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Eligibility and application

Interested in applying for housing through KTH Housing? Your chances of securing accommodation and the application process depend on your type of studies at KTH and whether you pay tuition fees. Please note that we cannot guarantee housing for all students.

1. Tuition fee-paying students doing a full master's or bachelor's programme

Accommodation service

Tuition fee-paying students doing a full master's or bachelor's programme (including scholarship holders) starting their studies at KTH year 2024 are guaranteed accommodation for the first academic year. Priorities and conditions for 2025 are not yet set and changes may occur. See all conditions for KTH Housing .

Application and confirmation

August 2025

For those who plan on starting their studies at KTH in August 2025, the application will be open in May 2025.

The first installment of the tuition fees must be paid before applying since the applications can only be approved if the payment is done.

2. Joint master's students

Accommodation service

Joint master's students (including EU, EEA and Swiss citizens) in the following programmes can apply for housing for their first year at KTH according to the conditions for KTH Housing :

  • All EIT Digital, EIT InnoEnergy and EIT Urban Mobility programmes
  • Biostatistics and Data Science
  • Molecular Techniques in Life Science
  • Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering
  • Decentralized Smart Energy Systems
  • Security and Cloud Computing
  • Innovative Sustainable Energy Engineering (Nordic Five Tech)
  • Polymer Technology (Nordic Five Tech)

Application and confirmation

August 2025

For those who plan on starting their studies at KTH in August 2025, the application will be open in May 2025.

Before applying you must have received a formal Letter of Admission from your program at KTH.

3. Exchange students

Accommodation service eligibility

Exchange students (including double degree and dual master exchange students) doing one or two semesters at KTH are not guaranteed accommodation, however, you can still apply for housing through KTH and be offered accommodation if there is availability. We highly recommend all exchange students incoming to search for housing on your own  in addition to applying.

Application

Remember to tick the checkbox for accommodation when applying for exchange studies at KTH (in the system Mobility Online). If you forgot to check the box, contact your exchange coordinator.

All incoming exchange students starting January 2025 will be sent a welcome letter from KTH via email in November with the housing application link. Remember to check your spam inbox. Please make sure to fill in the application form without delay and follow through with all steps required in Mobility Onlie before November 13th in order to have a chance to housing through KTH Housing.

We will help as many applying students as possible and plan to book all rooms through November. In case of cancellations, we will continually book rooms until the start of the spring semester.

Start date on the contracts will be January 13th 2025. Contracts for one semester will end June 30 2025 (including that night). Check the dates for the Academic year 2024-2025 .

Read the conditions for KTH Housing  before applying. Use the application link in your welcome email sent November 5th and make 1 application only.

4. Other types of students

Accommodation service eligibility

Non tuition fee-paying students (citizens of EU, EEA or Switzerland), other than those covered in group 1,2 or 3, can not apply for accommodation via KTH. Your eligibility is not affected by if you are doing a full master's or bachelor's programme, are admitted to courses only, or doing an internship.

Due to a change in Swedish law limiting universites possibility to rent out housing effective from January 2023, we can no longer offer accommodation to this student group. We recommend looking for housing on your own .

If you are not sure which student group you belong to, contact your KTH contact person or housingoffice@kth.se .