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Students talking over coffee on the steps of the main building
Two students pinning drawings to a studio wall

Rooms by the river, eighty clubs and a library that stays open until eleven. Most of what happens here happens outside the lecture hall.

Find a room

(01) Housing

A room by the river

Apply for housing
  • 540 CHF, a month, from

    Rheinhaus

    Rooms:
    420 singles
    Where:
    On campus
    For:
    First-year students
  • 720 CHF, a month, from

    Kleinbasel flats

    Rooms:
    180 shared flats
    Where:
    10 minutes by tram
    For:
    Second year and up
  • 45 CHF, a night

    Guest rooms

    Rooms:
    36 furnished rooms
    Where:
    Building F
    For:
    Exchange and visiting students

(02) Clubs

Eighty student clubs, all free to join. Meet them at the club fair in the courtyard, first week of September.

  • Rowing64
  • Choir48
  • Film society120
  • Type club35
  • Robotics52
  • Debating40
  • Climbing88
  • Jazz band18
  • Chess30
  • Ceramics26
  • Hackers74
  • Swimming58
  • Student paper22
  • Urban gardening45

(03) Facilities

Open late, open to all

  • Library

    07:00–23:00
  • Studio hall

    08:00–22:00
  • Sports hall

    06:30–22:00
  • Workshops

    09:00–18:00, Mon–Fri
  • Canteen

    11:30–14:00, Mon–Fri
  • Pavilion café

    08:00–18:00
A concrete pavilion on the campus lawn

(04) Student voices

Sofia Marín
Architecture, third year

“I came for the studios and stayed for the rowing club.”

Sofia Marín, Bachelor of Architecture
Two students walking through the courtyard in autumn