Normally, the autumn term starts in the end of August and the spring term in the end of January. Information about rollcall, intro meetings, schedules and more can be found on liu.se/en/education/admitted or via email that is sent out ahead of time by the different institutions that holds the programmes.
Times for the terms
Current term times
Term times for the different faculties at LiU
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Faculty of Philosophy have programmes and courses within humanities, social sciences, behavioural sciences, economy, computer science and thematic science.
Autumn term 2024
The term is ongoing through 2024-08-19 (Week 34) to 2025-01-19 (Week 3)
Exceptions:
Master's Programme in Ethnic and Migration Studies: 24-09-02 - 25-01-19
Master's Programme in Statistics and Machine Learning: 24-08-26 - 25-01-19
Spring term 2025
The term is ongoing through 2025-01-20 (Week 4) to 2025-06-08 (Week 23)
Autumn term 2025
The term is ongoing through 2025-08-18 (week 34) - 2026-01-18 (week 03)
Spring term 2026
The term is ongoing through 2026-01-19 (week 04) - 2026-06-07 (week 23)
The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Autumn term 2024
The term is ongoing through 2024-08-26 (Week 35) to 2025-01-12 (Week 2)
Exceptions:
The master’s programme in Experimental and Medical Biosciences (follows the times that are established by the Faculty of Engineering): Week 36 – Week 3, Monday, 2 September 2024 – Sunday, 19 January 2025. The exception is the programmes term 1 that starts on Friday, 30 August (week 35).
The BSc programme Experimental and Industrial Biomedicine (follows the times that are established by the Faculty of Engineering): Week 36 – Week 3, Monday, 2 September 2024 – Sunday, 19 January 2025. The exception is the programmes term 1 that starts on Friday, 23 August (week 34)
Spring term 2025
The term is ongoing through 2025-01-20 (Week 4) to 2025-06-08 (Week 23)
Exceptions:
Complementary Programme for Biomedical Laboratory Scientists with a Foreign Degree programme semester 4, ending Week 13, Sunday March 30th 2025.
Autumn Term 2025 and Spring term 2026
The Autumn term 2025 is ongoing through 2025-08-25 (Week 35) to 2026-01-11 (Week 2).
The Spring term 2026 is ongoing through 2026-01-19 (Week 4) - 2026-06-07 (Week 23)
Exceptions:
Master's Program in Experimental and Medical Biosciences follows the semester periods of the Faculty of Science and Engineering:
Study period for autumn semester 2025: week 36 - week 3 (1 September 2025 – 18 January 2026), except for semester 1 of the program which starts 29 August 2025 (week 35).
Study period for spring semester 2026: week 4 – week 23 (January 19 2026 – June 7 2026).
BSc Experimental and Industrial Biomedicine follows the semester periods of the Faculty of Science and Engineering:
Study period for autumn semester 2025: week 36 - week 03 (September 1 2025 - January 18 2026), except for semester 1 of the program which starts August 22 2025 (week 34).
Study period for spring semester 2026: week 4 – week 23 (January 19 2026 – June 7 2026).
The Medical program semesters 6 - 11:
Study period for autumn semester 2025: week 34 - week 02 (August 18 2025 - January 11 2026) with break week 52.
Study period for spring semester 2026: week 4 - week 23 (January 19 2026 - June 7 2026).
Complementary program for Biomedical Laboratory Scientists with a foreign degree:
Program semester 1 starts week 45, November 3 2025.
Program semester 4 ends week 13, March 29 2026.
The Faculty of Science and Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering educates engineers, physicists, chemists, biologists, mathematicians, computer scientists, logistician and furniture designers.
Autumn Term 2024
The term is ongoing through 2024-08-19 (Week 34) to 2025-01-18 (Week 3)
Spring Term 2025
The term is ongoing through 2025-01-20 (Week 4) to 2025-06-12 (Week 24)
Autumn Term 2025
The term is ongoing through 2025-09-01 (Week 36) to 2026-01-17 (Week 3)
More about study and exam times on liu.se/en/organisation/liu/lith/terminstider-for-tekniska-hogskolan
The Faculty of Educational Sciences
The Faculty of Educational Sciences have teacher programmes and courses within pedagogy and teaching.
Autumn Term 2024
The term is ongoing through 2024-08-19 (Week 34) to 2025-01-19 (Week 3) with possibility of a break over the holidays (Christmas and New Year).
Spring Term 2025
The term is ongoing through 2025-01-20 (Week 4) to 2025-06-08 (Week 23)
Autumn Term 2025
The term is ongoing through 2025-08-18 (Week 34) to 2026-01-19 (Week 3) with a contingency for a break over the Christmas and New Year’s weekend.
Spring Term 2026
The term is ongoing through 2026-01-19 (Week 4) to 2025-06-07 (Week 23)
What faculty do I belong to?
Find your programme through the selector at liu.se/en/education or through the search function. Go to the syllabus and curriculum plan, or the course syllabus if you are taking stand-alone courses, to find information about the correct faculty.
Introductory session and study periods
Information about study periods can be found through the course and program website. Time and place for the introductory sessions can be found on the website closer to term start. Information about the introductory sessions can also be found on the “admitted” page for the program students, liu.se/en/education/admitted.
The course and programme sites can be found through the select tool at liu.se/en/education or through the search function.
Check your schedule
The schedule can be searched by writing your course code. In the manual there are more instructions for how to adapt it for printing or downloading. There is the option to add the schedule to the calendar in the phone.