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Plan your programme studies

Guide to choosing and applying for courses

Every semester you must apply for the courses you will study next semester. It is very important to apply for your spring courses in the autumn application opening, and for your autumn courses in spring, at the given dates. Apply online at www.universityadmissions.se.

Remember to log in as a programme student

You log in to the universityadmissions.se or antagning.se via the student portal to find the courses and apply. The application is open around October/November and March/April. Note that you can only apply to 180 credits within the programme.

Quick links:

Bachelor´s programme

Master´s programmes 

Bachelor´s programme courses

In the BSc programme, most courses are mandatory. You start the first year with Introduction to the Global Environment, followed by Theory and methods of Physical Geography. This is how you should apply for further your studies:

BSc First year students

Application (16th September - 15th October) for the spring semester:

First year spring courses are mandatory, unless you have already studied similar courses, you must apply for:

  • First year, spring period 1: NGEA22 Hydrology (Mandatory) 15 credits, application code: LU-54012
  • First year, spring period 2: NGEA04 Ecosystem Analysis (Mandatory) LU - 54009 

Application (mid March- mid April) for second year autumn semester:

Note that here are 15 credits that is not a mandatory course.

NOTE: Do not mix the GIS courses up with the ones that are given as distance courses. You must apply for the campus courses NGEA31 and NGEA32.

The optional course may be anything of your choice, at another department, other university if you like. It is also possible to study the Internship course, but please note that this requires 75 credits of previous studies.

List of available courses at other departments and SLU

BSc Second year students

Application (mid September - mid October) for the second year spring semester:

IMPORTANT NOTE: This autumn semester is also when you plan and apply for your exchange or other courses outside our department in the third year. Keep alert to information from the international coordinator.

List of available courses at other departments and SLU for the fifth semester

Application (mid March- mid April) for the third year autumn semester:

If you are not going on exchange, you must apply for courses outside our department unless you already have 30 credits of studies outside our department. The plan of the programme is that you need to have 30 credits from another department or university to get the BSc degree diploma. If you have courses from earlier studies, you may include them in your degree instead and apply for a course at the department.

You must study any courses that are not too similar to our courses. If you have questions, please contact the study advisors.

List of available courses at other departments and SLU for the fifth semester (excel file for download). Note! These are just some examples of some courses, find you preferred course at universityadmissions.se

BSc Third year students

Application March-April for the third year autumn semester, if not going on exchange

If you are staying in Lund for this semester, you may choose courses from other departments at Lund University, distance courses or campus courses at other universities. Just remember that you may not study a course that is too similar to a course ou already have in the programme, and you need 30 credits of courses other than from our department, in your application for the degree.

If you already have 30 credits other than INES courses, you may of course study one of our courses if you wish.

List of courses at LU and SLU (excel) - note! These are just some examples of some courses, find you preferred course at universityadmissions.se

Application (15 September - 16 October) for the third year spring semester:

 

Master´s programme in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science

In your degree you need 45 credits from our department, plus the Master thesis project 30 credits. After the first semester which is mandatory in this programme, youmust  have one more 15 credits course from our department, and another 45 credits of elective courses at our department or or elsewhere.

Hence: 45 advanced credits + 30 credits thesis must be taken at our department. Then 45 credits elective courses from our department, another department at LU, or another university.

Applying for the first year spring semester (16 September - 15 October) and the second year autumn semester, different possibilities: 

  • Electives, of which at least 15 credits advanced level must be from our department

Suggestions of electives at our department, but note that you are also allowed to study 30 credits of basic courses which are not listed here.

Spring elective courses at our department:

Autumn elective courses :

The following requires 15 credits GIS, please make sure to look at the requirements:

You will find the proposed programme line-up here

Courses at other departments at LU:

Biology
Geology
Physics
Mathematics (LTH)

Matematik (Matematikcentrum)

For other please check lunduniversity.lu.se

 

Appling for the second year spring semester: 

Application code LU-54073 for 100 % study pace 
Application code LU-54072 for 50 % study pace

 

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/education/courses/advanced-level-cou…

Master´s programme in Geographical Information Systems

For students at the online Master´s programme in GIS the study plan is described here

 

Master´s programme in GIS and Remote sensing

In this programme there are 45 credits mandatory courses, 30 credits electives from our department, and 15 credits electives at our department or elsewhere. Plus 30 credits Master degree project at our department in the final semester.

Application for first year spring semester (15 September - 16 October):

You apply to the spring courses in the first autumn application round. You must apply for:

Spring period 1: 

Elective 15 credits. NOTE! Only a total of 15 credits can be courses of own choice. In the programme you must choose at least 4 out of 6 elective programme courses.

Spring period 1 proposed courses: apply for both N22 + N23 as they are put together as a package:

  • NGEN23 Spatial analysis, 7,5 credits Application code Application code LU-54075 (proposed programme course)
  • NGEN22 Geographical databases, 7,5 credits Application code LU-54074 (proposed programme course)
  • Optional free elective: NGEN42 Ecosystem modelling, 15 credits Application code LU-54077

Spring period 2:

Applying for second year autumn semester: 

  • Autumn period 1: Elective 15 credits
  • Autumn period 2: Elective 15 credits

Autumn proposed courses:

Applying for the second year spring semester: 

Application code LU-54073 for 100 % study pace 
Application code LU-54072 for 50 % study pace

Last updated: 17 Mar 2025 | susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se