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
Have you been admitted to a course or programme, but do not wish to keep your place? Then you should decline your offer by logging in to your account at Universityadmissions.se. In doing so, you free up your place to someone who is on the waiting list.
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
Registration can take place from the 24th of August and until the first lecture on 31 August 13.00 PM at HUM.F.214.
You register on campus and must bring your passport to identify yourself.
To register early, before the first lecture, just drop by the study counsellor, Gisela Taube Lyxzens´office or the study administrator, Jessica Binrells´office in the A-corridor in the Behavior Science Building.
The earlier you register the earlier you gain access to the learning platform Canvas.
ILLNESS:
If you suffer from an acute illness or other unforeseen event that prevents you from registering, you must contact us as soon as possible (a medical certificate is required). Email: admin.psy@umu.se
WAITING LIST:
If you have been accepted from the waiting list when the self-registration has closed, you must contact the administration to be registered manually. Email: admin.psy@umu.se
4.Course start
2026-08-31
According to schedule
The schedule is preliminary until four weeks before the course starts
Learning platform
This course uses Canvas as its learning platform. You’ll get access to the course page on Canvas at the start of the semester—but only after you’ve officially registered for the course
Register for an individual written hall exam
You must always register for an individual written hall exam within the registration period, no later than 10 working days before the date of the exam. Registration takes place in the system Ladok for students. Late registrations are not accepted. In order to register, you must be enrolled in the course and the registration period must be open. If you do not register on time, you will not be allowed to take the exam and must wait until the re-exam.
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