Xior

Booking update (14:15, 4 May 2026)
The Xior booking will be postponed to Wednesday 6 May at 13:00 CEST. At this time, the booking process will start and the booking link will be published on this website. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this has caused. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this situation. This is the confirmed booking time. We will only post further updates if absolutely necessary. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Booking Update (09:55, 4 May 2026)
The new Xior booking system is currently not yet ready and the 10:00 AM launch is unfortunately not possible. This applies to all applicants, so no one will miss out due to this delay. We will announce the new booking time as soon as the website is ready and share the correct booking link here. This page will be kept updated.

XIOR Student Housing offers a modern 8-floor residential building located next to Erasmus University Rotterdam’s Woudestein campus. The building features 280 fully self-contained studio apartments, each with a private bathroom and kitchen.

Erasmus University has reserved 259 studios exclusively for first-year international bachelor and (pre-)master students. XIOR manages the entire process, from reservations to payments. While EUR is not directly involved, we stay in close contact with XIOR to ensure quality housing and service.

The booking at XIOR for the academic year 2026-2027 will start on:

Wednesday 6 May at 13:00 CEST

You don’t need a booking code for booking and EUR reserved studio at Xior!

Booking process:

Your banks BIC code. BIC stands for Bank Identifier Code (also sometimes referred to SWIFT-BIC) and is used when transferring money between bank account to bank account. If you don’t know this code you can look it up on the website of your own bank;
Credit card;
Passport number.

Booking steps:

The new Xior booking system is currently not yet ready and the 10:00 AM launch is unfortunately not possible.
The main page will show two options: Comfy studio (Courtyard) or Comfy studio (Streetview). The difference is outlined, Courtyard studios face the inner building while Streetview studios face outside.
Please note: if you click ‘back’ on the webpage or click on the dropdown menu such as the ‘Home” page or FAQ page, the link will expire. To get back to the booking page you will have to click on the link again and try again. We strongly urge you not to do anything on the webpage except for booking your studio.
Please choose your desired studio, either Courtyard or Streetview by clicking the red button “view availability”
Choose your studio. Click on “available” on the studio you wish to book.
1. At the start of the application you will see “Move in date”. This is not the actual move in date, the date shown is the date of the day you are applying for the studio.
2. The lease start date will always be 7 August 2026 to 2 August 2027.
3. Your preferred move-in date will not affect your lease dates and will be communicated to you in the next month. You do not need to do anything at this stage.
Next you will have to fill in the application form within 15 minutes. Keep the following in mind:
1. You will see an Applicant page. Please fill in the requested details. Please note the information filled in here at this stage will be used for the log in details, meaning that the email address filled in will be the corresponding email for your residential log in, contract, invoices and other communication updates from Xior. This can be changed later.
2. On the next page, please fill in the required information requested.
3. Guarantor & Self Qualify: If you are under 18 you will need to provide guarantor information that will be requested at a later step. If you are over 18, you will “self qualify” for the studio.
4. Please double-check your email address, as this will be the corresponding address for your log-in details and confirmation of your contract.
Pay registration Fee
1. The last step of the application to secure and finalize your reservation is the payment for the application fee.
2. Payments for the application fee is only done by credit card/debit card or online banking (Ideal/Wero).
3. Once you make the payment you will receive an email confirmation. Receiving the email confirmation of your payment finalizes and secures the reservation process.
4. After you receive the payment confirmation, your reservation is confirmed but not complete.
Verification process and finalizing the booking
1. Your application will be verified by the university. This verification process might take up to a day or two.
2. After your application has been verified and approved, XIOR will finalize your lease and you will receive an email with your log in details to your resident account to sign and pay your first rental invoice. You will have 3 working days to complete the payment and sign the contract.
  If the booking is not completed within these 3 working days, it will be cancelled.
3. You will have the option to pay via online banking, such as credit card/ debit or Ideal (wero) for your first rental invoice. The amount will be indicated on the webpage and on page 3 of your lease. You will not receive a separate invoice for the first rental invoice.
  - Please note, your following rental invoices will be sent via email and through the resident portal/app. There, you can play via online banking or manual bank transfer.

If you have any questions regarding the registration or booking at XIOR please contact: rotterdam@xior.nl

Rates

At Xior, you can rent apartments in the ‘inner circle’ and ‘outer circle’ (see photo album below). All units come fully furnished and include services, utilities, internet, and more.

Below you can find an overview of the average monthly rental prices for the most affordable and most expensive rooms at Xior and the average rental price:

Minimum Rent	Maximum Rent	Average Rent
€1.070	€1.139	€1.090

The exact rental price per room will be shown on the booking website.

Municipal taxes

If you rent a room, apartment or even a house it does not matter if you are a student or not a student, because every new year the letters regarding municipality taxes land on your doorstep. Multiple institutions charge these municipality taxes and therefore, these letters can be confusing. So, which institution charges what, what do you pay them and what is it that they do with your money?

There are two kinds of organizations that charge you with municipality taxes:

City Council Rotterdam (in Dutch: gemeente Rotterdam).
Regional Tax Group (in Dutch: Regionale Belasting Groep).

Read more about this on the following website: Survival guide: making sense of municipality taxes

Please note the amounts on this website are not up to date but it gives you an idea what to expect.

One-time fees (due during booking):

Registration costs | €75.00
Security deposit | €1,500.00
Final cleaning | €125.00

Rental period

Xior has fixed rental periods. For 2026-2027 the fixed rental period is:

Friday 7 Augustus 2026 until Monday 2 August 2027

Studio equipment

Curtains, wardrobe with shelves and desk with chair
Kitchen with 2 ceramic hobs, combo microwave, kettle and fridge with freezer
Bathroom with shower, toilet and sink
Bed (120x210cm) with mattress and cover and 2 storage drawers.

Furthermore, all apartments are equipped with electronic locks and a high speed internet network, just bring your own router.

Also for your convenience Xior gives you the options to buy some at https://webshop.xior.be/ . Here you can purchase kitchen utensils, routers and bedding. The studio does not come with these items. The packages will be waiting in your apartment on the day of arrival. Check the box of each package you want to order.

Communal areas

Within the building a launderette is provided where you can wash and dry at a fixed compulsory fee and a study room. Laundry facilities are free to use and part of your monthly rent. Please bring your own detergents. There is a central collection point for household waste outside and the communal areas are cleaned twice a week. The building has several stairs and two lifts.

Rent benefit

It is possible to apply for rent benefit when staying at an apartment at Xior. Read more about the conditions for this and how to apply on our website: Rent benefit

Municipal registration

It is mandatory to register that you live at your new address at the municipality (Gemeente Rotterdam). Every resident must register. Read more about this on our website: Registration in the Netherlands

Pets are not allowed unless you received an official letter from a Dutch physician for a support animal.

The apartments at XIOR will be booked based on first come, first serve. Before applying take note that you have to meet the following criteria:

You are going to start your first year and study at EUR;
You don't have the Dutch nationality (a dual-citizenship including the Dutch nationality means not eligible);
You have not completed your prior education in the Netherlands, and you currently live abroad;
You are (conditionally) accepted to your study programme;
You are not older than 30 years.*

*If a student is 30 years old at the start of the academic year, they remain eligible. However, if they turn 31 before the academic year begins, they are not eligible.

If you have to cancel your tenancy agreement at XIOR you can do so according the below mentioned terms.

Situation	Cancellation
After booking and 1 month before the start of the tenancy agreement	Your complete down payment will be refunded minus the administrative costs (€75) and the non-refundable registration fee (€25)
Within 1 one month before the start of the tenancy agreement.	Cancellation is not possible anymore but only in exceptional cases. Xior and EUR will process each case individually.