Welcoming new students autumn 2021

Roll-call day, 30 August

The schedule for 30 August, previously entirely online, will now run as follows:

Undergraduate programmes taught in Swedish in Alnarp, Umeå, Ultuna

New students on of the undergraduate programmes in Swedish will be welcomed on campus on 30 August. Students who cannot attend in person will be able to attend via Zoom, the same way as last year.

Recommendations from AV Support:

• In rooms with videoconferencing equipment, students can join via video link.
• For rooms that do NOT have videoconferencing equipment, the programme directors of studies bring their own laptops and students can join via a link. For audio to work, an external web camera with built-in microphone/audio is required. Students who connect to an individual laptop in this way will only be able to see the programme director of studies.

This will be a hybrid solution for undergraduate programmes in Swedish. Programme directors of study need to create the Zoom link and send it to students on their programme.

Rooms have been booked and a detailed room schedule will be available under the button “Time slots for roll calls” (further down on this page) on 30 July, after the second selection round. Programmes with a lot of students will be using more than one room. Rooms are assigned based on the number of seats allowed for the 2020 autumn semester, i.e. less than the 50 per cent capacity utilisation currently allowed.

Please note that if the official Covid-19 guidelines change, we may need to go back to having everything entirely online. For this reason, we ask you not to give any details in your welcome letter but to refer students to the ”New students” page for more detailed information.

Master’s programmes and the Forest and Landscape Bachelor's programme

It has come to our attention that some of those responsible for programmes with international students would prefer an online roll call. For this reason, programme directors of studies for Master's programmes and the Forest and Landscape Bachelor's programme may choose how they want the 30 August roll call to take place:

• The same way as last year’s hybrid solution: students are welcome on campus but those who cannot attend in person may join online via Zoom. Programme directors of study need to create the Zoom link themselves and send it to students on their programme. Recommendations from AV Support:
  
  
  • In rooms with videoconferencing equipment, students can join via video link.
  • For rooms that do NOT have videoconferencing equipment, the programme directors of studies bring their own laptops and students can join via a link. For audio to work, an external web camera with built-in microphone/audio is required. Students who connect to an individual laptop in this way will only be able to see the programme director of studies.
    
    
• Online only for all students on the programme. Programme directors of study need to create the Zoom link themselves and send it to students on their programme. Please send the link to studyguidance@slu.se; that way, we can help any students who are lost to find your Zoom room.

Regardless of what option you choose, you need to inform us as soon as possible. Even if you have replied to the email sent out on 9 June, you need to confirm again to enable us to book rooms and communicate details to all new students. To inform students correclty, we need to know how the roll call for your programme will be organised. Let us know by emailing cecilia.esbjornsson@slu.se.

Please note that if the official Covid-19 guidelines change, we may need to go back to having everything entirely online. For this reason, we ask you not to give any details in your welcome letter but to refer students to the ”New students” page for more detailed information.