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16 housing and student servicesHousing and student servicesLund is a very small and compact city meaning that wherever your housing is located,you are never that far from lectures, whether by foot, bike or bus. With excellent publictransport, it is also easy to live and commute from the larger city of Malmö (only 10minutes by train to Lund) or even Helsingborg (30 minutes by train to Lund).LU Accommodation is a service at Lund University whichmanages some of the student housing available in Lund,Malmö and Helsingborg, including housing for students witha housing guarantee. Student housing is of a high quality withcentral heating, triple glazed windows and bright interiorskeeping interiors warm, light and comfortable. The followingdescriptions relate to LU Accommodation housing for whichexchange, Bachelor’s and Master’s students can apply.Corridor rooms: These rooms are along a corridor withother students. Most corridors have 10 to 12 rooms. Therooms usually have an en suite toilet but share a commonkitchen area, living room space and in some cases bathrooms.All the shared areas are equipped for basic cooking. Internetconnection is offered in most corridor rooms.Studio flats: These are self-contained rooms that combine aliving room, bedroom, bathroom and kitchenette into one singleunit. The bathroom has a toilet, shower and wash basin. Noareas are shared with other students except the laundry room.Furnishings: Rooms and flats are usually furnished with abed, mattress, desk, chair, bookshelf and basic lighting fixtures.Costs: If you rent accommodation from LU Accommodationyou can expect typical rents to range from SEK 3 200 – 4 800per month, depending on the specific accommodation you areoffered. You will also have to pay a deposit of SEK 2000 whenyou sign the contract.Lund - the city of bikesThe easiest way to get aroundLund is by bike. Lund has160 kilometres of cycle pathsacross the city, so your class isnever more than 20 minutesby bike from most accommodationoptions. Every day,people in Lund cycle as muchas 4 times around the worldtogether! It’s easy to find asecond-hand bike once youarrive in Lund and to join inthe cycling culture.Nishant Shekhar, exchange student (India)“Living in a student corridor is like havinga family away from home. There arealways people around you which willhelp you to not feel homesick.”As Lund is a very popular student city, there is limited supplyof student rooms and LU Accommodation generally onlyprovide housing for new students and cannot offer housingto all students. BoPoolen.nu is the accommodation websiterun by the Lund University Student Unions to help studentslooking for housing in Lund. Students also find accommodationthrough other private accommodation agencies.housing guaranteeStudents who are required to pay tuition fees and whoare coming to study full-time courses of at least 30 ECTScredits receive a guaranteed offer of housing, takingthe hassle out of searching for your own accommodation.The housing guarantee is also offered to studentswith a Linnaeus-Palme scholarship and University ofCalifornia students coming through an exchange.
housing and student services17International mentors gettingready to welcome new studentsto Lund.Student services• Study Information and Guidance have theexpertise to support and advise students beforeand during their studies.• LU Accommodation helps international studentswith housing• The International Desk is a student receptionservice throughout your time at Lund Universitywhere you can get help with practical questions• Student Health Services help students withproblems that affect their ability to study, i.e.stress, worry or depression• Study Skills and Disability Support Services supportstudents in their studies• The Careers Service help to prepare students fortheir transition into working life by giving CVguidance and seminars on the Swedish labourmarket and information on what recruiters arelooking for• Alumni networks allow graduates to keep intouch with the University and former classmates• Student portal and email account servicesThe University offers you a wide varietyof student services to support you in yourstudies, to help you settle in and to prepareyou with your transition from the universitysetting to your career.ARRIVAL DAY AND INTRODUCTION/ORIENTATION: OnArrival Day, international students are greeted and collectedfrom the train station in Lund or Copenhagen Airport beforeheading to the University to complete various practical mattersand to sign up for excursions and activities. Students withhousing from LU Accommodation receive their keys and aredriven to their accommodation. Centrally, and at the faculty/programme level, a range of fun social and cultural events areoffered to help orientate and welcome new students.International Mentor PROGRAMME: Internationalmentors are current Swedish or international studentswho help new international students to adapt to their newenvironment and meet new friends. The mentors organisesocial activities both during the orientation weeks andthroughout the semester to welcome students and showthem around the campus and the city.VENTURELAB: VentureLab helps students interested in entrepreneurshipto develop and commercialise their businessideas. The service includes business advice and running abusiness incubator, which gives newly started businessesoffice space and support for one year.
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