Welcome to FMEL housing portal

Before you book

Please create your profile on our portal in order to submit your housing request.

• Only the tenant's private e-mail address should be used to register (not the one assigned to you by your university or school).

• Your ID or your passport is required during the booking process (document to be scanned and downloaded).

• Once an offer is extended no change of name will be permitted.

Enrolment obligatory

To benefit from a room at the FMEL, you will need a certificate of enrolment from a university (listed on our website) for the current semester or proof of enrolment. This document must be downloaded once an offer has been sent to you.

If your lease is officially signed and you only provided proof of registration when you received the offer of accommodation, you will receive a reminder inviting you to upload your official registration no later than 2 months after the start of your lease.

If you are not eligible for a room at the FMEL, your reservation will be cancelled. For more information, please consult our terms and conditions at fmel.ch.

Reservation session 2025

Please be advised that the next room booking session will be for a lease start in February 2025, barring unforeseen cancellations.

Please note that your registration on the waiting list does not automatically guarantee the allocation of accommodation by the FMEL.

Thank you for your attention.

last update: 09-12-2024

Scam attempts – warnings

We would like to remind students interested in renting accommodation in the Lausanne area that there are attempts to defraud flats, rooms and studios. Useful advice can be found on this link:
https://www.epfl.ch/campus/services/housing/en/general-information/scams/
The FMEL is aware of these fraudulent attempts and after penal denunciation makes every effort to put a stop to such attempts.
The FMEL reserves the right to terminate any contract that has been acquired illegally or outside of FMEL booking conditions, in particular before the room has been published on the reservation portal or when personal data has been shared , transmitted or falsified.