There are three steps new students should follow to secure accommodation.
- Decide where you plan to live.
- Register in the student housing queue with the municipal housing companies.
- Apply to specific student rooms/apartments through the municipal housing companies
Borlänge or Falun?
Consider your field of study when deciding where to live: the distance between the towns of Borlänge and Falun is about 20 kilometres. It takes about 25 minutes by bus between the two towns and about 35 minutes by bus between campuses. We therefore recommend that you find accommodation in the town where you will be studying.
Fields of Study: By Campus
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Tunabyggen is Borlänge’s municipal housing company and provides student accommodation to Dalarna University students. In Borlänge, Tunabyggen offers four accommodation options: Locus, Studenthus 23, Mångatan, and Målaregatan.
Accommodation options
- Locus – the largest and most social option. Located in the Tjärna Ängar area of Borlänge, about 25–30 minutes’ walk (10 minutes by bike) from campus.
Offers furnished single rooms with a private bathroom, as well as a two-person option where each student has a private room and the bathroom is shared. The building includes study rooms, lounges, and a gym. - Studenthus 23 – located in the Tjärna Ängar area, directly next to Locus. About 25–30 minutes’ walk (10 minutes by bike) from campus.
Apartments are shared by two to four students. Each student has a private bedroom, with a shared kitchen, living room, and bathroom. Residents have access to facilities in nearby Locus. - Mångatan – located in the Jakobsgårdarna area, about 25–30 minutes’ walk (10 minutes by bike) from campus.
Rooms include a private bathroom and kitchenette, with shared kitchens and laundry facilities on each floor. Some rooms are unfurnished.
This is the only Tunabyggen student accommodation option approved for couples. - Målaregatan – located in central Borlänge, about a 3-minute walk from campus.
Offers furnished single rooms with shared kitchen, common areas, laundry room, and shared shower and toilet facilities, where each shower and toilet is in a separate lockable room.
What is included in the rent?
All student accommodation includes electricity, heating, water, internet, and basic furniture.
Most student accommodation is rented for 10 months, with June and July rent-free.
Målaregatan is rented on a 12-month basis.
A small number of rooms at Mångatan are unfurnished and are clearly indicated when applying.
More information
For full details, photos, videos, and current availability, see:
Tunabyggen’s student accommodation website
Kopparstaden is the company in Falun that owns the student accommodation called Britsen.
Britsen is especially popular among international students at Campus Falun. It offers individual unfurnished and furnished apartments in a corridor-like setting, each with its own kitchen and bathroom. From there, it takes about 25 minutes to walk to campus, 25 minutes to walk to the train station, and 20 minutes to walk downtown. There are also several supermarkets close by.
Buses run from Britsen to central Falun (Knutpunkten), where you change to catch one to Campus Borlänge or Campus Falun. (Although note that it takes less time to walk to Campus Falun.)
Register with Kopparstaden
(Please note that this link will take you to a form that does not require a Swedish personnummer to register in the accommodation queue.)
Facts – Britsen:
- Rooms/apartments about 23 square metres
- Own bathroom, shower, small kitchen
- Shared laundry facilities
- Internet: included in the rent
There is often a queue for student accommodation. To enter your name in that queue, you need to register with the housing companies. The sooner you register in the queue, the better your chances of securing somewhere to live.
If you are coming with family, contact the companies at least four months ahead of the start of the semester so that you can enquire specifically about housing for families.
Register for Accommodation (Housing)
You register with Tunabyggen in Borlänge and/or Kopparstaden in Falun, regardless of the subject you will be studying.
- For Tunabyggen, you can register and join the queue before you have received your admissions decision. Your Notification of Selection Results can be submitted either during registration or later once it becomes available.
International Students at Campus Borlänge: Register for accommodation here - For Kopparstaden, you must first receive your Notification of Selection Results (admissions decision) before registering. When registering with Kopparstaden, you submit your Notification of Selection Results by uploading it with the registration form or by e-mailing it after you submit your registration.
International Students at Campus Falun: Register for accommodation here
After you register in the queue, the respective company will contact you.
You will then need to actively apply for accommodation as it becomes available.
Accommodation coordinators can help you find housing if you have been unsuccessful through Kopparstaden or Tunabyggen.
The website www.dalastudent.se/en/bostad/ provides information in English about alternative accommodation, such as rooms in houses or privately owned apartments.
Temporary/Other Forms of Accommodation
For temporary accommodation, you can visit these websites:
Borlänge
- www.borlangevandrarhem.se (hostel)
- Borlänge Vandrarhem & Turistlägenheter (hostel and tourist apartments)
- www.visitdalarna.se (tourist accommodation)
Falun
- www.visitdalarna.se (tourist accommodation)
- www.frambyudde.se (rental cottages)
- Vassbo Logi & Event (vassbo.se) (hostel)
You can also visit Blocket, a website (mostly Swedish text) that lists privately owned accommodation.
The following information may help you in your online search:
- stuga means cabin
- lägenhet means apartment
- ROK/R.O.K. means "room and kitchen"
- 1 ROK means 1 kitchen and 1 room that serves as both living room and bedroom
- 2 ROK means 1 kitchen, 1 living room and 1 bedroom
- kvm = square metre
Housing Guarantee
When you apply to Dalarna University, it is important that you also register your name with the two local housing companies: Tunabyggen in the town of Borlänge and Kopparstaden in the town of Falun.
For the guarantee to apply, you must register your name with them at the latest at the time of your university application.
What this guarantee means is that you are guaranteed a place to stay at the start of the semester: for most people, this will mean a contract with either Tunabyggen or Kopparstaden; for some people, this will mean accommodation in a privately owned apartment/house or similar; and for the remainder, it will mean temporary accommodation in the wait for something permanent.