Application period for furnished rooms.
The application process for Spring 2025 is now closed. If you still need a room, send TOAS office and email.
The application for Autumn semester 2025 will be opened on May 5th 2025 at 9:00 (UTC+3:00).
The new students accepted for Autumn semester 2025 are the priority with this application.
(No family apartments offered with the furnished apartments-application. If we have any furnished family apartments available, they will be listed on the Quickly available-site.)
NOTICE: You can apply only with one of these application types!
If you submit both application types 1 and 2, the second application will delete the first one.
1. Furnished rooms
READ THE APPLICATION AND OFFER INFORMATION first, apply then, link will be found at the end of the application info page.
The application process for Autumn 2025 will be opened on May 5th 2025 at 9:00 (UTC+3:00). 2025.
Tenancy agreement made only for one academic year (in the furnished rooms).
This application can be submitted after receiving the acceptance to the university or an educational institution in Tampere.
Exchange students: you can apply even if you have not received the confirmation from the study place.
Please notice, that once you accept the offer, it becomes a binding agreement. You are then responsible for the rental payments, even if you are not in Finland.
If you have a wished building or a friend you wish to stay with, write that also on the “wishes” box on the application. No wishes can be added after submitting the application.
List of locations that have furnished rooms
Tenancy agreement and rent.
What to do when you move in to the apartment.
NOTICE: one person per room with this application – no couples and families applying with this application! If you are coming with a spouse or a child, you must apply only with the “Regular“-application for the mainly unfurnished apartments. If we have any furnished family apartments available, they will be listed on the Quickly available-site
How to apply for a furnished room
2. Our Regular Application Process
No need for a furnished apartment? Coming with a family or a spouse? Proceed to applying! (NOTICE: this application can be submitted only after receiving the acceptance to the university or an educational institution.) With this application the rooms are unfurnished.
Notice: the waiting time for an unfurnished studio is at least 6 months or more. A room in a shared apartment is the easiest and fastest to get, except during the Summer and Fall.
Our Regular Application ProcessNot recommended for new exchange and degree students, as the rooms are mainly unfurnished.
3. Short-term residency
The application for short term apartments is open again, as of 30.11.2024. Notice, that the tenancy agreement will be made max until 31.7.2025, and the agreement can’t be extended after that. Application link found HERE. Submit the application at the earliest one month before you need the accommodation.
Read more about short-term residency and how to apply for a short-term apartment.
Notice that you can apply with only one of these application types.
Take Note!
- You may apply with only ONE of these application types (see above). If you have submitted several applications, only the last one submitted will remain in the system.
- Students applying with the regular application must be accepted to a university or educational institution in Tampere.
- Make sure to have your passport number or EU identification number available when submitting the International application, as they will be required.
- Furnished apartment means a room with a bed, a mattress, a table, a chair and a bookshelf.
- Once you have paid the deposit, the reservation is a binding agreement. If your studies in Tampere are cancelled, contact TOAS immediately!
Apartment types
A room in a shared apartment
each tenant has their own bedroom, a shared kitchen and a shared bathroom with two to four persons of the same gender.
Shared room
a tenant will share the bedroom with another student of same gender
Single room
might have a personal bathroom or a shared bathroom and a shared kitchen.
Apartment TypesIf coming with a spouse or your family, apply only for the family apartments with the Regular application.