As an international master’s student at LTH studying in the programmes Biotechnology, DRMCCA, EEE, Food Technology, LSCM, MLSC, Nanoscience, Pharmaceutical Technology, Photonics, Production and Materials, Sustainable Energy, Water Resources or Wireless Communication you have the option to study a Swedish course (7,5 credits) as part of your degree. You can study the course either as an alternative to an elective course in your programme, or as an extra course. As a fee-paying student you will be charged extra if you study this course as an extra course (i e more than 120 credits in total).

The Swedish course for beginners, EXTA24, is given during study period 3 (January-March) by the Swedish department at LU. Lessons are given evening time, twice per week. Thereby you can easily combine this course with your other courses at LTH.

You can read more about EXTA24 in the course syllabus document. The workload for this course is as demanding as for any other regular course. Attendance is compulsory and the rate of absences will affect negatively on the final grades.

Course syllabus EXTA24 (course web LTH)

Please note that only one Swedish course is offered by LTH since only one Swedish course can be part of your degree according to your programme syllabus. No exceptions are granted!

If you already have some knowledge in Swedish you can do a placement test one week before the course starts in January and be placed in a course at an appropriate, higher level. To study a course at a higher level might mean that you will have to follow the course in study period 4 instead, depending on the course level suitable for you.

Information about how to sign up for EXTA24 will be posted as an announcement in Canvas, on your programmes pages. Deadline to sign up is 29th of October. You can not apply for the course in the LTH application system.

The number of students who will be able to study the course is limited, first come first served. First-year students will have priority. Please note that you will not be given a final decision regarding admission until January, so you need to apply for alternative courses in the LTH application system as well.