Welcome Activities

Welcome team at the airport (10.00 am – 6.00 pm): Student ambassadors and university staff will welcome you at Arlanda airport and answer any questions to help you settle into your new life in Stockholm and Sweden.

Key pick-up from Housing Office (10.00 am – 10.00 pm): Students who have received accommodation through Housing Office will be able to pick up their keys on Campus Frescati. Students who arrive from 23 August onwards can pick up their keys from the Housing Office during regular opening hours. Find further details from Housing Office here: Arrival Information.

Speed-friending with SUS (1.00 – 2.00 pm ): Stockholm University Student Union (SUS) invites you who are a student at Stockholm University to a digital mingle with new interesting people who are also studying at SU. Take the chance to make lots of new friends and to meet SUS! The event is free and open to both local and international students. You can sign up latest two days before the event.

Speed-friending with SUS 

Introduction from the Library (12.00 - 12.45 pm): Use the library to enhance your education. In this short online lecture you will learn how to use the services the library offers.

Library introduction

Student panel (2.00 – 3.00 pm): Join the panel to hear from our students and get an insight into student life in Stockholm.

Student Panel for newly admitted students

Workshop with Språkstudion (10.00 – 11.30 am): Do you want to write better notes during lectures in different languages? In this hands-on workshop, you will learn strategies for utilising the languages you know in order to make your lecture notes matter.

Workshop: Taking Better Notes - a Multilingual Perspective

Studying effectively at Stockholm University (12.00 – 12.45 pm): The Academic Writing Service presents tips to help you study effectively during your studies at Stockholm University. 

Studying effectively at Stockholm University

Open Les Mills Tone training (11.30 am – 12.15 pm): Sporting association, SSIF, has together with Frescati Sports Center opened up their facilities for new students to try different sports.
Free sporting activities during week 35 

Information meeting Language Cafe (12.00 – 1.00 pm): Språkstudion invites all students interested in volunteering as Language Cafe coordinators during the autumn term of 2021 to an information meeting. Both new and experienced cafe coordinators are invited, and all languages are welcome!

Information meeting about volunteering as a Language Cafe coordinator

Open badminton training (12.00 – 3.00 pm): Come by yourself or with friends and play badminton. All equipment is provided. 

Free sporting activities during week 35 

Speed-friending with SUS (3.00 – 4.00 pm): Stockholm University Student Union (SUS) invites you who are a student at Stockholm University to a digital mingle with new interesting people who are also studying at SU. Take the chance to make lots of new friends and to meet SUS! The event is free and open to both local and international students. You can sign up latest two days before the event.

Speed-friending with SUS

Introduction from the Library (12.00 – 12.45 pm): Use the library to enhance your education. In this short online lecture you will learn how to use the services the library offers.

Library introduction

Open volleyball practice (5.00 – 6.00 pm and 6.00 – 7.00 pm): Try volleyball, or interested in joining SSIF's volleyball team? Come by and take a look or have a chat with our experienced instructors. 

Free sporting activities during week 35 

Tour of Campus Frescati (12.00 - 5.00 pm): Join us for a 30 minutes tour to discover the main buildings and interesting facts about our main Campus, Frescati.

Tour of Campus Frescati

Open Les Mills BodyPump training (3.00 – 3.45 pm): Sporting association, SSIF, has together with Frescati Sports Center opened up their facilities for new students to try different sports.

Free sporting activities during week 35 

Speed-friending with SUS (3.00 – 4.00 pm): Stockholm University Student Union (SUS) invites you who are a student at Stockholm University to a digital mingle with new interesting people who are also studying at SU. Take the chance to make lots of new friends and to meet SUS! The event is free and open to both local and international students. You can sign up latest two days before the event.

Speed-friending with SUS

Speed-friending with SUS (3.00 – 4.00 pm): Stockholm University Student Union (SUS) invites you who are a student at Stockholm University to a digital mingle with new interesting people who are also studying at SU. Take the chance to make lots of new friends and to meet SUS! The event is free and open to both local and international students. You can sign up latest two days before the event.

Speed-friending with SUS

Information about which activities your department may arrange for you the first days of the semester can be found on their website: Find your department

See film from Orientation Day and Welcome Activities, January 2020

On our pages for new students, you can find all the practical information that you need before and at the beginning of the semester, including information about:

• being new in Sweden 
• student life
• sport and activities for students
• schedules
• finding your way on campus 
• access to wifi
• places to study
• and much more!