{"id":2394,"date":"2026-05-27T08:21:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/president\/?p=2394"},"modified":"2026-05-27T08:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:21:28","slug":"stockholm-universities-squeezed-by-high-rents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/president\/2026\/05\/stockholm-universities-squeezed-by-high-rents\/","title":{"rendered":"Stockholm universities squeezed by high rents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content-wrapper\"><p class=\"lead-paragraph\">Fortunately, the government has decided to propose an additional allocation of three million kronor to the Royal Institute of Art in the Spring Amending Budget.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is being done<\/strong> to mitigate the impact of high rental costs. That\u2019s good. But it\u2019s not enough.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Between 2021 and 2024<\/strong>, KTH has seen rent increases of nearly 20 per cent for leased premises, and our average rent is now around 1,300 SEK per square metre higher than the national average. This equates to premises costs that are approximately 280 million SEK higher than the national average. And that&#8217;s every year!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The higher operating costs<\/strong> of running a university in the capital compared to other parts of the country are impossible to ignore. Furthermore, KTH is in many ways an elite university with high applicant numbers and a large proportion of internationally leading research. It is time to draw a line around Stockholm and protect the capital\u2019s higher education institutions from the depletion caused by the current model for providing facilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are many ways<\/strong> to achieve this. 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