Practical information for international students

In need of emergency assistance

If you are on campus, contact the Lund University Emergency number: 046-222 07 00 (on the back of your access card) or, in case of severe accident, SOS Alarm emergeny number: 112

General information about your studies

For useful LU information about insurance, IT, support, financial matters, etc., please visit: http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/current-students.

For LTH information about: course applications, master’s degree certificate, graduation ceremony, please visit
http://www.lth.se/english/study-at-lth/student-life-and-resources/ Links to an external site.
http://www.lth.se/english/study-at-lth/masters-programmes-in-english/ Links to an external site.

For urgent questions regarding
Tuition fees – please contact tuitionfees@eken.lu.se
Admittance – please contact antagningen@lth.lu.se
Residence permit – please contact migration@er.lu.se

Lund University’s central International Desk's address is Stora Algatan 4 in Lund. They can help you with some general questions about Lund University. Email address: degreestudies@lu.se.

Student support and student rights

The physics student council GLuFS and science student union LUNA (In Swedish Lunds naturvetarkår) can help you with your study situation. Examples of such situations are:

Have you experienced that course literature, staff or teaching methods are discriminatory in any way (gender, ethnicity, etc.)? Or do you have a problem related to your working environment or psychosocial health? Contact GLuFS at glufs-ordf@luna.lu.se
Do you have problems with a specific course or have you experienced other problems within your education? Do you have some general questions for example about your time in Lund or what GLuFS really is about?
Contact the chairperson at email: glufs-ordf@luna.lu.se
Do you need help dealing with a problem that has not been mentioned above or are you unsure of whom to contact? Reach out to the chairperson of LUNA or GLuFS.
Email: fu-ordf@luna.lu.se or glufs-ordf@luna.lu.se

Would you like to know about your rights and responsibilities as a student? Check out the List of rights (In Swedish: Rättighetslistan).
Link to Student rights and guidelines

Help with your studies

Do you have questions about what courses you should take next semester or what the course requirements for writing your thesis are? Contact one of the student advisers.
Would you like to interrupt or withdraw from your studies? Read about study break and discontinuing your studies here.
Would you like to have credits transferred? Read about credit transfers here.
Do you have problems with registration on some of your courses? Contact the student administration via email studentadministration@fysik.lu.se.

Do you feel that the stress caused by your studies has become too much and want to talk to a professional? Talk to someone from Student Health Counselling (In Swedish: Studenthälsan).
Student Health Counselling phone: +46 46 222 43 77
Link to Student Health Counselling
Do you feel that your way of study can be improved or do you need help with writing academic texts? Visit the Academic Support Centre (In Swedish: Studieverkstaden) for information about workshops and contact information.
Link to Studieverkstaden

Late application

If you have forgotten to apply for courses, or missed accepting a course, you need to submit a late application. Most courses open for late application.

Please note that you should apply to them at www.antagning.se Links to an external site.

Follow this guide if you don't know Swedish: Instructions in English for applying to programmes and courses.pdf Download Instructions in English for applying to programmes and courses.pdf

Late application opens these APPROXIMATE dates:

AUTUMN

First study period: cirka August 23
Second study period: cirka October 25
Degree project courses: cirka 2-27 augusti

SPRING

First study period: cirka January 2
Second study period: cirka March 6
Degree project courses: cirka December 15 to January 15