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Approved leave from, non-completion of, or parallel studies

If you want to be admitted to more than 45 credits at Umeå University in the selection, you can apply for parallel studies. If you want to take a break to resume your studies later, you need to apply for an approved leave from studies. If you want to interrupt your studies, you need to notify us of non-completion of studies.


Parallel studies

Apply for parallel studies

If you want to be admitted to more than 45 credits at Umeå University in the selection, you can apply for parallel studies.

You need to have completed at least 60 credits and only have applied for studies at Umeå University in the current semester to be eligible for being granted parallel studies.

Application for parallel studies (pdf)

Upload your applications for parallel studies on Antagning.se or universityadmissions.se after you have applied for the courses, but no later than the deadline for supporting documents.

Approved leave from studies , or non-completion of, studies

Apply for approved leave from studies

If you have been admitted to studies and wish to take a break in your studies with the aim of resuming them at another time, you can apply for an approved leave from studies. You must have specific reasons to be able to get an approved leave from studies granted. Therefore, it is important that you specify your reasons when applying.

Once granted an approved leave from studies, this means that you are guaranteed a place to the course or study programme for a specified term if you sign up for the resumption of studies in due time.

Application for approved leave from studies (pdf)

Submit the application to your department or the person responsible for the course or study programme.

The University has rules on approved leave from studies. Read Regulation for first- and second-cycle study administration

Notify non-completion of studies

If you are registered on a course or study programme and want to interrupt these studies, you can notify non-completion of studies.

By notifying non-completion of studies, you lose your place on the course or programme in question. After that, you are no longer guaranteed a place if you wish to resume your studies on that particular course or study programme at a later time. By notifying non-completion of studies, you may also give another person the possibility to be offered a place on the course or programme.

The University has rules on non-completion of studies. Read Regulation for first- and second-cycle study administration

To interrupt your studies on a course

If you want to interrupt your studies on a course within three weeks after the course started, you do this in Ladok.

If more than three weeks have passed after the course start date when you want to interrupt your studies, you must instead use the following form:

Notification for non-completion of studies (pdf)

Submit the application to your department or the person responsible for the course.

To interrupt your studies on a study programme

Use the following form to notify that you will no longer participate in the study programme you are registered on:

Notification for non-completion of studies (pdf)

Submit the application to your department or the person responsible for the study programme.

 

Latest update: 2025-01-16

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