Each semester, HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and Arts reserves 50 single rooms in its student residence Mercator D for incoming exchange students.
The Mercator D residence
Mercator is located in Nonnemeersstraat 19, 9000 Gent, which is approximately 1.7 kilometres from the city centre of Ghent.
Rooms:
- 12 square metres
- single bed with mattres, duvet and pillow
- furnished with a desk & chair, wardrobe, small fridge and bookshelves
- free internet acces is available in all rooms (Wi-Fi + LAN)
The toilets, showers, kitchen, washer and dryer are shared with other students.
I am an exchange student.
An exchange student is a student who temporary studies at HOGENT for one semester or academic year, but stays enrolled at her or his home institution. Exchange students are expected to earn credits which they can transfer to their degree studies at their home institution.
I am a degree seeking student.
A degree seeking student enrols at HOGENT as a regular student in order to obtain a full degree or diploma.
Renting a student room costs 1375 euros for one semester. This includes 55 euros/month for heating, water, electricity, internet and cleaning of shared facilities. The rent is due for the whole semester, even if you leave the student residence early. To confirm your booking, you will be asked to pay a 250 euro security deposit, which will be reimbursed after your stay if you leave the room behind in a clean condition.
It is possible to rent a HOGENT student room for the duration of one semester, meaning from September until January or from February until June. The exact period of the rental agreement will be communicated by the Housing service once the rooms are allocated.
Applying for a room is only possible if your home university has given you the confirmation that you are selected to come study at our university as an exchange student. Your home university will send you an application form on which you can indicate that you want to rent a room of HOGENT.
Please note that a room in Mercator D is not guaranteed by ticking the box in the application form as there is always a big demand for student rooms at our student residence.
Only students who meet the following conditions are eligible for a student room in Mercator D:
- You will be studying at HOGENT University (KASK and School of Arts included) for the duration of one semester
- You are younger than 25 years old
The sooner a student finalizes their application, the more chance to get a room in the student residence. The student rooms are allocated as soon as possible after the registration deadline. For more information on the registration deadline, please contact our International Office via huisvesting@hogent.be (HOGENT) or els.moens@hogent.be (School of Arts).
Once the International Office has selected the students who get to stay in our student residence for the duration of their exchange programme, those lucky students will receive an email with more information about the room and practical agreements.
Students who start their exchange programme in the first semester will receive an email around May and students who enter the second semester get a confirmation email around November.
Please read the internal regulations carefully before applying for a room in our student residence. Here you will find more information about the rental conditions, leaving the room early, use of the room, location description, safety regulations, visiting regulations and more.
Students must clean their own room. Kitchens, living rooms and sanitary provisions are cleaned by the cleaning team, but students are expected to help ensure that the common spaces remain hygienic.
The rent for a student room in Mercator D is 275 euros per month. This includes 55 euros/month for heating, water, electricity, internet and cleaning of shared facilities. The rental period is 12 months.
To confirm your booking, you will be asked to pay a 250 euro security deposit, which will be reimbursed after your stay if you leave the room behind in a clean condition.
Applicants must at the beginning of academic year:
- be enrolled at HOGENT with a degree contract for a minimum of 27 credits
- be eligible for child benefit or be under 25 years of age
- have not completed more than four years of higher education (for a master's degree from KASK & Conservatorium, a period of five years applies)
You do not need to be enrolled at HOGENT at the time of application. The application is not binding. We do ask you to inform us by e-mail if the application may be dropped.
- Students who already have a room will be given priority over new applicants as long as they have not completed more than four years of higher education. For a master's degree from KASK & Conservatoire, the deadline is five years.
- Scholarship and near scholarship students are given priority over students who are not scholarship-eligible.
- Generation students are given priority over students who have previously attended higher education.
Degree seeking students can apply for a room by sending an email to huisvesting@hogent.be in which they express their interest in a student room in student residence Mercator D.
Rooms requested before 1 June will be allocated on the based on the priority rules. On 1 June, available rooms will be allocated. If you get a room, you will also immediately receive the rental agreement and internal regulations via email. No room available for you? You will remain on the waiting list until you get a room or until you let us know you may be dropped. You can request your place on the waiting list from 7 June at huisvesting@hogent.be.
Please read the internal regulations carefully before applying for a room in our student residence. Here you will find more information about the rental conditions, leaving the room early, use of the room, location description, safety regulations, visiting regulations and more.
Students must clean their own room. Kitchens, living rooms and sanitary provisions are cleaned by the cleaning team, but students are expected to help ensure that the common spaces remain hygienic.
