Linköping University

Services & Facilities

A healthy life-style and general well-being are important factors for successful studies. If you find that your daily balance or study abilities are disrupted by physical or mental stress, you can turn with confidence to the staff at the Student Health Care Center.

• We are committed to professional secrecy
• All visits are free-of-charge
• We focus on you and your needs

Services offered by the Student Health Care Center

• Conversational therapy and consultation with student welfare staff, including professional psychotherapist, counselors and nurses.
• Disease prevention and health promotion through public lectures, workshops and student-directed information.
• Crisis support for students experiencing personal or academic trauma.
• Jointly with the student unions, we are part of the sponsorship activities to make new students feel at home at LiU.
• We promote a sound student environment to benefit mental and physical health.

The Examination Office organises examination locations and co-ordinates supervisors for written examination. Examination Office also runs the system for examination administration (TAL). The object of the Examination Office is to execute high quality and legally secure examination in addition to offering services for students, administrators and examiners related to examination.
Note that the course instructor constructs the exam and grades it and that students can pick their examination papers up at the secretariat by their department.

Support for students with special needs

Linköping University has a responsibility to support special needs students in different ways. An overall aim is to offer, as far as possible, appropriate support to the special needs student so that he/she can pursue studies on the same conditions as other students.
In addition to impaired vision, defective hearing and mobility disabilities, there are different kinds of functional disorders, of physical as well as mental origin, which can cause problems during studies, e.g. difficulties in reading and writing.

The special needs student is entitled to the following services:

• note-taking during lectures
• course literature in alternative forms
• sign language interpreting /Swedish sign language)
• studentguides
• special arrangements during tuition and examinations

The Careers Service

The Careers Service is Linköping University centre for working life and has the aim of facilitating the transition from studying to working life for students at Linköping University and increasing contact between students and employers in the region. As a student, you will be offered feedback on your CV and personal letters, guidance and coaching on work and careers. You will also find series of seminars on the art of looking for work and information on vacant positions. NB! Today, most of the information are written in Swedish and the activities require knowledge of the Swedish language.

Student Life

Linköping University is located in the middle of one of Sweden’s most expansive regions, about 150 kilometres south of Stockholm. We have 27,600 students. The majority is studying in Linköping and one fifth in Norrköping. We also have students in Stockholm, at Carl Malmsten Furniture Studies.

In Linköping, most students live in student housing areas situated within cycling distance of the campus. It is a good idea to start queuing and looking for accommodation early on. It can be difficult to find accommodation in Linköping at the start of the autumn term but it might be easier to find something in the surrounding area.
Many students live in co-ed dormitories, which are organised in corridor groups. Each corridor consists of eight student rooms with bathrooms, a shared living room and a shared kitchen. Laundry facilities are available in each building. Each student room is furnished with a bed, a desk, bookshelves and chairs. Students furnish their own bedding.
The voltage in Sweden is 220 volts at 50 Hz. As e.g. British and American outlets may differ from Swedish outlets, you may need a transformer and/or an adapter for your electrical appliances.
In each room there is a socket for fixed telecommunications, but you have to arrange for your own telephone subscription. Most student housing is also prepared for an Internet connection, although you have to reach an agreement with an Internet service provider. For detailed information, please contact the housing company.
The kitchen has a refrigerator, a freezer and an electric stove with an oven, but you have to provide your own kitchenware. Most students cook in the corridor kitchen, but student restaurants and coffee shops are also available.