During your studies

Any student who is caught cheating or disrupting academic activities may be suspended from lectures and exams for a period of up to six months.

See also:

Your rights and responsibilities

Governing documents related to education

IT support for students

All students at Stockholm University are automatically given a student account, which gives you access to the Stockholm University network. This account is linked to a number of services such as printing, seeing your grades and obtaining a transcript of records. More information about this account and how to activate it are available at 

Digital tools for students

Athena

You can log into the course platform Athena with the help of your university account. The platform is used for communicating with teachers and other students, handing in and receiving projects, schedule changes etc.

If you want to find schedules, course literature etc., go to each individual course's Athena page.

Athena

Below are documents that are useful for you when you are a Bachelor or Master student at MISU. They can be downloaded from Athena. If you can't find what you are looking for, please contact the Study Counselor.

Athena

Technical introduction

This general manual contains instructions on how to use the command terminal, and how to install gfortran, Python and NetCDF. It is useful for any course that involves computer lab work.

• Technical introduction to all MISU computer labs (536 Kb)

Templates for laboratory reports

MISU uses a long and a short template for lab reports and you will be informed which one to use for each course.

• Lab report template long
• Lab report template short

Master project documents

• Template Degree project plan master
• SU visual Template Master thesis
• Checklist supervisor degree project MISU
• Checklist student degree project MISU
• Checklist contact supervisor degree project
• Some advice for external degree projects

At the department level, there are student representatives in the department board, the Undergraduate Education Council and the Work Environment, Equality and Environment (WEEE) Council.

MISU is actively working on utilizing the resources that students and employees with different backgrounds, life situations and skills bring to the department.

The work is conducted for example by the Work Environment, Equality and Environment (WEEE) Council.

The group's purpose is to systematically work on the work environment, equal rights and the environment at the department. Both staff and students are part of the WEEE Council.

If you feel that you have been the victim of discrimination or abusive treatment, contact the Head of the department, the Head of administration or the Coordinator for equal treatment of students (Student services, Studenthuset).

Equal treatment of students

As a student with a documented disability you can apply for educational support. Read more about this at SU's central website.

Studying with a disability

As a student at Stockholm University you have access to student health services for problems that affect your health or student situation.

Stockholm Student Health Services offers both health advice for physical ailments and psychological help.

Here you can learn more about stress management and what you can do to influence your physical work situation. For example, you can learn how to avoid stress and muscle injuries from sitting too long with your books or by the computer.

Read more about student health care at:

Stockholm Student Health Services

Stockholm University Student Union (SUS) is the largest of the student unions, and represents almost all Stockholm University students. They organise students who want to influence their education and promotes student interests when the university makes decisions. You can take part in or organise various events and activities through student union associations, as well as student councils and PhD councils.

If you have problems connected to your education, the SUS ombud provide support concerning student rights and student influence in connection with investigations or for general information. The ombud offer information about student rights and responsibilities. This applies both to disciplinary matters and questions concerning your education. The student ombud do not represent students and do not participate in meetings, but provide information in preparation for these meetings.

You can find more information on the SUS website.

SUS website

SUS student ombud

In the event of harassment and discrimination, students are directed to Equal treatment at Stockholm University, which can be reached by email:

Email address to Equal Treatment

One of our former students started a blog together with two students from Norway, about the life as a meteorology student as Oslo University.

They are now working as meteorologists and continue to write their blog, in a mix of Norwegian and Swedish.

Find out about their exciting work (2018)!

Meteorologi-Jentene