Collaborate with students
Last changed: 21 October 2024
Do you want to meet tomorrow’s problem solvers with a sustainability mindset? As an employer, there are several ways you can establish contact with our students. These include degree projects, placements and other projects – all of which provide a perfect opportunity to initiate rewarding collaborations.
Degree projects
Do you have ideas for a degree project topic and are interested in collaborating on a specific subject? Towards the end of their degree, students take a degree project course. They are allocated a principal supervisor at SLU and work with a specific research question over a period of 10 to 20 weeks, full-time. If a degree project will be created as part of a collaboration, SLU and the external partner will sign an agreement. Read more about the degree project and external collaborations Contact information for heads of subject can be found on the department or faculty’s page: Departments and faculties
List of all SLU courses and programmes: Courses and programmes
Placements
Several SLU programmes offer students the chance to participate on placements lasting 5–10 weeks or more. There are also freestanding placement courses. Each placement course has a syllabus outlining the targets to be met. They also contain information about what knowledge the student needs to have acquired upon completion of the placement. Generally, the students themselves arrange a suitable placement. Hosting a student on placement is a chance to gain new perspectives and skills from the student.
New careers portal being launched 1 November 2024
SLU is collaborating with JobTeaser to provide a new portal - Career Connect. Advertising available jobs, placements and degree projects will still be free. All companies, public authorities and organisations who want to advertise on the portal will also be able to create their own page where they can present and profile their activities for SLU students. Contact SLU Career for information: slukarriar@slu.se
Participate in careers fairs at SLU
The SLU student unions arrange careers fairs and industry days where students can meet companies, public authorities and organisations. Examples of annual careers fairs include:
Autumn semester
Campus Alnarp
- Horticulture industry day Alnarp Student Union (ASK)
- Agricultural management day, Union for Students of Agricultural and Rural Management (LMK)
Campus Ultuna
- Ultuna Careers Day, Ultuna Student Union (ULS)
- Careers day Veterinary Medicine Association – VMF
Campus Umeå
- Märgträff Careers Fair, Forestry University Student Union (SHS)
Spring semester
Campus Skinnskatteberg
- School for Forest Management career’s day, The Forest Management Student Union (SMS)
Campus Alnarp
- Lingdagen, landscape architecture industry day Alnarp Student Union (ASK)
- Larkdagen, landscape architecture industry day Alnarp Student Union (ASK)
SLU has seven student unions. Contact details for each union can be found on their website: Student unions