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.Programme registration
By registering to your first courses, you will automatically be registered to the programme. The registration is done by login in and registering here on the student web. Please contact the programme director (jens.zamanian@umu.se) in case there are some questions regarding this.
4.Programme start
2026-08-28
10.00
The schedule is preliminary until four weeks before the programme startsprogramme start
Information meeting
Friday, 2026-08-28, 10:00–12:00
Bottenhavet, Physics Building
During this meeting, I will give you some information about the programme and the different study paths, and also help you choose the path. If you cannot attend, then please contact me: jens.zamanian@umu.se.
Course start and schedules
The programme does not have any specific courses and the first date of lecture depends on which courses you choose. You can find the schedules of all the courses starting in the beginning of the semester here:
https://cloud.timeedit.net/umu/web/public1/ri108y153w6ZX3QZQ5n51XXQuYw3715Y25805ZYQ56723Y7g55343370X495X333562556X2Y5X59565Y9Q855Y9158YY37.html
Programme information
The programme offers a lot of flexibility in choosing which courses to take. For this reason you are automatically admitted to all courses offered in the first semester. It is good if you have an idea of which courses you would like to take before the programme start.
It is recommended to choose two courses for the first half of the semester, and two other courses for the second half.
The list of courses offered can be found here:
https://www.umu.se/en/department-of-physics/education/courses/
Note that most courses are only offered in one of the semesters. Also note that some courses are only offered every second year.
Most courses follow a textbook, and it is recommended that you aquire this book before the course starts. You can find the littarture for each course by checking the syllabus.
Contact information
If you have any questions regarding the programme, please do not hesitate to contact the programme director/study counselor: Jens Zamanian (jens.zamanian@umu.se).
FAQ
Q: Where do I find my schedule?
A: Schedules can be found here: https://cloud.timeedit.net/umu/web/public1/
Search for the course(s) in the search box, and do not forget to change the start and end dates of the search period.
Q: Is it compulsory to attend all lectures?
A: No, but there might be certain lectures/labs/problem solving sessions that are mandatory. Ask your teacher if you are unsure.
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