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.

You get a lot as a tenant of Soihtu

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

Everyday services for tenants

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

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.

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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Soihtu is constructing in Kortepohja

The new construction in Kortepohja, the building U of Soihtu, can now 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.

News

Tenants’ Info Letter of March

, / 11.3.2024

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 e-mail address found in our system and provided by the…

Tenants’ Info Letter of February

, / 12.2.2024

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 e-mail address found in our system and provided by the…

Cultivation boxes can be reserved 19.2. onwards

, , , / 8.2.2024

In Kortepohja Student Village and Soihtu Vehkakuja, tenants have the opportunity to reserve cultivation boxes and plots for the summer. In the Student Village, there are a total of 20 cultivation boxes (in the inner courtyard of RS buildings), and…