Apart from single rooms there are 129 flats with two to three rooms for married couples. The condition for entitlement to a place in a hostel is registration at the Marburg Philipps University. In order to facilitate university attendance for people in wheelchairs the student administration equipped the Konrad Biesalski House in 1969, the first hostel in the federal republic for the physically handicapped. The house, in which handicapped live together with those that are not handicapped, offers round the clock assistance. There is a bus service for trips to lectures, to the dining hall, to go shopping and to attend cultural events.
Service includes physiotherapeutic exercises and massage baths.
Apart from the possibility to live in student hostels many student live in private accommodation or share flats. The supply in the centre of Marburg, especially in the Oberstadt is limited, the situation on the outskirts of Marburg and in the immediate surroundings is more favourable. Patience is the necessary condition for success in looking for a flat or a room. The following sources exist to help find a private room or a room in a shared flat Accommodation Office of the Student Administration Erlenring 5, Tel. Vacant rooms and flats are displayed in a showcase.