DIS – General Housing Information

	Host Family	Danish Roommate	Kollegium	Folkehøjskole	Shared DIS Housing
Interaction with Danes (4=highest)*	4	3	3 Will vary – please see 'You will have your own room'.	4	1
Meals provided	Yes	No	No	Partially You will enroll in a mandatory dinner meal plan the whole week covered by your food stipend.	No
Food stipend	No	Yes**	Yes**	No Please be aware that all of your food stipend will go towards your mandatory meal plan at the Folkehøjskole. You should not expect the meal plan to cover all of your meals.	Yes**
You’ll shop & cook	No But families will appreciate it if you do this once in a while.	Yes	Yes	Partially	Yes
You will have your own bedroom	Yes	Yes	Yes – in most cases you will have your own room with a private bathroom and share a kitchen with about 15 other students. Some will live in a single room with a kitchenette and bathroom, and a few will share a kollegium apartment, including a bathroom and a private kitchen, with another DIS student.	Maybe	Maybe You might be placed in a double room or have up to four roommates.
Length of commute	30-60 min	Max. 30 min	30-60 min	70 min	Max. 30 min

* Based on previous students’ experience.
** DIS will offer you a partial food stipend of $600. All meals are included in the Danish Family stay whereas students choosing the Kollegium, Danish Roommate, Folkehøjskole and Shared housing receive a US$600 food stipend for the semester.

DIS will do our best to accommodate your first preference of DIS-arranged housing (family, kollegium, Folkehøjskole, Danish Roommate or Shared DIS Housing). However, available space sometimes dictates that we place you with an alternative housing preference.

DIS guarantees housing to all students who request (and have paid for) DIS-arranged housing. The deadline for requesting DIS housing is one month before the arrival date. However, please do not wait until the last minute to submit the online registration “My Housing” form, because housing placements are allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Any changes taking place after the deadline will result in a $100 fee plus any additional direct costs.

Please note that kollegium and Shared Housing are the only housing options offered by DIS in the summer. From past student experience, we believe this option provides the best summer stay.

Around 10 days prior to arrival, you will receive the housing match and the exact address. DIS puts a lot of effort and a lot of time in making the right housing match for you. This is why it is extremely important that you provide us with correct and detailed information at online registration “My Housing” form as early as possible.

If you choose the Family or the Danish Roommate stay as one of your priorities, you are kindly requested to write letters to the housing coordinator and hosts. Please write honestly and carefully when providing us with the requested letters. This is the only way we can match you with a compatible family or Danish Roommate!

Most of our housing options do NOT provide a landline telephone. DIS therefore recommends, that you order a cell phone with a Danish SIM card during your stay. DIS will send you an e-mail no later than 3 weeks prior to departure with the details allowing you to sign up for a free cell phone. Please read here about the conditions!

Housing & Student Services will be there for you at arrival day, where you will receive information and an arrival bag with answers to, hopefully, all of the questions you might have.