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Student guide

On this page you will find information on the following topics:

• Schedules

• Course literature

• Study periods

• Seminar rooms

• Student counsellor

• Student office

• Student services

• Services for disabled students

• The Department's equality work

• The Society of Social Science

Schedules

Schedules for courses offered at the Department can be found at the page for each course, listed under the links First cycle and Second cycle to the left. At the start of a new semester the schedules will be posted as they are ready.

Course literature

Reading lists for the courses can be found on the different course pages (see the links below First cycle and Second cycle to the left). For the autumn semester the lists are posted the week after Midsummer.

Study periods

Autumn semester 2011: 2011-08-29 – 2012-01-15
Spring semester 2012: 2012-01-16 – 2012-06-10

Seminar rooms and auditoria

Room numbers are based on codes which consist of one letter and three figures. The letter denotes the building, the first figure denotes the floor, and the last two figures denote the location of the room on that floor. Room F784 is thus located in building F, floor 7.

The University's auditoria are usually located on the 3rd floor in buildings A-F. Auditorium A1 is thus located in the A building, 3rd floor. One exception is auditorium G which is located next to the Arrhenius laboratories, Svante Arrhenius väg 20C. Find your way to auditorium G »

The venues for written exams are Brunnsvikssalen (building A, floor 5), Laduvikssalen (above the university library, floor 6), Ugglevikssalen (building E, floor 5) and Värtasalen (also above the university library, floor 6).

Student counsellor

The main tasks of the student counsellor are to provide information about studies, exams and teaching, as well as to issue transcripts and certificates. The student counsellor can be reached at studievagledare@statsvet.su.se. Office hours and phone number »

Student office

The Student Office can help you with information of a general character, study certificates, enrolments, etc. Opening hours and phone number »

Student services

International students are welcome to visit Student Services, where a wide range of information about Stockholm University is available. The student service website »

Services for Disabled Students

Stockholm University offers a number of different services for disabled students. For more information, please contact the University’s co-ordinator:

Co-ordinator for disabled students:

Åsa Ferm
Handikappservice, the A-building
Tel: 08-16 21 23
asa.ferm@studadm.su.se .

It is most important that you contact the co-ordinator in good time before the start of the semester, especially for dyslectic students due to literature matters. Read more about studying with a disability »

For information and support during the semester you are welcome to contact our student counsellor at studievagledare@statsvet.su.se.

If you have been granted special examination support it is your responsibility to contact the Department’s examination administrator no later than three weeks before the exam, in order to make sure that the necessary measures can be taken. E-mail: tentamen@statsvet.su.se.

The Department's Equality Work

The Department of Political Science has an equality committee which consists of representatives of teachers, administrators, Ph.D. students, undergraduate students, and the Department’s equality ombudsman Magnus Reitberger. The committee’s work embraces among other things the production and evaluation of the Department’s equality plan, as well as the working environment for the employees and the students.

English summary of the Department's Gender Equality Policy »

The Department's two plans for gender equality and equal treatment in their entirity are only available in Swedish.

Institutionens jämställdhetsplan (pdf) »

Institutionens plan för likabehandling (pdf) »

If you want further information or have questions you are welcome to contact the Deputy Head of the Department or the Student Council (amnesradet@gmail.com).

More information

You can find more information about Stockholm University's equality work in Stockholm University’s Gender Equality Policy for the years 2007–2010 »

The Society of Social Science

The Society of Social Science is one of the biggest faculty societies at Stockholm University. Most of the students within the Faculty of Social Science are members of the Society of Social Science. It is run by students and its activities are above all of a study social character such as parties, pubs, evenings of discussion, and a number of other activities that may be of interest for the members.
Read more at the Society of Social Science website »

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