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New student – Admission information

Information for students who will be studying Political Science or Peace and Conflict Studies for acceptance of our offer for the start of studies in Spring 2025.

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Secure your place

Do not forget to accept our offer before December 16 midnight (Swedish time)! If you miss to reply by this date, the offer will be revoked.

Accept our offer by logging on to the admission's website: www.antagning.se

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Admission information for programmes and courses:

Waiting list

Are you on the waiting list to one of our courses or programmes? Do not forget to accept your offer. Students who have applied in the admission round March 15 –April 16  must respond to offers no later than midnight (Swedish time) on Monday,  December 16. The selection results from the second notification will be published on December 19, and we will thereafter approach students on the reserve list. Please note that there is nothing you can do to affect your reserve placement. If offered a spot, you will be contacted by email no later than Friday, January 10. 

Students on the waiting list have the same opportunity as admitted students to take part in the student housing lottery if it is the first time you have been admitted to Lund and you have not lived in the area before.

Activate your student account!

Once you have been admitted to study at Lund University, you need to activate your student account. You can only activate the account a few days after you have received the final Notification of Selection Results. You self-register via Ladok. 

You must register in Ladok if you are to continue studying in your education program or freestanding course, and you already have an active student account. Please contact the support at Lund University (servicedesk [at] lu [dot] se (servicedesk[at]lu[dot]se)) if you have any problems with your student account.

Web registration

Web registration is mandatory and must be done before the semester starts. You must at latest self-register on the last day of registration in order not to lose your study placement. If you are conditionally accepted, you cannot register online but must instead contact the department according to the admission information you will receive on the last day of registration at the latest.

Web registration periods:

  • for courses in period 1: registration period January 14 – January 20
  • for courses in period 2: registration period March 17 – March 23

Once your registration has been completed, you will get access to the Canvas course platform within 24 hours.

How to self-register:

  1. Log in to the Student Portal with your student account here: https://www.student.ladok.se/student/loggain
  2. Change the language to English by clicking Change Language in the top right corner of the website.
  3. Choose the tab labelled “Registration” and then “Course/programme registration”.
  4. Choose semester - the alternatives you can register for should be listed.
  5. Choose alternatives and click on register/save.

Note: If you do not attend the compulsory introduction meeting or fail to register on time, you will lose your placement. The placement will then be offered to another applicant.

If you have problems with the web registration

If you are conditionally accepted or have problems with the web registration, please contact the academic advisors at the latest by the start of the semester. Write to studievagledare [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (studievagledare[at]svet[dot]lu[dot]se) and let us know your case with name, course and your telephone number where we can reach you during the day.

Webb register via Ladok for students

Information for admitted exchange students 

Course registrations for exchange students

Exchange students shall not use the web registration for the Department of Political Science’s courses. You will instead be registered by our international coordinator Helen Fogelin.

Experiencing problems for a course on undergraduate level?

If you have received a conditional offer and or faced technical difficulties completing your registration, we can help you with it at the compulsory course introduction meeting. For more information on when or where this takes place, please check your course admission information.

Experiencing problems for a course on graduate level?

If you have received a conditional offer please visit the academic advisors at the department to clear any remaining eligibility requirement and finalising your course registration. Please note that this has to be done not later than the first day of the course. 

Web register via the student portal

Deferment – to postpone studies

Have you been admitted but cannot start the studies? If you have special reasons, you can apply for a deferment to postpone your studies and keep your place on Antagning.se. 

You must submit certified copies of relevant documents supporting your special reasons to receive a deferment. Special grounds may be that your employer has postponed your leave of absence, in accordance with Swedish legislation on leave of absence for studies, that you have been drafted for basic military training, or that you have fallen ill. You send your application to the Department of Political Science for a decision on deferment. 

You upload the decision on deferral at antagning.se when you send in your new application to your studies.

Request form deferment (pdf, open in new window)

Search for your schedule

You can find your schedule in our Schedule portal by searching on the course code or course name of the courses you are planning to study, here:  

Search for your schedule (timeedit.net)

General information when you are new in Lund

Below we have gathered a few links to the central university website covering the most important practical aspects of your time as a newly admitted student:

Welcome!

Department of Political Science

Contact your Academic Advisor

Lidija Lindoff, room 231 B
Telephone hours: Tuesdays & Wednesdays 10–12 
Telephone: 046-222 89 38

Mats Janér, room 233
Telephone hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 10–12 
Telephone: 046-222 80 48

Daniel Alfons, room 232
Telephone hours: Thursdays 10–12 
Telephone: 046-222 89 50

Feel free to book an appointment with us!

E-mail: studievagledare [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (studievagledare[at]svet[dot]lu[dot]se)

More information regarding student counselling

Course info!

Canvas is Lund University's learning platform. Here, you can find information about your course, messages from your teacher, files and other relevant material for your course.

Information in Canvas

Academic advice at the Department of Political Science 

Announcements for Internships and stipends

Resources for your studies

Student services and support

Thesis work at the Department of Political Science

The Academic Support Centre

Activities for stress management and procrastination with the Student Health Centre

Housing raffle

As a new student in Lund and at Lund University, you have the opportunity to take part in a raffle of student housing.

Submit an apartment application between 10–11 December to participate in the raffle (afbostader.se)

Information about housing companies and housing agencies that are aimed at students (lu.se)

Page manager: studievagledare [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se | 9 Dec 2024