Inform new students about the WHO study on students' well-being

Several studies indicate that students often experience stress, anxiety, depression and feel anxious about not being able to complete their studies. To get a clearer picture of how our students are doing and to eventually develop digital forms of support, Umeå University participates in a WHO project on students' mental health.

Health survey for students in November

All undergraduate programme students taking their first semester in the autumn of 2022, will be invited to a health survey on November 15. Approximately one week before, the same students will receive an email with initial information about the project and the health survey.

How you as an employee can contribute

To increase the response rate, we need additional help to distribute information in advance. Therefore, we kindly ask you who meet the autumn 2022 first-semester undergraduate programme students, to provide them with information in advance by posting the following text on relevant learning platforms:

How are you feeling, as a student?
On November 15, you will receive an email from the sender "Swedish WHO-WMH-ICS survey" with a link to a health survey. Regardless of how you feel when you receive the survey, your answers are important to us so that we will be able to develop helpful forms of support for our students. Approximately on November 7, you will receive an email with more information. You can also read more here.

The information can be posted on the learning platforms as soon as possible and be removed after 15 November.

Do you want to know more about the project?

On the student website, we have gathered information about the project which is also available for you as an employee.

We have also received some initial results from the project - read about them here.

If you have further questions, you are welcome to contact Ann-Kristin Sandström, Student Services Office/Student Health Service.