Key dates and deadlines for incoming exchange students

Lund University School of Economics and Management

Autumn semester 2024

Semester dates: 2 September 2024–19 January 2025
Study period 1: 2 September–31 October
Study period 2: 1 November–19 January

Nomination period by your home university: 15–31 March
Online application: 1–15 April
Housing application: May
Course confirmation: end of May
Arrival Day: 20 August
Orientation Weeks: 20 August–1 September
LUSEM Pre-Registration Day: 22 August
Attendance to Pre-Registration Day and to the first lecture in each course is mandatory for LUSEM students and students from other faculties taking at least 50% of their courses at LUSEM.

Complete transcript of records available by mid-February

Christmas break: 20 December - 6 January

Semester dates: 20 January–8 June 2025
Study period 3: 20 January–22 March
Study period 4: 24 March–7 June

Nomination period by your home university: 15–30 September
Online course application: 1–15 October
Housing application: November
Course confirmation: End of November
Arrival Day: 13 January
Orientation Weeks: 13–19 January
LUSEM Pre-Registration Day: 15 January
Attendance to Pre-Registration Day and to the first lecture in each course is mandatory for LUSEM students and students from other faculties taking at least 50% of their courses at LUSEM.

Complete transcript of records available by mid-July

Good Friday (Långfredagen): 18 April
Easter Sunday (Påskdagen): 20 April
Easter Monday (Annandag påsk): 21 April
Walpurgis Night (Valborgsmässoafton): 30 April – note that this is an evening celebration and does not necessarily mean a full day off.
Labour Day (Första maj): 1 May
Ascension Day (Kristi himmelsfärds dag): 29 May
Sweden's National Day (Nationaldagen): 6 June
Whit Sunday (Pingstdagen): 8 June
Midsummer Eve (Midsommarafton): 20 June
Midsummer Day (Midsommardagen): 21 June