Facts and Figures
Hanover, Germany, 12 April 2023

EUROSTUDENT VII SUF 3.0 released

An updated third version of the EUROSTUDENT VII micro data set is now available. 17 countries have contributed to the data set, which now covers data from more than 200,000 students from all over Europe.
EUROSTUDENT Talk, 11 May 2023

It’s not the same to live in a house as to a small hall of residence: housing conditions, psychological distress and academic success of students in France during the first COVID-19 lockdown

Alexis Alamel from Sciences Po Rennes, Odile Ferry from French Observatory of Student Life and Elise Tenret from Paris Dauphine University intro ...

EUROSTUDENT Reports

EUROSTUDENT publishes several different types of reports. The latest reports stem from the seventh round of the project (2018-2021). The Synopsis of Indicators offers a full overview of all topics and indicators, whereas the Thematic Review and Short Report are shorter publications focusing on a single topic, or fewer indicators. EUROSTUDENT Intelligence Briefs provide analyses on a single question of interest.

Synopsis of Indicators

EUROSTUDENT VII 2018 - 2021

Social and Economic Conditions of Student Life in Europe

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How do students live in the EUROSTUDENT countries?

On cross-country average, 36 % of students live with their parents or guardian. 18 % live in student accommodation, 21 % live with partner/children, and 15 % of students live together with others (outside of student accommodation). Living alone (outside of student accommodation) is the least common housing situation in the EUROSTUDENT countries: on cross-country average, only 10 % of students do not share their living space. Living with parents is particularly widespread in Malta, Italy, Georgia, Albania, and Croatia, where more than half of all students live this way. In contrast, this form of housing is not very common in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. There, no more than 13 % of all students live with parents, instead the largest share of students lives with partner/children. The use of the parental home as housing form differs also by students’ parents’ financial status. In more than 90 % of countries, students from well-off families more frequently live with their parents while studying compared to their less well-off peers.

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Through almost two decades of EUROSTUDENT surveys, we have gained a better understanding of our students’ social characteristics, economic, and study conditions indicating significant changes in students’ composition. Understanding these changes is fundamental to having the ability to ensure accessibility to higher education.
Jurgita Petrauskienė, Minister of Education and Science (2016-2018), The Republic of Lithuania

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