Uppsala University

Accessibility

•  At Uppsala University, support for reading and writing difficulties/dyslexia, mental disorders, neuropsychiatric disorders, hearing impairment, visual impairment, physical disabilities or chronic illnesses can be provided to all students, including those on exchange.
• To receive support, students must provide evidence of disability directly to the Uppsala University's disability coordinators.
• For students requiring support, please contact one of Uppsala University's disability coordinators directly after applying for exchange studies.
  • Campus Uppsala: riktatstod@uu.se 
  • Campus Gotland: riktatstod-cg@uu.se
• For more details on Uppsala University's disability support, visit their Studying with Disabilities website page here.
• Uppsala University also has a Student Health Service team of counsellors and health pedagogues, all with a focus on student-related mental health issues.
  • They offer individual consultations and arrange workshops on issues such as lifestyle habits, how to cope with stress, etc.
  • The Student Health Service in Uppsala also offers a light room to compensate for some of the daylight deficiency during the dark months.

Courses

• Studying at Uppsala is sequential, rather than parallel. This means taking courses one at a time, one after another, over four study periods per semester.
  • Learn more about how course mapping works.
• More than 900 courses taught in English for incoming exchange students. 
  • Check out the full course catalogue for exchange students.
• Information for specific courses is available using the Syllabus Search tool.
• Basic Swedish language courses run part-time and as afternoon/evening classes, throughout both terms and are worth 7.5 ECTS each.

Credits

Credits at Uppsala:

• Full-time option (7.5 UVic units): 30 ECTS per term at Uppsala 

Course Evaluations at UVic: 

• Before departure, UVic students will be able to submit exchange courses to UVic for evaluation. The results will indicate how many UVic units each exchange course is worth, as well as the course equivalency.
• Students must use the evaluation results to ensure their exchange courses credits add up to the equivalent UVic units. The total number of units for each exchange term should be 4.5 UVic units for part-time exchange or 7.5 UVic units for full-time exchange.
• This course evaluation process will be made available and explained in detail during the pre-departure session in early October for Spring exchange terms and in late March for Fall exchange terms. Evaluations take 2-6 weeks to complete and will be emailed to students. 
• Course evaluations results are tentative until the end of the exchange term, when a second, final evaluation is conducted by OREM using the students’ exchange transcript, and the results are applied to their UVic record. 

Medical insurance, immigration & arrival

 Medical insurance:

• All exchange students are automatically enrolled in the Student IN insurance policy offered by Uppsala. 

Immigration: 

• A study visa is typically required for exchange students, depending on nationality.
• All non-EU/EEA exchange students must apply for a residence permit prior to entering Sweden. 
• Uppsala will provide exchange students with a certificate of acceptance, which can be used to apply for the residence permit. 
• More information can be found on the Swedish immigration authority website.

Arrival:

• The Uppsala Orientation Programme is available to all exchange students prior to the start of the term. 
• This is a great chance to learn about the facilities at Uppsala and participate in activities with other students. 
• Uppsala Student Union offers a Buddy programme for students new to Uppsala, i.e. “newbies”. Find information and sign up here.
  • For more details, please contact: buddy@us.uu.se

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