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
In order to start your studies at the course, you need to register for the course in Ladok between 26 October and 2 November. Otherwise you risk losing your place (seat) at the course. You also need to be registered to be able to follow the course and to get your results recorded during the course.
If you know in advance that you will not be able to register during this period, you must notify us before the last day of registration. If you have been admitted to the course but have been registered for it before, you must contact the course's study administrator to be able to register. Course administrator: Anna Henriksson
You will find the time and place for the course introduction in the schedule, which is published four weeks ahead of the start of the course. Please let us know if you can't be present at this first occasion.
4.Course start
2026-11-02
10:00
See schedule
The schedule is preliminary until four weeks before the course starts
About the course
Course information
The course aims to provide students with the possibility to describe, analyze and critically assess human rights in an international, regional, and national context. The normative protection of human rights is covered as well as their enforcement and application. The importance of human rights in practice are subject to analysis and critical discussion in relation to current situations. Certain fundamental rights will be closely analyzed as well as the rights of some vulnerable groups.
Teaching in the course is conducted through lectures and seminars. Please note that active participation in all seminars is mandatory. Readings for each seminar will be posted on the course learning platform at least one week before each seminar. You are expected to have studied the relevant readings before the respective seminar and prepared presentations or handed in papers for some of the seminars. You will find more and specific information on the learning platform of the course.
It is important that you have a copy of the course book when the course starts.
Contact
Course coordinator: Mpoki Mwakagali, mpoki.mwakagali@umu.se
Course administrator: Anna Henriksson, anna.henriksson@umu.se
Course participation
Three weeks after the course has started, we are required to verify which students are still activ on the course. This check will take place in the learning platform Canvas, where you will confirm your active participation. Further information about this will be provided in Canvas when the time comes.
If you do not respond, or if you indicate that you are not actively participating in the course, your registration will be withdrawn.
If, later during the course, you decide that you no longer wish to continue, please inform the course coordinator and register your withdrawal in Ladok, or contact your course administrator who can assist you.
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