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Eligibility and application

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

KTH Housing Guide

In this video, you'll find out who can apply, the application process, how it works, the types of accommodations available, and what is included in your rent.

Identify your student group

The housing offer and application process differ depending on your student category. Click on the links below to see what applies to you.

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

  2. Joint master's students

  3. Exchange students, including double degree and dual master's students

  4. Other student groups

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

Tuition-fee-paying students doing a full master's or bachelor's programme (including scholarship holders and tuition fee paying students in Molecular Techniques in Life Science) are guaranteed accommodation for the first academic year through KTH Housing. See all conditions for KTH Housing .

  1. The first installment of the tuition fees must be paid before applying.

  2. A link to the registration form is available here from 4 May to 31 May. Fill out the form and make sure the information is correct before submitting it. If you need help changing any details in your application or account, contact housingoffice@kth.se . Do not make another application. 

  3. After filling out the form, you get instructions via email on how to create an account in KTH's application system Mobility-Online and complete your personal data. Make sure to check your e-mails, including your spam folder.

  4. When you have made a Mobility-Online account, select 4 room preferences and confirm them in Mobility-Online before 31 May. Your chances of getting one of your preferences are the same no matter when you apply in May.

  5. Wait for your housing offer. Offers are sent out continuously from 1 June to the first week of July.

  6. Confirm or reject the housing offer in Mobility-Online within 48 hours of receiving it. If you reject the offer you will not receive another offer. 

  7. Shortly after confirming the offer, you receive the first rent invoice by email. You make the payment in Mobility-Online before the due date mentioned on the invoice. 

  8. After the payment has been processed you will be asked to download, sign and upload the contract in Mobility-Online. 

  9. When you have uploaded the signed contract in Mobility-Online you are welcome to collect the keys at KTH Entré within the key collection conditions. All contracts will have the start date of 1 August. Key collection is possible from 3 August at the earliest. Please read the conditions for key pick up .

Group 2. Joint master's students

Joint master's students (including EU, EEA and Swiss citizens) in the following programmes can apply for housing for their first academic year at KTH.

  • All EIT Digital, InnoEnergy and EIT Urban Mobility programmes

  • Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering

  • Decentralized Smart Energy Systems

  • Security and Cloud Computing

  • Innovative Sustainable Energy Engineering (Nordic Five Tech)

  • Tuition fee paying students in Molecular Techniques in Life Science

Check the conditions for KTH Housing  to see all conditions.

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

  2. A link to the registration form is available here from 4 May to 31 May. Fill out the form and make sure the information is correct before submitting it. If you need help changing any details in your application or account, contact housingoffice@kth.se  . Do not make another application. 

  3. After filling out the form, you get instructions via email on how to create an account in KTH's application system Mobility-Online and complete your personal data. Make sure to check your e-mails, including your spam folder.

  4. When you have made a Mobility-Online account, select 4 room preferences and confirm them in Mobility-Online before 31 May. Your chances of getting one of your preferences are the same no matter when you apply in May.

  5. Wait for your housing offer. Offers are sent out continuously from 1 June to the first week of July.

  6. Confirm or reject the housing offer in Mobility-Online within 48 hours of receiving it. If you reject the offer you will not receive another offer. 

  7. Shortly after confirming the offer, you receive the first rent invoice by email. You make the payment in Mobility-Online before the due date mentioned on the invoice. 

  8. After the payment has been processed you will be asked to download, sign and upload the contract in Mobility-Online. 

  9. When you have uploaded the signed contract in Mobility-Online you are welcome to collect the keys at KTH Entré within the key collection conditions. All contracts will have the start date of 1 August. Key collection is possible from 3 August at the earliest. Please read the conditions for key pick up .

Group 3. Exchange students, including double degree and dual master's

Exchange students  admitted to autumn semester can apply for housing during the month of May. For spring semester, the housing application is open for 7-10 days at the beginning of November. There is a limited stock of rooms and apartments, which means that housing is not guaranteed. We always recommend to search for housing on your own  in addition to applying with KTH Housing. 

All incoming exchange students receive a welcome letter from KTH via email at the beginning of May or beginning of November, including the housing application link. Remember to check your spam inbox. Please make sure to fill in the housing application form without delay and follow through with all steps required in KTH's application system Mobility-Online before the deadline stated in the welcome letter in order to have a chance of receiving housing through KTH Housing.

Once the application period closes, booking will start and offers will be sent out continuously. If you receive an offer, you have 48 hours to accept or decline it in Mobility-Online. It is not possible to change the offer, or decline it and get another one. All applicants will be notified regardless of whether you receive an offer or not. 

The contract start date for the autumn semester is 1 August. The contract start date for the spring semester is the day of, and the day before, the first date of the semester  in mid-January. For Spring 2027, it will be 11 and 12 January. The standard contract end date is 7 January for the autumn semester and 30 June for the spring semester (including the night of 7 January or 30 June).

Read the conditions for KTH Housing  and contract information  before applying. Use the application link in your welcome email and make 1 application only.

Group 4. Other student groups

Non tuition fee-paying students (citizens of EU, EEA or Switzerland), other than those covered in group 1, 2 or 3 above, 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. 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 .