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 package registration
Registration will be done by an administrator when we meet you at the first day of the fall term, August 31.
4.Course package start
About the course
Course package information
The semester begins with a roll-call, course registration and joint introduction day for all UID students on Monday August 31, 2026, at 9.00 a.m. at UID. During the first day, you will receive important information about your studies, the school and course package.You will also be assigned a workspace in your student studio and have the opportunity to get to know your fellow programme students.
Note that Umeå Institute of Design (UID) is located at the Umeå Arts Campus.
- We are all asked to keep UID a scent-free environment, to protect anyone with respiratory allergies or similar.
- The teaching is planned to be conducted on-campus.
- Students are expected to bring their own computers, preferably a computer with a webcam and an adequate internet connection for video conferencing.
You will take the same courses as the programme students on the third year of the Bachelor's programme in Industrial design. Name of the class is: BFA3.
Confirmation of exchange studies
To support our planning at UID, we ask you to confirm your exchange studies by emailing adrian.lowander@umu.se as soon as possible, no later than June 19, 2026.
Semester dates: August 31, 2026 - January 17, 2027.
Contact information
If you have questions about the exchange studies, please contact:
International contact person: Adrian Löwander
If you have questions about the course package, please contact:
Programme director: Eva-Lena Bäckström
Department administrator: Camilla Wiglöv
You will receive additional information from central departments at Umeå University. If you have questions regarding this information, please address them to the department in question.
You can always get in contact with all departments at Umeå University through Infocenter
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