Amsterdam
Amsterdam
High pressure, 2026
The tightest student market in the country. DUWO is the main student landlord, but most University Housing rooms are reserved for students their school nominates. Everyone else depends on ROOM registration time, Direct Offer, and the private market.
Listed among the highest-pressure student cities in the 2026 Landelijke Monitor Studentenhuisvesting.
Deadlines and rules
1 left blank on purpose — add the real date yourself.
Any time
Standing ruleRegister on ROOM.nl
Open from age 16. How long registration stays valid was published as 8 years at launch — confirm that on ROOM.nl. You respond to rooms on Roommatch or the landlord's own site, not on ROOM itself.
Via your university
Standing ruleDUWO University Housing is mostly reserved
Almost all University Housing rooms are held by schools. You only get one if your institution nominates you. If it does not, DUWO Direct Offer covers temporary rooms in Amsterdam, The Hague and Leiden. The nomination window itself is not one national date — check your faculty. Check DUWO for current dates.
Check ROOM.nl for the current date.
Fill inUvA, VU and HvA housing window
Check the university housing office for the current September and February nomination dates. We did not publish a date we could not verify.
Per listing
Standing ruleLottery or waiting time is printed on the ad
There is no single national draw date. Some rooms go to the longest registration time, others by lottery. The advertisement says which. Check ROOM.nl for the current rule on a specific room.
Where to look
- ROOM.nl
ROOM.nl's own registration for non-profit student housing. ROOM charges a one-time €35 fee, from age 16. ROOM does not list the rooms.
- Roommatch.nl
Supply site linked to ROOM. Several landlords, including DUWO, Idealis and Lefier, publish ads here.
- SSH
Student landlord in Utrecht, Rotterdam, Groningen, Tilburg, Zwolle and a few other cities. Waiting time usually comes from ROOM.nl.
- DUWO
Largest student landlord. University Housing in Amsterdam is mostly reserved by UvA, VU and HvA.
- SSH&
Student landlord for Nijmegen and Arnhem. New rooms go online on Wednesdays. A free profile is enough to start.
- Idealis
Student landlord for Wageningen and Ede. Rooms are offered through ROOM.nl and Roommatch.
- Kamernet
Private rooms and sublets. A subscription, not a waiting list. Check the landlord yourself.
- HousingAnywhere
Mid-term and international listings, with a booking fee. Useful when the corporation list is too slow.
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