Novisch priority – student housing in Lund

How does the novisch priority work?

We reserve at least 900 student housing (corridor rooms and one-room apartments) for novisch students. This student housing is primarily rented out with move-in dates on 1 August, 1 September, and 1 October. Please note that demand can sometimes exceed the number of reserved novisch housing, meaning that novisch priority increases your chances but does not guarantee housing. 

To be eligible for novisch priority, you must submit a housing application between 10-12 July and meet all of the conditions listed below, in accordance with AF Bostäder's housing list and rental conditions:

• Admitted - You must have received your official admission decision. Being placed on the reserve list is sufficient to qualify for the priority queue, but you must have a confirmed study place in order to use it.
• Lund University - The admission must be for studies at Lund University.
• At least 15 credits - You must be admitted to studies of at least 15 credits per semester (half-time studies) to be eligible to live with us.
• No other housing - You are not eligible for priority if you already own a property or have a first-hand rental contract with LU Accomodation or any other housing provider within commuting distance (Skåne), regardless of whether you intend to live there yourself or not.
• Outside Skåne – You must not have lived within commuting distance (Skåne County) during the 12 months prior to the start of the semester.
• Not previously enrolled – You must not have previously started studies at Lund University. If you have been admitted before but never commenced your studies, you may still be eligible for the novisch priority.

If any of the conditions above are not met, you will be denied novisch priority. The same applies if the conditions are no longer met during the waiting period or when signing a tenancy agreement with us using novisch priority. In that case, you will lose both your queue position and any allocated housing, and you will not be able to re-join the housing queue.

Novisch priority only applies to your first semester of studies. Any remaining priority is automatically converted into a regular queue position without priority.

How to apply:

1. The housing application opens 10 July

The housing application opens on 10 July for all new students starting in autumn 2025 regardless of when you received your letter of acceptance or notification of selection results. If you, as a new student submit a housing application earlier than that, your queue time will be invalid and you will lose your queue time, novisch priority and contract proposals will be cancelled.

To make a housing application and stay with us, you must take at least 15 credits per semester at Lund University and be a member of Studentlund.

2. Await letter of acceptance or notification of selection results

You must have received your letter of acceptance or notification of selection results before you can submit a housing application. The document must verify that you are accepted to or put on an acceptance waiting list for at least half-time studies (15 credits per semester) at Lund University.

Please note that the housing application will open for all new students on 10 July regardless of when you received your letter of acceptance or notification of selection results. For instance, if you received your letter of acceptance in March, you still need to wait until 10 July to submit a housing application.

3. Become a member of Studentlund

To make a housing application, you must first be a member of Studentlund.

If you don't have a Swedish Personal Identity Number when registering on the Studentlund website, provide the same personal code as you entered in the housing application. For more information about the personal code, see details below.

4. Make a housing application 10-12 July

To take part in the lottery, you must make a housing application during the lottery period between 10 July 00:01 - 12 July 23:59. You make a housing application by scrolling down this page and clicking on “Make a housing application”.

The queue times given to novisch students are randomly distributed through a lottery on 13 July. The queue time you get in the lottery will not be affected by which day during the lottery period that you make your housing application.

After you have made your housing application, if you are eligible for novisch priority, your queue time will display as “Lottery underway”. You will find your queue time on Your pages under the heading “Your overview” after the lottery has been completed on 13 July.

If you are not eligible for novisch priority you will automatically join our regular housing queue. Your queue time will immediately display as a specific time and date instead. You may then start booking housing that is not marked “Novisch”.

Personal code

In the last step of making a housing application, you must state a Swedish Personal Identity Number. If you don't have a Swedish Personal Identity Number, tick the box "Missing Swedish Personal Identity Number" and enter your birthdate and personal code instead. This is where you find it:

• Degree program students find your “Personal code no.” at universityadmissions.se under My Applications in the Notification of Selection Results PDF file.
• Accepted exchange students will in early July receive an email from Lund University including their personal code, in the form of yyyymmdd - P123.

Only personal codes with the letters P, R, S, T, U, and W are accepted in AF Bostäder's housing queue system. If you have not yet received a personal code or if it has a different letter, please contact your coordinator at Lund University.

5. Placed on the waiting list? (if not – proceed to step 6)

You can register for the lottery even if you have been placed on the admission waiting list for Lund University. You must however be admitted before you can start booking any student housing.

Bookings made before you have been admitted are invalid, meaning that you will lose your queue time, novisch priority, and the contract proposal will be cancelled. Once you are admitted, please proceed to step 6.

6. The lottery of novisch student queue times is conducted on 13 July

After you have made your housing application, await the queue time lottery on 13 July. When the lottery is finished, the queue time on Your Pages will change from displaying “Lottery underway” to your assigned queue time (a time between 10 July 00:01 - 12 July 23:59).

7. Book housing on afbostader.se

Novisch students who have participated in the lottery can book available novisch housing from 13 July and onward. Remember that you must be admitted to Lund University before you start to book housing. You will find information about how to book housing here. 

Important to know:

• The specified date of admission is provisional, please see the exact date on universityadmissions.se.
• Novisch priority cannot be obtained if you have previously started studying at Lund University.
• If you have been placed on the admission waiting list and participate in the novish lottery, your queue time will be invalid if you are not admitted.

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