The fall semester has already begun, and many colleges have officially opened student dormitories that have been renovated after purchasing existing real estate. The reporter combed through and found that universities such as China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, and Hefei University of Technology all purchased existing real estate as student apartments in 2025, and this year's freshmen have already moved in. At some universities, doctoral students can stay in a single room in a “garden house” with an annual accommodation fee of 1,500 yuan. In the next few years, the conflict between the expansion of enrollment in high-quality undergraduate colleges and the shortage of student dormitories will continue and even intensify. Multiple corrections in many places have adopted new methods such as purchasing existing real estate and leasing social housing to expand the supply of university student dormitories.

The fall semester has already begun, and many colleges have officially opened student dormitories that have been renovated after purchasing existing real estate. The reporter combed through and found that universities such as China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, and Hefei University of Technology all purchased existing real estate as student apartments in 2025, and this year's freshmen have already moved in. At some universities, doctoral students can stay in a single room in a “garden house” with an annual accommodation fee of 1,500 yuan. In the next few years, the conflict between the expansion of enrollment in high-quality undergraduate colleges and the shortage of student dormitories will continue and even intensify. Multiple corrections in many places have adopted new methods such as purchasing existing real estate and leasing social housing to expand the supply of university student dormitories.