We are your trade union during your studies.
Your umbrella when it rains and your shelter when it blows.
We look after your rights, guide you when things get tricky, and provide you with high educational quality and a vibrant campus.
Through our members and membership revenue, we ensure precisely this. We pay fees to student representatives, create and support student societies, and provide legal support at our office.
FAQ
Look here for a summary of the most frequently asked questions regarding union membership and the Mecenat card.
The Union Collection
You can buy our own study and student materials in our bookshop during opening hours. You can also pay on the website and collect them at the student union office during regular opening hours.
How long are you going to study?
As a student at Södertörn University, you can become a member for a semester, a year or for the duration of your studies. We believe that continuity and simplicity should pay off – which is why it is slightly cheaper to become a member for longer periods.
Finished
Membership for one term: 125 SEK
Term membership is valid for the current term regardless of when you take out the membership. Term membership for the spring term is valid until the autumn term.
One year
Annual membership: SEK 240
An annual membership is valid for two terms regardless of when you take out the membership. If you take out an annual membership in the autumn, it is therefore valid for the academic year. The membership card is updated on a term-by-term basis and updates automatically when the new term begins.
Three years or more
Membership for the entire study period: 500 SEK
A ”forever membership” is valid for ten semesters regardless of when you take out the membership. If you stop studying at Södertörn University and hold a membership for the duration of your studies, the membership is paused. If you resume your studies at Södertörn University, the membership is reactivated. A forever membership without an active study rate is stored in our system for five (5) years before the details are deleted.
Supporting membership
Membership for one term: 80 SEK
Supporting membership can be taken out by individuals who do not study at Södertörn University but who want to contribute to the student union's activities. Supporting membership does not provide any member benefits. Supporting membership is taken out for one semester.
Member benefits
Accommodation
Stockholm Student Housing Foundation (SSSB)
SSSB is the union members' own housing queue and offers student rooms, studio student flats and student apartments all over Stockholm. To stand in the housing queue and be able to live with SSSB, you need to be a student and a student union member in Stockholm.
Education and student influence
In our second-hand bookshop, you can save thousands of kronor on course literature and pass it on to the next round of students via the student union. As a union member, you get a discount on the handling fee when you submit books to us.
Remuneration for student representation
By engaging in your education, for example as a member of your programme council or departmental board, you receive a fee for your assignment if you are a member of the student union.
Merit points for exchange studies
Student activities and involvement within SöderS give extra points when you, as a student, apply for exchange studies. Each student can be awarded a maximum of 30 points during their period of study.
Campus and student union life
As a member, you get a discount on all food and drink in our student pub, SöderS Pub, upon presentation of your membership card.
Exclusive access via Hitract →
Members always get a preferential price for SöderS activities, or exclusive access to activities or benefits that non-members do not get. Join our Hitract to keep track of the latest happenings!
As a member of the students' union, you and your fellow students can start a student society for your degree programme or an area of interest and receive financial and organisational support from the students' union.
Cafe Prego
Today's soup for 45 kr and new member offers every month. You can find Café Prego on floor 4 of the library.
Billmans Restaurant
Show your student union Mecenat card to get lunch for 100 SEK at Restaurang Billmans. Valid weekdays 10:00-11:30.
Culture and entertainment
Members of the union get a one-year free digital subscription to the news magazine Focus. The discount code is sent out to members in each monthly newsletter.
Zita is Stockholm’s oldest cinema still in operation, and as a member you’ll always receive a 60% discount on cinema tickets upon presentation of your membership card at the box office. Zita is located at Birger Jarlsgatan 37 in Östermalm.