New student
Have you been admitted to a course or programme at our department? This page will provide you with useful information before starting your studies.
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Welcome letter
All admitted students receive a welcome letter from the department. The letter contains important information about the start of your course. The e-mail is sent to the address you have registered at universityadmissions.se or antagning.se.
Registration, roll-call and group placement
Course registration, roll-call and in certain instances getting placed into a group is obligatory if you intend to participate in course instruction or tutorials. You register yourself either in Ladok, in person at the department's student affairs office, or in connection with a class meeting. Your welcome letter contains detailed instructions concerning your specific course!
Schedules, course literature and additional course information
You will find an up-to-date schedule, literature lists and other important course information in the course catalogue under each subject below.
Baltic languages
Czech
Dutch
Finnish
German
Polish
Russian
Slavic languages
University account, e-mail and Athena
Your university account is how Stockholm University students access IT services. This includes WiFi, computer rooms, cloud based storage and more. University account is the user name and password that are the login to eg. Athena, Ladok and Zoom.
Activate your University account
When you activate your university account you add your e-mail address. This address is connected to your student e-mail address (your university account user id followed by student@su.se). This is the address that Stockholm University uses to contact you during your studies. Check and update your address via Kontohantering.
Athena is the University's digital learning platform. There you can find information on your course, contact other students on your course and submit assignments. You get access to your course page after you have registered (courses that use Athena, see welcome letter for more information). Use your university account to log in.
Studying with a disability
Stockholm University provides special pedagogical support to students with long-term disabilities. The support is based on your individual needs and aims to facilitate your studies. The goal is to give all students the opportunity to study under equal conditions.
Please contact Hannah Hinz Cornelli (studievagledare.slabafinety@su.se), who will help you with your specific study needs concerning your studies at our department.
Find us
The Department of Slavic and Baltic Studies, Finnish, Dutch and German is situated on the 4th and 5th floors of the E-Building (Södra huset), at Campus Frescati. The street address is Universitetsvägen 10E, 114 18 Stockholm.
Our classes usually take place in the public classrooms at Södra huset, or in the department's seminar rooms. Room numbers consist of a letter and three or four digits. The letter refers to the building (Södra huset A - F) and the first digit refers to the floor.
Contact
Please find the contact information for our study councellors and student affairs offices on the page Contact.
Last updated: 2025-10-24
Source: Department of Slavic and Baltic Studies, Finnish, Dutch and German