Student Housing

SSH offers furnished student rooms to exchange students in Zwolle. Our International Office will send you a registration link by mid-November (if you join us in February) or mid-June (if you join us in September).

Once you have been officially accepted to an exchange programme, your housing registration will be approved. This enables you to actually book a room. The exact step-by-step plan is described on SSH's site(opens in new tab).

Please note: registering for a room does not automatically guarantee accommodation. There is a fixed number of rooms available.

Finding your own room

Cannot find a room through SSH or do you want to find your own private accommodation? Windesheim advises you to check the websites listed below. Remember, finding a room can be hard if you start too late!

If you have questions, you can contact our International Office.

If you are going to study International Business, you will need to find your own accommodation. For September 2024 there will be shared rooms available at Talentenplein, provided by SSH(opens in new tab) for most (so probably not all) first year students. You will share a furnished room with another student, which costs approx. 435 euro per student per month. We will inform the students who applied for this study programme, once we have more information about how to apply for a room (probably in May).

Most of the time SSH runs out of rooms, so please also check the other private market options listed below, or if you don't want to share a room. We reccommend to start searching for a room from April onwards if you want to start your study in September. Are you really unable to find a room? Then sometimes you can stay with one of the families in our network. They are happy to accommodate international students for a few weeks or months. You can contact us via email(opens in new tab) if you need any help. Another option is to start at a hostel or B&B and from there, while you are already in Zwolle, start searching for something else.

Are you going to study Global Project and Change Management? Then a shared room is guaranteed in your first year. Because GPCM is a small-scale, community-based programme, you are required to live at Talentenplein, the Windesheim Honours College (WHC) residence in the center of Zwolle.

Talentenplein consists of studios that accommodate two students. This way you will get to meet new people instantly! As you are all from other countries, you will have a great time figuring out and discovering Zwolle together. And with a study load of forty hours a week, living together makes it easier to link up for group work or to ask flatmates questions about homework! Housing agency SSH(opens in new tab) will help you find a studio at Talentenplein. Once you have completed your application for Global Project and Change Management, we will let you know what you need to do in order to arrange your accommodation. Please note that pets are not allowed. Costs per student are 436 euro per month per student (2023/2024).

See photos of Talentenplein

Finding your own room in year two

Following your first year, you will need to relocate as incoming first-year students will occupy the rooms. Securing accommodation in Zwolle can be challenging, so we recommend registering with SSH as soon as you start your first year. In the event that SSH doesn't have available housing, please consult the websites listed below for alternative options.

Contact Windesheim Honours College if you have questions.