Student Experience wins ‘Best Student Housing Property’ and ‘Best Sustainable Student Property’ awards

Amsterdam, November 8, 2023 – Student Experience is proud to announce that its first international location, Student Experience Madrid Pozuelo, has been honored with two awards by the Class Foundation: ‘Best Student Housing Property’ and ‘Best Sustainable Student Property.’

In 2018 and 2021, Student Experience was honored with the ‘Best Student Housing Property’ for its then-newest locations, Amsterdam NDSM and Amsterdam Minervahaven. In 2021, Student Experience Amsterdam Minervahaven also won the ’Best Sustainable Student Property’ award. Earlier this year, Student Experience received the ‘Best Environmental Management’ award by Global Student Living. These consecutive achievements are a remarkable milestone for Student Experience and mark the company’s ability to deliver on its sustainability promises while enabling students to study and live carefree. 

Leading by example 

“Winning these two awards for our first location outside the Netherlands is truly amazing. Our mission has always been to provide students with living environments that improve their studies and student life and also align with a sustainable future. It’s a great honor that our efforts have been recognized.” – Johan Verweij, Founder and CEO at Student Experience. 

Student Experience Madrid Pozuelo has set a new standard for student housing. The complex offers fully furnished studios with a private coffee corner, private bathroom, and terrace. Students can enjoy a wide range of facilities, which include a swimming pool, a healthy restaurant, and a rooftop padel field. Student Experience takes pride in offering shared facilities that add joy and convenience to the student’s lives, as well as helping improve the student’s health and well-being.  

With guests from all over the world, Student Experience recognizes that they are all unique. Various events and activities are organized that help create a close-knit community, catering to their different needs. The various shared facilities and personalized service allow the guests to feel at home within the complex. 

Energy-efficient systems can be seen throughout the whole complex, such as thermal insulation, rainwater recycling systems, and 1000m2 of solar panels powering the complex. Student Experience aims to inspire students to adopt green habits by providing shared facilities and transport, waste separation facilities, and offering monthly sustainability challenges. Developed according to sustainable building methods, Student Experience continues to set an example for sustainable student housing and, in doing so, leads the way to a greener future within the industry. 

The Class Foundation 

The ‘Best Student Housing Property’ award acknowledges student accommodation that exemplifies the ultimate environment for student living. This recognition underlines Student Experience’s commitment to creating a space for students to learn, grow, build a community, and enjoy themselves.  

The ‘Best Sustainable Student Property’ award recognizes innovative student housing properties that have incorporated sustainability throughout their design, construction, and operation. This recognition underlines Student Experience’s commitment to creating innovative, eco-friendly living environments for students.  

Student Experience received the awards at the Class Conference in the Maritime Museum of Barcelona. The Class Foundation, host of this annual event, is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving student living across Europe. This event celebrates the most forward-thinking developments and provides a stage for inspiring guest speakers within the student housing industry. Juliette Willemse, general director of Student Experience, was invited as a speaker on the topic ‘Designing spaces for people and the planet.’