Based on 9 student reviews
Student Housing in Beijing
9 exchange students told us where they lived in Beijing and what they paid. Median rent: $227 a month.
Where students actually live
Out of the 9 students who reviewed Beijing, here is how they split across housing types. Student residence came out on top at 89%.
- Student residence89%
8 students
- Private apartment11%
1 students
What students really pay
Across 4 students who told us their rent, the middle figure in Beijing was $227 a month. The cheapest paid $130, the most expensive $486. These are amounts actually paid, not asking prices.
Converted to USD at the time each review was submitted.
The areas students chose
The neighbourhoods students named when we asked where they lived in Beijing:
- On campus
- Beijing
- Campus
- Inside the university
- Shijingshan
- Tsinghua University
Listed by how often students mentioned them, not by our opinion.
Student residences in Beijing
89% of students in Beijing stayed in a student residence, which makes it 1 among the options here. Residences usually cost more than a shared flat but come furnished, with bills included and no local guarantor to find. If you are arriving without a contact in Beijing, this is the least stressful way in.
Cheap student accommodation in Beijing
The cheapest rent reported in Beijing was $130 a month, against a median of $227. What separates the two is almost always the same three things: sharing a flat rather than renting alone, living one transport zone out from the centre, and signing for a full semester rather than month to month.
Erasmus housing in Beijing
Erasmus and exchange students in Beijing face the same problem: a lease that has to start and end with the semester, signed from another country, often without a local guarantor. That is why student residence is the most common answer here rather than a standard rental. The 9 reviews below come from students who did exactly that.
When to start looking
Start looking as soon as your exchange is confirmed. The students who struggled in Beijing were, almost without exception, the ones who waited until they arrived.
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Questions about housing in Beijing
- How much does student housing cost in Beijing?
- The median rent reported by 4 students in Beijing is $227 a month, ranging from $130 to $486. These are figures students actually paid, collected through our reviews.
- Where do exchange students live in Beijing?
- The areas students named most often are On campus, Beijing, Campus, Inside the university, Shijingshan, Tsinghua University.
- What kind of housing do students choose in Beijing?
- Student residence is the most common answer at 89%, out of 9 students who reviewed Beijing.
- When should I start looking for housing in Beijing?
- As soon as your exchange is confirmed. Rooms that suit a single semester are the first to go, and arriving without anything booked is the single most common regret in these reviews.
- Are there student residences in Beijing?
- Yes. 89% of the students who reviewed Beijing stayed in one. Residences come furnished with bills included, which avoids the local-guarantor problem most exchange students hit.
- How can I find cheap student accommodation in Beijing?
- Share rather than rent alone, look one transport zone out from the centre, and commit to a full semester. The students at the bottom of the range in Beijing did all three.
Where these numbers come from
9 exchange students who lived in Beijing filled in our review form after their semester. Every figure on this page is computed from their answers. Nothing here is an estimate.
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