Housing guide & links

Start early and be persistent! 

Start planning your stay in terms of your future accommodation as soon as you have decided to study at Linnaeus University. Don't think that it will be solved last minute. Every semester there are students that choose not to begin studies here due to lack of affordable housing, and students that find themselves paying rent way over their budgets. You need to be active during your search - searching for accommodation takes time! Many of the housing companies have no or very little information in English but do not let this limit you. 

Register at Boplats if you study in Växjö or Kalmarhem if you study in Kalmar 

Växjö: 

Boplats Växjö is the biggest housing company in Växjö. At Boplats there are two queues: One regular and one for student accommodation. The student queue is free of charge, the regular queue is free for 1 year. After there is a yearly fee. If you plan to stay in Växjö after completed studies, it is a good idea to remain in the regular queue. At Boplats there are apartments from the companies Växjöbostäder and Vidingehem. The apartments accessible via Boplats are not furnished, but dorm rooms generally are. Until you have received the Notification of selection results you collect points at Boplats. Each day in the queue is equivalent to 1 point. Once you have been admitted to studies use the points to apply for rooms and/or apartments. You can download your Notification of selection results at universityadmissions.se which you'll need to provide to Boplats to unlock the student housing queue. 

Since you often need very high queuing points to get an apartments by the start of the autumn term - when demand is at its highest - we also recommend you to read out tips further down. 

Kalmar: 

There is a housing guarantee for new students in Kalmar with the housing company Kalmarhem. Read more about the conditions at Kalmarhems website.  

An important first step is to register with Kalmarhem so that you can accumulate queue points and take advantage of housing offers that fall within the guarantee.  

Other options in Växjö and Kalmar 

Växjö: 

There are several housing companies that are not connected to Boplats. You can contact them via e-mail and phone or make an application directly on their website. Those companies are: Heimstaden, SBS (Studentbostäder i Norden AB), K2A Studenthus and Stubor.

Kalmar: 

If you can't get hold of an apartment through the housing guarantee, you may contact the following (although some of them require you to have a Swedish personal identity number): Rikshem, Axcell Fastighetspartner Sveaviken Bostad, Mönsterås bostäder, EBA Emmaboda, Nybrobostads AB, A.R.C. and Estea.

Subletting, furnished apartments and more  

Linnaeus union has a housing agency that is available to all students. There, you can find private landlords renting out rooms, apartments, houses. No registration neccessary, you can contact the person renting out directly via e-mail or phone.  

We can recommend you to have a look at the different Facebook groups. You can find the links below. 

If you plan to bring spouse and/or children you must find accommodation it might be challenging to find a suitable accommodation. Dorm rooms which are for 1 person only, so you should aim for a bigger place. If you will study abroad with family, it is even more important that you have secured accommodation prior to your arrival. It is better to arrange it so that family members arrive once accommodation is arranged. For ex. Studies start late August, you have long term accommodation from October = your family arrives in October.