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Housing for relocating academic staff

As part of the relocation services, KTH Housing offers accommodation, depending on availability, for international academic staff, including doctoral students, coming from abroad to KTH.

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Our service

KTH Housing administrate a limited number of accommodations that we offer to international academic staff relocating to Stockholm. Allocation is dependent on availability, which sometimes mean that not all applicants can receive an offer. Housing is allocated according to what we have available when you register, when you arrive, and what your family situation is. 

Our housing

KTH Housing has accommodations located in Stockholm, most of them on KTH Campus. These are furnished apartments in various sizes and in some cases shared apartments and corridor rooms. They can be leased for a maximum of one year, i.e. for the first year you are in Sweden. Not all offers are for a full year. The duration of a contract is dependent on availability. Pets and smoking are not allowed in any of our housing.

Read more about our locations:

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Eligibility for housing through KTH Housing

You are eligible to apply for housing through KTH if:

  • You are a new PhD student at KTH, who started your studies less than 6 months ago.

  • You are a guest researcher who is not employed by KTH.

  • You are recently employed by KTH (less than 6 months ago) and have obtained your PhD degree no more than 5 years ago.

How to apply for housing with KTH Housing

  1. Fill out the Registration form  for KTH Relocation. 

  2. If you are eligible for KTH Housing and we have availability, you receive a reply to your form from housingoffice@kth.se  with a link to the housing application in Mobility Online. Please note that filling out the Registration form and making the housing application in Mobility Online are two separate steps. You need to have completed both in order to be taken into account for a possible housing offer. 

  3. The housing application in Mobility Online consists of several steps including choosing accommodation preferences and confirming them. If we are able to offer you accommodation, you will receive an offer by email about 2 months prior to your requested start date. You need to accept or decline the possible offer in Mobility Online. If you reject the offer due to not receiving your residence permit yet, you are welcome to contact us again when your documents are in order. After accepting the offer, you pay the first rent before the due date set and sign and upload your housing contract when asked to do so. 

Finding housing on your own

If you are not eligible for accommodation through KTH Housing, prefer to find housing on your own or have not received an offer from KTH Housing due to limited availability, you can look for external alternatives. Below are some housing queues you can join. There are also several co-living opportunities in Stockholm, just a short google search away.

Contact

Contact KTH Housing at housingoffice@kth.se  for any housing related questions that you cannot find the answer to on the web page.