During your studies

Your rights as a student come in part from laws and regulations and in part from local precepts at Stockholm University.

Your rights and responsibilities

All students at Stockholm University are entitled to equal treatment and respect irrespective of sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation or age.

Equal treatment of students at Stockholm University

In some cases it is allowed to use AI tools within the studies, but if you want to use AI tools, it is very important that you know the principles and guidelines stated in our Policy for the use of AI pdf, 13.3 kB. (13 Kb) .

If you do not follow the guidelines, you may be suspected of violating the guidelines, plagiarism, which may lead to suspension from studies. Contact your teacher/supervisor if you have questions about this. Please read the full policy before using AI in your studies.

As a student you have to be conscientious about clearly accounting for the material used in the texts that are submitted for examination.

To use other people’s expressions or ideas without stating the source is plagiarism, as well as to translate and/or change some words in someone else’s text and present it as your own. Even to reuse portions of one’s own previously written texts without citation is plagiarism (self-plagiarism). There must be no doubt about what your own expressions and ideas are and what has been gathered from other sources.

Plagiarism is considered to be cheating, and if discovered or suspected in an exam, thesis or any other written assignment, grading will be postponed until a decision on the matter has been made by the Vice-Chancellor or the Disciplinary Committee of Stockholm University. Should the student be found guilty, the exam or assignment will be considered invalid.

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. This would have grave consequences for exchange students as you might not be allowed to gain any credits during your exchange period.

The Vice-Chancellor or the Disciplinary Council decides whether the student is to be subject to any disciplinary measures.

More information

Disciplinary matters and expulsion

Regulations for written seated examination

All students studying in Sweden are covered by the Swedish State’s general student insurance, provided by “Kammarkollegiet”. The insurance applies during school hours and during travel to and from the location where school hours are spent. The insurance also covers accidents during distance studies if the accident is in direct connection with the studies to be performed.

If you as a student need to make a study break it is important that you find out what applies. You can only apply for a study break if you are registered at a programme and the break must be for a full semester period. To apply for a study break you need to fill in a form. For shorter breaks, it is enough that you talk to the course coordinator or the study counselor about how you can make up for missed parts.

Apply for a leave from studies

After the study break

You are responsible for announcing your return in good time. Before you can return to your studies, you must contact your student office no later than April 15 before the autumn term and no later than October 15 before the spring term. In case of late registration for return, the course place can not be guaranteed.

Discontinuation of studies means that you do not intend to complete the course. You therefore give up your place.

If you discontinue within three weeks after starting the course and do not have any results within the course you may apply and be admitted to the course again.

You can confirm discontinuation from a course in Ladok for students. 

Discontinuation from programme

Discontinuation from programme has to be registered. Please email your study counsellor with the following information:

• Given name, surname and social security number
• Start date of discontinuation (yy-mm-dd – earliest date of registration)
• Name of the discontinued program

Keep in mind that a discontinuation from programme is not the same as a study break. If you discontinue from a program, you will lose your program place and will not be able to apply for the program again.

Resumption of studies

If you change your mind and want to resume your studies, contact the student office for possible re-registration. Re-registration for courses always takes place subject to availability.

If you need special educational support, you can apply for support and adaptations. You should apply as soon as possible after you have been admitted in order to receive the best possible support.

How to apply for support

When you have your Nais certificate, contact the study counsellor for a meeting where we go through those adjustments. After the meeting, you should contact the course coordinators for the courses you will attend and inform them that you have been granted support, to allow them to prepare.

Before each examination contact the responsible examination administrator:

Examination procedures for students in need of special educational support

You need to sign up for each exam. This is done via Ladok for students and are compulsory. Registration normally opens a couple of weeks before the exam and closes a few days before. You may not take an exam you are not pre-registered for (you need to sign up to both exams and re-exams).

If you need special pedagogical support. Before each examination, you should contact your examination administrator in good time:

Examination procedures for students in need of special educational support

If you are a student at Stockholm University you can apply for a transfer of credits for studies that you have completed at other Swedish universities or universities abroad. In order to transfer credits from your exchange studies to your programme at the department, you must apply for this when you are back in Sweden.

A completed application form should be handed/sent in, together with transcript of records for the studies that you wish to transfer and relevant information as syllabus, course description and reading list. See the application form for details:

Application for credit transfer of higher education studies (pdf) pdf, 1008.3 kB. (1008 Kb)

Credit Transfer from exchange studies

In order to transfer credits from your exchange studies to your programme at the Department of Physical Geography, you must apply for this when you are back in Sweden. Credits are not transferred to Stockholm University automatically.

Translation of credits

30 ECTS credits correspond to 30 credits in the Swedish system. You cannot gain more than 30 credits per semester or 60 credits per academic year. In cases where the ECTS system is not applied: you should perform the equivalent of 20 weeks full-time studies to obtain 30 credits.

The grades you receive during your exchange studies will not be transferred since the grading system cant be compared between countries.

More information can be found at Stockholm University's website:

Credit transfer