Welcome to the Department of Political Science at Lund University!

Information for students that will be studying Political Science or Peace and Conflict Studies for acceptance of our offer for the start of your studies in Spring 2023.

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Secure your place

Don't forget to accept our offer before December 19 midnight (Swedish time).

On these 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)

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Admission letter from the courses you have been admitted to:

Courses

Political Science

Second Cycle Courses

Peace and Conflict Studies

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 September 15 – October 15 admission round must reply to any offer as latest as midnight (Swedish time) on December 19. The selection results from the second notification will be published on December 22, 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 20.

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.

Web registration

Web registration is mandatory and must be done before the semester starts. You must at latest register yourself on the last day of registration in order not to lose your study place. If you are conditionally accepted, you cannot register online but must instead contact the department according to the information in the information letter you will receive on the last day of registration at latest.

In addition to attending the compulsory introduction meeting, we require unconditionally accepted students to courses from intermediate to master level to register online via Ladok for students through the Student Portal. Please register during the week leading up to the start of the academic semester. Once your registration has been completed you will get access to the Canvas course platform within 24 hours.

Web registration periods for the autumn semester:

for courses in period 3: registration period January 9 – January 16
for courses in period 4: registration period March 15 – March 22

Conditionally admitted students will not be able to register online until their eligibility has been confirmed. Please contact the academic advisors during the first week of the semester and prove your eligibility to register for the course.

Your student account

Once you have been admitted to study at Lund University, you need to activate your student account and thereafter register via Ladok. You can only activate the account a few days after you have received the final Notification of Selection Results. Your student account consists of a student ID and password and gives you electronic access to most services and resources that the University has to offer you as a student.

You must also register in Ladok if you are to continue studying on your education program, or freestanding course, and you already have an active student account. Please contact the support at Lund University (servicedesk [at] lu [dot] se) if you have any problems with your student account contact

How to register:

Log-in to the Student Portal with your student account
Change the language to English by clicking Change Language in the top right corner of the web site.
Choose the tab labelled “Registration” and then “Course/programme registration”.
Choose semester and the alternatives you can register to should be listed.
Choose alternatives and click on register/save.

Please note: If you do not attend the compulsory introduction meeting or fail to register on time you will lose your place and it will be offered to another applicant.

Experiencing problems for a course on undergraduate level?

If you have received a conditional offer and or faced technical difficulties completing your registration, we can help you with it at the compulsory course introduction meeting. For more information on when are where this takes place, please check your welcome letter.

Experiencing problems for a course on graduate level?

If you have received a conditional offer please visit the academic advisors at the department to clear any remaining eligibility requirement and finalising your course registration. Please note that this has to be done not later than the first day of the course.

Web register via the studentportal

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:

Information for admitted exchange students

Course registrations for exchange students

Exchange students shall not use the web registration for the Department of Political Science’s courses. You will instead be registered by our international coordinator Helen Fogelin.

Compulsory introduction meetings at undergraduate level:

FKVB21 – War and peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Start: January 16, at 16-18 in Eden 235
FKVC31 – Diplomacy, Negotiation and Mediation
Start: January 17, at 13-15 in room Eden 235
FKVC35 – Peace in the 21st Century: Ciritcal Debates on Violence, Justice and Peace
Start: January 17, at 10-12 in room Eden 222A
FKVC36 – International Criminal Justice: When Law Meets Politics
Start: January 17, at 15-17 in room 222A
STVC55 – Environmental Governance
Start: January 17, at 13-15 in room Eden 230
STVC59 – Experts and Democracy
Start: January 17, at 11-13, in room Eden 230
STVC62 – International Relations Theory in Time and Space
Start: January 19, at 10-12 in room Eden 230
STVC76 – Comparative Politics
Start: January 18, at 13-15 in room Eden 222A
STVC81 – Political Cinema
Start: January 19, at 13-15 in room Eden 230
STVN13 – War and Peace in a World in Transition
Start: January 16, at 9-11 in room Eden 222A
STVN17 – Power, Politics, and the Environment
Start: March 22, at 13-15 in room Eden 230
STVN21 – Minorities and Ethnic-Sectarian Conflict in the Middle East
Start: March 22, at 15-18 in room Eden 222A
STVN24 – Comparative Politics: Institutions and Actors
Start: March 22, at 13-15 in room Eden 129