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Exchange studies at LiU

Experience Sweden and make friends from all over the world!

Be part of an unforgettable experience!

Each year Linköping University (LiU) welcomes around one thousand exchange students.

Take the chance to become one of them and come study at LiU for a summer, one semester or for a whole year. Studying abroad is not just new knowledge, but a life-changing experience. LiU is looking forward to seeing you!
Students hiking i Swedish nature

Your guide to the future

Linköping University will never rest on its laurels. In close collaboration with the business world and society, we conduct world-leading, boundary-crossing research in fields including materials science, IT and hearing. In the same spirit, we offer many innovative educational programmes, many of them with a clear vocational focus, leading to qualification as, for example, doctors, teachers, economists and engineers.

Overview

How to be nominated

If you would like to study at Linköping University as an exchange student, your home university must have signed a formal exchange agreement with LiU. Contact the coordinator at your home university to learn if such an agreement exists, and if you can be nominated as an exchange student.

Important dates

Deadlines for nominations

Spring semester: 15 October
Autumn semester: 15 April

Deadlines for applications

Spring semester: 15 October (for exchange studies for one semester)
Autumn semester: 15 April (for exchange studies for one semester or studies lasting the full academic year)

Courses 

LiU has hundreds of courses taught in English, covering various fields of study.
Use the course selector to check-out the courses.

Read more: Courses at LiU 

Application to LiU

Depending which LiU faculty your home university has an agreement with, there are different ways to apply.
Read more: Application procedure by faculty

LiU Summer Academy

If you want to study at LiU during the summer, LiU can offer a fantastic opportunity through the LiU Summer Academy! During four weeks, you will study with students from all over the world at Campus Valla, Linköping. There are several courses to choose from.
Read more: LiU Summer Academy

Life as an LiU exchange student

Are you curious to hear from other international students about their experience? Then you should listen to the Fika with us podcast or read the testimonials!

Read more: Fika with us podcast
Read more: Testimonials

When you are about to arrive at LiU

LiU welcomes new exchange students at the beginning of each semester with a welcome period full of information and social activities. We want you to get the best possible start for your stay in our part of Sweden and to meet new friends right away. Try to arrive before your studies start to make the most of the welcome period.

Read more: Upon arrival

Further information

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Essential information

On this page you'll find all the important information about studying at Linköping University. Everything from what it is like to live in Sweden, to study information, FAQ and services.

Student life

There is a lot more to do as a student than attending lectures and studying. Here you can find out about your life as a student including leisure and sports, our campus cities and student associations at LiU.

Contact Us

As a prospective or recently admitted exchange student, LiU is here to answer any questions in regard to your exchange. Below are the contact details for each of LiU’s Faculties and the LiU International Office.

Study related questions: contact your LiU Faculty

For study-related questions such as application, course information, timetable issues, etc., you will need to contact your Faculty's international student coordinator.

LiU Faculty contact details

Studenthuset, Campus Valla.

International Coordinator

Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • D-building, Campus Valla
Studenthuset, Campus Valla.

International Coordinator

Faculty of Educational Sciences
  • D-building, Campus Valla
Studenthuset, Campus Valla.

International Coordinator

Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • D-building, Campus Valla
Studenthuset, Campus Valla.

International Coordinators

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Campus US, Linköping

International Office

Practical questions: contact LiU's International Office

The International Office (IO) offers support and practical advice to admitted exchange students.

International Office contact details

Studenthuset, Campus Valla.

Exchange Student Coordinators

International Office
  • Studenthuset, Campus Valla
Studenthuset, Campus Valla.

Housing Coordinators

International Office
  • Studenthuset, Campus Valla

News relating to exchange studies

An Erasmus exchange on Greenland.

From the Campus of LiU to the ice fjords of Greenland

An adventurous exchange programme to icy Greenland might not be for everyone. But LiU student Filip Puljiz saw the opportunity of a lifetime. A scholarship through the Erasmus+ programme made it possible.
A woman wearing a LiU-T-shirt gives information to a student.

International students arrive with great expectations

How do you get your LiU Card? Where is the gym? How do you get a bike? And what are those overalls people are wearing?
Pablo Montoyo Gomis testing voice-controlled prosthesis.

LiU student creates affordable voice-controlled prosthesis

Imagine having a hand prosthesis for only 250 euros that you can control with your own voice. That's exactly what Pablo Montoyo Gomis, an exchange student from Spain, has developed.