During your studies

Look up your course in the course catalogue to find the schedule and course literature

You can also look up schedules in TimeEdit

Here is a list of course literature at the Department of Mathematics

For most of our courses, you can find the course web via kurser.math.su.se

Please note that courses given together with KTH may have their course web and schedule at KTH, if so you can find information about this in the course catalogue or we will send it our before the course begins.

In order to be allowed to participate in a written examination you have to have signed up for the exam via Ladok. You cannot take an exam without having signed up, and we do not accept any late applications!

If you have any technical difficulties signing up for the exam, contact our Student office (studentexpedition@math.su.se) as soon as possible, and before the deadline for signing up for the exam you want to take.

If you sign up for an exam and it turns out that you cannot attend, please deregister for the exam in Ladok.

When and how can I sign up?

You sign up via Ladok. Usually you can sign up starting a month before the exam, and the deadline to sign up is usually 10 days before the exam (at 23:59). Occasionally the deadline can be earlier, for instance around big holidays, for some re-take exams or for exams given at KTH.

Exception: If you are taking a course at KTH via Stockholm University you must sign up for the exam via KTH during the relevant period - see below.

Sign up for exams at KTH

If you follow a course at KTH given by Stockholm University, you register for examinations by following the links below. First check the schedule for exams and registration to see when you can register for the exam you want to take, and fill in the form during the relevant period.

Schedule for exams and registration at KTH
Courses in mathematics or scientific computing
Courses in computer science

Anyone who wants to sit an exam has to sign up in Ladok at least 10 days before. If you need some kind of support, like extra time or taking the exam alone or in a smaller group, you must besides this email stod@math.su.se at least 14 days before the exam (around holidays, the deadline might be earlier). In the email, write which exam you are taking and what day the exam is, as well as what kinds of support you need for the exam.

To get this kind of support at exams you need to contact Student services and be recommended such support

Students at Stockholm University should be familiar with the rules that apply to written examinations.

Regulations for written seated examination

Don't forget to bring valid ID. If you are unable to show a valid ID you will not be allowed to take the exam.

In the university's document Regulations for education and examination at first-cycle and second-cycle level you can find, among other things, rules about setting and altering grades.

Moreover, you as a student at the Department of Mathematics should be familiar with the Faculty of Science's Ethical Guidelines and the Department of Mathematics' Code of Honour, which you can read about further down the page.

When your exam is corrected, the examiner will report your grade in Ladok and you can see it there.

Since August 2024 we send out all corrected exams by email via our QR code system for returning exams. The scanned exams are usually sent out within a few days after the student office has received the exams from the examiner, which is usually - but not always - around the same time that results are reported in Ladok. If you have still not received your exam within about a week of getting the result in Ladok you can contact the student office.

The exam is sent to your student address which is connected to the course pages. Make sure that this address is forwarded to an email address that you check regularly - you do this via kontohantering.su.se.

If you want to collect the paper version of an exam, or an exam you wrote earlier than August 2024, you can do so by visiting the student affairs office during opening hours. You can just drop by, but make sure to have the course code available, as well as the date of the exam and your anonymization code for the exam (this information can be found in Ladok -> Examinations -> Passed).

We save exams for two years before throwing them out.

If you can't visit our office

If you can't visit our office, you are welcome to send us an envelope containing another (stamped and addressed) envelope, in which we can send the exam to you. The envelope should be of the format C4 (so big enough to fit the A4 exam).

In your letter, please give your full name and personal ID number (personnummer), and the course code, date and anonymization code for the exam (this information can be found in Ladok -> Examinations -> Passed).

Send the letter to:

Matematiska institutionen
Studentexpeditionen
Stockholms universitet
SE-106 91 Stockholm
Sweden

Exams off campus

In some cases it may be possible to sit exams off campus

Examiners

Examiners for courses given in English

Examiners for courses given in Swedish can be found under exam information on the Swedish version of this page

You as a student at the Department of Mathematics should be familiar with the Faculty of Science's Ethical Guidelines and the Department of Mathematics' Code of Honour, which were written to clarify and supplement the faculty guidelines. These apply not only to written seated exams but also to other forms of written examination, like computer laborations.

Code of honour, ethical guidelines and disciplinary matters at the Department of Mathematics

Students at the Department of Mathematics at Stockholm University are represented by the mathematical student council (Matematiska studentrådet, MSR).

You can reach MSR at msr@math.su.se.

MSR's page on kurser.math.su.se (in Swedish)

Stockholm University Student Union (SUS) is Sweden's largest student union and its main purpose is to monitor and participate in the development of education and the conditions for studies at Stockholm University.

More about the student council

SUS’s Ombud – your support in study-related issues

Course evaluations are an important way for us to find out what you think about courses you have taken. We send them out soon after each course has finished to those who have taken the course. Course reports are filled in by the teacher.

You can find course evaluations and course reports on the archive pages for respective courses

Do you understand what is expected of you, are you using your time effectively, and are you keeping on top of your reading and assignments? The Academic Writing Service have put together a guide to help you during your studies at Stockholm University.

Guide to studying effectively

The IT department is responsible for IT services and support to students at Stockholm University. They have information about computer rooms in Frescati, printers and copiers, software provided by the university, wi-fi, and more.

IT for students

LaTeX

The Department of Mathematics encourages you as a student to familiarise yourself with LaTeX, a typesetting system with great support for mathematical notation. If you have not used LaTeX before, Overleaf might be a good place to start.

Overleaf

Overleaf, How-to Guides

And here is a longer introduction to Latex:

T. Oetiker, The not so short introduction to Latex

The Department of Mathematics has a number of recorded lectures, which are available through OVI or Youtube. Many of the videos are in Swedish, but there are some in English as well, mainly on our Youtube channel.

Online Video Interface, OVI
Youtube channel, Department of Mathematics

Relevant video lectures for specific courses are also linked from the course webpages.

You can discontinue a course in Ladok. If less than three weeks have passed since the course began, your registration on the course is removed so that you can apply for it again at a later time.

You can now also discontinue a programme in Ladok. If you do so, any unfinished courses within the programme will also be discontinued.

If there are special circumstances, you can be granted a break from your studies with a guarantee to return to your studies later. This is only possible on a programme, not for individual courses. Contact the study advisors for more information on this.

Even if you take a break without having applied for, or without having been granted, a guarantee to return to your studies afterwards, it may still be possible to return to your studies. If so, you need to apply for re-registration.

You can usually sign up for exams on a course you have been registered for within the last two years, without needing to be re-registered. If you have trouble signing up for an exam, please contact the Student office (before the deadline for signing up).

Only apply for re-registration if you actually intend to take the course this semester. If you are granted re-registration and then are not active on the course, you may not be granted re-registration again next time (but you can always contact us if there is a particular reason why you need to be re-registered). Besides this, there also needs to be room on the course.

Please note that a current registration may be needed for other purposes than actually completing the course, especially if you are not registered for other courses at SU. This may be things like study grants from CSN, student housing, and insurance.

For information about student insurance, see this page

Sometimes you may need to apply again via Universityadmissions.se

If you were admitted to a course but never registered for it, or if you discontinued the course in the first three weeks, you cannot be re-registered but need to apply again via Universityadmissions.se.

Also, if a course has been discontinued it is no longer possible (after a settlement period) to complete the course. If there is a new version of the course, you can apply for that via Universityadmissions.se.

How and when to apply for re-registration

You can apply for re-registration for courses in the autumn from early June, and courses in the spring from early December. At these times, upcoming courses are added to the application form.

You can apply to be re-registered for a course that has already started, but you should first check how much of the course has already passed and if you have missed any deadlines. It may not be possible to complete the course if you start late.

Use this form to apply for re-registration

We start going through applications soon before the relevant semester begins, so if you fill in the form early it may be a while before your application is processed.

A few courses only given in Swedish have separate forms, available on the Swedish page