Information for directors of studies and teachers

21 December update

Instructions for teaching and examination for period 3 (17 January 2022 – 23 March 2022)

The instructions for the 2021 autumn semester has been extended and partly revised. The instructions in the annex to this decision applies for period 3 provided that no changes are required as a consequence of new decisions by the government or the Public Health Agency.

• Read the instructions for period 3

13 September update

Additional decision on instructions for teaching and examination at first- and second-cycle level in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 autumn semester

Due to the lifting of several national restrictions this autumn, SLU has decided on the following:

• A capacity utilisation of 100 per cent is allowed for pool teaching rooms.
• Students on all degree programmes (except those offered as distance learning programmes) are to have teaching on campus at least one day a week.
• Pool teaching rooms may only be booked for other activities such as conferences once all rooms needed for teaching and examination have been allocated.

The decision applies as of 2 November 2021 to 16 January 2022.

Read the additional decision.

8 June update

New instructions for teaching and examination 2021 autumn semester

The chair of the Board of Education has decided on Instructions for teaching and examination in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 autumn semester.

There will be no pandemic-related restrictions on room bookings for study from period 2.

Instructions for room bookings are available on the room booking pages.

Contact tracing procedure

Each region is responsible for contact tracing procedure, and routines may vary.

If you, as manager or teacher/course coordinator, learns that an employee or student has been found infected, may be involved in each region's infection tracking. More information about infection tracking can be found at 1177.se, select the current region. (information in Swedish)

Local tracing procedure

From the 1st of December SLU is reintroducing the contact tracing procedure and reactivating the functional mailbox smittsparning@slu.se. For students, the previous procedure to follow in case of Covid-19 infections is reintroduced.

Who should you inform?

You must not inform anyone else about who has tested positive for Covid-19 unless you have the permission of the infected person to do so. If you think there is a reason to inform others and the infected person has agreed to this, it is ok to do so. If you want advice on this, contact your region’s disease control unit.

In addition, if you think it is needed, you can inform the rest of your organisation that someone has tested positive. If you do, do not provide detailed information on which unit/class/group is affected. Remind everyone of the advice from the Public Health Agency to reduce the spread of the virus.

Virus exposure must be reported

22 January update:

Employers must, without delay, report exposures of established covid-19 at the workplace as a serious incident to the Swedish Work Environment Authority. 

The registration requirement applies even if others did not become infected. The requirement also applies to our students if they have been infected or are at risk of becoming infected on campus. The responsibility follows previous routines for infection tracing, ie. immediate manager reports. For students, the teacher or course coordinator informs the head of department, who then makes a report.

Notification of a serious incident must also be made retroactively. If the report is not made without delay, the Swedish Work Environment Authority and the court can impose penalties. However, the Swedish Work Environment Authority will not report people for prosecution when they have followed what was previously read on their website. In the older version, it was not clear that this applies to all workers, regardless of occupation.

In the event of a confirmed infection (where both parties tested positive) and it occurred at work (where it is assessed as a probable / possible route of infection), it must also be documented in accordance with §11 2018: 4 Infection risks.

Read more:
• Report occupational injury, corinavirus / covid-19.
• Information about a report of a serious incident if an employee has been exposed to the new coronavirus.

Will students be able to travel to Sweden to commence their studies for the academic year 2021/2022

Yes. But if they live in a country outside the EU, they still need to apply for a residence permit for studies to enter Sweden.

Student finance

The Swedish Board of Student Finance (CSN) updates its web pages (csn.se) regularly – refer students to them if they have any questions on student finance.

Will there be any reductions or refunds paying students

The university is working hard to make sure that courses and examinations can still be completed through distance teaching. Like all universities in Sweden, SLU will follow our tuition fee policies. This means that there will be no reductions or refunds for this spring semester, as long as there are no major changes to the course syllabus.

Please note that if you choose to discontinue a course in the first three weeks, you are entitled to a full refund. However, before you make this decision, you should make sure that this will not cause any problems with your residence permit or the possibility to finish your degree.