The housing lottery

Source: https://www.tue.nl/en/education/become-a-tue-student/housing/the-housing-lottery Parent: https://www.tue.nl/en/education/become-a-tue-student/housing

For international students

The housing lottery

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Through our housing service, TU/e collaborates with a select group of housing providers (Vestide, Holland2Stay, The Social Hub, Xior, and Plaza Resident Services, to name a few) to offer a limited number of rooms for new international master's students. Rooms are allocated through a lottery system.

Please note that the majority of housing options offered through the housing lottery are off-campus.\ \ Note: This service is only for new first-year international master's students moving to the Netherlands for the first time (including double degree master's students). If you are already studying or living in the Netherlands, you are unfortunately not eligible to participate in the TU/e housing lottery.

How it works

The full procedure and conditions of the housing lottery are currently being finalized and will be published on this page in the coming weeks.

Housing offers

If you are selected for a Vestide room:\ You will receive an account to access Vestide’s private platform, where you can choose from a selection of furnished rooms reserved for TU/e international students. Since the number of available rooms matches the number of issued accounts, a room will always be available for you.
If you are selected for a room from another housing provider:**\ You will receive a link to their private platform, where you can select a furnished room reserved for TU/e international students. However, slightly more candidates will be invited than the number of available rooms. This means rooms will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.

TU/e follows this allocation system because experience shows that not all students who win the lottery accept their housing offer. To ensure that available rooms are assigned quickly, students on the waiting list (based on their lottery ranking number) may still get a chance to book a room if one becomes available.

Housing contracts\ The contract type and duration vary by housing provider. If you receive a housing offer through the lottery, you will receive detailed information at that time. It is important to keep all housing options open, as there is no guarantee that you will receive an offer or that the offer will match your preferences.

Tip!\ In addition to the lottery, Vestide offers student housing on the open market, including several options on campus. You can register separately via this link. The longer you remain registered with Vestide, the better your chances of receiving a housing offer. Registration is free, and while you may not receive an offer immediately, it can be useful later in your studies. Some contracts offered through the lottery last only one or two years, so securing housing for the future is always a good idea.

Also check the other housing agencies for rooms outside the lottery. Not all of their rooms are part of the lottery and sometimes they have their own system to register students as well.

More useful tools to help you get started

### Start your search with our housing toolkit ### Housing info by municipality of Eindhoven ### How to register as a resident?