Welcome!
Here you can find information for all newly admitted students to the Department of Political Science
The information below targets students that will be studying
- Political Science or
- Peace and Conflict Studies
We are happy to welcome you to the Department of Political Science at Lund University. Please see important information below for acceptance of our offer for the start of your studies in spring 2021.
On this pages, you can find information about:
- Admission letter from the programme or course you have been admitted to
- Waiting list
- General information when you are new in Lund
- Information for admitted exchange students
- Search for your schedule (use the course code)
Admission letter from the courses your have been admitted to:
- Political Science: EU Law (STVP34)
- Political Science: Europe in Global Affairs (STVP37)
- Political Science: Power, Politics and the Environment (STVN17)
- Political Science: War and Peace in a World in Transition (STVN13)
- Political Science: Minorities and Ethnic-Sectarian Conflict in the Middle East (STVN21)
- BSc in Development Studies: Political Science major
- Peace and Conflict Studies: War and Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (FKVB21)
Waiting list
Are you on the waiting list to one of our courses or programmes? Do not forget to accept your offer. Students that have applied in the 15th of September - 15th of October admission round must reply to any offer as latest as midnight (Swedish time) on 16th of December The selection results from the second notification will be published on December 21st, we will thereafter approach students on the reserve list. Please note that there is nothing you can do to affect your reserve placement. If offered a spot, you will be contacted by email no later than January 22nd.
Please note that students on the waiting list have the same opportunity as admitted students to take part in the student housing lottery if it is the first time you have been admitted to Lund and you have not lived in the area before.
General information when you are new in Lund
Below we have gathered a few links to the central university website covering the most important practical aspects of your time as a newly admitted student:
- Student services
- Students with disabilities
- Health and insurance
- Sports and exercise
- Cultural activities
- Faith and spirituality
- Learning Swedish
Information for admitted exchange students
Course registrations
You do not need to register by using the web registration. You will be course registered on our (Department of Political Science’s) courses by our international coordinator Helen Fogelin.
Compulsory introduction meetings at undergraduate level
- Environmental Governance, 7,5 credits (STVC55)
When: January 19, 13-15
Where: Zoom (link will be sent out approximately a week before course start
- Experts and Democracy, 7,5 credits (STVC59)
When: January 19, 15-17
Where: Zoom (link will be sent out approximately a week before course start)
- International Relations in Time and Space, 7,5 credits (STVC62)
When: January 20, 10-12
Where: Zoom (link will be sent out approximately a week before course start)
- Political Theory, 7,5 credits (STVC79)
When: January 21, 13-15
Where: Zoom (link will be sent out approximately a week before course start)
- Swedish Politics, 15 credits (STVC01)
When: March 22, time 10-12.
Where: School of Social Work. Room 128.
Schedule
You can find your schedule in our Schedule portal by searching on the course code or course name of the courses you are planning to study
Welcome!
Department of Political Science
Contact Your Academic Advisor
E-mail: studievagledare [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se
The Academic Advisors can usually be reached by phone Mon-Fri 8. - 17. (Lunch break 12 - 13)
Daniel Alfons
Eden room: 232
Phone: 046 222 89 52
Mats Janér
Eden room: 233
Phone: 046 222 89 52
Lidija Lindoff
Eden room: 133
Phone: 046 222 89 52
Canvas
Canvas (https://canvas.education.lu.se) is Lund University’s learning management platform. Here you can find information about your course, messages from your teachers as well as files and other things relevant to your course. For more information about the various functions in Canvas as well as how you can navigate in it please visit our Student Guide.