International Students with a housing guarantee

Multicultural living

The following students are guaranteed a single room in a student home, provided that you apply for a room within the deadline:

  • Exchange students
  • Quota students
  • Self-financed Master degree students
  • Students in other collaboration programs with a minimum duration of 1 semester
  • MiB
  • ENE

If you are an international student with a housing guarantee, you are guaranteed a student home provided you follow these instructions:

Apply within the given deadline

You will receive a message from your place of study which contains a personal reservation code to be used when applying for a room. Use this code when you register and apply for a room.

Note! If you do not use this code when applying, you will not be guaranteed a room.

You may choose among all the different housing alternatives, and may select 3 preferred options. We will try to to meet your request, but will allocate according to availability if preferred options are not available.

Autumn semester
Application period: 1st of April - 15th of May
Application deadline: 15th of May

Spring semester
Application period: 1st of October - 1st of November
Application deadline: 1st of November

Accept the offer for a room within the deadline

If you do not accept the offer within the deadline given in the agreement, the offer will be cancelled. The signed agreement can be returned via fax (55 27 60 30) or by e-mail. Please note that if you use postal sevices the agreement may reach us too late.

Pay the deposit after receiving the contract, and within the given deadline

Autumn semester: 15th of June
Spring semester: 1st of December

We recommend that you pay the deposit directly from “My Page” by Visa or Mastercard. By using this option you will receive an immediate confirmation that the deposit has been paid. You may also transfer money to our bank, but we do not recommend this option, as it will delay the deposit process, and result in us receiving the deposit too late. If you wish to use this option, the bank details are as follows:

Our name: SiB Studentboligene
Our address: Student Centre, Parkveien 1. 5007 Bergen, Norway
Name of bank: DnBNor
Address of bank: DnBNor 0021 Oslo
Swift nr.: DNBANOKK
IBAN nr.: NO58 5205 06 22886

Note! State your customer number (you can find it on top of the right hand side of the agreement).

Cancellation of the housing offer
If you wish to cancel the offer for a room, you may do so before a given date, and the deposit will be returned to you. If you cancel the offer after this date, you will loose the deposit.

Autumn semester: 15th of July
Spring semester: 15th of December

Please note that if you do not apply for accomodation or pay the deposit within the given deadlines, your offer for a room will be cancelled.

Any other questions? See our FAQ-section for international studens with a housing guarantee.

View the different student houses

Other international students who are not in any of the categories listed above are not guaranteed a room accommodation. The deadline for applications for the autumn semester is 1st of  June. More information.