Sit student housing

Studying in Trondheim

Sit student housing

The Sit student village at Moholt. *Photo: Sit*

Most student villages in Trondheim are owned and managed by the Student Welfare Organization (Sit). NTNU owns no student housing.

In Trondheim, the NTNU Unit for International Relations is responsible for allocating the available Sit student housing to our international students.

Not all students are guaranteed Sit housing. However, some students may still be eligible for Sit housing. If you are eligible for student housing, Sit will contact you directly.

Exchange students who hold citizenship in an EU/EEA/Swiss country are not guaranteed Sit student housing.

Who is guaranteed Sit housing?

Autumn semester

In the autumn semester, there is not enough student housing to accommodate everyone. Some students will therefore have to find private housing on their own.

The following students are guaranteed an offer of Sit student housing:

Students with citizenship from a non-EU/EEA/Swiss country.
Students admitted to an International master's degree at NTNU (except students with Nordic citizenship).
Students attending an Erasmus Mundus and Joint Nordic Master's at NTNU.

The following students will not be considered for Sit student housing, and will receive no offer:

Students with Nordic citizenship.
Master´s degree students already living in Norway at the time of application.

Other students may or may not receive an offer.

In general, short term contracts are not offered in the autumn semester.

Spring semester

While not all international students are guaranteed Sit housing, most become eligible for Sit student housing in the spring semester.

The following students are guaranteed an offer of Sit student housing:

Students with citizenship from a non-EU/EEA/Swiss country.
Students admitted to an International master's degree at NTNU (except students with Nordic citizenship).

Sit housing procedure through NTNU

This information only applies to new international students.

How do I apply for Sit housing?

International degree students

International degree students who are guaranteed Sit housing do not need to apply.

Exchange students

All exchange students (regardless of whether you are guaranteed Sit housing) need to apply.

You can do so by simply answering "Yes" to the question "Do you wish to be considered for student housing?" in the Additional form for exchange students.

The form can be found in the list of required documents for your exchange study application. Please note that this document must be uploaded to the application portal Søknadsweb.

How to apply for exchange study

Placement students (category B and C)

Placement students in these categories must contact us at housing@aud.ntnu.no.

How to know if I am selected for Sit housing?

If you are guaranteed and/or have applied for Sit housing and are selected, you will receive a booking code directly from Sit.

Please note that the International Unit cannot and will not send you the booking code. We also cannot process requests for housing priority.

When will I know if I am selected for Sit housing?

Sit housing allocation will only take place after you have been officially admitted to NTNU.

Exchange and international degree students who are guaranteed Sit housing will typically hear from Sit in:

June* for those starting in the autumn semester
November* for those starting in the spring semester.

Exchange students who do not fall into the "guaranteed" category will typically hear from Sit in:

July* for those starting in the autumn semester.
Late November/December* for those starting in the spring semester.

* The timelines above may vary slightly from year to year.

Placement students (categories B and C)

Your caseworker will inform you if you are selected for Sit housing. More information will follow if you are.

How do I use booking code from Sit?

If you have received a booking code from Sit, you must follow their instructions and book your room at Sit with the same name and e-mail address with which you applied for a study at NTNU.

Practical Information about Sit housing

Below you can find some practical information about Sit housing that are relevant to international students.

Type of rooms

The majority of students will be placed at Moholt Student Village, which is the only student village with furnished rooms (some other student villages have partially furnished rooms, some non-furnished).

Standard rooms are single rooms in a shared apartment (shared living room, kitchen and bathrooms). There is normally a long waiting list for couples' or family accommodation.

The cheapest single rooms start at about NOK 4 300,- plus utilities. On average, you should expect to budget for at least NOK 5 500,- per month for rent and utilities.

Note that the state of furnishing varies between the different rooms and none of the rooms include bed sheets/duvet/pillows- check the inventory list to see what your room includes!

Shared housing

Sit housing is co-habitation housing, and roommates are automatically assigned based on housing availability. You are not able to choose who to live with, and will have to share an apartment with whomever else is assigned it.

This means you may be living with persons of different gender, nationality, ethnicity, beliefs, etc. Requests to be housed with specific (groups of) people will not be heeded. If this is not acceptable to you, you will have to turn down your offer of Sit housing and find private housing.

Housing contract and start date

After you have received a booking code from Sit and booked a room, you will receive a housing contract immediately. All the essential housing information will be included in the contract.

You will have to pay rent from the starting date stated in the contract. If your arrival is later than the starting date, you will still need to pay rent from the starting date of the contract.

If you arrive before your housing contract starts, you should look into temporary housing.

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