Questions about housing and applying for a place...
... are all answered here. If you are still missing something, just send us an email to wohnen@stw-vp.de.
The chances of getting a place in a hall of residence vary in the cities of Landau, Germersheim, Worms and Ludwigshafen. But in general, you have a very good chance of getting a place in a hall of residence. New applications are received daily and the number of available places also changes almost daily. In the Vergaberichtlinien you will find a list of all the circumstances that make an application more likely, such as: a disability, studying with a child, students from abroad or with a long distance to the place of study, Bafög recipients. Since an application is free and non-binding, we advise you to try in any case. However, we cannot guarantee that it will work.
Unfortunately, we cannot fulfill all wishes. But you are welcome to send us an e-mail to wohnen@stw-vp.de. Then we will see if we can swap places. But we cannot promise anything here.
Please reply to our email as quickly as possible to let us know whether you are accepting or declining the place. If you accept the place, the tenancy agreement will be sent to you by email (please note that this may take 2-3 days). Please read the accompanying letter in the email to the tenancy agreement carefully and in full. We require two copies of the tenancy agreement and one copy of appendices 1-3. In addition, the landlord's confirmation of residence (print and enclose) must be sent along with the receipt for the payment of the reservation confirmation (deposit). You do not have to return the general rental conditions to us.
Of course, you can still apply. However, we will first consider all applicants who have applied by the deadline. If there are still rooms available, we will also offer you a rental contract.
You do not have to submit the certificate of enrollment at first. If we are able to offer you a place in a residence hall, we will automatically request it. When you move into the residence hall, you must present the certificate of enrollment at the latest in case you receive your admission very late.
The majority of our dormitory places are rented furnished. This includes: Wardrobe, bed incl. mattress and protector, desk, kitchenette, desk chair, depending on the dormitory either shelves on the wall or a standing shelf. You can find more information on the subpage of the respective dormitory.
Rejections will be sent by email approximately 3-4 weeks after the start of the allocation process. Since this is at very short notice, we always recommend looking for a room on the private housing market as well. You can find helpful information about the private housing market here.
For organizational reasons, it is not possible to view our dormitories. Furthermore, the rooms are rented at all times. However, you are welcome to come and see for yourself if the distance to your home allows it. But you can get photos and floor plans of the rooms on the homepage.
The information about Bafög is not mandatory. Therefore, nothing needs to be specified. If you are sure that you will receive Bafög, you can use the Bafög calculator (https://www.bafoeg-rechner.de/) to calculate the amount of funding in advance. You can upload this result to us at the “Bafög notification” point. As soon as you have your Bafög notification, simply send it to us as a scan at wohnen@stw-vp.de.
You can only apply once per semester. It does not give you an advantage to apply more than once, but only makes more work for us. Multiple applications can lead to exclusion from the allocation process.
The application deadline for Landau and Germersheim is 01.03. and 01.09. of a year respectively, for Ludwigshafen and Worms 01.02. and 01.08. respectively.
If we can offer you a place in a dormitory, we will send you an email with an offer and a detailed description of the dormitory place. Please check your e-mails and your spam folder regularly.
You can withdraw your application at any time. Just send a short mail to wohnen@stw-vp.de. Please remember to withdraw your application as soon as possible, you will make it easier for us and the successors to your place.
An application is always non-binding and therefore also possible without admission/certificate of enrollment from the respective university/college. So even if you don't know yet whether you will really be accepted at the college, you can already apply. You will not incur any costs if you have to cancel the application because you are going to a different college.
Since the Studierendenwerk has a statutory mandate to allocate dormitory places according to social criteria, we have clear allocation guidelines. We make a social selection from all applicants and allocate our places according to social guidelines. Here you can find our allocation guidelines and check whether your application has a chance of success.
If you have signed a rental contract with us, the minimum rental period is one semester (6 months).
The notice period is 3 months to the end of the semester.
Only in the case of exmatriculation is it possible to terminate the contract at the earliest possible date, provided we have a new tenant available. Otherwise, the contractual notice period applies.
Only in the case of exmatriculation is it possible to terminate the contract at the earliest possible date, provided we have a new tenant available. Otherwise, the contractual notice period applies.
Unfortunately not. You can only apply for the location where you want to study. It is therefore not possible to get a place in a dormitory in Germersheim, for example, if you want to study in Worms.
Our dormitory places are only available to students of the respective university/college in Landau, Germersheim, Worms and Ludwigshafen. On our homepage you will find tips on how to search the private housing market.
To do so, please send us an email to wohnen@stw-vp.de indicating which data is incorrect. Please also include your full name in the email. A second application is not necessary.
An application for a place in a dormitory is only possible online via our homepage. Click here to go to the digital application portal.
The application is free of charge. Even the withdrawal of your application - if you have found something else in the meantime - costs nothing. A mail to wohnen@stw-vp.de is sufficient. You will only incur costs once you have signed a rental contract.
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