Welcome Day

EVENT
Date: Friday 28 August 2026
Time: 12:00 - 16:00
Location: Frescati campus

We invite all new students, national and international, to the Welcome Day. Campus Frescati will be full of life and activity, and you’ll have the opportunity to meet other new students, get tips for your upcoming studies, and discover what the university has to offer both on and off campus.

Programme

Activities throughout the whole afternoon (12 am - 4 pm)

In Aula Magna

  • Student life fair with the student unions and associations
  • Foto booth
  • The Icebreaker - a social activity to find new friends

In Studenthuset

  • Fair with student support services
  • Fika and tote bags
  • Lifestyle test (room 240)
  • Sow & Grow - grow for health, and information about Student Health Services (room 257)

In the University Library

Meet the librarians, ask questions, and pick up a bookmark with motifs from the Library’s older collections. Also, learn how to find your way among the shelves by taking part in a quiz walk with a chance to win a prize.

Outside, on the campus grounds, you will be able to...

  • ... participate in speed-friending;
  • ... participate in sports activities with SSIF (Stockholm Students' Sports Club): volleyball, spike ball, Swedish kubb, and more;
  • ... talk to external organisations such as CSN, student accommodation companies, and trade unions, that will have stands around campus;
  • ... participate in a letter hunt (find eight letters around campus, guess the word, and get your tote bag in the Studenthuset);
  • ... buy food from food trucks.

Scheduled sessions

1 - 1:30 pm: Mindfulness

Location: Studenthuset, room 253

1 - 1:45 pm: Guided tour of Campus Frescati

Starting point: Outside Studenthuset

1:30 - 2:30 pm: Ask a psychologist

Location: Studenthuset, room 242

1:30 - 1:45 pm: Student Life with SUS

Location: Studenthuset, Kårsalen

1:30 - 2 pm: Medical yoga

Location: Studenthuset, Ekosalen

2 - 2:20 pm: Physical activity for recovery

Location: Studenthuset, Ekosalen

2 - 2:30 pm: Mindfulness

Location: Studenthuset, room 253

2 - 2:45 pm: Mini lectures

Location: Aula Magna

  • The University Library: Library crash course
  • Academic Writing Service: Study smarter

3 - 3:30: Mindfulness

Location: Studenthuset, room 253

3:15 - 4 pm: Guided tour of Campus Frescati

Starting point: Outside Studenthuset

3:30 - 3:45 pm: Student Life with SUS

Location: Studenthuset, Kårsalen

3:30 - 4 pm: Get to Know the Library in 25 Minutes

Location: Stockholm University Library

4 pm onwards: Student pubs

At the end of the day, you can visit the various student pubs around campus.

How to get to Studenthuset, Campus Frescati

By metro: take the red line (no. 14) towards Mörby centrum and hop off at Universitetet.

How to get from metro station Universitetet to Studenthuset.

By bus from Odenplan: take bus no. 15 towards Stora lappkärrsberget and hop off at Universitetsvägen. Studenthuset is right next to the bus stop.

How to get from Studenthuset to Stockholm University Library

Welcome Activities

Stockholm University organises a series of welcome activities at the beginning of each semester. 

Join our other welcome activities

Last updated: 2026-06-16

Source: Student Services