Fifteen credits is the new thirty – AF Bostäder introduces part-time student housing
More and more students are now studying part-time. As a result, AF Bostäder is changing the rules for student housing: from now on, students enrolled in part-time studies will only be allowed to live in their student housing every other week. The remaining weeks, the same housing unit will be used by another part-time student.
“The rise in part-time studies is a real concern. These students are taking up both a university place and a full student housing unit,” says Claes Hjortronsteen, Rental Manager at AF Bostäder. “It was a tricky challenge, but once we sat down, it only took us half a day. We first made half-hearted attempts to split the units vertically, then horizontally, and even diagonally – but in the end, we settled on the fourth dimension: time.”
So how does it work? Each part-time housing unit is shared by two part-time students, alternating weekly. Access is smoothly managed via a digital tag system, and shelves and drawers in the kitchen are split down the middle. If you’re planning to have a lodger, you’ll have to share them too.
“Fifteen credits have become the new thirty, but as always, we’re very flexible,” says Claes Hjortronsteen. “If you study full-time, you can stay full-time. If you study more than full-time, you’re entitled to live twice as much – at no extra cost. But if you’re studying remotely, you’ll have to live remotely too. We’ve arranged housing just outside Uppsala.”
Part-time student housing launches on 1 April 2025, and contracts will be issued in A5 format. The waiting time is long – but we expect to halve it very soon.