New student

Congratulations to your admission to Karolinska Institutet and welcome to Medicinska Föreningen – your student union!

The purpose of Medicinska Föreningen (MF) is to unite the students of Karolinska Institutet (KI), to promote the studies of medical sciences, to look after the members’ common interests and to generate and maintain good friendship among the members. As a student union, MF is responsible for monitoring and participating in the development of the education and study environment at KI. Together we make our time at KI one of the most life-defining periods of our lives.

As older students, MF’s members have the responsibility to include new students in our community, as we ourselves were once included by those who today are leading representatives in the study of the medical disciplines – our alumni.

Whether it is your first time studying at university or if you have studied before, we are here to make your study time the best possible. At MF, it’s the members’ opinions that determine the direction of the student union, and it is together that we make our time at KI unforgettable.

Checklist for new students

  1. Are you looking for accommodation? Join SSSB’s student housing queue and read more about living in Stockholm further down on this page.
  2. Register for your course/program in Ladok the week before the start of the semester.
  3. Become a member of the student union to continue collecting queue days and live in SSSB housing and take advantage of all other membership benefits.
  1. Check out the reception schedule below and follow the Reception Committee (MU) on Facebook and Instagram to see everything that happens at the beginning of the semester.
  2. MF is divided into sections that gather all students at specific programmes. Find your section within MF, many of the sections arrange reception activities specifically for their members. Through your section, you can influence your education at KI and participate in study social activities and get to know senior students!
  3. Read more about how you can influence your education at KI.
  1. Check out all the committees, commissions and associations that you can get involved in at MF – learn something new or find the group that shares your interests, and create friendship bonds that extend across the different educations at KI.
  2. Read what the student and doctoral student ombudspersons as well as the student safety network can help you with during your studies, and what rights you have as a student.
  3. Follow MF on Facebook and Instagram and check out the events calendar here on the website (start page) to stay up to date on everything that happens during the year.
  4. Participate in as many activities and events as possible and explore the student union and the university, this is where you will make friends for life and create memories for a lifetime.

Reception schedule VT23

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Short about MF

Medicinska Föreningen (MF) was founded by the students of Karolinska Institutet (KI) in 1877, making us the oldest student association in Stockholm. MF works daily to make sure that your education keeps the highest possible quality and that we represent the students in several decision making bodies within KI. As a member of MF, you can turn to us with questions about your study situation, the student life or problems with your education.

Karolinska Institutet has two campuses – one in Solna and one in Flemingsberg. Regardless of whether you study at Solna or Flemingsberg campus, you are welcome to Medicinska Föreningen’s union house in Solna or our premises in Flemingberg. Most of MF’s activities are arranged in Solna since this is where we have our student union house “Kårhuset”. This is also where we host all our balls, parties and popular Friday Pubs.

MF owns the bookstores on Solna and Flemingsberg campuses – Medicinska Bokhandeln in Solna and Harrys Böcker in Flemingsberg. This means that the prices here are reduced to fit a student budget and that your teachers can tell the bookstores what books to order in before a specific course.

Getting involved in the student union is the best way to meet new friends and to make sure that your time at KI isn’t only about studying! Whatever you like, there is something for you here, and if we don’t have it – contact us and we’ll help you start it up!

Become a member

Find accommodation in Stockholm

It can be tough to find housing in the Stockholm Area, and unfortunately there’s a shortage of student housing and it can take some while to find accommodation. The best advice to anyone who wants to study in Stockholm is to seek out the city’s housing queues, student-specific and others, and get in line as early as possible. A membership in Medicinska Föreningen gives you the opportunity to stand in a student-specific housing queue at SSSB.

Below we have collected information and links to different forms of housing for new students in Stockholm.

Karolinska Institutet Housing
www.kihousing.se
KI Housing offers accommodation for foreign students/researchers at Karolinska Institutet.  You should sign up for the queue as soon as possible (e.g., even 12 months before your starting date) and no later than 3 months after you arrived to Sweden. There is no guarantee that they will find something for you, so it should not be your only option! If you do not receive accommodation through KI Housing, you will have to find housing on your own.

Stiftelsen Stockholms Studentbostäder (SSSB)
www.sssb.se
The largest distributor of student accomodation in Stockholm is SSSB (Stiftelsen Stockholms Studentbostäder). In order to be in the housing queue and to get an apartment from SSSB you have to be a member of a student association in Stockholm, like Medicinska Föreningen. Since the student housing situation in Stockholm is really bad the queues at SSSB are quite long. There are about 80 000 students here, but only about 12 000 student apartments (SSCO, 2012).

Make sure that you always have the same email address and Swedish civic number registered to Medicinska Föreningen and SSSB, otherwise you may lose credit days. If you don’t have a Swedish civic number it is extra important that SSSB and MF has the same email address registered for you.

Akademisk Kvart
www.akademiskkvart.se
As a complement to SSSB, SSCO has started up a subleasing agency called Akademisk Kvart. Here you can rent a room or an apartment in second hand and it’s easier to find somewhere to live faster. Although, since it’s subleasing, it might not be as secure as a first hand contract, so make sure to get a signed deal with your landlord.

Stockholm Housing Agency (Bostadsförmedlingen i Stockholm)
bostad.stockholm.se
Stockholm Housing Agency helps those searching for housing in the Stockholm region. Here you can search among different types of housing based on your needs. There are special apartments for youths and students. Everyone who has turned 18 years of age is welcome to register as a housing applicant. The cost is SEK 200 per year and you need a Swedish personal identity number or a co-ordination number. Your location or the fact that you already have housing does not matter.

ByggVesta
www.byggvesta.se (Swedish only)
At ByggVesta’s Campus Flemingsberg there are 433 newly built student apartments for both students and researchers. The apartments are between 20 and 80 square meters, and are suitable for single students or students who want to live with their family or a friend.

Huge
www.huge.se
Huge has around 700 student apartments in the Huddinge area, so for students at Huddinge Campus this might be an alternative.

Proventum
www.proventum.se
Proventum administers around 350 student apartments in Haninge.

Studenthemmet Tempus
www.studenthemmettempus.se
Studenthemmet Tempus has 251 student apartments right next to the metro station Åkeshov and offers apartments in a sober environment to university students.

Hellenic Living
Fully-equipped, stylish and comfortable studio apartments 15 min from Stockholm City. Student discount.
https://www.hellenicliving.com/

Lediga Lägenheter
www.ledigalagenheter.com
Ledigalagenheter.com leases apartments from private landlords i.e. apartments that you won’t find in the housing queue of Stockholm City.

More sites for finding housing in Stockholm
www.findhousingsweden.com
jagvillhabostad.nu
www.bostadsdeal.se
www.bostadsfinder.se

Also check out ki.se/en/staff/housing-for-rent  and ki.se/en/staff/accommodation