An important figure in AUC’s housing process is our Housing Officer who oversees the procedure. They work closely with DUWO to manage all aspects of our residential campus and also supervises the Resident Assistants.

Each year, AUC and DUWO set a housing timeline in January, carefully planning each step for the months ahead. If you pay attention to updates, you won’t miss any important deadlines. Students who need to take action will be informed via student.auc.nl, the internal AUC student newsletters and by direct emails.

If you have questions about housing procedures at AUC (excluding landlord-related matters), you can contact the Housing Officer through the Digital Service Desk).

Room selection takes place through the online University Housing (UH) allocation platform: uh.room.nl. The available rooms for each moving round are determined based on expected vacancies and then offered to various groups of students following a sequential process.

For example, when a current first-year student requests an internal move, they can only choose from the rooms vacated by departing third-year students and if these rooms appear in the uh.room.nl system (AUC and DUWO reserve the right to keep rooms aside for certain exceptional circumstances). Once the internal move is finalised, the first-year’s previous room becomes available for the next selection round, which is designated for incoming first-years.

So as a first-year participating in the internal move, you can only select from the rooms listed on the UH platform at the time of your selection. It is not possible to choose a room that is still occupied by another student who is also in the process of moving.

In 2-person shared apartments, the room allocation system does not provide information about your future roommate before you select a room. Neither AUC nor DUWO can offer details about potential roommates in advance. Only after you have signed your housing contract can you ask DUWO for the contact information of your new roommate. All shared apartments are by default restricted to male or female roommates. Single rooms are for all genders. If your gender identity influences your housing preferences, please contact AUC’s Student Life Officers.

Many students ask for a specific roommate. In case you have a preferred roommate, you may try to use the system to your advantage. For example, you can attempt to select a spot in an apartment where you know your friend’s roommate’s old room will be vacant, or you can try to select rooms together. Keep in mind, though, that this is never guaranteed.

Each year, extra attention is given to 4-person apartments where the more social living situation of these students asks for a matching approach to increase roommate compatibility. AUC organises online housing mixers between current students and incoming students each year in May.

This housing mixers allow for discussions of similarities in personalities, lifestyles and expectations to form the basis of well-connected 4-person houses. After the online mixer, the selected students from the incoming class receive a direct room offer that they only need to accept. They do not select their own room through the housing allocation platform.

Some students have a medical condition or disability and are therefore assigned a room with a medical priority provision. This process is coordinated through AUC’s Student Life Officers. These students do not select their own room, but are assigned a room, and moving is not allowed after this provision is granted.