Checklist for the start of your studies
Before the first day of your education, you need to take some important steps.
1.Your offer
You have been admitted. If you want to keep your place (seat), you do not have to reply to your offer.
If you do not want to keep your place you should decline your offer by logging in to 'My pages' on universityadmissions.se, and follow the instructions. You should click "I wish to decline this offer" next to the course or programme you want to decline.
If you see "Reserve" next to your course or programme in the Notification of selection results, this means that you've been placed on a waiting list for that course/programme.
2.Activate your user account and MFA
As a new student, you need to activate your user account (your UMU-id) approximately two weeks prior to the start of the semester.
With your user account you can:
- register for courses
- access the internet in computer labs and the university's wireless network
- submit assignments and verify your study results
- access your student e-mail
If you are a new student, you will automatically receive a user account when you are admitted, but you will need to activate it for it to function properly. You will not be able to activate it until approximately two weeks prior to the start of the semester.
Exchange student or tuition fee paying student
If you are an exchange student or tuition fee paying student, you will receive an email with instructions on how to activate your account.
Install MFA for a more secure login
To increase security and reduce the risk of unauthorised access to your information or account, students must enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) to log in to various systems, such as Canvas and the Student Web.
I want to activate my user account and install MFA
Help! It´s not working
If you are having problems activating your account or logging in, please contact our Servicedesk. You will find answers to common questions, and can submit enquiries.
3.Course registration
Once you have accepted your place and activated your UMU ID and MFA, you must register for the course. You do this by logging in and registering via Ladok before the course starts. Course registration often opens one week before the start date. If you have not registered by 1-september, you will lose your place.
Watch a video on how to register.
Here is what you should do if you are unable to register during the registration period:
If you are unable to attend
If you know in advance that you will not be able to register during this period, you must notify us before the last day for registration.
In case of acute illness or another unforeseen event
Contact us as soon as possible. A medical certificate is required.
Accepted as a reserve when registration has closed
Contact the course's study administrators, so that they can register you manually. Notify Margareta Lindblom and Hillevi Öberg by email.
4.Course start
2026-08-31
Please check information in Canvas or your schedule
The schedule is preliminary until four weeks before the course starts
Course information
Contact
Course Manager: Josefine Wälivaara
Study adminstration: The study administrators both work part-time. Please contact us by email, and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Margareta Lindblom & Hillevi Öberg
Course Literature
During the course, you are expected to read the literature listed in the course reading list.
You will receive more information about the course literature and how it is used in the course at the course introduction.
Canvas – your digital classroom
Canvas is your digital classroom where you will be in contact with your lecturers and fellow students. You can log in to Canvas once you have activated your UMU ID, and closer to the start of the semester you will also have access to the course website.
On the course website in Canvas, you will find the self-study materials you need, such as recorded lectures, study questions, and reading instructions. Some scheduled examinations and other activities also take place there.
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