New student

First check if you have any condition on your admission, see "Are you admitted with condition" on this page.

If you don't have any conditions then you will be able to register, but only within the registration period. You can find information about the current registration period in Ladok, and in the letter sent to all admitted students (Note! see "Important e-mails" on this page).

If you have problems registering you must contact our student office latest on the last day of registration!

It is stated in your admission letter from Universityadmissions.se if you have conditions. If you are eligible with conditions, you will not be able to register until our student office has confirmed that you have fulfilled the condition.

If you have conditions, check the eligibility requirement under "Eligibility" on the education page in the course catalogue (for tuition fees see below). As soon as you believe that you meet all the requirements, send a message to our student office with the following information:

• Subject line: Conditions
• Your name
• Which course(s)/program you are admitted to that you now meet the conditions

If you have questions about your condition, you can contact our student office.

Tuition fees

The condition remains in the system after the fee is paid but does not hinder registration.

If you have medically documented long-term disability you can apply for study support. You should apply as soon as possible after you have been admitted in order to receive the best possible support.

How to apply for support

When you have your Nais certificate, contact the study counsellor for a meeting where we go through those adjustments. After the meeting, you should contact the course coordinators for the courses you will attend and inform them that you have been granted support, to allow them to prepare.

Important information about personal data

For your safety: do not send sensitive information, such as health details or diagnoses, by email.

If your matter requires sharing such information, we ask that you either call or book a meeting with our student counsellor, My Lönn. This way, we can handle your case securely and ensure you receive the support you are entitled to.

Contact the student counsellor

If you no longer want your place, it is important that you decline your place so that another applicant can get the place. By declining your place you also secure your ability to reapply for the course another time.

Please note that declining the place via Universityadmissions.se is only possible before the registration period for the course opens. After the course has opened for registration and up to three weeks after the start of the course, terminations can be submitted in Ladok.

If you terminate later than three weeks after the start of the course you will not be able to apply to the course or programme again. You can only reregister on a course that you have terminated late if there are places left after reserve students have been admitted.

Decline your place at Universityadmissions.se

Deferring the start of studies

If you have special reasons for not being able to start the education, you can apply to delay the studies, so-called deferral, until the next time the education is given, normally the following year.

Apply for deferral

If you have been given a reserve place you may be admitted if someone declines their place. In which case you must confirm that you want the place by attending the reserve roll call for each course. In some cases reserves may be offered a place before the reserve roll call (Note! see "Important emails" on this page).

Read about reserve roll call

Important information is sometimes sent by e-mail to the address listed in Ladok (student registry) and University admissions. We therefore recommend that you check that the e-mail address listed in Ladok and University admissions is one that you actively use.

We also recommend that you whitelist info.big@su.se, so that our e-mails do not get caught in your spam filter. But it is also good to regularly check your spam folder, just in case!

Ladok for students

Universityadmission.se

Many of our courses assume that you have access to a computer. There is access to some computers in the university library, but if possible we recommend that you have a computer of your own. It does not need to be particularly powerful, but you should be able to download and install certain software such as the R-statistics packages. In other words, tablet computers generally are not sufficient. Please check the course page in the online catalogue for requirements.

Most of our courses use the learning platform Canvas to communicate about the course. To access the course page in Canvas, your university account must be activated and you must be registered for the course.

The previous learning platform Athena will be replaced by Canvas in autumn 2026.

Log in to Canvas

Read more about the university's digital tools and services

Our courses normally have a high proportion of scheduled teaching, in many courses you are expected to be on campus most of the day, Monday through Friday.

Because the pace of study is high, even occasional absences can make it more difficult to follow the remaining teaching. It is the course coordinator who decides on a case-by-case basis whether absence can be accepted or not, and decides on any compensation assignment.

If you are forced to miss compulsory parts due to illness or other reasons, you should contact the course leader as soon as possible.

In case you get ill

Longer absence

If you can no longer follow the teaching on the course, for example due to a longer sick leave, it may be necessary to take a break.

Cancel studies and study breaks

Several of our courses include field studies. It can be shorter excursions in the local area, or longer field stays at one of our field stations. It is stated under Course structure on the respective page in the course catalogue if field studies are included. For field stays, you pay for the food yourself, but we are responsible for the accommodation and in some cases travel to and from the field station.

It is of the utmost importance that you follow the rules and instructions when staying in the laboratory premises. If you are unsure, ask. Students who do not follow the instructions and thereby cause material damage or personal injury may be liable for damages and be rejected from the premises. Inappropriate or disruptive behavior can lead to disciplinary action.

It is not allowed to eat or drink in the laboratories. You may need to identify yourself in order to participate in the laboratory teaching. There may be safety and / or sanitary reasons why a certain type of clothing or decorations cannot be worn. In connection with laboratory teaching, you must change into a lab coat which are loaned from BIG, according to instructions from the course coordinator, and must be used throughout the study period if necessary.

The halls are numbered according to which house and which floor the hall is located. Room E306 is thus located in the E-house on the 3rd floor, which is the entrance floor.

Note that there are houses A-F also in the blue houses in the south part of the campus. Biology teaching, however, takes place with few exceptions in the Arrhenius laboratory (see map).

Map of halls pdf, 1 MB. (1038 Kb)

Group Study Rooms – Available During Spring and Autumn Semesters

Looking for a place to collaborate? Several group study rooms are available for booking. All are equipped with whiteboards, and most also have projectors. The rooms are ideal for project work, seminar preparations, or small group discussions. Please note that the rooms are open during the spring and autumn semesters but closed in the summer.

To maintain a pleasant and functional study environment, students are expected to take good care of the facilities and equipment. Always leave the room in the same condition you would like to find it – clean, tidy, and ready for the next group.

Outside each room, you will find a QR code where you can check its availability.

Opening hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00–16:00

Available rooms:

• D 258: 16 seats, whiteboard and projector
• D 325: 16 seats, whiteboard and smartboard
• D 358: 26 seats, whiteboard and projector
• E 210: 24 seats, whiteboard and projector
• E 234: 12 seats, whiteboard
  
• E 314: 46 seats, whiteboard and projector

The front doors to the biology houses in the Arrhenius Laboratory are usually open between 8 am and 6 pm on weekdays. Outside these hours, as a student, you are not normally expected to stay on the university's premises.

As a student at BIG, you can use one of the lockers that are in house D, floor 3, and between houses E and F on floor 2. You bring a padlock that fits and then report which lockers you have taken by scanning the QR-code and filling in the relevant form (see notices in the corridor). Locked and unannounced lockers are emptied every summer and any contents are thrown away after three months.

There are three eating areas with the possibility to heat brought food:

• The Albatross, in the space between houses E and F on the 4th floor
• The P-building on level 2
• The student council room on the 2nd floor between houses E and F

At the Albatross and in the P-building there are also vending machines where you can buy coffee and snacks.

See also lunch places around campus