Checklist new students beginning spring semester 2025
Information for students admitted to a course or programme at the Department of Sociology, Lund University.
We are very happy to welcome you to The Department of Sociology! On this page we have collected the most important information for you at the beginning of the semester. You will find useful links to your welcome letter, web registration, your course platform, your schedule and more.
Welcome letters and introductory meetings
An email with info and a link to our welcome letters is sent to the e-mail address you have provided on universityadmissions.se (or antagning.se) no later than at the beginning of August. In your welcome letter you will find information that is specific to your course, including information regarding the introductory meeting.
Please note that introductory meetings are for accepted students only and not for people on our waiting list. More information for those on the waiting list can be found further down on this page.
- When the welcome letters have been posted, they are published on the page https://www.soc.lu.se/en/welcome-letters-spring
Schedule, literature and syllabus
- The time, date and place for the introductory meeting can usually be found in your course schedule. Find your schedule in TimeEdit. Use your course code to search, after clicking "Schedule spring 2025".
- Course literature (reading list) and syllabus can be found on soc.lu.se/en.
Need help?
For questions, contact the Student Office at info [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (info[at]soc[dot]lu[dot]se).
Checklist
– to do before and at the start of the semester:
- Activate your Student Account before the semester starts. See no. 1 below.
- Fill in the web registration. Deadline: 20 January. See no. 2 below.
- Attend the compulsory introductory meeting. See no. 3 below.
1. Activate your Student Account
You will need your Student Account in order to carry out the web registration below. The account is used during your whole study period at Lund University. Information about your Student Account will be sent to the e-mail-address that you have registered at universityadmissions.se.
Activate your Student Account at passport.lu.se.
2. Web registration 20 January at the latest
After you activate your Student Account, you must register for the course you are admitted to before the start of the semester.
Log in to Ladok with your Student Account.
Please note that you need to register between 13 – 20 January 2025.
Problems with the web registration? Please contact the Student administration: info@soc.lu.se
3. Attend the compulsory introductory meeting
Find the introductory meeting in your schedule by searching by course code in TimeEdit.
Most courses hold a compulsory introductory meeting to start the course. You can usually see time, date and place for the introductory meeting in your course schedule. Look for "Schedule spring 2025" and then type your course code.
Please note: certain changes in the schedule may be made at short notice.
Contact info@soc.lu.se if you can not find when your course starts.
How to find us
Link to map and information about the area.
Contact Student administration
Sociology and HR
Susanne Lindberg
Telephone: +46 46-222 88 44
E-mail: Info [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se
Social Anthropology
Christian Landgren
Telephone: +46 46-222 40 36
E-mail: Info [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se
Our own Study Advisers
Talk to the Department of Sociology's study advisers for information and advice about courses and their content, information about exams, advice on career path choices.
Canvas: Learning platform and information
Our courses and programmes are connected to the learning platform Canvas, where teachers and students communicate with each other and upload information.
In order to receive the information that you need from us at the department you must ensure that "Announcements" are activated in Canvas. Click on "Account" in the left menu, then on "Notifications" and make the selection...
Zoom help and IT support
LU-Zoom is used by Lund University to hold digital lectures or meetings.
A guide to LU-Zoom can be found on canvas.education.lu.se
Lund University’s IT support is open Monday – Friday 08.00–17.00. You can contact them via email (servicedesk [at] lu [dot] se) or telephone (+46 (0)46 222 9000).
More IT support can be found on lunduniversity.lu.se/current-students
Are you on our waiting list?
If you are on our waiting list, the Student Office will contact you if you can be offered a place on the course or the programme. The admission from our waiting list starts during the first half of January 2025.
If you wish to discontinue your studies
If you wish to discontinue your studies on a course on which you are registered, it is important that you report your withdrawal immediately via Ladok for students. If you report withdrawal from studies within the first three weeks of the course, known as early withdrawal, you have the opportunity to re-apply for the course at a later date.
If you wish to withdraw from an entire study programme, you must complete a withdrawal from studies form, available at www.soc.lu.se/blanketter. Please contact the study advisers on email: studievagledare [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (studievagledare[at]soc[dot]lu[dot]se)
Please contact us if you need any support
Student administrators
Email: info [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (info[at]soc[dot]lu[dot]se)
More details on the page "Our Student Office".
Study advisers
Email: studievagledare [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (studievagledare[at]soc[dot]lu[dot]se)
More details on the page "Study guidance at the department".
We hope you will enjoy your studies at the Department of Sociology!
Tips and advice on how to manage online studies
lunduniversity.lu.se/remote-learning-tips
For current students
Information about your studies. The department's page for current students.