Where to live in Münster as a student

Ranking of Münster's 36 areas with CityPulse's “Student” profile. What matters most: services on foot, protected cycle lanes, public green space and tree canopy. Preferred density: high.

What is the best area of Münster to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Mauritzviertel (87), Kuhviertel (86) and Kinderhaus (86).

Münster areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Mauritzviertel	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Kuhviertel	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
3	Kinderhaus	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	Hansaviertel	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
5	Erphoviertel	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Martini	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Pluggendorf	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Kreuzviertel	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
9	Aaseestadt	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
10	Blitzdorf	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
11	Geistviertel	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
12	Südviertel	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
13	Gievenbeck	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
14	Wolbeck	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
15	Bahnhof	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
16	Uppenberg	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
17	Roxel	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
18	Sentruper Höhe	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
19	Klein-Muffi	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
20	Handorf	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
21	Zentrum Nord	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
22	Coerde	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
23	Sankt Mauritz	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
24	Angelmodde-Waldsiedlung	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
25	Rumphorst	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
26	Hiltrup	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
27	Berg Fidel	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
28	Gremmendorf	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
29	Vogelviertel	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
30	Hiltrup West	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
31	Dorbaum	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
32	Mecklenbeck	64 · good	Protected cycle lanes
33	Alt-Coerde	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
34	Angelmodde	30 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
35	Sudmühle	29 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
36	Schmitz-Kühlken	29 · poor	Tree canopy

What it does not consider

The ranking does not account for rents and house prices, noise, safety, or distance from university or work. Use it to decide where to look, then check the individual address.

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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-05. Method and sources