Academic calendar

Academic year 2025/2026

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• September 1, 2025, 8 AM - 12 PM (for first-year students in all programs and for courses taught in English)
• January 19, 2026, 8 AM - 12 PM (for courses taught in English)
• October 31, 2025, 1 PM - 5 PM (day before All Saints' Day)
• December 23 – 31, 2025 (Christmas holidays and the days between Christmas and New Year's)
• April 2, 2026, 1 PM - 5 PM (Maundy Thursday)
• April 30, 2026, 1 PM - 5 PM (Walpurgis Night)

Please observer! November 12-13 the Swedish National Plant Protection Conference 2025 will take place in Alnarp which affects the number of available rooms for teaching.

Resit exam days:

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

Teaching should not be scheduled on Wednesday afternoons to allow for, among other things, board meetings, student information sessions, teacher meetings, and student union work. Exceptions can be granted by the relevant program 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 February 5-6, 2026, student union representatives will attend training days in Ultuna. There will be no restriction on scheduling, but if possible, compulsory elements should be avoided. The training days count as student union duties, which is a valid reason for being allowed to make up for missed compulsory activities.

Installation, honorary doctorate, and docent lectures, business days, education information days, and Thesis Day should, whenever possible, be included in the course schedules.

For programs offered by the LTV Faculty on the Ultuna campus: Local-specific information decided by the NJ and VH faculties must be followed.

Updated on 2025-09-12 by Desiree Mattsson

Academic year 2025/2026

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 1 September 2025 (applies to year 1 on all programmes. All other years should be free from compulsory activities)
• 31 October 2025 (day before All Saints' Day)
• 23–31 December 2025
• 15 May 2026 (day after Ascension Day)

Inaugural, honorary doctors' and docent lectures, career fairs, educational information and the SLU Thesis day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

Wednesday afternoons, 13.00 – 17.00, should normally be free from scheduled teaching, to enable e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union commission. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education planning and administration handbook, chapter 2.4.

Academic year 2021/2022

HT = Fall semester, VT = Spring semester

SMP 21/24:
HT 2021-08-30 - 2022-01-16
VT 2022-01-17 - 2022-06-12

SMP 20/23:
HT 2021-08-23 - 2022-01-16
VT 2022-01-17 - 2022-06-05

SMP 19/22:
HT 2021-08-23 - 2022-01-16
VT 2022-01-17 - 2022-06-05

Academic year 2025/2026

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 1 September 2025 (applies to year 1 on all programmes. All other years should be free from compulsory activities)
• 31 October 2025 (day before All Saints' Day)
• 23–31 December 2025
• 15 May 2026 (day after Ascension Day)

Inaugural, honorary doctors' and docent lectures, career fairs, educational information and the SLU Thesis day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

Wednesday afternoons, 13.00 – 17.00, should normally be free from scheduled teaching, to enable e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union commission. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education planning and administration handbook, chapter 2.4.

Academic year 2025/2026

Scheduled teaching should not be placed on the following days:

• September 1, 2025 (applies to year 1 of all programs. For other years, no mandatory activities should be scheduled)
• Thursday afternoon, October 16, and Friday, October 17, 2025 (for the Forest Student Summit)
• October 31, 2025 (the day before All Saints’ Day)
• December 23–31, 2025
• April 30, 2026 (Walpurgis Night)
• May 15, 2026 (the day after Ascension Day)

Inaugural lectures, honorary doctorate and docent lectures, industry days, educational information days, and Thesis Day should be included in course schedules whenever possible.

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. No classes during bank holidays.

Dates reserved for re-examination (courses within the Faculty of Forest Sciences):

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

Dates reserved for presentation of independent projects (degree projects) within the Faculty of Forest Sciences. Each department decides specific date for presentation:

• 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, according to the decision, means no scheduled classes from Thursday afternoon, 16 October, through 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, an 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 organized 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. All other years should be free from compulsory activities)
• 31 October 2025 (day before All Saints´ Day)
• 23–31 December 2025
• 30 April 2026 (Walpurgis Night)
• 15 May 2025 (day after Ascension Day)

Inaugural, honorary doctors’ and docent lectures, career fairs, educational information and the SLU Thesis day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules. Thesis Day on Campus Ultuna takes place on 28 May 2025.

Wednesday afternoons, 13.00 – 17.00, should normally be free from scheduled teaching, to enable e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union commission. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education planning and administration handbook, chapter 2.4.

Note! For institutions/courses related to the Faculty of Forest Sciences, see the "Umeå" tab 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. All other years should be free from compulsory activities)
• 31 October 2025 (day before All Saints' Day)
• 23–31 December 2025
• 15 May 2026 (day after Ascension Day)

Inaugural, honorary doctors' and docent lectures, career fairs, educational information and the SLU Thesis day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

Wednesday afternoons, 13.00 – 17.00, should normally be free from scheduled teaching, to enable e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union commission. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education planning and administration handbook, chapter 2.4.