitted throughout the year. For the winter semester, the deadline is 31 August and for the summer semester, it is 28 February. The certificate of enrolment can be submitted after the application. The applications will be registered on a waiting list according to the date of receipt.

  Application
  You must apply online.
  
  Offers for dorm places are made on the basis of the waiting list and are furthermore based on social and organisational criteria according to the following list and in the order based on agreements with universities.
  
  Quotas in place (based on agreements with universities):
  - 10% of the vacancies at the start of semester are reserved for programme and/or exchange students based on the agreement with the universities at the place of study,
  - 10% of the vacancies are reserved for students of the preparatory college (German: Studienkolleg) based on the agreement with the universities at the place of study,
  - 10% of the vacancies are reserved for students of admission-restricted courses (German: Numerus Clausus / NC).
  
  Social and organisational criteria:
  - Severely handicapped students and students with children,
  - First-semester students,
  - Applicants starting their Master-level degree course,
  - Advanced-semester students who, as part of their education, have not yet had a place in one of the student dorms at their place of study,
  - PhD / doctoral students (national and international),
  - Applicants who are enrolled at a university which is not catered for by Studentenwerk Halle on the basis of bilateral exchange agreements between the educational institutions and
  - Applicants whose permanent address (i.e. parents’ address of German nationals) is at their place of study and/or who are 30 years of age or older are only going to be offered a dorm place by Studentenwerk Halle if the above mentioned applicants have been allocated places.

• Exchange students (e.g. Erasmus+)

  There is a quota of places in halls of residence for exchange students; this is a fixed percentage of all places that become available. The International Office tries to prioritise the allocation of places in halls of residence as much as possible. Unfortunately, it cannot guarantee that each international student receives a room in the dormitory.
  Thus, the International Office strongly recommends that you fill in the application for a room in one of the dormitories right after submitting the application form for your studies in Halle.
  
  Registration takes place directly via the Studierendenwerk: you have to apply online for a room in a student dormitory. Please note the different application deadlines for exchange students:
  - for the winter semester: 15 July
  - for the summer semester: 31 January

• Additional information

  As long as there are not any differing arrangements between the Studentenwerk and the tenant, the key handover for the rental object takes place Monday to Friday between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. On weekends and bank holidays, there is no entitlement to a handover of keys. Individual key collections outside these hours via authorised third parties have to be arranged with the administration beforehand.