Welcome to
Eselsbergsteige Dormitory
Home to 500 students, fast internet, helpful tutors, and shared spaces that make daily life easier.
Welcome to
Eselsbergsteige Dormitory
Home to 500 students, fast internet, helpful tutors, and shared spaces that make daily life easier.
Welcome to
Eselsbergsteige Dormitory
Home to 500 students, fast internet, helpful tutors, and shared spaces that make daily life easier.
General Information
The Eselsbergsteige dormitory, or short “EBS”, is located on the Eselsberg in the decentral north west of Ulm.
During the semester over 500 students live here. Many spend their first academic years here and then take a step towards an own apartment. The supervised complex consists of 7 multi-story buildings. Internally often called block A to G. The blocks E, F and G offer fully furnished shared apartments for 2 residents, while 3 to 5 people share their apartments in block A to D.
Many residents are international students. While students from distant countries, like India or China, finish their whole degree here, Europeans often just spend one semester abroad in the course of the Erasmus program. You will have many chances to get to know new cultures and interesting people, just be open minded and use your opportunities.
A big advantage about life in a dormitory is moreover the exceptional service. The helpful caretakers, flat-rate operational costs with included gigabit internet access and the many common rooms and social activities turn your studies into the most exciting years of your life.
The carrier of the dormitory is the Studierendenwerk Ulm. All questions concerning dormitories in Ulm should be addressed to them.
Neighborhood
The dormitory is located on the upper Eselsberg, surrounded by the streets Eselsbergsteige, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Weg and Sebastian-Kneipp-Weg. The neighborhood is rather calm and consists mainly of terraced houses and one-family houses.
If you follow the Eselsbergsteige uphill for about 3 minutes to the bus stop “Virchowstraße”, you can find a small business center with a supermarket, ATM, bakery, pharmacy and some doctors.
Another point of interest is located about 15 minutes by foot towards the city center. There you can find the business center “Stifterweg” (bus stop “Burgunderweg”) with even more shops, banks, police office, DHL packing station and a city administration service center.
From the dormitory to university by foot it’s about 20 minutes, by bus (route 5 to “Wissenschaftsstadt”) about 10 minutes. You can reach the city (main station) by foot in about 45 minutes, by bus (route 5 to “Ludwigsfeld” or “Wiley”) in 15 minutes.
Description of Apartments
3, 4 or 5 People Shared Apartments
In the blocks A to D there are in most cases 4 people shared apartments (“WG” in German), but there are also 3 and 5 people shared apartments. They are equipped with a big kitchen with electric stove, oven and many cupboards.
The rooms are furnished reasonably: bed, cabinet, shelf, container, bed box, desk, chair. All furniture can be moved with a little effort and arranged to your comfort.
2 People Shared Apartments
Within block E to G you exclusively find shared apartments for 2 residents. The rooms are furnished equally. The atmosphere is a bit calmer, but there is much less common space than in the big apartments.
The stove consists of just 2 plates – an oven is only available in the oven rooms. Toilet and bathroom are separated.
Waste Separation and Disposal
Like everywhere in Germany, waste separation is an important rule in the dormitory. Waste glass has to be thrown into the containers south of the B block. Plastic, aluminum and packaging belong into yellow bags (city office). For those bags there is a special disposal area next to the C block (throw-in from above). Biological waste, paper and residual waste can be disposed at any disposal area around the dormitory. Look at the map to find the closest spot to your apartment.
If one garbage bin is full, please throw your waste into another one and don’t put it beside the full bin.
Noise
Welcome to a dormitory! People living here like to celebrate major events like birthdays, passing exams, meeting with friends, good weather… and of course any reason is a good reason to BBQ—at the same time some of you are learning or sleeping.
Please communicate before you get stressed out by those celebrating or BBQ-ing. Get up and tell them to keep it down. Communication is the key to a successful life with one another.
To generally avoid such situations, please obey the standard night rest times after 10 p.m. and stay preferably indoors with closed windows. This especially benefits our neighbors.
Semester Ticket & Bus Schedule
The bus (route 5) stops directly in front of the dormitory and departs every 10 minutes on working days. A ticket (one way) is €2.40, so it’s beneficial to buy a semester ticket. The ticket costs €129.00 and is valid for the official semester period.
Bus schedule, prices & night buses →
Last update: 13.06.2020
Broadcasting Fee
Like in every household, the broadcasting fee for ARD and ZDF has to be paid in a dormitory too. After you report your address change to the city administration service center, you’ll probably receive a letter from the “Beitragsservice”. This fee is per household (shared apartment), so you can split it with your roommates.
To answer online, use this form. For English info, see this page.
The Esel’s-Bar
Opening Hours: Wednesdays and Sundays from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m.
The spot for getting to know each other and enjoying! Here you can experience sociable evenings and savor through an exciting drinks menu for inexpensive prices. The bar tutors will take care of your needs very well.
The rooms of the bar are also used for board-game and movie evenings (“CineEBS”). Board-game evenings take place on the first & third Mondays; movie evenings on the second & fourth Monday of every month starting at 8 p.m.
Party Room
The party room is in block E. It has all you need to party: stove, oven, sink and fridge—and of course a toilet too. Before you get the key, you have to pay a deposit (€50) to the party-room tutor. This room can only be booked on Friday, Saturday and before holidays.
Washing Rooms
The washing machine is €1.30 per cycle. The dryers are €1.60. Both can only be paid with the student ID. To load money onto your ID card with your bank card, there is a terminal in the E-block entrance.
Tools Room
Here you find basic tools: a drilling machine, jigsaw, cordless screwdriver, work bench, soldering gun, and device to find conductors. Bring your own consumables (screws, nails, glue).
Underground Garage & Bicycle Parking
If you bring a car, you have to rent an underground parking lot from Studierendenwerk Ulm. You can also lock your bicycle in multiple spots indoors or around the dormitory (see map markers).
✨ Ready to Join Us?
Reach out via the Studierendenwerk Ulm for leasing questions, or drop by our Info EBS WhatsApp group to get connected with current residents!
Contact Studierendenwerk Ulm