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:
Event and meeting venues by Soihtu
Close to Rentukka and Ilokivi, rental spaces by Soihtu offer an inspiring setting for meetings, celebrations, and shared moments. Effortless reservations in our webshop.
News
Supporting tenants in their everyday lives
When tenants contact Soihtu Housing’s customer service, they are very likely to speak with service advisor Anna-Leena Kauppila, who is primarily responsible for housing customer service. Move-in days set the pace The busiest days…
An oasis by the city
Jenna Simonen, who in 2026 is responsible for Academic and International Affairs in the JYY board, finds peace in nature – especially at the Korkeakoski waterfall. Located just a couple of kilometres from the centre of Jyväskylä, it is an…
Student exchange in a city within a city
Hugo Garcia travelled from southern France to Kortepohja in February 2025 for his student exchange. ”I’ve lived near the Mediterranean coast and, therefore, it felt quite cold but the human body adapts well to all kinds of environments”, Hugo…