Checklist for the start of your studies
Before the first day of your education, you need to take some important steps.
1.Reply to your offer
If you have been admitted to a course or programme, or been placed on a waiting list, you must reply to your first admissions notification to keep your place. If you don't wish to keep your place, you should decline your offer. In doing so, you free up your place to someone who is on the waiting list. You reply to your offer by logging in to your account at Universityadmissions.se by 20 july 2026.
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 (seat) 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. You can register from 24th August 2026 until 31st August 2026. If you have not registered by 31st August, 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.
4.Course start
2026-08-31
Course information
Remember! To begin the course, you must first register.
Course setup
All teaching on the course is provided via the learning platform Canvas (www.canvas.umu.se). On the learning platform you will find what you need for the course, such as a course overview, instructions for tasks, assignments and deadlines, and a medium for communicating with the teacher(s). Note that the course does not include scheduled meetings.
Contact information
Course coordinator: Van Leavenworth, van.leavenworth@umu.se
Study administrator: Miranda Guy, miranda.guy@umu.se
Support and help
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