Apply for your degree

You apply for your degree when you have finished your studies and have completed all the courses required. Find out how to apply.

You may need a degree certificate if you want to continue your academic studies, start as a doctoral student, or when applying for a job. For instance, many employers require a degree certificate.

Important things to know when applying

Check the information in Ladok and the degree requirements

When we process your degree application, we use the information about your academic studies in Ladok. Therefore, go to Ladok for students under the tab “My education” to check that all data is correct before applying.

Remember that only completed courses can be considered in your degree. If you find something to be incorrect, contact the department responsible for the course.

Before applying, you may want to check the requirements for the degree you are about to apply for.

Read more about the degree requirements

If you need guidance or help with study planning, you are welcome to contact a study counsellor.

Find a study counsellor

Do you have a temporary identity number in the study documentation system (Ladok)?

If you were not registered in the Swedish Population Register when admitted to a Swedish university, you automatically received a temporary identity number in the admissions system and in the study documentation system (Ladok).

If you have later become registered in Sweden and been given a Swedish personal identity number, you must apply for your temporary identity number in Ladok to be changed to your Swedish personal identity number. By doing this before you apply for a degree, your personal identity number will be printed on the degree certificate and not the temporary identity number.

You will find more information and the application form here

Please note: if you have been granted identity protection by the Swedish Council for Higher Education, you should not use this form, but simply submit your degree application.

You must make an application per degree

If you want to obtain two or more different degrees, for example both a professional degree and a general degree, you must submit two separate applications. You may wish to, for instance, receive the professional degree "Bachelor of Science in Nursing" for a nursing qualification, and also a general degree "Bachelor of Medical Science" with the main field of study as nursing.

The degree may not include courses with similar content

In a degree at Umeå University, courses required for the degree must not overlap with regard to content.

If you have been approved transfer of credits for a course or part of a course, that course can not be included in your degree together with the course that the decision is based upon. The credits cannot be counted twice and the degree is based solely on courses that do not overlap.

For a Master's degree, courses included in your Bachelor's degree cannot be included again

When applying for a Master's degree, you must have a previously awarded Bachelor's degree or professional degree of at least 180 credits. The courses included in your previous degree may not be included in your Master's degree.

Your degree certificate will be available in Ladok for students

If your application is approved, we will issue your degree and you will receive a degree certificate. Collect the degree certificate by logging into Ladok for students and selecting the "Degrees and certificates" tab. For degrees issued before 1 January 2024, find information on the FAQ about degrees.

We will send a message to the email address you have registered in Ladok when the decision on the degree application has been made. Therefore, it is important that you have registered an email address that you use. If you wish to change your email address, you can change it in Ladok for students.

When you are waiting to receive a decision, please check your spam folder in case the email has ended up there.

Read about digital degrees and verification of e-stamped documents here.