Housing for degree seeking students
Mercator D Residence
Nonnemeersstraat 19, 9000 Gent
- approximately 1.7 kilometres from the city centre
- 12 square metre rooms
- furnished with a single bed (mattress, duvet and pillow included), desk & chair, wardrobe, small fridge and bookshelves
- free internet access is available in all rooms (Wi-Fi + LAN)
- Toilets, showers, kitchen, washer and dryer are shared with other students
You pay 400 euros deposit along with your first rental invoice. This sum will be refunded within three months of your departure, provided there is no damage.
You must insure your personal belongings yourself (usually through your parents' fire policy).
Conditions
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 yet exceeded the maximum duration of stay in a HOGENT residence. The maximum duration of a stay at a student residence is equal to the foreseen study duration of the standard graduate’s, bachelor’s or master’s programme upon the student's first enrolment at HOGENT, in every case extended by one academic year. Each academic year for which the student was previously enrolled at an institution of higher education is also taken into account when calculating the maximum duration indicated above.
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.
Priority rules
- Students who already have a room will be given priority over new applicants as long as they have not exceeded the maximum duration of a stay in a HOGENT student residence.
- 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.
Room application for academic year 2025-2026
From March 1, 2025 at 9 a.m. through February 28, 2026, degree students who meet the requirements can apply for a room for academic year 2025-2026 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 May will be allocated based on the priority rules. On 5 May, 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 15 May at huisvesting@hogent.be.
Available rooms will be allocated on the 5th of May.
Are you among the lucky ones? Then you will also immediately receive the rental agreement and internal regulations via e-mail. The rental agreement must be digitally signed within 7 days.
Standard, you rent a room for twelve months.
In the internal regulations you will find more information about the rental conditions, leaving the room early, use of the room, location description, safety regulations, visiting arrangements and more. When you sign the rental agreement, you fully agree to the provisions in the internal regulations.
Prevention students are committed residents who act quickly if an unsafe situation occurs, such as a fire, or an incident in which a fellow student is injured. They take part in evacuation drills, report any misconduct in the dorm, and represent the students of their floor at meetings with the Housing Department.
Become a prevention student and contribute to the safety of your residence!
Prevention students are sociable students with a sense of initiative and responsibility. We provide them with first aid training, a firefighting course at the firefighting school, and the necessary prevention material. In return for their commitment, they receive a flat-rate expense allowance of €125 per academic year. Twice a year, we also deposit €75 for mobile phone expenses.
Are you a candidate? Let us know before 1 September at huisvesting@hogent.be.