Courses offered by LTH

You can freely choose courses suitable for exchange students from different programmes at LTH, as long as you have the academic requirements and the necessary supporting documents. Please observe that some courses have a limited number of seats. As an exchange student, you are expected to have a full-time study plan of 30 credits per semester during your study period at Lund University.

• Courses in Engineering
• Courses at the School of Architecture
• Courses at the School of Industrial Design

Schedule

It is important to check your timetable and program structure to see if two or more courses overlap. Clashes in lab sessions and exercises are generally not a problem. 

Check your schedule with LTH schedule generator

Courses at other faculties

Lund University offers more than 300 courses taught in English across a wide range of subjects that are suitable for exchange students. Please note that 15 credits are required to study through LTH. 

More information on Lund University central website

Special Area Studies

Exchange students can apply for “Special Area Study” (SAS) courses in subjects such as Swedish culture and society, European studies, regional courses and global issues of contemporary interest. 

More information on Lund University central website

Learning Swedish

To meet the growing interest in Swedish language courses we offer our exchange students Swedish courses.

EXTA24 and EXTA25: Swedish language course for engineering students

Courses taught at the Department of Scandinavian Languages at Lund University, free of charge for exchange students at LTH:

• EXTA24 Beginner's level (7,5 credits, 5 weeks of full-time studies), equivalent to SVEE11
• EXTA25 Continuation (7,5 credits, 5 weeks of full-time studies), equivalent to SVEE12

If you intend to take one of these courses you can add it to your Study Plan. 

Lessons are held twice a week at 17:00-20:00 (Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays), which is convenient for engineering, industrial design and architecture students who have busy day-time schedules.

Please note that the courses have limited number of seats and applying does not guarantee acceptance. 

More information on the Center for languages and literature website

SVEE courses at Lund University

Lund University organizes similar courses for exchange students, the so-called SVEE courses (7.5 credits each). The SVEE courses are structured in five modules and are therefore suitable for you who already know Swedish.

More information on SVEE courses on the Center for languages and literature website