Soihtu – enjoyable life in Jyväskylä

We administrate, develop and keep up the real estate facilities of the Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä.

Soihtu offers communal, ecological rental housing with good quality. Our apartments are excellent for students and affordable for everyone.

Services for tenants

Our rental apartments are modern, high quality and ecological with sensible rents.

My Soihtu

Contact the maintenance, check your rent payments or apply for a new apartment within Soihtu. Everything can be done easily online.

Online reservations

Reservations for your everyday life: sauna turn, laundry turn and club room with your own credentials are available all of our tenants.

Get to know our housing locations

We have apartments suitable for a student budget and the rent includes, addition to electricity and internet, also laundry shifts, general sauna shifts, a gym and various study and leisure facilities.

Soihtu has three different housing locations in Jyväskylä:

News

Now it’s the best time to change the apartment

, / 2.5.2025

Typically, spring is the time when many student apartments become available. Now is a good time to change your residence if you have been dreaming of a different type of apartment. Currently, we have several immediately available apartments for…

Soihtu Housing service point is closed from May 12th to May 30th, 2025

, / 28.4.2025

Office of Soihtu will be moving to Ilokivi during May, which is why the Soihtu Housing service point (Vehkakuja 2 B) will be closed from May 12th to May 30th, 2025. During the move, you can reach our service advisors by phone and email. All our…

Tenants’ Info Letter of April

, / 14.4.2025

Tenants of Soihtu receive a newsletter about the current housing topics in Kortepohja Student Village, Soihtu Vehkakuja and Soihtu Korttelikylä every month. The newsletter is sent to the email address found in our system and provided by the…