Hi Petros,
Thank you for your message and apologies for the late response!
I will answer your questions below:
1) There are plenty of rooms advertised throughout Enschede, but there's also a lot of demand, so I suggest you start looking for a room as soon as possible if you're starting this September. You could be lucky and find a room within a couple of days, but depending on what you are looking for it could take you maybe 2 to 3 weeks to secure a place. I recommend you join the following Facebook groups as plenty of students advertise in them.
Saxion International Students Enschede
University of Twente - International
University of Twente - Marktplaats
Apartments in Enschede-Saxion students
Wohnungen in Enschede
2) I actually just finished the 1st year in Elektrotechniek with 100% approval, so I can answer this with some authority I hope :). I personally experienced about a 50% success rate of students going through to the second year. The reasons can be varied, as either the course turns out to be not interesting to a particular student, or most often unfortunately is because the student did not dedicate the right amount of time for self-study. Of course, people have different learning paces, but what I can assure you is that between colleagues there's a good sense of community, meaning that study groups are always formed and every one is happy to help, and in addition the professors are very helpful and available, as the culture here in the Netherlands and at Saxion is that the professors and students are at the same level, meaning you can always knock on their doors to ask for help.
All students who dedicated time to study and took the course seriously have been approved.
3) This is a definitely yes. There are so many different nationalities in the international class and although you require a minimum IELTS result to be admitted, you can notice different skill levels when it comes to speaking English. I can assure you though that the professors are aware that you will not be taking a course in your local language, as most of them are foreigners too! Even some of my colleagues that speak the least English between us have been successful in their studies.
Hope this answers all your questions and looking forward to potentially seeing you from September!
Luciano, Saxion IO Team