How and when to apply
To come to Lund as an exchange student, your home university must have a formal agreement for exchange studies with Lund University, which can be either on faculty, department or university-wide level. In order to apply to the Faculties of Humanities and Theology there needs to be a faculty specific exchange agreement. Check with the International Office at your university to see if there is an agreement with Lund University.
Before you begin your application you need to have been nominated by your home institution.
Application periods:
Autumn semester: April 1 - April 15
Spring semester: October 1 - October 15
Applications are done online in our online application system: SoleMOVE. Nominated students will receive an email containing information and instructions on how to complete the online application prior to the application period opening.
We require you to include the following supporting documents in your online application:
- Official academic transcript of records (in English) including the courses you are currently taking
- Passport copy (a copy of the page in your passport with your personal data and photograph. For EU citizens a copy of a valid national ID card is also accepted)
- CV (one page is sufficient)
- Statement of Purpose (in Swedish if you want to study courses offered in Swedish, otherwise in English. Please put the focus on the courses/subject area that you wish to take and how they will benefit you in your future. One page is sufficient)
- Bachelor degree and transcripts, if you are applying to Master-level courses
Please check the Application guide for detailed instructions about the application system here: Application guide for incoming exchange students
Courses and academic calendar
The academic year is divided into two semesters of approximately 20 weeks each. For exchange students, the autumn semester starts in August and runs to around the middle of January. Spring semester starts in the middle of January and runs to the beginning of June.
A full workload equals 30 ECTS credits per semester and most courses are 7.5 ECTS. Please consider the study period of the courses in your study plan already when submitting your application. We require you to have alternative courses in your submitted study plan in your application.
Learning Agreement
If you are able to wait, please wait to submit your learning agreemnt for signatures after you have checked your personal schedule for course overlaps. The schedule is generally available about a month before the semester begins for Spring semesters, and for Autumn semesters it is usually published in June.
English language proficiency
It is important that you have sufficient proficiency in the English language to be able to successfully study the courses open to exchange students. While we do not generally require you to submit a formal English language proficiency test, your level of English should be equivalent to IELTS 6.5/TOEFL 90.
Preliminary timeline of the process
After the application deadline, we will go through your applications and course selections. You may be asked to send in any missing documents and adjust your study plan the weeks after the deadline. The Letter of Acceptance is sent out around two weeks after the application deadline, often earlier if you apply from a university outside of the EU and your application is correct. You can expect to receive the result of which courses you have been admitted to around a month after the application deadline. The schedule is published about a month before the new semester begins.
