Student accommodation in Zurich

WOKO gère la plupart des chambres étudiantes subventionnées et la liste est longue. Le marché privé fonctionne en allemand, et un dossier rédigé en anglais est lu plus lentement qu'un dossier en allemand — ce qui, sur un marché aussi rapide, revient à ne pas être lu.

Room in a flatshare
CHF 800–1400Net rent, before charges
Charges on top
CHF 130–280Not in the advertised price
Studio
CHF 1300–2200Harder to get before you arrive
WOKO
4–9 monthsWaiting list for subsidised rooms

What you need before a landlord will sign

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.

Quartiers

Le quartier change vos trajets plus que votre loyer. Les zones autour de la ligne M1, avec ce que chacune coûte réellement.

Universities in Zurich

If you cannot find anything

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.

Ask us about co-signing or have us search →