Accomodation
Finding accomodation in Amsterdam can be quite difficult. However, there are several ways to start your search for an accommodation.
For both students studying at the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) and students studying at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) you can apply for a room via the UvA or the HvA respectively. Both institutions will be able to offer a room to most of the international students (note that you can only apply for this service at the institution you will study at). Your contact person at the University will put your name on the reservation list for accommodation. You will be contacted by email by the housing-corporation before the start of the lease and they will send you detailed information on the lease conditions and the address of the room they have reserved for you. Usually you will be placed in an accommodation together with other international students.
However, if you want to live together with Dutch students, you should look for accommodation in other ways. This might be interesting if you want to improve your language skills or if you want to know more about the Dutch culture. In that case you can look for a room via some internet sites such as http://www.kamernet.nl. Most of these websites are in Dutch, but most Dutch people understand English so you can also respond in English.
In addition, students that want to rent out their room, or are looking for a room in Amsterdam, can use the new housing platform of the VU and the UvA:www.HousingAnywhere.com. This webpage is developed in order to bring demand & supply of student accommodation better together. This website is free to use and it operates on a full student-to-student basis, without intermediaries.Feel also free to use this platform to rent out your room during summer to an internship or summer school student.
In general it’s quite difficult to find a room via these websites, but it is possible. Start looking for rooms a long time before you are coming to the Netherlands, write some information about yourself and at a picture. Other ways to find rooms are: putting notes in the institution you’ll study at or looking in the local magazines. If you rent a room via a commercial company or from a private person, always watch out the payments you have to make. Sometimes they require you to pay a big fee or a surety (“borg” in Dutch) without the possibility of getting it back. The smallest rooms in Amsterdam, close to the city centre, are about €250,00 per month, while an average room costs about €350,00 - €400,00 per month.
Other useful websites:
http://www.dekey.nl/studenten/short-stay-facilities/
http://www.duwo.nl/eCache/ENG/1/750.html
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