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
You need to be registered for the course in the study documentation system in order to keep your place (seat) and to have your results recorded during the course. Online registration is open between 24-08-2026 and 31-08-2026. If you do not register by August 31 at the latest, you risk losing your place.
To be able to sign in to register online, you need to have activated your Umu-id account and MFA.
I want to activate my Umu-id and MFA
I have an activated Umu-id and forgot my password
4.Course start
2026-08-31
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The schedule is preliminary until four weeks before the course starts
Remember! To begin the course, you must first register (between August 24 and August 31 2026, see above). In this course, we will use the learning platform Canvas (https://www.umu.se/en/student/help-and-support/it-services/software-and-services/canvas/). Log in to Canvas with your Umu-id as soon as possible after registration and familiarize yourself with the site and the information about the course that is available there.
Course information
The teaching on this course is conducted entirely via the Canvas learning platform. Once you have registered for the course, you will have access to it.
On Canvas you will find what you need for the course, such as course overview, instructions for exercises, examination tasks and messages from the teacher. The mandatory tasks are also published on the learning platform to be completed during the course.
The course also includes some mandatory seminars/conversations that take place at a certain time. More information about thet will be published on the learning platform.
The course has no scheduled lectures. However, examination data must be submitted at specified times.
Here you will find more information about the course.
Contact information
Course manager: Solveig Bollig solveig.bollig@umu.se
Study administrator: Sofia Rova sofia.rova@umu.se
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