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Exchange students are selected by their home universities. For information about exchange programmes, agreements, admissions, and applications, please contact the international coordinator at your home university.

If you are selected for an exchange programme, make sure you have sufficient knowledge of oral and written English to take part in the courses, which are taught in English. Your home university’s application form or web page will provide information about the documentation needed.

Exchange students do not pay tuition fees to Linköping University (LiU).

When applying to study at LiU, you can also apply for accommodation and a beginner’s course in Swedish.

Students from outside of the European Union must take courses of at least 30 ECTS per semester, which corresponds to full‑time study. Studying 30 ECTS per semester is one of the requirements for being granted a residence permit by the Swedish Migration Agency.

Courses are intended for exchange students who have completed at least one year of study at their home university. If you are applying to the Faculty of Science and Engineering you must have completed two years of study at your home university.

Exchange students cannot normally combine courses to obtain a final degree at LiU.

Under each subject area courses are divided into Undergraduate and Advanced/master's level courses. To be eligible for courses at Advanced/Master's level, you usually need a bachelor's degree of 3 years and/or three years of studies within the subject area. There will also be specific requirements in the course information. Advanced/master’s level is marked “A1X” or ”A2X”. The undergraduate level is marked ”G1X” or ”G2X.

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Autumn 2024
Course name Credits Level Weeks Campus
701G15 Profession Languages: German - Oral and written proficiency 7.5 G1N v202434-202503 Distance
701G17 German: Language and professional communication, level B1 7.5 G1N v202434-202503 Distance
701G19 French: Language and professional communication, level B1 7.5 G1N v202434-202503 Distance
701G21 Spanish: Language and professional communication, level B1 7.5 G1N v202434-202503 Distance
701G23 Intercultural Communication in an English-speaking World 7.5 G1N v202435-202503 Distance
701G25 English: Professional language with a focus on professional written communication, level B2 7.5 G1N v202434-202503 Distance
701G28 French: Language and professional communication, level B2 7.5 G1N v202434-202503 Distance
701G29 French: language proficiency and oral communication with a focus on French, level C1 7.5 G1N v202434-202503 Distance
701G30 German: Language and professional communication, level B2 7.5 G1N v202434-202503 Distance
701G31 Spanish: Language and professional communication, level B2 7.5 G1N v202434-202503 Distance
703G15 Sport and Globalisation 7.5 G2F v202434-202443 Campus Norrköping
703G16 Gender and Globalization 7.5 G2F v202434-202503 Campus Norrköping
703G17 World Literature and Global Storytelling 7.5 G2F v202434-202503 Campus Norrköping
703G18 Global and Local Economies: Cultural perspectives on money, rationality, and status 7.5 G2F v202434-202503 Campus Norrköping
703G24 The Origins and History of Islam 600-1500 CE CANCELLED 7.5 G2F v202434-202443 Campus Norrköping
704G77 English for Students of Law 7.5 G1N v202434-202438 Campus Valla
709A01 Strategic Urban and Regional Planning 15 A1N v202434-202443 Campus Valla
709A02 Planning and Public Administration 7.5 A1N v202444-202448 Campus Valla
709A03 Strategic Planning of Urban Climate Transitions 7.5 A1N v202449-202503 Campus Valla
709A09 Critical Perspectives on Planning for Health 7.5 A1F v202439-202443 Campus Valla
709A10 The Politics of Planning – Power, controversies, and legacies 7.5 A1F v202449-202503 Campus Valla
709A15 Foodscapes in Urban and Regional Strategic Planning 7.5 A1F v202434-202438 Campus Valla
711A10 English. Critical Engagements, advanced level 7.5 A1N v202434-202443 Campus Valla
711A12 English, Academic Writing, advanced level 7.5 A1N v202444-202503 Campus Valla
711A14 English, History of English, advanced level 7.5 A1F v202434-202503 Campus Valla
711A16 English, Applied Theory and Method, advanced level 7.5 A1N v202434-202503 Campus Valla
711G21 Academic English for Exchange Students, foundation course 7.5 G1N v202434-202503 Campus Valla
711G49 English - Term Paper, Intermediate Course 7.5 G2F v202434-202503 Campus Valla
711G71 Modern English Literature 10 G1N v202434-202503 Campus Valla
711G73 American Literature in a Historical Context, Intermediate Course 7.5 G2F v202434-202503 Campus Valla
711G74 British Literature in a Historical Context, Intermediate Course 7.5 G2F v202434-202503 Campus Valla
714G37 Swedish for Foreign Students, Level A1 7.5 G1N v202437-202503 Campus Valla
714G38 Swedish for Foreign Students, Level A2 7.5 G1F v202437-202503 Campus Valla
714G93 Swedish for Foreign Students – Level B1:1 7.5 G1F v202437-202503 Campus Valla
714G94 Swedish for Foreign Students – Level B1:2 7.5 G1F v202437-202503 Campus Valla
721A80 Philosophy of Science in Policymaking 7.5 A1N v202439-202443 Campus Valla
721A81 The Philosophy of Policymaking 7.5 A1N v202434-202438 Campus Valla
721A82 Research Ethics and Research-based Knowledge 7.5 A1N v202444-202448 Campus Valla
721A83 Contemporary Research Issues in Ethics, Science, and Policy 7.5 A1N v202449-202503 Campus Valla
721G28 Ethics of Artificial Intelligence 7.5 G1N v202443-202447 Campus Valla
722A53 Strategy - Classic and Contemporary Views 15 A1N v202434-202443 Campus Valla
722A54 Classic Leadership and Organization Dilemmas 15 A1N v202434-202443 Campus Valla
722A55 Contemporary International Management Paradoxes 15 A1N v202444-202503 Campus Valla
722A57 Advanced Consumer Marketing 15 A1N v202444-202503 Campus Valla
722A76 Business Analytics 15 A1N v202434-202443 Campus Valla
722A78 Leading Creative Change 15 A1N v202444-202503 Campus Valla
723G43 Business Ethics in a Globalized World 7.5 G2F v202434-202438 Campus Valla
723G51 Sustainable Business – an ecological perspective 7.5 G2F v202444-202448 Campus Valla
723G57 Entrepreneurship and Business Development 7.5 G2F v202439-202443 Campus Valla
723G65 International Business 7.5 G2F v202449-202503 Campus Valla
723G89 Perspectives on Digitalization 7.5 G2F v202449-202503 Campus Valla
723G91 Organization Theory and Analysis 7.5 G2F v202434-202438 Campus Valla
723G93 Leadership across Cultures 7.5 G2F v202439-202443 Campus Valla
723G95 Human Resource Management 7.5 G2F v202444-202448 Campus Valla
729G84 Humans in Complex Systems 9 G2F v202435-202445 Campus Valla
729G85 Interaction Design and User Experience 9 G2F v202435-202445 Campus Valla
729G87 Interaction Programming 6 G2F v202446-202503 Campus Valla
729G88 Quasi-Experimentation and Statistical Analysis 6 G2F v202446-202503 Campus Valla
730G93 Corporate Finance 7.5 G1F v202434-202438 Campus Valla
730G94 International Finance and Fixed Income Management 7.5 G1F v202439-202443 Campus Valla
730G96 Industrial Organization 7.5 G1F v202444-202448 Campus Valla
730G98 Risk Management of Financial Markets and Institutions 7.5 G1F v202449-202503 Campus Valla
732A51 Bioinformatics 6 A1F v202445-202503 Campus Valla
732A68 Introduction to Machine Learning 9 A1N v202445-202503 Campus Valla
732A80 Time Series and Sequence Learning 6 A1F v202436-202444 Campus Valla
732A81 Text Mining 6 A1F v202445-202503 Campus Valla
732A94 Advanced Programming in R 6 A1N v202436-202444 Campus Valla
732A96 Advanced Machine Learning 6 A1F v202436-202444 Campus Valla
733A71 International Relations Theory 7.5 A1N v202439-202443 Campus Valla
733A72 The Politics and Economics of International Relations 7.5 A1N v202444-202448 Campus Valla
733A73 International and European Law 7.5 A1N v202449-202503 Campus Valla
733A78 Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Analysis 7.5 A1N v202434-202438 Campus Valla
733A79 International Governance and Civil Society 7.5 A1N v202444-202448 Campus Valla
733A80 International Organisations: Theory and Practice 7.5 A1N v202439-202443 Campus Valla
733A81 Contemporary Issues in International Governance 7.5 A1N v202449-202503 Campus Valla
733G52 Challenges of European Integration 7.5 G1F v202449-202503 Campus Valla
733G54 Power, Order, and Conflict in International Politics 7.5 G1F v202444-202448 Campus Valla
733G56 Welfare Systems in Europe: Ideas, policies, and outcomes 7.5 G1F v202434-202438 Campus Valla
733G58 State Building and Democratization in Africa and the Middle East 7.5 G1F v202439-202443 Campus Valla
735A12 Advanced Cognitive Psychology 7.5 A1N v202434-202438 Campus Valla
735A13 Advanced Developmental Psychology 7.5 A1N v202439-202443 Campus Valla
735A14 Psychology 5 60 A1F v202434-202523 Campus Valla
The course is divided into several semesters and/or periods.
738G40 Effective Public Speaking in an International Context 7.5 G1N v202444-202503 Campus Valla
738G41 Writing to Convince: Communicating in an International Context 7.5 G1N v202434-202443 Campus Valla
739A65 Memory, Power, Resistance 7.5 A1N v202435-202445 Distance
739G57 Culture in Motion CANCELLED 7.5 G2F v202434-202503 Campus Norrköping
740G64 Conditions of Life - Work - Identity, continuation course 7.5 G1F v202444-202448 Campus Norrköping
740G66 New Social Movements 7.5 G2F v202439-202443 Campus Norrköping
742A38 The World System in the Post-colonial Era 7.5 A1N v202441-202445 Campus Norrköping
742A39 Class, Labour Migration and Globalization 7.5 A1N v202446-202450 Campus Norrköping
742A42 Migration, Health and Biopolitics 7.5 A1N v202436-202440 Campus Norrköping
742A43 Inclusion, Citizenship, and Exclusion 7.5 A1N v202441-202445 Campus Norrköping
742A44 Historical Perspectives on Ethnicity and Migration 7.5 A1N v202436-202440 Campus Norrköping
745A87 Social Work in Times of Globalization and Transnational Migration 7.5 A1N v202445-202503 Campus Norrköping
745A92 Children’s Rights and Human Rights in Social Work 7.5 A1N v202435-202444 Campus Norrköping
746A61 Environmental and Resource Use Challenges 7.5 A1N v202439-202443 Campus Valla
746A74 Sustainability in the urban realm: city/neighbourhood/home 7.5 A1N v202444-202448 Campus Valla
746A80 Critical Perspectives on Sustainable Development 7.5 A1N v202434-202438 Campus Valla
746A88 Visualizing Sustainability Challenges and Pathways 7.5 A1F v202439-202443 Campus Valla
746A89 Our Changing Planet 7.5 A1N v202444-202448 Campus Valla
746A90 Environmental Politics and Governance 7.5 A1N v202449-202503 Campus Valla
746G44 Analytical Environmental Chemistry 7.5 G2F v202434-202438 Campus Norrköping
746G45 International Environmental Management 7.5 G2F v202439-202443 Campus Norrköping
746G47 Environmental Monitoring 7.5 G2F v202449-202503 Campus Norrköping
746G51 GIS as a Tool in Environmental Science 7.5 G2F v202444-202448 Campus Norrköping
746G70 Sustainable Development in the Global Context 15 G1N v202434-202503 Distance
747A17 Information Technology Law 7.5 A1N v202444-202448 Campus Valla
747A19 Information Technology Law, continuation course 7.5 A1N v202449-202503 Campus Valla
747A48 Banking and Finance Law 7.5 A1N v202434-202438 Campus Valla
747A56 Intellectual Property Law in the Digital Society 7.5 A1N v202439-202443 Campus Valla
751G34 Sweden and the Swedes 15 G2F v202435-202503 Campus Valla
754G52 Nordic Culture 15 G2F v202434-202503 Campus Valla
755A08 Researching the Ageing Society I - Methods in Ageing and Social Change 7.5 A1N v202445-202503 Campus Norrköping
755A19 Researching the Ageing Society II - Methods in Ageing and Social Change 7.5 A1F v202446-202503 Campus Norrköping
755G03 The Sociology of the Ageing Society – An introduction to the social, cultural, and economic analysis of ageing and social change 7.5 G1N v202435-202439 Campus Norrköping
757G26 Are we sisters after all? Gender and postcolonialism 7.5 G1N v202439-202443 Campus Valla
759G09 HRD: Learning, Change and Development in Organizations 15 G2F v202445-202503 Campus Valla
759G63 Human Resource Management 15 G2F v202435-202444 Campus Valla
763A54 Reading Gender 7.5 A1N v202444-202503 Campus Valla
763A55 Interaction Analysis 7.5 A1N v202435-202443 Campus Valla
769A17 Cognition, Emotion, and Decision Making 6 A1N v202436-202503 Campus Valla
769A18 Advanced Interaction Design 6 A1N v202436-202444 Campus Valla
769A19 Human Factors 6 A1N v202445-202503 Campus Valla
769A36 Cognitive Science Project II 12 A1N v202436-202503 Campus Valla
770G02 Development Economics 7.5 G1F v202449-202503 Campus Valla
771A12 Logic of Social Inquiry 7.5 A1N v202434-202443 Campus Norrköping
771A14 Behavioural Mechanisms in the Social Sciences 7.5 A1N v202444-202503 Campus Norrköping
771A16 Statistics and Data Science I 7.5 A1N v202434-202443 Campus Norrköping
771A18 Statistics and Data Science II 7.5 A1N v202444-202503 Campus Norrköping
771A28 Inequality and Segregation: Theory and Measurement 7.5 A1N v202434-202438 Campus Norrköping
771A34 Big Data: Social Processes and Ethical Issues 7.5 A1N v202449-202503 Campus Norrköping
771A38 Computational Approaches to the Study of Organizations 7.5 A1N v202444-202448 Campus Norrköping
771A42 Machine Learning for Social Science 7.5 A1N v202439-202443 Campus Norrköping
790G86 Terrorism, Violence and Religion, basic course 7.5 G1N v202444-202448 Campus Valla
790G89 Religion and Politics, Introductory Course 7.5 G1N v202434-202443 Campus Valla
799G47 Intensive Beginner’s Course in Swedish for Exchange Students, level A1 7.5 G1N v202432-202435 Campus Valla
799G48 Intensive Beginner´s course in Swedish for Exchange Students - intermediate course 7.5 G1N v202432-202435 Distance
799G52 InGenious - Cross Disciplinary Project 8 G2F v202434-202503 Campus Valla

Spring 2025
Course name Credits Level Weeks Campus
701G23 Intercultural Communication in an English-speaking World 7.5 G1N v202504-202523 Distance
701G25 English: Professional language with a focus on professional written communication, level B2 7.5 G1N v202504-202523 Distance
709A04 Recent Trends in Strategic Urban and Regional Planning – Urbanisation and globalisation 7.5 A1N v202504-202508 Campus Valla
709A05 Planning for a Sustainable Information Society 7.5 A1N v202509-202513 Campus Valla
709A06 Strategic Planning - Regions and EU 7.5 A1N v202514-202518 Campus Valla
711A13 English, Writers and Contexts, advanced level 7.5 A1N v202504-202523 Campus Valla
711G05 International Business English 15 G1N v202504-202523 Campus Valla
711G21 Academic English for Exchange Students, foundation course 7.5 G1N v202504-202523 Campus Valla
711G49 English - Term Paper, Intermediate Course 7.5 G2F v202504-202523 Campus Valla
711G71 Modern English Literature 10 G1N v202504-202523 Campus Valla
711G73 American Literature in a Historical Context, Intermediate Course 7.5 G2F v202504-202523 Campus Valla
711G74 British Literature in a Historical Context, Intermediate Course 7.5 G2F v202504-202523 Campus Valla
714G37 Swedish for Foreign Students, Level A1 7.5 G1N v202507-202523 Campus Valla
714G38 Swedish for Foreign Students, Level A2 7.5 G1F v202507-202523 Campus Valla
714G93 Swedish for Foreign Students – Level B1:1 7.5 G1F v202507-202523 Campus Valla
714G94 Swedish for Foreign Students – Level B1:2 7.5 G1F v202507-202523 Campus Valla
721A84 Taxation, Policy, and Philosophy 7.5 A1N v202504-202508 Campus Valla
721A85 The Philosophy of Medicine 7.5 A1N v202509-202513 Campus Valla
721A86 The Ethics of Health Care Priority Setting 7.5 A1N v202514-202518 Campus Valla
721A87 Scientific Modelling: Normative and Practical Aspects 7.5 A1N v202519-202523 Campus Valla
721G13 Environmental and Animal Ethics, basic course 7.5 G2F v202514-202518 Campus Valla
721G27 Philosophy and Film 7.5 G2F v202514-202518 Campus Valla
721G28 Ethics of Artificial Intelligence 7.5 G1N v202513-202517 Campus Valla
722A58 Business Finance 7.5 A1N v202504-202508 Campus Valla
722A59 Management Control Systems 7.5 A1N v202509-202513 Campus Valla
722A60 HRM in Modern Organizations 7.5 A1N v202519-202523 Campus Valla
722A61 Term Project 7.5 A1N v202514-202518 Campus Valla
723G61 Marketing and Consumer Behaviour 7.5 G2F v202504-202508 Campus Valla
723G69 Service Management and Marketing 7.5 G2F v202509-202513 Campus Valla
723G71 Management Control 7.5 G2F v202504-202508 Campus Valla
723G73 Project Management 7.5 G2F v202509-202513 Campus Valla
723G75 Strategy and International Management 7.5 G2F v202514-202518 Campus Valla
723G80 Enterprise Systems 7.5 G2F v202519-202523 Campus Valla
729G80 Social Cognition and Cognitive Development 9 G1N v202504-202513 Campus Valla
729G82 Applied Cognitive Science 15 G1N v202514-202523 Campus Valla
729G86 Language Technology 6 G1N v202504-202513 Campus Valla
730G91 Intermediate Macroeconomics 7.5 G2F v202514-202518 Campus Valla
732A72 Computational Statistics 6 A1N v202504-202513 Campus Valla
732A73 Bayesian Learning 6 A1F v202514-202523 Campus Valla
733A74 Contemporary European Institutions 7.5 A1N v202504-202508 Campus Valla
733A75 International and European Security 7.5 A1N v202509-202513 Campus Valla
733A76 Europe's Relations with the World 7.5 A1N v202514-202518 Campus Valla
733A77 Research Design and Methods 7.5 A1N v202519-202523 Campus Valla
733G52 Challenges of European Integration 7.5 G1F v202519-202523 Campus Valla
733G54 Power, Order, and Conflict in International Politics 7.5 G1F v202514-202518 Campus Valla
733G56 Welfare Systems in Europe: Ideas, policies, and outcomes 7.5 G1F v202504-202508 Campus Valla
733G58 State Building and Democratization in Africa and the Middle East 7.5 G1F v202509-202513 Campus Valla
735A14 Psychology 5 60 A1F v202434-202523 Campus Valla
The course is divided into several semesters and/or periods.
738G40 Effective Public Speaking in an International Context 7.5 G1N v202515-202523 Campus Valla
738G41 Writing to Convince: Communicating in an International Context 7.5 G1N v202504-202513 Campus Valla
742A40 Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Culture and the Arts 7.5 A1N v202509-202513 Campus Norrköping
742A41 Migration and Asylum Policy in the European Union 7.5 A1N v202514-202518 Campus Norrköping
742A46 Critical Cases in Ethnic and Migration Studies 7.5 A1N v202519-202523 Campus Norrköping
746A91 Climate Science and Climate Change 7.5 A1N v202504-202508 Campus Valla
746A92 Societal Transformations towards Sustainability 7.5 A1N v202509-202513 Campus Valla
746A93 Sustainable Resources Management 7.5 A1N v202514-202518 Campus Valla
747G19 Cybersecurity Law 7.5 G1N v202504-202513 Campus Valla
747G58 EU Law 15 G1F v202504-202523 Campus Valla
747G95 Intellectual Property Rights 7.5 G1F v202514-202523 Campus Valla
751G34 Sweden and the Swedes 15 G2F v202504-202523 Campus Valla
754G52 Nordic Culture 15 G2F v202504-202523 Campus Valla
755A09 Social Structure, Inequality, and Exclusion in an Ageing World 7.5 A1N v202504-202513 Campus Norrköping
755A10 Foundations of Ageing Policies 7.5 A1N v202504-202513 Campus Norrköping
755A11 Future Perspectives of Ageing and Social Change 7.5 A1N v202513-202523 Campus Norrköping
755A12 Policies and Policy Consulting in the Ageing Society 7.5 A1N v202513-202523 Campus Norrköping
755G03 The Sociology of the Ageing Society – An introduction to the social, cultural, and economic analysis of ageing and social change 7.5 G1N v202509-202513 Campus Norrköping
769A23 Thinking with Representations 6 A1N v202504-202523 Campus Valla
769A24 Advanced Interaction Analysis 6 A1N v202504-202523 Campus Valla
769A25 Service Design, Studio Course 12 A1N v202504-202523 Campus Valla
769A28 Cognitive Science Project I 12 A1N v202504-202523 Campus Valla
770G04 Behavioural Economics 7.5 G2F v202519-202523 Campus Valla
770G26 Health Economics and Ethics 7.5 G2F v202504-202508 Campus Valla
770G28 Labour Economics 7.5 G2F v202509-202513 Campus Valla
771A20 Discrete Choice Modelling 7.5 A1F v202504-202513 Campus Norrköping
771A22 Agent-Based Modelling 7.5 A1F v202514-202523 Campus Norrköping
771A24 Social Network Analysis 7.5 A1F v202504-202513 Campus Norrköping
771A26 Digital Strategies for Social Science Research 7.5 A1F v202514-202523 Campus Norrköping
799G47 Intensive Beginner’s Course in Swedish for Exchange Students, level A1 7.5 G1N v202501-202504 Campus Valla
799G48 Intensive Beginner´s course in Swedish for Exchange Students - intermediate course 7.5 G1N v202501-202504 Distance
799G60 InGenious - Sustainable Cities and Communities – cross disciplinary project 5 G2F v202504-202523 Campus Valla
799G61 InGenious - Responsible Innovation for a Sustainable World 3 G2F v202504-202523 Distance

Swedish language courses for Exchange students 

Intensive beginner’s course in Swedish, level A1, 7.5 ects

Full time in August and January
This three-week intensive course is intended for exchange students who wish to gain an introduction to the Swedish language. The aim of the course is to give a short introduction to Swedish everyday life and the Swedish language, its grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.

Intensive beginner’s course in Swedish, intermediate level, 7.5 ects

Full time in August and January
This course is intended for exchange students with knowledge of Swedish equivalent to the Intensive Beginner’s Course in Swedish or Beginner’s course in Swedish, level A1. Students will improve their Swedish language proficiency and broaden their knowledge of Swedish society. They will also acquire a deeper knowledge of important basic grammar as well as an elementary working vocabulary.

Beginner’s course in Swedish, level A1, 7.5 ects

Part time course, once a week during the semester
This course is intended for exchange students with no previous knowledge of Swedish and has the same content as the A1-course above. The aim of the course is to give students a basic knowledge of Swedish with an emphasis on oral skills. The course includes pronunciation exercises, oral training, basic Swedish grammar and short, writing exercises.

Beginner’s course in Swedish, level A2, 7.5 ects

Part time course, once a week during the semester
This course is intended for exchange students with knowledge of Swedish equivalent to the Intensive Beginner’s Course in Swedish or Beginner’s course in Swedish, level A1. Students will improve their Swedish language proficiency and broaden their knowledge of Swedish society. They will also acquire a deeper knowledge of important basic grammar as well as an elementary working vocabulary.

Beginner’s course in Swedish, level B1:1, 7.5 ects

Part time course, once a week during the semester
This course is intended for exchange students with knowledge of Swedish equivalent to the Intensive Beginner’s Course in Swedish or Beginner’s course in Swedish, level A2. Students will be able to discuss matters of everyday life in mainly correct Swedish and give an account of their knowledge of Swedish society and culture based on the course literature.

Beginner’s course in Swedish, level B1:2, 7.5 ects

Part time course, once a week during the semester
This course is intended for exchange students with knowledge of Swedish equivalent to the Intensive Beginner’s Course in Swedish or Beginner’s course in Swedish, level B1:1. Students will be able to discuss matters of everyday life in mainly correct Swedish and give an account of their knowledge of Swedish society and culture based on the course literature.

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