Start your course studies
On this page you can find instructions and other important information that applies to students starting a course at Halmstad University.
Registration and student account
Registration for courses in Student for Ladok
The registration for each course is open from Monday to Sunday the week before the course starts. You need to register via Ladok for students. Learn more about the process below.
Student account
You need a student account and login credentials to get access to all digital tools and your course material. If you do not have a student account yet, please follow the instructions below.
Do you have a Swedish personal identity number? Please go directly to step 2.
1. Apply for activation code
If you do not have a Swedish personal number you will have to apply for an activation code via below application form. This is the first step of the registration process. After submitting the form, the Student Affairs Department will process the information and you will later receive an activation code by email. This might take a few days.
2. Create student account
Go to the student account registration page and choose the option applicable to you. Follow the instructions on the page.
Create student account External link.
After finishing the instructions you will be redirected to a page showing your student account login details, which you will use for all digital tools at Halmstad University.
After registration: Prepare for the study start
Course material and schedule
When you have registered for your education, you will get access to your schedule, course material and information about course literature in the learning platform called Blackboard. The information will be available one week before the course starts.
Please note that it might take a few hours after your registration is finalised until you can log in to Blackboard, the digital tool that you will use during your education.
Schedule for online studies
If you are studying an online course, you will find your schedule in the learning platform Blackboard after your have registered on your course and your teacher has added the information.
Schedule for campus studies
If you are studying on campus, you can find your schedule on "My page" here on the student web after registration.
If you want to have a look at the schedule for a specific course before your have registered, you can search for the schedule via the link below.
Search schedule External link.
Course syllabus
Every course has a course syllabus, describing the various parts of the course and what you need to learn in order to get your credits. At the end of the course literature document you can find the course literature list, stating which articles and books you are expected to use during the course.
The course syllabi for your courses are available on "My page". You can access "My page" via the link below or via the menu in the upper right corner (for example on this page). Login with your student account login details.
If you want to access your course syllabus including a literature list prior to registration, you can search for it via below link. Remember to choose the correct semester in the search form.
Log ins and passwords
After creating your student account, you can find information about, for example, how to log in to you student email, Blackboard and Ladok for students on the page Student account. You can also find instructions on how to connect to the University wi-fi.
Study start
Our courses starts on various dates. Make sure to check your schedule to see when you have the first lecture in your course. During your first lecture in each course, your teacher will give you a short introduction to the tools you will be using during your studies.
Additional information for new students
You can look up information about everything related to your studies here at the student web. To make it easy for you as a new student, we have made a summary of the most important introduction information on below page.