Informationen über Unterkunftssuche in Karlsruhe (Information about how to find an accommodation in Karlsruhe)

Karlsruhe has about 316,000 inhabitants and over 45,000 students at 8 universities, so it is not easy to find a room or an apartment. There are four ways to find an accommodation:

• list of all residence halls of the Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe:

  • 19 residence halls

  • cheap

  • It usually takes a long time to get accommodation

  • Furnished and unfurnished

  • http://www.sw-ka.de/de/wohnen/

• Private dormitories:

  • Furnished and unfurnished

  • It usually does not take long to get an accommodation like at the Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe

  • Some are cheap and some expensive 

• Private room, apartment or shared flat:

  • normally expensive, but easy to get

  • Search online:  e.g.

    • http://www.studenten-wg.de

    • http://www.wg-gesucht.de

    • http://o www.sw-ka.de/de/wohnen/zimmervermittlung/privatzimmer_suchen/

    • http://www.quoka.de

    • http://www.kit.edu/markt/

  • Private advertisements are located in the basement floor of the student house
    (Adenauerring 7)

  • Advertisements in newspapers: e.g.

    • Badische Neueste Nachrichten (BNN)

    • Der Kurier

• Emergency accommodation:
  • Asta Emergency accommodation:: http://www.asta-kit.de/de/notunterkuenfte
  • Jugendherberge Karlsruhe: http://www.jugendherberge.de
  • Airbnb: http://www.airbnb.de

Quellen: Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe, Private Recherche vom Referat für Internationales