Support for education

To enable good opportunities for planning autumn semester courses, the decision to allow deviations from course syllabi has been extended. Deviations can only be done to the extent necessary to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Public Health Agency of Sweden has removed its recommendation that higher education should be conducted online. Umeå University's decisions for summer courses and the start of the autumn semester are in line with the recommendations and will hence remain in place until further notice. A new decision regarding the autumn will be reached in August when a better analysis of the current situation will be possible.

When this autumn semester starts and some students are offered education in university premises again, a 50 people limit applies to each room. But small rooms seat considerably fewer than that.