Overview

• Average WG rents for students nationwide rose to €505, up €12 from the summer semester and €16 year over year, marking a new high.
• Bavaria’s average reached €603, with Munich the priciest at about €800, while Coburg sits at the low end on €370 and small declines appear in Freising and Bayreuth.
• The current €380 BAföG housing allowance falls short in 70 of 88 university cities, and an announced lift toward €440 would still leave a majority above the cap.
• MMI analyzed 10,660 offers across 88 locations, focusing on two- to three-person ‘standard WGs’ and warm rents that include electricity and internet.
• Munich’s universities begin the semester with steady enrollments despite the missing Abitur cohort, as LMU reports about 7,000 first-semester students and welcomes new president Matthias Tschöp.