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Study information autumn semester 2025 -programme
Please find important information regarding your studies at our department here.
Application - deadline January 15 2025
Master’s programmes at Department of Sociology only have one admission round for all applicants with deadline in January the same year as your programme starts.
All applications to our master's programmes are made through the national website universityadmissions.se, or in Swedish through antagning.se.
Students from countries outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland are required to pay both an application fee and a tuition fee. You can find more information here.
Admission
March 27, 2025 you will receive a notification from Univesityadmission / Antagningen regarding your admission.
You have to actively accept the seat you have been offered no later than May 15, 2025. If you don’t accept your place by the deadline, you will lose the place that you’ve been offered.
Students on waiting list will be contacted by email if we have places left.
Conditionally admitted
If you are conditionally admitted you must be able to show the appropriate documents to prove your eligibility to be able to register for the course. To show that you fulfil the requirement and to remove the conditional admittance, please contact us at master@sociology.su.se
How to decline your offer
If you decide not to attend, it’s important that you decline your place as soon as possible so that students on waiting list can get your place instead. Follow the instructions given under Universityadmission.se – ‘Application’ ( antagning.se – Mina sidor) after you log in. Read more here – Withdrawing.
Residence permit for studies
All non-EU/EEA students who plan on studying for more than three months must have a residence permit for studies in Sweden. The authority responsible for issuing residence permits is the Swedish Migration Agency, (”Migrationsverket”). It is important that you apply for a residence permit well in advance, to make sure that your application is processed in time.
How to apply for a residence permit for studies
5 tips to increase your chances of a decision before the semester
How long does it take to get a decision from the Swedish Migration Agency?
Pre-departure information
There is a lot to think about before moving to a new country for studies, in the link below Student Services has collected some useful information that will help you make sure everything is in order before your departure to Sweden.
University account
Your university account gives you access to IT services. Once you have activated your account you will be able to order your university card and get access to the library resources, printing and scanning. You will also be assigned an email address. To ensure that you do not miss any important information from the university or your department, you are advised to use that specific email address via Office 365 for students. Alternatively, you can register an active forwarding address, that will then be linked to your university account. More information can be found here.
Register to the programme or a course
Please register online at Ladok for students. It is important that you register on time, otherwise you will lose your place!
If new at Stockholm University you first need to activate a university account to be able to register you.
New at Stockholm University
Are you new to Stockholm University? On these pages we have gathered a lot of useful information to ensure that your studies begin as smoothly as possible.
New student at Stockholm University
Schedules and course descriptions
Each course has a course page. At that page you can find the schedule, course information and the namne of the course responsible.
You can also log in to schema.su.se to find your schedule.
Athena – our communication platform
Athean is the communication platform at Stockholm University. At Athena you’ll have access to all information about the course such as schedule, schedule changes, course material and more.
You log into Athena by using your university account.
More information about Athena here.
Please note that to get notification about important information from the course you need to change the settings and activate notification to your email-address. You can do that in Settings that you find under your name in the right top corner.
Athena has a mobile app that you can use. The name of that app is itslearning. The app is free of charge and you can download it to iPhones and Android-mobiles. To get notification about important information from the course you need to change the settings to allow the app to send you notification.
Studying with a disability
Stockholm University provides various forms of special pedagogical support to students with long-term disabilities. Please contact Special pedagogical support at Student Services if you need support.
Make sure to also contact your study councellor at the Department of Sociology if you need extra support during lectures, seminars and examination. Please see contact information at the end of this page.
Swedish for international students
New in Sweden and want to learn Swedish? Take a look at this page:
Here is also two videos with a former student at our department about the Swedish language:
10 Facts About the Swedish Language International Students in Sweden Need to Know
Find us
You can find us at Universitetsvägen 10B, floor 8 and 9 in one of the "blue houses" called "södra huset" (the south house) in entrance B.
Study information spring semester 2025 - courses
Please find important information regarding your studies at our department here.
Application
The majority of our master's courses are open for application to spring 2025 between September 16 and October 15, 2024.
Please note that this application round is mainly for national or EU/EEA and Swiss students.
Admission
The first notification of selection results for the spring semester 2025 is published December 10.
You must reply to your first notification of selection results in order to keep the place you've been offered, or to remain on the reserve/waiting list for the second selection round.
Last day to reply is December 16 and you reply at your account at universityadmission.se
The second notification of selction results is published December 19. No reply to this result is necessary.
Registration
You register online at Ladok for students. It is important that you register on time, otherwise you will lose your place! For spring 2025 the registration is open January 7-12, 2025.
If new at Stockholm University you first need to activate a university account to be able to register you.
University account
Your university account gives you access to IT services. Once you have activated your account you will be able to order your university card and get access to the library resources, printing and scanning. You will also be assigned an email address. To ensure that you do not miss any important information from the university or your department, you are advised to use that specific email address via Office 365 for students. Alternatively, you can register an active forwarding address, that will then be linked to your university account. More information can be found here.
Contact
Master Studies
Questions about our Master's Programmes in Sociology or Demography? Please contact us here!

Study Counsellor
Welcome to the study counsellor at the Department of Sociology! The study counsellor can advise you about study techniques, study plans, transfers of grades, certificates, etc. If you run into problems with your studies you are welcome to contact the student counsellor, who also works under professional secrecy. You can also book a meeting with the student counsellor for study- and career counselling when you do your long term planning for studies and work.

- Visiting address
B-house, floor 9, room B982
Universitetsvägen 10B
- Office hours
Tuesdays 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fridays 12:00 - 1:00 PM
- Phone hours
Tuesdays 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Fridays 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
- Irregular office hours
Office hours and phone hours are cancelled 24/1 and 28/1.
- Visiting address
B-house, floor 9, room B980
Universitetsvägen 10B
- Office hours
(during the semester)
Tuesdays 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thursdays 13:00 PM - 15:00 PM
- Phone hours
(during the semester)
Tuesdays 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thursdays 14:00 PM - 15:00 PM
Last updated: November 21, 2024
Source: Department of Sociology