Academic calendar

Academic year 2025/2026

Teaching should not be scheduled on the following dates/times:

• 1 September 2025, 8–12 (for first-year students on all programmes and for courses taught in English)
• 19 January 2026, 8–12 (for courses taught in English)
• 31 October 2025, 13–17 (day before All Saints' Day)
• 23–31 December 2025 (Christmas holidays and the days between Christmas and New Year)
• 2 April 2026, 13–17 (Maundy Thursday)
• 30 April 2026, 13–17 (Walpurgis Night)

Resit days:

• 15 October 2025
• 10 December 2025
• 25 February 2026
• 29 April 2026
• 19 August 2026

Teaching should not be scheduled on Wednesday afternoons to allow for, among other things, board meetings, student information sessions, teachers' meetings and student union work. Exceptions can be granted by the relevant programme board.

You can find the form to apply for exemption on the Swedish website, För lärare i Alnarp. A general exemption applies to evening courses, summer courses and commissioned training.

On 5–6 February 2026, student union representatives will attend training days in Ultuna. There will be no restriction on scheduling, but if possible, compulsory components should not be scheduled. The training days count as student union duties, which is a valid reason for being allowed to make up for missed compulsory activities.

Professorial inaugurations, doctoral award ceremonies, docent lectures, career fairs, study and career guidance sessions and Thesis Day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules. Thesis Day on Campus Alnarp takes place on 4 June 2026.

For programmes offered by the LTV Faculty on Campus Ultuna, campus-specific instructions issued by the NJ and VH faculties must be followed.

Academic year 2025/2026

No classes should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 1 September 2025 (Applies to year 1 on all programmes. For all other years, no compulsory components should be scheduled.)
• 31 October 2025 (day before All Saints' Day)
• 23–31 December 2025
• 15 May 2026 (day after Ascension Day)

Professorial inaugurations, doctoral award ceremonies, docent lectures, career fairs, study and career guidance sessions and Thesis Day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

In principle, no classes should be scheduled on Wednesday afternoons, 13:00–17:00, to allow for e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union work. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education Planning and Administration handbook, Section 2.4.

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Academic year 2025/2026

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 1 September 2025 (Applies to year 1 on all programmes. For all other years, no compulsory components should be scheduled.)
• 31 October 2025 (day before All Saints' Day)
• 23–31 December 2025
• 15 May 2026 (day after Ascension Day)

Professorial inaugurations, doctoral award ceremonies, docent lectures, career fairs, study and career guidance sessions and Thesis Day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

In principle, no classes should be scheduled on Wednesday afternoons, 13:00–17:00, to allow for e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union work. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education Planning and Administration handbook, Section 2.4.

Academic year 2025/2026

Scheduled teaching should not be placed on the following days:

• September 1, 2025 (Applies to year 1 on all programmes. For all other years, no compulsory components should be scheduled.)
• Thursday afternoon, 16 October 16 and Friday, 17 October 17 2025 (for the Forest Student Summit)
• 31 October 2025 (the day before All Saints’ Day)
• 23–31 December 2025
• 39 April 2026 (Walpurgis Night)
• 15 May 2026 (the day after Ascension Day)

As a rule, no classes should be scheduled for Wednesday afternoons in order to facilitate the planning of joint activities. A special permission from the programme director of studies is required. 

In principle, no classes should be scheduled on Wednesday afternoons, 13:00–17:00, to allow for e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union work. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education Planning and Administration handbook, Section 2.4. No classes during bank holidays.

Dates reserved for resits (courses at the Faculty of Forest Sciences)

• 8 October 2025 (resit for courses in period 4)
• 10 December 2025 (resit for courses in period 1)
• 10 January 2026 (general resit for courses without an active course instance)
• 25 February 2026 (resit for courses in period 1 and 2
• 29 April 2026 (resit for courses in period 2 and 3
• 13 June 2026 (resit for courses in period 3, 4a and for courses without an active course instance)
• 29 August 2026 resit for courses in period 4b)

Dates reserved for presentation of independent projects (degree projects) at the Faculty of Forest Sciences

Each department sets a specific date for presentations.

• Mon 27 October 2025
• Tue 28 October 2025
• Thu 30 October 2025
• Fri 31 October 2025
  
  
• Mon 12 January 2026
• Tue 13 January 2026
• Thu 15 January 2026
• Fri 16 January 2026
  
  
• Tue 17 March 2026
• Thu 19 March 2026
• Fri 20 March 2026
• Mon 23 March 2026
  
  
• Mon 1 June 2026
• Tue 2 June 2026
• Thu 4 June 2026
• Fri 5 June 2026
  
  
• Mon 24 August 2026
• Tue 25 August 2026
• Thu 27 August 2026
• Fri 28 August 2026
  
  

Special activities

In addition to the Forest Student Summit, which means no scheduled classes from Thursday afternoon, 16 October to Friday, 17 October 2025, the following activities will also take place and may be useful to keep in mind when scheduling.

Gymnasiedag (high school visit day)

In Umeå, a high school visit day will be held on 25 September for invited students who will visit the Skogis building to learn more about SLU and the faculty’s degree programmes. The event will require the use of certain facilities, as well as staff and students.

Graduation ceremonies

Umeå

• Friday, 30 May (daytime) – Forest Science programme 22/25, PO Bäckströms
• Saturday, 31 May (daytime) – Master of Science in Forestry programme 19/24, PO Bäckströms

Ultuna

• Tuesday, 3 June (afternoon/evening) – Forest Economics 22/25, location tbd

Alnarp

• Wednesday, 4 June (evening) – Garden Party, South Swedish (staff and students)
• Thursday, 5 June (daytime) – Forest and Landscape 22/25 (possibly including Euroforester), in connection with Thesis Day and the ceremony organised by the LTV Faculty

Skinnskatteberg

• Thursday, 5 June (daytime) – Forest Management programme 22/25, Skogsmästarskolan

Academic year 2025/2026

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 1 September 2025 (Applies to year 1 on all programmes. For all other years, no compulsory components should be scheduled.)
• 31 October 2025 (day before All Saints´ Day)
• 23–31 December 2025
• 30 April 2026 (Walpurgis Night)
• 15 May 2025 (day after Ascension Day)

Professorial inaugurations, doctoral award ceremonies, docent lectures, career fairs, study and career guidance sessions and Thesis Day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

In principle, no classes should be scheduled on Wednesday afternoons, 13:00–17:00, to allow for e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union work. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education Planning and Administration handbook, Section 2.4.

NB. For departments/courses run by the Faculty of Forest Sciences, see the "Umeå" menu for more information.

Academic year 2025/2026

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 1 September 2025 (Applies to year 1 on all programmes. For all other years, no compulsory components should be scheduled.)
• 31 October 2025 (day before All Saints' Day)
• 23–31 December 2025
• 15 May 2026 (day after Ascension Day)

Professorial inaugurations, doctoral award ceremonies, docent lectures, career fairs, study and career guidance sessions and Thesis Day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

In principle, no classes should be scheduled on Wednesday afternoons, 13:00–17:00, to allow for e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union work. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education Planning and Administration handbook, Section 2.4.