Arrival autumn 2025
When planning for your arrival, please take into account that our recommended arrival days are 25 and 26 August 2025. During those days, we have extra services available to make it easier for you to get to your new home.
More information about the recommended arrival days can be found on the student website
If you have signed a contract for housing with the University's Accommodation Service, 18 August is the first day of your housing contract and the earliest date you can pick up your keys and get access to your room. You can, of course, arrive at a later date.
Information to students renting with the University's Accommodation Service will be sent out by email at the end of June.
Getting your keys
You can pick up your keys at Infocenter in the Universum Building on Campus Umeå on Arrival Day, 25 or 26 August 2025, and after that on weekdays during Infocenter's normal opening hours. Please have your passport ready to identify yourself. Please also note that in order to collect your keys, you need to have paid your first rent.
Should you arrive when Infocenter is closed, you can ask a friend to pick up your keys. If so, please inform the Accommodation Service at least two days prior to your arrival at housing@umu.se. Also inform your friend that they need to show their passport/ID card when picking up your keys.
Find Infocenter and its opening hours
Travelling to and around Umeå
Arrival by train
There are two railway stations in Umeå:
- Umeå Östra (East)
- Umeå Centrum (Centre)
If possible, our recommendation is to get off at the Umeå Östra station. It is about a ten-minutes walking distance away from Infocenter. From the Umeå Centrum station, you would have to walk to Vasaplan from where the local buses take off, and take any bus that goes to the bus stops "Umeå universitetssjukhus" or "Universum" where you get off and only have a few minutes walk to Infocenter. Read under the headline "Travelling by bus in Umeå" for how to find your way by bus.
Arrival by train and airport bus
There is an airport bus from Umeå Airport to Umeå Vasaplan in the city centre. The journey takes around ten minutes and the bus stops in a few places along the way.
Find out more about the airport bus and how to buy a ticket
How to get tickets for the local buses
Several bus lines run frequently through Umeå and most of them stop in the city centre and at the University Hospital of Umeå next to Campus Umeå.
Tickets can be purchased via your mobile phone (use the app Ultra – Umeås lokaltrafik) or pay by credit/debit card on the bus. Buses in Umeå do not accept cash payments.
You can also find more information and buy tickets at the offices for travel information (Reseinfo) located at the University Hospital of Umeå and at Vasaplan.
Find timetables and more information about the local buses (tabussen.nu)
Local bus stops on Campus Umeå
We have compiled a list of stops for the local buses located on campus or close to campus as well as which bus lines stop at which bus stop.
- Växthuset (Greenhouse): 2, 5, 8, 72
- Iksu-hallen: 2, 72
- Skidspåret: 2
- Samhällsvetarhuset (Social Sciences Building): 1
- Universitetssjukhuset (University Hospital of Umeå): 1, 5, 8, 9, 72
- Universum: 2, 5, 8, 9, 72
Attend the Orientation for international students
The Orientation for international students is designed to help you become acquainted with life in Umeå and studies at our university. We strongly recommend that you arrive in time for the Orientation.
Learn more about Orientation for international students
Infocenter will help you
Infocenter is Umeå University's place to go if you have a question and don't know where else to turn. You can visit Infocenter, or contact the friendly and helpful service staff via a contact form or by phone.
