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Information for students admitted to autumn semester 2024

Welcome! On this page, you will find useful information about the start of the semester at SLU.

Students in a laboratory experiment where they build their own hydroponic systems.

25 years of research shows: How to restore damaged rainforest

For the first time, results from 25 years of work to rehabilitate fire-damaged and heavily logged rainforest are now being presented.

Work at SLU

Would you like to join us in creating the conditions for a sustainable, thriving and better world?

This year SLU will be awarding six honorary doctorates. They work in areas such as environmentally friendly plant protection, food of the future, wildlife management, nature conservation, agricultural counselling and food safety. Read short presentations of them.

News

16 July 2024
Congratulations Svea – five years in the service of the sea!
After a long-planned month at the shipyard in Falkenberg, R/V Svea is now out on an expedition...
12 July 2024
Learning from tradition: Can crop diversity close the organic yield gap?
A team of early-career researchers from SLU’s Department of Crop Production Ecology has secured...
08 July 2024
SLU in first place in international challenge
On 2 May, the Biodiversity Challenge 2024 kicked off, a collaboration between 19 agricultural and...
08 July 2024
“Junk” DNA helps plants to cope with cold stress
A vast amount of DNA contains no genetic information and was long thought to be junk. Recent...

All external news from SLU

SLU hosting IUFRO World Congress

From June 23-29, SLU organised the IUFRO World Congress in Stockholm – the world's largest congress on forestry research and development.

Knowledge bank

Water and fish
What's hidden beneath the surface?
Recent advances in biosensors offer increased opportunities to monitor the well-being of fish in...
Biodiversity
A technological revolution in insect research
Insects are the most diverse group of animals on Earth, but current knowledge of insect diversity...
Domestic and wild animals
Problems for char in a warmer climate
Char have been farmed in Sweden since the 1970s. In the beginning, it was used for stocking lakes...
Domestic and wild animals Agriculture Food and health Water and fish
Aquaculture opportunities and challenges
Say 'agriculture' and everyone gets an idea of what you're talking about. But say 'aquaculture' a...

All items in the knowledge bank

Events

Friday, 23 August

Sustainability of food waste prevention through food consumption
Monday, 02 September

Welcome ceremony for all new programme students autumn 2024
Tuesday, 03 September

The One Health Breakfast Club #19: Åsa Fahlman Title TBA
Thursday, 12 September

Worth Knowing: Are Insects a Sustainable Feed Ingredient?
Tuesday, 17 September

Eight months in IDA – Where did it take us?
Tuesday, 17 September

SLU takes interdisciplinarity forward
Thursday, 26 September

Excursion: Time for more fast-growing broadleaves in Dalarna?

All coming events at SLU

For a better world

The climate affects our water, forests, animals, landscape and food production. It affects our lives. Find out about SLU's work with climate issues and towards meeting the sustainable development goals of Agenda 2030.

SLU and the climate SLU and Agenda 2030 SLU Water Forum SLU's Future platforms Ask a researcher