WOKO handles most subsidised student rooms and the list is long. The private market moves in German, and a dossier written in English is read more slowly than one written in German — which in a market this fast is the same as not being read.
Agencies in the canton of Zurich ask for a debt-collection extract, proof of income, and a guarantor resident in Switzerland. Two of those three are impossible to produce before you arrive, which is the real reason agency listings stay closed to you. Why applications get rejected explains the circle and how to get round it.
Your deposit is capped at three months' net rent and blocked in your own name — up to CHF 4'200 at the top of the range here. How the deposit works.
Correspondence, leases and cantonal paperwork are in German. Non-EU students in Zurich are asked to prove around CHF 21'000 for one academic year — confirm the figure with the cantonal office rather than with any website.
Where you live changes your commute more than your rent. The areas around the M1 line, with what each one actually costs.
We run student housing in Lausanne. When it is full — or you are in another city — we search the market for you, and we co-sign leases so agencies accept your file.