How to get accommodation

How to get accommodation
The Bern University of Applied Sciences is no campus university and therefore has no accommodation to
offer. But rooms in the student lodging house in Bern are reserved for our incoming students. We strongly
advise you to apply for them, because this is one of the cheapest and most convenient options for living in
Bern. Furthermore these rooms are fully furnished while most of the rooms you will find on the internet
have no furniture. The Application is your own responsibility. It is not guaranteed that there are enough
rooms reserved, so you should apply right now! 2 types of rooms are reserved:
building
cat.
room
surface
monthly rent
both roomcategories are
Tscharnergut
(renovated)
3
Single room with water
11.5 m2 (some only with 9m2)
CHF 570.-
Fellergut
6
Single room with water,
east and west
14 m2
CHF 570.-
fully furnished including bed,
bed linen, pillow, night table,
desk, chair, book case. Both
have a wash basin, large window and Internet connection
How to register:
1. go to their website: www.vbsl.ch
2. Fill in the online application form, choose the category 3 or 6 and remark in the notes „BFH x Change
student Contingent“
3. Confirm by pressing the „Apply” button
For advice about contacting
people in Switzerland and for
other accommodationpossibilities turn to the next page!
4. Send an E-Mail to international.wirtschaft@bfh.ch and write that you registered for one of these rooms
student lodging houses
The association Verein Berner Studentenlogierhaus (VBSL) is
a non-profit organization which offers furnished rooms in three
student lodging houses in Bern as well as a couple of unfurnished
apartments. VBSL is one of the best and cheapest offers for lodging in Bern. All three houses can easily be reached by public
transportation and are reasonably near our University.
!
It can be difficult to find rooms
for reasonable prizes, so we
advise you to start searching
for a room as soon as possible.
If you don‘t like to stay in one of the student lodging houses, you can
search for other rooms in Bern using these websites:
www.studentenresidenz.ch
www.housinganywhere.com
www.casamundo.co.uk
www.bfh.ch/en/service/international_relations_office/incoming_
students/entry_stay.html
www.plan-it.ch
www.ums.ch/willkommen/
en.comparis.ch/immobilien/default.aspx
www.couchsurfing.org/regional_
info.html?country_id=223
www.airbnb.com/?locale=en
www.flatrooms.com/en/wgzimmer.html?wc_country=gb&wc_
email=info@flatrooms.com&wc_language=en&rl=true
Advice about contacting people
• When contacting people in Switzerland please always give
your full name and tell them that you are an exchange student with the Bern University of Applied Sciences. This is
especially important when applying for a room in the student
lodging houses.
• Public Transportation in Bern is very good, so it is no problem if your room is not in the same neighborhood as the University. On www.sbb.ch you can check how long the journey
from your room to the University will take.
• Beware of fraud!
• If you have tried the student lodging houses and all the
websites and still have not found accommodation, please
don’t hesitate to contact us: international.wirtschaft@bfh.ch