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STUDENT SERVICES<br />

STUDENT SERVICES<br />

The University offers you a wide variety of student services to support you in your studies, to help you settle<br />

in and to prepare you with your transition from the <strong>university</strong> setting to your career.<br />

STUDY INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE Each faculty has<br />

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depth knowledge and expertise to support and advise inter�<br />

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during their studies.<br />

THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSING OFFICE (IHO) The In�<br />

ternational Housing offers housing for <strong>international</strong> students<br />

and manages a range of rooms and flats in Lund, Helsingborg<br />

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THE INTERNATIONAL DESK All incoming <strong>international</strong> stu�<br />

dents are welcome to contact or visit the International Desk<br />

team for assistance regarding practical matters. This is an open<br />

reception and meeting point throughout your time at Lund<br />

University.<br />

ARRIVAL DAY AND INTRODUCTION/ORIENTATION<br />

On Arrival Day, <strong>international</strong> students are greeted and col�<br />

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and head to the University to complete various practical mat�<br />

ters and to sign up for excursions and activities. Students with<br />

housing from the International Housing Office receive their<br />

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events are offered to help orientate new students to Lund and<br />

to help students get to know each other.<br />

INTERNATIONAL MENTORS The mentors help new stu�<br />

dents with practical matters and introduce you to various stu�<br />

dent activities and everyday Swedish living.<br />

“FRIEND FAMILY” PROGRAMME Students who are inter�<br />

ested in learning more about Swedish culture can apply for<br />

a “Friend Family”, whereby the student is connected with a<br />

Swedish family living locally.<br />

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES All students are<br />

given a personal Student Account with access to email, com�<br />

puter resources and the Student Portal where you can track<br />

your academic credits, keep in touch with coursemates and<br />

download useful software.<br />

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICE Lund University<br />

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Helsingborg with an electronic library collection including<br />

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STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE Student health offers confi�<br />

dential counselling services to support students in their well<br />

being and in managing their studies. They work primarily with<br />

physical, psychological and social problems that are related<br />

to studies. There is also cooperation with local medical centre<br />

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with a health service for general medical issues.<br />

STUDY SKILLS AND DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES<br />

Services are offered to support students in their studies at Lund<br />

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ments, audio books and mentors.<br />

VENTURELAB ����������������������������������������������<br />

preneurship to develop and commercialise their business ideas.<br />

The service includes business advice and running a business<br />

incubator, which gives newly started businesses office space<br />

and support for one year.<br />

CAREERS SERVICES �����������������������������������������<br />

the central level provide advice, information and guidance to<br />

students and graduates to help secure a smooth transition from<br />

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ering letters, practice interviews and seminars on the Swedish<br />

labour market. All students at Lund University can register with<br />

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than 1 000 companies and organisations advertise their jobs,<br />

internships, thesis projects and postdoctoral positions to Lund<br />

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tions and other events where students can interact with future<br />

employers are also organised regularly by the student unions.<br />

ALUMNI NETWORKS The Alumni Network allows graduates<br />

to keep in touch with the University, their former classmates<br />

and potential business contacts. Many programmes run their<br />

own specific alumni programmes with focused communication<br />

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are held around the world to connect alumni and friends of<br />

Lund University.<br />

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