Housing in Wageningen

Idealis is the student accommodation provider in Wageningen and Ede and owns 6300 housing units. Wageningen University PhD candidates can also rent a room from Idealis. Visit the Idealis website for the current procedure.

When are you eligible?

As a WUR PhD candidate you are welcome to rent from Idealis if you are registered in the PhD Candidates Information System (Hora Finita). Note that you must be officially admitted and that the status of your registration in Hora Finita is no longer "in progress”. You will not be registered in Hora Finita if you do not obtain your PhD in Wageningen.

You can respond to available rooms from Idealis via Roommatch.nl. To do this, you must first create an account on the national platform ROOM.nl and pay the one-time registration fee. Once registered, you can log in and respond to room offers published by Idealis on Roommatch.nl. The longer you’ve been registered on ROOM.nl, the better your position in the queue and the higher your chances of securing accommodation. Therefore, make sure to register as early as possible, even if you don’t yet know your exact arrival date.

Unfurnished rooms are literally unfurnished, i.e. no bed, desk, closet or curtains.

Priority

Priority arrangements exist for scholarship PhD candidates coming to the Netherlands for the first time. Keep in mind that if you are coming with your family no priority arrangements are available for family rooms. You must be officially admitted and also the status of your registration in HORA FINITA is no longer "in progress". To request room priority your first promotor (from his or her email address) needs to send the completed priority registration form to Doctoral Service Centre: immigration.dsc@wur.nl.

• Priority for the academic year 2024-2025 is closed from 30 April 2025.
• Priority for the academic year 2025 - 2026 can be applied for from 16 September 2025 (till 1 April 2026).

Applications for the academic year 2025 - 2026 will only be taken into consideration when they are sent to immigration.dsc@wur.nl on or after 16 September 2025. Applications sent before 16 September 2025 will not be considered.

(All independent from Wageningen University and Research)

• Wageningen Student Plaza: The Facebook group for Wageningen Students. Besides second hands stuff also rooms are offered here. Or you can ask if someone in this group knows about an available room.
• Wageningen Room Sublets Mostly temporary rooms.
• Wageningen Student Housing
• Hoefweg Ede

Also, some Facebook groups exist that are established by- and meant for people from certain nationalities. You may find a room or help in general more easily here.

Rent benefits

In some cases, one can receive rent benefit from the Dutch government. Information about rent benefits can be found on the site of the Dutch Tax Administration.

PhD candidates looking for a room in Wageningen (other than through Idealis/Room.nl) should be wary of scams to prevent paying for a non-existent room. Some indications that can be used to identify scammers are:

• The landlord does not allow you (or another person) to view the room or flat before you have to transfer money.
• There is a high time pressure (the first person to sign the contract gets the room).
• The person posting the ad on (for instance) Facebook has little or no information on their personal page.
• Advertisements contain anomalous details in the use of language or the advertisement contains incorrect information (such as that a flat is “near a shopping mall”, which we don’t have in Wageningen).

KopieID app

Landlords (other than Idealis where you upload a copy of your passport in your personal online account on Room.nl) are allowed to ask for personal information and your ID number, but not for a copy of your passport or your citizen service number. In case you do want to make a secure copy of your ID we strongly advise you to use the KopieID app.

Please read all about this app on this website of the Dutch Government. You can download the KopieID app at the  Apple App Store or Google Play Store. The app is a publication of the National Office for Identity Data, part of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands.