New student

All students at the University of Gothenburg have a student account. You will use your student account throughout your time as a student for access to systems and resources at the University.

The autumn semester 2023, you can activate your student account from August 10. For courses that start in the summer, there is no fixed date for activation, but you will always have access to your student account in time for registration.

The student account is used to log in to the Student Portal, the learning management system Canvas and the study documentation system Ladok. You will also need a student account to access your student email, to order a GU card and to use the university's wifi eduroam.

How to activate your student account

During the autumn semester 2023, it will become mandatory to use multi-factor authentication, MFA, when logging in to the student email and the other services in Microsoft 365 that you access via your student account. 

How to activate MFA for your account

About Chalmers ID (CID)

If your education is co-organized with Chalmers, you might also need a Chalmers ID (CID). In that case, you will receive information from your education.

You need to register for your course in order to keep your spot on the course, and to be able to participate in the studies.

It is only when you are registered that you become a student at the University of Gothenburg and can participate in classroom activities. Registration is also needed to to renew your GU card, to attend Canvas course rooms and to take exams.

The registration process for international students can differ between different departments. At some departments you can register online by yourself via the study documentation system Ladok. Contact your department if you have not received any information about when and how to register.

How to register for courses online via Ladok

Students should have access to their schedule no later than two weeks before the start of the course. You can search for your schedule in the university booking system, TimeEdit.

Note that schedules in Time Edit can be changed up to two weeks before the start of the course.

Schedule

Where will you be on your first day?

The University of Gothenburg does not have a single campus, but is located in several locations in Gothenburg. This means that you have access to study places all over the city! Where you spend most of your time, however, depends on where your education takes place.

Our campuses and buildings

Each course has a course syllabus with information about requirements, learning outcomes, content, instruction and assessment. Course syllabus must be provided at least two weeks before the start of the course.

There is also a reading list for each course, which must be available no later than eight weeks before each course.

Before new courses, many course managers send out e-mails with information about where to find the course's reading list, but you can also search for information on the web. Most departments publish reading lists together with the course syllabus in a searchable database.

Find syllabus and reading list (gu.se)

The University of Gothenburg uses the web-based learning management system Canvas. In Canvas you will find information about your courses, such as lecture materials, assignments, assessments / results of the course assignments and other relevant information about your course.

You must be registered on a course to gain full access to Canvas, but you can log on as soon as you have activated your student account. Canvas is also available for download as a mobile app.

Canvas learning management system

The GU card is the university's multifunction card. It works as an access card, library card at the University Library and as a printing and copying card.

To be able to order a GU card, you need an active student account at the University of Gothenburg. As a rule, you who study at a distance do not need to obtain a GU card.

Read more and order your GU card

Access to Chalmers

If you study a course where you will be in Chalmers' premises, you will not automatically gain access through your GU card. Those responsible for your education will give you information on how to proceed.

All students at the University of Gothenburg gets a  email account via Microsoft Outlook. Your student email is created automatically when you activate your student account. The email is the same as your student account, followed by @student.gu.se (gus•••••@student.gu.se).

It is important that you monitor the student email, since mailings from the university sometimes are made directly to your student email:

• An easy way to monitor your student email is via the Outlook app that you can download to your phone. By activating notifications, you won't miss any important mailings.
• An alternative is to forward the student email to another inbox.

On the page Email, calendar, documents and storage, you can read about  your student email and how to easily monitor the inbox. 

During the autumn semester 2023, it will become mandatory to use multi-factor authentication, MFA, when logging in to the student email and the other services in Microsoft 365 that you access via your student account. 

How to activate MFA for your account

We don't want you to miss important information from the University! Therefore it is important that your contact details are updated in all systems and that you read your student email.

• In Ladok, you specify the email you want to be contacted at and can add a phone number. We recommend that you enter a phone number in Ladok where we can reach you in the event of a crisis. Change contact information in Ladok.
• Your student email can be easily monitored via the Outlook app. An alternative is to forward the student email to another inbox. Instructions can be found on the page E-mail, calendar, documents and storage.
• In Canvas, your student email is preset as the default email address. Here, communication takes place primarily directly in the learning platform and not via e-mail, but there are different settings for receiving notices from the learning platform via e-mail. About Canvas learning platform.