Accommodation for visiting researchers
Stockholm University lets and manages a number of furnished rooms and flats owned by other landlords in Stockholm. These are available to foreign researchers with a doctoral degree and doctoral candidates at Stockholm University.
There is a considerable shortage of accommodation in Stockholm. Make sure to apply for accommodation well before your expected arrival in Sweden.
Are you eligible?
Foreign guest researchers with a doctoral degree, Post Docs and PhD students are eligible to apply for University housing.
Foreign undergraduates, Erasmus and Master’s students are not eligible to apply.
Maximum period of occupation
The accommodation is intended for temporary stays only and not for researchers holding permanent positions or having permits of residence.
The minimum and maximum period of occupation varies between the different areas, but the maximum period of occupation possible, is two years.
Housing queue
When an application has been submitted, it is placed in the queue for accommodation. The waiting time depends on many factors, such as requested period of time, availability, etc., and therefore it varies a lot. Please note that the queue for the apartments at Docentbacken is ecspecially long.
The demand for accommodation is high and we are unfortunately not able to accommodate everyone who applies.
If the requested moving-in-date has passed and you have not received an offer, you need to send an email to researcherhousing@su.se within one month in order to remain in the queue.
If we do not hear from you within one month from the requested moving-in-date we will assume that you have arranged for other accommodation and your application will be removed from the queue.
Application form for University accommodation
When you are offered accommodation
If there is accommodation available, an offer is sent by email. You will then need to contact us by email by the time that is stated in the offer ( 3 days minimum) or you might loose the offer.
If we after a month still have not received a reply from you, your application will be cancelled. If you wish to remain in the queue for a second offer you must send an email to researcherhousing@su.se within that month.
Offers are sent earliest two months before the requested moving in date. This means that if you applied in March for an apartment from November, you will receive an offer no earlier than September.
Last updated:
August 27, 2013
Source: Technical Support Office, Estates Unit
