FAQ

The application time for student accommodation is ongoing. When you submit your application, you are placed in our housing queue. Where you are in the queue depends on when you submit your application and when you need accommodation.

Please fill out the application HERE.

Majstranden’s student accommodation should primarily serve students who are studying full-time or guest students at universities in the Helsinki region.

Decisions on allocation of the student accommodation are made based on the applicant’s need for accommodation, financial and social situation, membership and activities in owner associations as well as other society activities.

The student accommodation at Majstranden is popular, so how quickly you can obtain student accommodation depends on how many flats are free and when they will become free. If there are any changes in the housing queue, we will contact you at once with an offer of accommodation. Offers from 1st of August are generally sent out in May and June every year.

Applications are accepted continuously. If you are a first-year student, you can complete your application as soon as you know if you have secured an admission place, whereupon the accommodation’s occupancy level determines whether you can have a flat or if you are placed in our housing queue. If there are any changes in the housing queue, we will contact you at once with an offer of accommodation.

The TV network in Majstranden is DVB-C based (Cable).

Yes, all tenants (except those who live in shared “pal-apartments”) must have their own electricity contract.

The electricity fee for “pal-apartments” is included in the monthly rent since 1.8.2025.

A home insurance that at the least covers water damages.

If you are locked out, the door can be opened by our maintenance service, weekdays 7 am – 3 pm, please call 029 428 2910. Other times (weekdays 3 pm – 7 am, public holidays and weekends), Suomen Huoltopäivystys take care of this service, please call 040 724 7395.