Resources and support for students

Student Health Counselling

Are you feeling low about something related to your studies or your study situation? Then take the opportunity to receive help from Lund University’s Student Health Counselling.
Find out more at the website for Student Health Counselling at Lund University
 

Courses in managing your health as a student

The Student Health Centre organises a number of courses ranging from handling stress to public speaking.
Find more information regarding these courses here

The Psychological Counsellor at the Faculty of Medicine

The Psychological Counsellor at the Faculty of Medicine can provide support counselling and advice. Regarding challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic, you are welcome to contact the counsellor directly regarding for example increased worry and anxiety, stress about your studies, or symptoms of depression.

Conversations with the Psychological Counsellor are strictly confidential, and free of charge.
Please make first contact via email, after which it is possible to book calls via phone or Zoom.

Elin Linderberg
Psychological Counsellor, Faculty of Medicine
Telephone: +46 46 222 79 82
Email: elin [dot] linderberg [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se

In instances of severe anxiety or depression, or suicidal thoughts, you need to contact the emergency department for adult psychiatry, which is always open, 24 hours a day, at the following telephone numbers:
In Lund: 046 - 17 41 00. In Malmö: 040 - 33 80 00. In Helsingborg: 042 - 406 27 30.
It is always possible to telephone 1177 to discuss where to turn if you are unsure. 

The Academic Support Centre

The Academic Support Centre at Lund University is available for  students who wish to improve their study habits, public speaking or academic writing.
Find more information about the Academic Support Centre at their website

Study Group

Do you find it difficult to start studying on your own? Bring what you are currently working on and meet up with other students in the same situation.

At Study Group, a workplace and study structure are provided, and Study Counsellors and the Psychological Counsellor from the Faculty of Medicine are available to ask for advice on study techniques and stress management. 

Each session begins with an introduction to the Pomodoro study method. Following this, each student sets up their own goal for the session. Then we work alongside one another in 15 minute intervals with 5-15 minute long breaks between.

Time: Thursdays at 14.30-16.30
Place: Due to current Covid restrictions, the Study Group sessions are held online via Zoom.
To participate, send an email to: elin [dot] linderberg [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se

Support with Reading and Writing

If you are a student with a disability, many forms of pedagogical support are available for you at the Faculty of Medicine, in order to facilitate your studies. 

If you make reading mistakes often, read slowly or experience difficulty concentrating when reading, it may be very helpful to listen to your course literature instead. Help is available, from the Faculty’s libraries for example, but first you need to officially apply for pedagogical support at Lund University (see link below).

Once you have received your official decision for pedagogical support, contact Krister Aronsson at the library of the Faculty of Medicine for a meeting, to receive access to audiobooks and other resources. The TorTalk speech synthesis programme, and the spelling programmes StavaRex and SpellRight are available for all students on the Faculty's student computers.

Krister Aronsson
Email: krister [dot] aronsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se
Find more information on Lund University’s support and resources here

The Student Chaplaincy

All students are welcome regardless of faith or world view, for individual conversations with the clergy at the Student Champlaincy of Lund University. 
Contact us here