Student halls are convenient, usually affordable, and adapted for the needs of students. Most include common rooms and social areas. Rooms are usually furnished and most halls include utility bills in the rent. Because of this convenience, they are very popular and there are usually more people wanting rooms in halls than there are rooms available, especially in the winter semester.
The Studentenwerk (Student Services Association Bavaria & Upper Palatinate) manages four student halls of residence in Passau.
If you plan to study in Passau and want to live in student halls, we recommend that you do not wait for the confirmation of your place of study before you apply for a room in halls. You do not enter into any contractual obligations by applying for a room: your application only becomes binding if you accept a room that has been offered to you.
If you apply for a room in halls, but sign a contract for alternative accommodation before you receive a response, please get in touch to withdraw your application.
In Passau, there are also several student residence complexes operated by external companies and cooperatives.
The Catholic Church's 'Wohnbauwerk' runs two student halls of residence in central and outer Passau, the 'Marienheim' in the city centre and Haus St. Severin at Schönleitnerweg. Together, these two compounds comprise 169 one-bedroom flats and 29 two-bedroom flats.
See the Wohnbauwerk website for more information.
The Studentenwohnheim St Nicola (commonly known as Kapfinger Wohnheim) is around the corner from the university.
River Living is a student hall complex built in 2022, comprising of 155 furnished apartments. There are 30 government subisidised apartments available, which feature a reduced monthly rent. These apartments, two of which are wheelchar accessible, can only be rented to international students and students receiving Bafög funding. The student hall can be found in Spitalhofstraße 30, 94032 Passau, about 800m from the town centre and 1.2km from the University campus. There is a bus stop outside the building. For more information, please visit the River Living website.
The UNILIFE Passau halls of residence, run by ZS Wohnbau GmbH, comprises of 36 individual rooms and 9 shared two-person flats. The complex is situated approximately 800 metres from the University and is close to the bus and railway stations. See the UNILIFE website (available in German only) for room availabilities and upcoming vacancies.
The Hamberg dormitory was formerly a monastery and has been expanded and converted into a student housing complex for 250 residents. Rents cost between 246 and 405 euros per month (total rent for a one-room apartment), or 438 - 521 euros total rent for a two-room apartment (furnished for one person). Electricity, heating and water costs are included in the rent, as well as car parking space and gym use. Internet access must be contracted separately (from 20,50 €/per month).
Kloster Hamberg is situated across the border, in Austria. Therefore, please only rent a room there if you are a citizen of an EU country. If you need a visa or residence permit to study in Germany, this does not cover living in Austria, as Austria has separate immigration rules.
See the Kloster Hamberg website (available in German only) for more information.
Located across the river Inn, this small student hall has 19 apartments.
Studentenwohnheim Straßl is situated across the border, in Austria. Therefore, please only rent a room there if you are a citizen of an EU country. If you need a visa to study in Germany, this does not cover living in Austria, as Austria has separate immigration rules.
See the Studentenwohnheim Straßl website (available in German only) for more information.
Some student residences in Passau are managed by estate agents. Not every room or apartment in these residences is advertised exclusively through the agencies' websites. When students are looking for new flatmates or for people to take over a tenancy agreement, rooms and entire apartments are advertised on accommodation portals by the tenants themselves. Therefore you should check our page about rented accommodation in Passau. You can often find flats that are located in the below residences listed on the websites mentioned there.
Real estate management company 'Boni' has 165 rooms in the halls of residence located in Holzheimerstraße. See the Holzheimerstraße Wohnanlage website (available in German only) for information.
Donau Treuhand manages several student halls complexes in Passau. Even though they are part of integrated building complexes, many of the apartments are owned by individual landlords. Therefore, there are differences: some are furnished, others aren't. Tenancy agreements and contract clauses vary. Some require parents to sign the contracts on behalf of students.
These are Donau Treuhand's student residence complexes in Passau:
Contact Donau Treuhand for more information. The website is available in German only.
Hatz & Team Immobilien manages the following student residences in Passau:
For further information, please visit the Hatz & Team website
The real estate agency Passauer Immobilien Resch & Söhne GmbH manages the tenancies for rooms and studios in a number of student halls. Rooms are owned by separate, individual landlords. Some are furnished, some aren't. Tenancy agreements are not standardised. Some require a student's parents to co-sign the contract. The agency offers rooms in the following student halls:
The agency lists student-friendly accommodation in many other buildings throughout Passau. For further information, visit the website of Passauer Immobilien Resch & Söhne GmbH (available in German only).
The former clothing factory ('Ehemalige Kleidungsfabrik') in Jahnstrasse (Innstadt) has been converted into about 90 student flats, managed by real estate management company Jany.
For more information, see the Jany website (available in German only).
Real estate management company Wilhelm Immobilien manages several student residences:
See the Wilhelm Immobilien website (available in German only) for more information.
