If you have a long-term disability that presents challenges for you in your studies, you may be eligible for study support. Here you can find detailed information about services as well as accommodations that can be made based on your individual circumstances and needs.
Digital drop-in via Zoom
Bring your questions and put them to one of our coordinators.
Times: Mondays och Tuesdays, 15:00–16:00
Link: Click here to connect: you will be placed in a waiting room (väntrum) and admitted when it is your turn.
Telephone hours
Call us if you need assistance or if you want to talk to a coordinator.
Times: Thursdays and Fridays, 9:00–10:00
Telephone: 023-77 81 14
Be sure to get in touch if you need help.
What is a permanent disability?
For a student to be able to receive study support, they must have a permanent disability. In the Discrimination Act (2008:567), a disability is defined as being a permanent physical, mental or intellectual limitation of a person’s functional capacity that, as a consequence of injury or illness, existed at birth, has arisen since then or can be expected to arise. The practice among Swedish higher education institutions is to define permanent as a person who has had or is expected to have the disability for at least six months to receive support.
What documentation is required?
In your application for study support, you must prove your disability with documentation from a healthcare expert. An “expert” usually means a licensed healthcare professional such as a doctor, psychologist, speech therapist or audiologist. The documentation can also come from an approved dyslexia diagnostic specialist, such as an expert special educator, provided that there are results from relevant standardised tests.
It is important that the documentation is not commissioned - that is, it cannot be a certificate requested by the student specifically for the university. The certificate must briefly describe how the disability inhibits or is expected to inhibit your ability to study at university.
Documentation based on medical records via 1177 must contain the student's name and social security number, the name and profession of the person who issued the documentation and/or any diagnosis. If the duration is uncertain at the time of assessment by the coordinator, supplementary information may be required.
Do I need to have a confirmed diagnosis to receive study support?
Students may be undergoing assessment for various conditions and difficulties at the time of applying for study support. The time from referral to investigation, and for investigation and final assessment, can be long.
Most often assessment shows that there is a disability. Therefore, it is common practice that students who can prove that they have a referral from an expert for assessment and students who are in the process of being assessed can be offered so-called conditional support.
Conditional support is often for short periods of about one to two semesters.