Property Management Software for Student Housing

Q: Which door locks is it compatible with?

Our bluetooh digital key is compatible with ASSA ABLOY (Vingcard and Vostio) and Salto (Space) locks. Our wallet based key is compatible with ASSA ABLOY (Vostio) NFC door locks.

Transform student housing management

Maximize occupancy, efficiency and revenue 24/7/365 with the Mews property management software for student housing. Renting rooms, apartments or a bed for one day, one month or even a semester is seamless. Ready to level up the way you manage your student accommodation?

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Student Housing Property Management Software

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Why switch your property management software for student housing to Mews?

Increase
occupancy

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During the off-season, easily offer weekly or nightly bookings using the same platform.

Effortless
management

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See long- and short-stays on one at-a-glance timeline for an overview of your occupancy.

Easy to learn

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An intuitive interface, e-learning and online help, take the stress out of hiring new staff.

Hassle-free
payments

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Automated pricing and payment solutions make repeat transactions simple.

Keep revenue coming in

The end of a school year shouldn’t mean the end of your recurring income. We make it easy for you to offer any space for any length of stay – so you can open student rooms to other renters for short visits during the off-season.

Multi-view timeline

Easily toggle between hourly, daily and monthly bookings on your timeline to zoom in on different booking lengths.

Rate management

Set different rates for different lengths of stay to offer your guests the best prices and encourage longer stays at a lower price; pro-rated rates let you charge for just the time the students are with you.

Direct OTA connections

Direct, fast connections to Booking.com, Expedia and Dayuse help fill gaps between long stays with minimal risk of overbooking.

Space and service upsells

Manage meeting rooms, co-working desks, bike rentals and parking spots on a single platform and create packages to suit guests’ unique needs.

Cater to the tech generation

Your guests were practically born with technology in their hands, so give them the digital solutions they’re used to using. From booking to arrival, during their time with you and when they’re ready to leave, automation and digitalization offer the experience students expect.

Easy booking engine. Boost direct bookings and save on channel manager fees with an easy, intuitive booking engine that makes adding additional services seamless.
Digital key. No more time spent at the desk waiting for a key – or losing keys that need to be replaced. Digital key puts the key right on the guest’s phone (something your guests never leave home without).
Dedicated booking engines. With a booking engine for a specific bookable service, guests can book spaces and services – from a desk to a bike to parking spot.

Manage more than rooms

Turn any area into a revenue-driving experience. Bookable services give you endless options for ways to turn your unused spaces into profit and give students the best stay possible. Even better is that you can adapt the time for bookings from an hour to a day to a month.

Parking spaces
Co-working desks
Bike rentals
Event spaces

Add the integrations you need

Your student accommodation is unique – and your students have different needs. With Mews you can change your tech stack as often as you'd like to stay competitive.

Marketplace. Choose from more than 1,000 applications that are ready to be integrated with Mews PMS to improve your operations and your students’ stays.
Open APIs. Add custom technology and create a unique, bespoke system that fits your business.

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As CX started growing, we realized just how limiting legacy systems are. Mews is a much better fit for us. We’re especially happy with the open APIs, an intuitive interface, and the possibility to work with beds as well as rooms
Sonia Bastiani
Head of Sales & Distribution
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CX

Got a question?

What is property management software for student housing?

Student housing software is a property management system (PMS) specifically designed to streamline the way your student accommodation operates. With smart technology that can manage tasks such as check-ins, check-outs, reservations, payments, maintenance requests and billing – along with just about everything else you could need – you'll improve efficiency, elevate the student experience, and make revenue growth easy.

Why do I need property management software for student housing management?

A property management system should simplify the management of student housing. This includes automating time-consuming, manual tasks like rent collection, room assignments, maintenance scheduling, housekeeping, reporting, and resident communications. It should also provide smart insights into occupancy and financial performance, fueling better financial decision-making. The best property management software for student housing betters the student experience with tech-savvy offerings like digital room keys, self-service check-ins and virtual support.

What is the benefit of using Mews PMS for student housing accommodation?

Mews is a cloud-native platform that makes managing student housing effortless. It goes beyond simple automation, offering features like AI-powered rate management for optimized pricing and multi-view timelines for occupancy at a glance. Mews understands that student housing unique. With an Open API and more than 1,000 hospitality integrations, you can customize your tech stack to meet your specific needs as demand grows and evolves. Plus, with Mews Spaces, you can manage any space – from rooms to parking and co-working – whether for students and non-students, for an hour or a month or a full semester, ensuring you maximize occupancy and keep revenue flowing year-round (not just throughout the school year)

How does student housing software help maximize occupancy year-round?

Modern property management software for student housing helps operators fill rooms beyond the academic calendar by supporting flexible stay lengths, dynamic pricing and connections to online travel agencies. This allows properties to attract short-term guests, interns, conference attendees and travelers during quieter periods – reducing vacancy and increasing revenue year-round.

Can student housing software manage both short-term and long-term stays?

Yes. The best student housing management platforms allow operators to manage nightly, weekly, monthly and semester-long stays within a single system. This flexibility makes it easier to adapt to changing demand and maximize occupancy across each guest type.

How does the system work?

Guests are invited via a link or application to use their phone to digitally open their room door. This could by through the internet for cloud based door locks, via Near Field Communication (NFC) or Bluetooth. Our Digital Key uses Bluetooth and a mobile application to communicate with Bluetooth enabled door locks; the guest only needs to tap their phone near the lock to unlock it. Access is configured based on your door configurations and the reservation in Mews.

How to get digital keys?

To get Digital Key from Mews, you should first verify that you have compatible door locks with your door lock provider. Once confirmed, you can visit the Mews Marketplace and purchase the Digital Key add-on. After some brief configuration you'll be ready for your guests to open doors with their phones.

Which door locks is it compatible with?

Our bluetooh digital key is compatible with ASSA ABLOY (Vingcard and Vostio) and Salto (Space) locks.

Our wallet based key is compatible with ASSA ABLOY (Vostio) NFC door locks.

How to share our Digital Key with other guests?

The reservation owner can share Digital Key invites with other guests in their reservation directly from the Digital Key app. Guests only need to tap the 'Share' icon in the app and can send a link via their preferred communication method. Key sharing is limited to a maximum of the number of guests on the reservation to help maintain security.