Application for Accommodation, Odense Degree Students

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1 Application for Accommodation, Odense Degree Students IMPORTANT INFORMATION Please read the following information carefully before you fill in the application form. The University of Southern Denmark, Odense, guarantees accommodation for degree students in a student hall of residence or in private accommodation. The guarantee only applies to applicants who apply with a complete student application form and an accommodation form within the deadlines mentioned below. Application You have to send this application form to: University of Southern Denmark International Office Campusvej 55 DK 5230 Odense M Fax: int@sdu.dk Please be aware that: By submitting this application form, you undertake to enter into a tenancy agreement with the landlord who owns or administrates the accommodation. The most essential conditions in the tenancy agreement are described in the following, and please see an English translation of the tenancy agreement at: click Housing, Campus Specific Information, Campus Odense, Lease Contracts. Right of withdrawal In accordance with the Danish Act on Certain Consumer Contracts, you have the right to withdraw from your residential tenancy agreement up to 14 days after you have received the accommodation offer which is sent to you by (the coolingoff period). If you withdraw your application after termination of the cooling-off period (i.e. the period in which you can withdraw from your tenancy agreement), you will be charged up to three months rent!

2 Application Deadlines Autumn semester: May 1 st Spring semester: November 1 st Applicants sending in forms after these dates are not guaranteed accommodation! Accommodation Offer You only get one accommodation offer. It is sent to you by by the Accommodation Office, usually in July or early August/late December or early January. Rent, Deposit, Etc. The rent per month is maximum DKK On arrival you have to pay a deposit equivalent of maximum 3 months rent. The room is furnished for a monthly fee of DKK Some rooms include room AND board. They cost about DKK 3200 per month with no deposit or furniture fee. The overall payment of the first month is maximum DKK 10,800, and per month thereafter maximum License Fee In Denmark every household with electric appliances such as TV, radio, video, DVD, computer with internet access, mobile phone or similar electronic devices that work as a television or radio receiver has to pay media license. As a student in Denmark with your own room, you will be a household. You should therefore expect to have to pay this fee while you are here. You pay DKK 180 per month. Contents insurance In Denmark you are expected to have contents insurance. If you choose not to take out insurance for your housing, you should be aware that there is no coverage for you in case of theft and burglary. Rental Period You pay rent from the date your accommodation is available. If you come to Odense for the autumn semester starting September 1 st, you will usually have to accept and pay for accommodation from August 1 st. Note, however, that you may not get accommodation until around September 1 st. If this is the case, you naturally only pay rent from September 1 st. If you come to Odense for the spring semester starting February 1 st, you should expect to have to accept and pay for accommodation as early as of January 1 st and as late as February 1 st. Note, that you may not get accommodation until around February 1 st. Again, you then only pay rent from February 1 st. You are responsible for paying rent for the room assigned to you until the termination of the tenancy agreement. Be aware that you have to pay rent two weeks after you move out of your room. Please be aware that notice of termination of tenancy agreement must be given up to three months before you wish to leave your accommodation. It is only possible to give notice from the 1 st or the 15 th of the month. Housing conditions

3 You are placed in an off campus student hall or in private accommodation. In general you should expect to share kitchen and/or bathroom with one or more persons. You are likely to share kitchen and/or bathroom with a person of the opposite sex. On rare occasions you may share kitchen and/or bathroom with a person who is not a student. Be aware that you should not expect to be able to be two people sharing one room. The norm in Denmark is one student to one room and most often you are not allowed to be more than one person in one room. For more information on accommodation visit:

4 Application for Accommodation, Odense Degree Students (please write in capital letters) Given name: Family name: Address: address: Tel: Nationality: Gender: Male Female Date of birth: Study you apply for: Request that may be fulfilled: If possible, I would like to share kitchen and/or bathroom with one of my fellow students from my home institution: If possible, I would like the following roommate: Name: Comments: YES, I accept the terms stated on the two previous pages. Date: Signature: (Only to be signed by the student in question)

5 YOUR COPY OF TERMS For you to keep! Application for Accommodation, Odense Degree Students IMPORTANT INFORMATION Please read the following information carefully before you fill in the application form. The University of Southern Denmark, Odense, guarantees accommodation for degree students in a student hall of residence or in private accommodation. The guarantee only applies to applicants who apply with a complete student application form and an accommodation form within the deadlines mentioned below. Application You have to send this application form to: University of Southern Denmark International Office Campusvej 55 DK 5230 Odense M Fax: int@sdu.dk Please be aware that: By submitting this application form, you undertake to enter into a tenancy agreement with the landlord who owns or administrates the accommodation. The most essential conditions in the tenancy agreement are described in the following, and please see an English translation of the tenancy agreement at: click Housing, Campus Specific Information, Campus Odense, Lease Contracts. Right of withdrawal In accordance with the Danish Act on Certain Consumer Contracts, you have the right to withdraw from your residential tenancy agreement up to 14 days after you have received the accommodation offer which is sent to you by (the coolingoff period). If you withdraw your application after termination of the cooling-off period (i.e. the period in which you can withdraw from your tenancy agreement), you will be charged up to three months rent!

6 Application Deadlines Autumn semester: May 1 st Spring semester: November 1 st Applicants sending in forms after these dates are not guaranteed accommodation! Accommodation Offer You only get one accommodation offer. It is sent to you by by the Accommodation Office, usually in July or early August/late December or early January. Rent, Deposit, Etc. The rent per month is maximum DKK On arrival you have to pay a deposit equivalent of maximum 3 months rent. The room is furnished for a monthly fee of DKK Some rooms include room AND board. They cost about DKK 3200 per month with no deposit or furniture fee. The overall payment of the first month is maximum DKK 10,800, and per month thereafter maximum License Fee In Denmark every household with electric appliances such as TV, radio, video, DVD, computer with internet access, mobile phone or similar electronic devices that work as a television or radio receiver has to pay media license. As a student in Denmark with your own room, you will be a household. You should therefore expect to have to pay this fee while you are here. You pay DKK 180 per month. Contents insurance In Denmark you are expected to have contents insurance. If you choose not to take out insurance for your housing, you should be aware that there is no coverage for you in case of theft and burglary. Rental Period You pay rent from the date your accommodation is available. If you come to Odense for the autumn semester starting September 1 st, you will usually have to accept and pay for accommodation from August 1 st. Note, however, that you may not get accommodation until around September 1 st. If this is the case, you naturally only pay rent from September 1 st. If you come to Odense for the spring semester starting February 1 st, you should expect to have to accept and pay for accommodation as early as of January 1 st and as late as February 1 st. Note, that you may not get accommodation until around February 1 st. Again, you then only pay rent from February 1 st. You are responsible for paying rent for the room assigned to you until the termination of the tenancy agreement. Be aware that you have to pay rent two weeks after you move out of your room.

7 Please be aware that notice of termination of tenancy agreement must be given up to three months before you wish to leave your accommodation. It is only possible to give notice from the 1 st or the 15 th of the month. Housing conditions You are placed in an off campus student hall or in private accommodation. In general you should expect to share kitchen and/or bathroom with one or more persons. You are likely to share kitchen and/or bathroom with a person of the opposite sex. On rare occasions you may share kitchen and/or bathroom with a person who is not a student. Be aware that you should not expect to be able to be two people sharing one room. The norm in Denmark is one student to one room and most often you are not allowed to be more than one person in one room. For more information on accommodation visit: