New student

March 26, 2026 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, 2026.  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’ after you log in. 

Withdrawing

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.

Residence permit for studies

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?

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.

A smooth start

New student at Stockholm University

Your university account gives you access to IT services. Once you have activated your account and registered 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.

Information about how to activate your university account 

Activate your university account

Please register online at Ladok for students. It is important that you register on time, otherwise you will lose your place! For autumn 2025 the webregistration will be open August 11 to August 24.

Ladok for students

Schema.su.se is a portal to TimeEdit, the university's schedule and resource management tool. Log in with your university account to find your personal schedule. Course schedules are published the latest one month before the courses' start. All schedules are subject to changes. Stay upp to date by subscribing to your schedule, or by bookmarking it in your web browser. 

schema.su.se

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.

Log in to Athena

Information about Athena

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.

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.

Studying with disability

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.

New in Sweden and want to learn Swedish? Take a look at this page:

Learn Swedish

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

10 Tips for International Students to Learn Swedish

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. 

Find your way on campus.

The first notification of selection results for the spring semester 2026 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 15 and you reply at your account at universityadmission.se

The second notification of selction results is published December 18. No reply to this result is necessary.

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.

Information about how to activate your university account 

Activate your University account

You register online at Ladok for students. It is important that you register on time, otherwise you will lose your place! For spring 2026 the registration is open January 7-11.

Ladok for students