WELCOME LETTER Autumn2025 - Course VMFB38

Welcome to Lund University and the course Fundamental Cognitive Neuroscience, 5,0 credits

Depending on when you received your admission notification, the following applies:

Admission notification 10 July →	Accept your place on antagning.se latest 18 July.
Admission notification 24 July →	No need to accept to keep your place in the course.
Admission notification in August and until the start of the course →	No need to accept to keep your place in the course.

Withdrawal from the course? If you have changed your mind and would like to withdraw, it is important that you do so regardless of when you received your admission notification. That way another applicant can be offered your place. Submit your withdrawal on antagning.se. Links to an external site.

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Information to all students admitted to the course

The course is 5 credits, part-time with meetings on campus.

 

Web registration and roll call

You need to both as to not lose your place in the course:

1. Register on the course. The online registration is open between 20-27 October, 2025, in Ladok Links to an external site.. 

2. Participate in the the mandatory roll call and course introduction. If you cannot attend, you need to inform the course administrator, viktoria.willenfelt_lumpkins@med.lu.se. Course start is 4 November at 13:15. Location: See schedule.

 

Preliminary Schedule

Preliminary schedule for the course Links to an external site.. Please note that adjustments can still be made, especially regarding the rooms. It is important that you double-check the schedule before the course starts.

 

Information as a new student at the Faculty of Medicine

This Canvas page is set up for students interested in or studying a single subject course at the Faculty of Medicine. Here you will find useful  information such as study workshops and study techniques, pedagogical support, free software, and a link to e-services if you need to apply for deferment, withdrawal, leave of absence among other things. The Canvas page is in Swedish and for more information in English, please visit the new student website.

Student Account at Lund University

A few days after the second admission notification (24 July), your student account will be created. You will receive an email with instructions on how to activate your student account. Learn more about what you can use your student account for and what to do if you have not received the email with activation instructions: Information about student accounts at Lund University.

Note: If you already have a student account with Lund University, a new account will not be created. You will keep your previous account and login details. You will not receive an email with account information. If you have forgotten your login details, you can reset your password here (click on "Activate"): https://passport.lu.se/

 

Email address

All email correspondence from us will be made to the email address that you have entered in Ladok Links to an external site.. Please make sure your email is updated to one you are using and can access. 

 

Course page in Canvas

With your student account, you can log in to the course page here in Canvas. Canvas is the course's learning platform where you will find all details about the course. We appreciate your patience to access the course page until closer to the start of the course. 

 

Course syllabus and literature

The course syllabus can be found in the list of courses offered in Autumn 2025. Information about course literature will be posted on the course Canvas page.

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Questions?

If you have questions about the course, they can be addressed at the course introduction.
For questions that cannot wait, please email:

Course leader
Johan Mårtensson, johan.martensson@med.lu.se 
(for questions regarding course content such as literature, syllabus, exams, and schedule content)

Course administrator 
Viktoria Willenfelt Lumpkins, viktoria.willenfelt_lumpkins@med.lu.se
(for technical support regarding Canvas, Ladok, and web registration etc.)