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.

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

Services included in the rent

Everyday services for tenants

Take care of your tenancy issues online, check your rent payments and apply for a new apartment within Soihtu.

Everyday services

Online reservations

Reservations for your everyday life: sauna turn, laundry turn and clubroom with your own credentials are available for almost all of our tenants. The link opens in a new tab.

Online reservations

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:

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Tips for applying a student apartment

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Soihtu is constructing in Kortepohja

The new construction in Kortepohja, the building U of Soihtu, can be seen and heard on the area. The 9-storey student apartment building and a new grocery store will be ready in the spring of 2025.

The application period for the new building is open 20.1.-16.2.2025 and tenants can move in April 2025!

Construction site schedules