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Research - JUNE 26, 2019

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New study weighs student housing investment opportunities in Germany

by Andrea Zander

The university city of Münster, Germany, with almost 60,000 students, is the most attractive location for investment in new student housing, according to a study by Union Investment.

The finding of a new city ranking by Union Investment and bulwiengesa is part of an in-depth study comparing supply and demand in this sector across 61 German cities using 18 different metrics.

Münster is followed at the top of the ranking by Cologne, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe and Hanover. The lowest ranked city is Trier — below Kaiserslautern, Bamberg, Greifswald and Chemnitz. The study also examines four non-German cities: Dublin, Amsterdam, Paris and Vienna, all of which ranked in the top third.

“The top 20 cities with the best conditions for investment in the student housing sector are an interesting mix comprising

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