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 can register yourself on the course at Ladok for students from August 24 until September 7. After that, registration is done through the department. If you can't register or have been admitted with conditions on the course, you must contact Education coordinator Eva-Marie Hilli Sandberg. The acceptance letter states whether you've been admitted with conditions.
To be able to sign in to register online, you need to have activated your UMU-ID account.
If you want more information on how to use Ladok, you will find more information here: How to use Ladok for students.
4.Course start
2026-08-31
See schedule
See schedule
The schedule is preliminary until four weeks before the course starts
Learning platform Canvas
For this course we will use the platform Canvas. You log in to Canvas with your activated UMU-ID. In Canvas you will find everything you need for the course, like the schedule, instructions, and information from the teachers.
Remember that you have to be registered on the course to get access to the Canvas course page.
Instructions on how to log in to/support for Canvas: Support for Canvas.
If you have questions regarding registration, schedule, or Canvas please contact:
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