Students are ultimately responsible for making their own housing arrangements, but Middlebury College has a special arrangement with the Studentenwerk Mainz enabling the program to place most graduate and undergraduate students in university dormitories, providing additional contact with German university life. Students interested in the rooms reserved for Middlebury students will be asked to complete a housing form after acceptance into the program.

Inter I and Inter II are located next to each other and equally close to the Mensa and the Philosophikum. For a tour of the Mainz campus, click here--or view the Campus Map.

Other on-campus dormitories are "Forum" and "Mainzer Kolleg." Within walking distance, there is "Münchfeld." "Hartenberg" (close to Münchfeld) and "Valenciahaus" (close to the city-center) are a 10 to 15-min bus-ride away.

All rooms have internet-access. If you bring your laptop equipped for wireless internet access, you can go online no matter where you are on campus. You can buy the necessary card at the ZDV (computer center on campus).

Private rooms and apartments are at an absolute premium in Mainz; thus, students who choose to find their own living quarters should plan to arrive in Germany in early September. In order to find an apartment, you can check the page of the Mainzer Verkehrsverein, the webpage of the Mitwohnzentrale Mainz and the City-Mitwohncentrale Mainz, Wiesbaden, Frankfurt. If you should have to stay in preliminary quarters, the Mainz Youth Hostel is a reasonable alternative to the local hotels.

For estimated costs see the handbook of the School in Germany. 

Sharing apartments with other English-speaking students is not permitted.

All images by courtesy of H.F.