Getting Started in Your New City
Housing
ÖH - Innsbruck
The Austrian National Union of Students (ÖH) helps you find apartments, shared flats, and dorm rooms through its housing platform.
The Department for Student Housing also offers the ÖH-Heimkompass, a comprehensive listing of student residences in Innsbruck and more.
City of Innsbruck
When you move into a flat in Innsbruck for the first time, relocate within Austria, or establish a secondary residence, you must register your address with the authorities.
Choosing Innsbruck as your main residence comes with benefits: for example, you can apply for rent subsidies or a resident parking permit. If you plan ahead, you can also register for a municipal flat.
Registering your main residence also helps the city indirectly through financial equalisation payments, which support services that benefit students. These include investments in student housing, public transport, expansion of the cycle path network, as well as cultural and educational facilities. Additionally, it grants you the right to participate in local elections in Innsbruck, as EU citizens can vote in municipal council elections at their main residence.
Free Time
USI
The University Sports Institute offers a wide range of sports courses—ideal for trying out new sports and making new connections.
Music at University
Do you sing or play an instrument and want to stay musically active during your studies? Then join the University Choir, University Orchestra, or the UniBigBand!
Tyrolean State Museums
Are you studying in Innsbruck and want to get to know the cultural side of Tyrol's capital city? Then you shouldn't miss these sights:
Admire the impressive tomb of Emperor Maximilian and the famous Black Mander in the Hofkirche. Marvel at the 1,000 m² giant circular painting on the Bergisel. Or travel through art history in the Ferdinandeum with masterpieces by Rembrandt, Klimt & Co.
Students from a university in the EUREGIO region Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino have free access to the museums of the Tiroler Landesmuseen: https://www.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/studierende/
Tyrolean State Theatre
Love theatre, opera, dance or concerts but want to keep it affordable?
The Tyrolean State Theatre has exclusive offers and discounts for everyone under 27 – discover them in the voucher booklet, available at the Ticket & Subscription Office in the Haus der Musik Innsbruck or at the ÖH office (Josef-Hirn-Straße).
In addition, all visitors under 27 receive a 40% discount on single tickets and subscriptions, plus last-minute tickets for just €10 at the evening box office.
Enjoy top-quality theatre at a student-friendly price!
Find our programme and online shop at:
www.landestheater.at, www.tsoi.at and www.haus-der-musik-innsbruck.at
Football: Raiders Tirol
Students and employees of the University of Innsbruck receive discounted tickets for all Raiders Tirol matches in Innsbruck this season.
The offer is valid while stocks last.
Tickets and match dates can be found on the following website: https://shops.ticketmasterpartners.com/raiders-tirol
After choosing a seat, select "Student" and enter the code: STUgoesRAI2025
Please bring your student or employee ID to the matches.
Mobility
IVB
With the semester or climate ticket, you can travel across Tyrol or all over Austria. You can find the right public transport ticket with the Innsbruck Transport Company (Innbrucker Verkehrbetriebe ,IVB).
With the City Bike, you can flexibly rent bicycles to get around Innsbruck.
VVT
The Tyrol Transport Association (Verkehrsverbund Tirol, VVT) provides information about buses, trains, and public transport tickets.