Student cities in Germany

Lowest living costs in our table — OvGU on the Elbe.

€820/mo

Music history, rising rents, Berlin alternative with Saxon prices.

€855/mo

Optics valley — Zeiss, Schott, and Friedrich Schiller University.

€855/mo

Baroque rebuild, TU Dresden, Saxony culture on a lower budget.

€885/mo

Ruhr University on a hill — heart of the Ruhrgebiet.

€885/mo

Roman heritage, Luxembourg border, small-town university life.

€885/mo

RWTH engineering mecca — Charlemagne's city at the Benelux border.

€915/mo

TU Darmstadt, Jugendstil heritage, Frankfurt overflow housing.

€915/mo

Hanseatic compact city — Universität Bremen and aerospace.

€915/mo

Fashion, trade fairs, and Heinrich Heine University on the Rhine.

€935/mo

Fan-shaped city, KIT engineering powerhouse, Federal Court hometown.

€935/mo

Fair city, Leibniz University, steady Lower Saxony living.

€935/mo

Romantic old town, Germany's oldest university, major research hospitals.

€985/mo

Rhine metropolis, carnival capital, large student population.

€1035/mo

Former capital, UN city, compact Rhine living.

€1035/mo

Classic university town — half the population are students or staff.

€1035/mo

Capital scale, three flagship unis, startup energy — rooms are the hard part.

€1085/mo

Port city, media hub, Hanseatic weather — big-city jobs without Berlin sprawl.

€1085/mo

Sunniest city, Black Forest doorstep, strong environmental sciences.

€1085/mo

Automotive engineering heartland — Porsche, Mercedes, and Universität Stuttgart.

€1085/mo

Finance and airport hub — Goethe University in a skyscraper city.

€1135/mo

Bavaria's capital — top-ranked unis, Alps weekend trips, premium rent.

€1185/mo