Student housing
Looking for an apartment or room?
Housing is scarce - finding an apartment in Zurich is not an easy matter and can take several months. It can therefore be very advisable to deal with this early on.
Below you will find numerous providers and platforms for student housing. WOKO (Student Housing Cooperative Zurich) and Juwo (Youth Housing Network) are the two largest providers of student housing. They both offer around 3,000 rooms. WOKO is a cooperative founded by UZH and ETH and Juwo rents rooms from third parties to students.
Weegee.ch is the biggest shared flat search in Switzerland which contains rooms from the biggest shared flat portals.
This website lists a variety of different dorms by different organisations that are here for students and apprentices.
The WOKO cooperative was founded in 1956 by the UZH and ETH and offers students a total of around 3,000 rooms.
The youth housing network JUWO offers affordable housing for young adults in training. With around 3,000 rooms, JUWO is one of the largest providers in Zurich.
The room and apartment brokerage mediates living space between private individuals and ETH / UZH members via a search portal and provides information about living in Zurich.
Projekt Interim offers affordable interim solutions for accommodation. In addition to flats, you can also find offices, studios, workrooms, sales areas for pop-ups, industrial halls and special locations for film & photo shoots.
At "Wohnen für Hilfe" (Living for Help), students cohabit with older people. Instead of paying rent, students offer regular support services.
Generally, one hour of help per month equals one squaremeter of living space.