The University of Singapore has once again seen dormitory subletting, with many people posting high-priced dormitory rental advertisements on the Internet, and some of them even offered a price of S$45 per day (S$1,350 per month), which is more than double the original rent. Many students who are not assigned to dormitories also seek room rentals online, and are even willing to pay up to thousands of dollars in illegal dorm rent.
Around July last year, some Singaporean university students rented out dormitory rooms in Telegram groups, which attracted the attention of the school. Subsequently, there appears to have been a decrease in the rental of illegal dormitories. Recently, however, there has been a resurgence of advertisements for dormitories at Nanyang Technological University and the National University of Singapore.
"Dormitory subletting"
There are female students who sublet a double room in Nanyang Technological University's Graduate Hall 1 for a short period of time from 1 December to 15 January next year at a cost of S$45 per day. This means that if someone rents for 30 days, the cost will be as high as S$1,350, while the monthly rent for a double room in the dormitory would have been S$470.
Advertisements for Nanyang Technological University's Tanjong Hall are also being posted for a single dormitory for male students at S$1,200 a month, which can be rented for a year and extended for a year and a half if necessary. In fact, the monthly rent for the Tanjong hostel is S$535, and these students charge more than double the rent.
In addition to Nanyang Technological University, students at the National University of Singapore have also advertised short-term rentals of dormitories online, with some even offering a price of S$850 per month, more than double the original S$344 per month.
Violation of school rules
Whether it's a short-term or long-term sublet, or renting someone else's dormitory room, it's a violation of school rules.
According to Nanyang Technological University, the dormitory rules explicitly prohibit students from subletting or allowing others to rent rooms, whether money is involved or not. Students who do not intend to continue with the residence should notify the school as soon as possible and give up the room to the next eligible student.
Students living in dormitories are told that they must comply with the dormitory rules, and violators will be subject to disciplinary action, including expulsion or ban from the dormitory. The school encourages those who find violations to report to the school in order to maintain the fairness of the accommodation environment.
The National University of Singapore also pointed out that the dormitory space is restricted to residents and subletting is prohibited. Students who sublet will face disciplinary action, such as point deduction, suspension or disqualification, suspension or termination of scholarships, and this violation may be recorded on transcripts, with the university emphasizing regular inspections of the residence halls and reminding students of the residence rules on several occasions.
Currently, Nanyang Technological University has 25 hostels and the National University of Singapore has 10 dormitories, including traditional hostels and boarding colleges. Monthly fees range from a few hundred to thousands of dollars. While the cost of hostels for Singaporean students and foreign students is the same, the application requirements are different.
Accommodation for international students
There is a big difference between a student dormitory or an off-campus residence. In China, it basically depends on where you go to school, and the housing prices in Beijing and Shanghai are compared to everyone's mind.
In this regard, Singapore universities generally have on-campus accommodation, but international schools may not, depending on the level of school facilities.
If you choose a homestay, it is relatively cheap, 10-120,000 yuan a year, you can contact the host family through foreign websites, institutions, and schools, which is limited to parents with a high level of foreign language proficiency and familiar with foreign situations. In addition, there are three ways, which are:
- Connect with local host families through friends and relatives abroad.
- The host family is fully arranged by the school where the child will attend.
- Choose a host family through a study abroad agent.
For students who have lived in Singapore for a while, they can choose to share a flat with their classmates or rent an off-campus apartment on their own. Applicable group: 18 years of age or older, university students, and with parental consent.
Student apartments cost about S$1,800 per month, about 100,000 RMB a year, more advanced two-person rooms cost 4,000-5,000 per month, which is equivalent to about 24-300,000 RMB a year, and single rooms cost about S$3,000, or 180,000-200,000 RMB a year.