• HTW Berlin itself neither offers accommodation nor facilitates it.
• The StudierendenWERK Berlin runs the student halls of residence. Single or shared apartments are available. The earliest you can apply is after you have accepted your study place (with admission certificate and bank statement of paid semester fee). 

Other providers:

• Berlinovo - New apartment houses will be ready for lease in the first, second and third quarter of 2026!
• Bürgermeister-Reuter-Stiftung (single and double apartments, rooms)
• GESOBAU with GESOcampus
• Schlachtensee student village (Schlachtensee & Adlershof sites)

Please note: “student” apartments of private housing providers are not automatically cheap - compare prices!

HTW students can use the internal accommodation forum “Home Sweet Home” to search for or post private accommodation offers and receive information on new student housing projects. Login with HTW Berlin account.

Offers can be found on popular shared accommodation portals. 

Search options:

• Community portal of the seven municipal Berlin housing associations
• Housing associations and co-operatives
• Real estate portals

Rent check: use the Berlin residential rent index enquiry service to identify excessively high rent prices.

• Average room in a shared apartment: approx. 650 EUR
• Prices vary depending on location, size, condition and furnishings.
• Flats within the S-Bahn suburban railway ring (S41/S42) are more expensive.
• Plan for peripheral locations: 45-60 minutes travelling time in Berlin is normal.

• Housing benefit: only possible without educational support allowance entitlement (BAföG); BAföG rejection notice required
• Housing entitlement certificate (WBS): Entitled to rent social housing (often labelled “WBS”)