Practical study information, rules & guidelines
Department of Economics
For students who are registered on courses at the Department of Economics, all course specific information is available via the student portal Canvas.
Below you find general practical information, and important rules and guidelines.
If you have questions about course registrations, result registrations, exams, essays or similar you should contact relevant study administrator below. For questions about courses, course structure, your studies and similar you should contact the Department's study adviser. For questions of a different nature such as overall course offerings, exemptions or similar, please contact the director of studies for the undergraduate education.
For specific questions regarding ongoing courses you should contact the relevant lecturer.
Course administation
Can answer questions regarding course registrations, results reporting and exams.
Azra Padjan (basic and intermediate level)
Peter Schüller (essays and distance learning courses)
Master programme coordinator
Can answer general questions about the department's master programmes and master courses.
Ulf Persson
Study adviser
For guidance and advice regarding studies in economics, eligibility issues, credit transfers, et cetera. Contact person for students with disabilities.
PhD Mårten Wallette
Management of undergraduate education
Overall responsibility for undergraduate education, course offerings, teachers, dispensary matters, et cetera.
PhD Pontus Hansson (Director of Studies)
PhD Karin Bergman (Assistant Director of Studies)
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Literature lists
Literature lists Autumn term 2025
Basic course: NEKA61-NEKA64.
International Economics: SASE31.
Intermediate level courses: NEKGxx-NEKHxx.
Advanced level courses: NEKNxx-NEKPxx.
MSc in Finance.
MSc in Data Analytics and Business Economics.
Literature lists Spring term 2025
Basic course: NEKA61-NEKA64.
Intermediate level courses: NEKGxx-NEKHxx.
Advanced level courses: NEKNxx-NEKPxx.
MSc in Finance.
MSc in Data Analytics and Business Economics.
Course curricula
If you are currently registered for courses at the Department of Economics, you can find the course curriculum for a specific course via the course page on Canvas.
Current and older curricula are also available via Lund University course curricula system. You enter the course code for the curriculum you are looking for.
Registration for exams
You have to sign up for your exam via ladok in the student portal. The exam registration opens three weeks before the relevant exam, and closes one week before the exam date.
Examples of previous written exams
On the Canvas course pages you find a link to examples of previous written exams. The database contains exams from the previous two years. Please note, however, that those exams are not part of the course literature and should only be used as examples of written exams.
Rules concerning written exams
There are a number of rules associated with written exams that you must follow in order to take the exam, see Rules concerning exams.
During the term you can collect your written exam at the Exam Office, which is located in room EC1:237 (on the "mezzanine level" in the Atrium in EC1).
For the Exam Office's opening hours, see TimeEdit.
For questions, please contact the exam office: examoffice [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (examoffice[at]nek[dot]lu[dot]se)
If, after reviewing your exam, you wish to submit a request for a grade change, please submit the form below. Before submitting the form, you should read the rules regarding grade changes. The form should be sent to Li Larsson at the Department of Economics for recording and forwarding to the relevant teacher.
Schedules for courses you are registered on are available via Canvas. Schedules for all the courses at the Department are available via the schedule generator TimeEdit. You enter the course code for the specific course you want to search the schedule for.
The Department of Economic uses web registration for courses via ladok in the student portal.
Web registration
Your student account at Lund University is used for logging on to the student portal and to access the Ladok function – where you submit your course registration during the registration period.
Information on how to submit a course registration
Web registration – conditionally admitted
If you have a conditionally admission, i.e. if you are admitted to a course but not yet fulfil the stated prerequisites, you cannot submit a web registration. When you try to register, a message will appear stating that registration is not possible. If you have a conditionally admission, you must contact the Department of Economics no later than the final registration day – in order to keep you place on the course (given that you fulfil the prerequisites when the course commences).
If you intend to take an exam on a course that you have been registered on a previous term, you must first re-register on that course in order to get access to the relevant Canvas page and the course information. You re-register for a course via ladok in the student portal student.lu.se - see instructions below.
Information about how to re-register
You can re-register during the regular course registration period, i.e. one week before the start of the term (for courses that start then) and one week in the middle of the term (for courses that start then). For re-registration outside of these periods, please contact one of the department's education administrators - see "Who to ask about what?"
As a re-registered student you can participate in lectures if there are places available in the room (which is usually not a problem).
It is your responsibility to apply for a re-registration and to check, at the latest at the start of the course, via the course page in Canvas or with the teacher, whether there are any special instructions that apply to re-registered students, and to take note of the other course information that applies to the current term. You must be re-registered on the relevant course to gain access to the current term's course page in Canvas.
If you have been admitted to a course at the Department of Economics and want to drop the course, there are different types of cancellations, with somewhat different implications. Please note that it is your responsibility to cancel your course participation by one of the methods below.
If you are studying within one of the department's master programmes, please contact your programme coordinator Ulf Persson or the acadmic adviser Mårten Wallette if you have questions about dropping/changing a course.
Withdrawal before registration
If you have been admittted to a course but have not yet submitted the registration in the Ladok system, you simply withdraw from the course via the student portal student.lu.se. You can re-apply for the course a later term via antagning.se.
Early cancellation - within three weeks after course start
If you have course registration in Ladok that you want to cancel, you can make an early cancellation within three weeks after the course has started. You make an early cancellation via the student portal student.lu.se. You can re-apply for the course a later term via antagning.se.
Late cancellation - more than three weeks after course start
If you want to drop a course that you have been registered on in Ladok for more than three weeks after the course started, you can make a late cancellation. You make a late cancellation via the student portal student.lu.se. You cannot re-apply for the course a later term, but you can re-register for the course a later term (see above for what applies to re-registered students).
If you have questions about the possibility to transfer courses from other universities (in Sweden or elsewhere), please contact the department's academic adviser Dr Mårten Wallette - and please attach an academic transcript of records, relevant course curriculumm and literature list.
Plagiarism, source references and citation rules
In the Oxford English Dictionary, plagiarism is defined as "The action or practice of taking someone else's work, idea, etc., and passing it off as one's own; literary theft".
In an academic text it is of great importance that a reader clearly can determine what is the author's own contribution/own words and what is the words of other authors. Literature references must thus be used, and they should have a format so that a reader can, without hesitation, distinguish between the author's own words vis-à-vis the words of other authors. Clear references are also of valuable help for other researchers/students, would they like to control the source and/or find out more about the subject.
All forms of plagiarism or attempted plagiarism are of course prohibited, and will be reported without delay to the department's director of studies in a first step and in a second step to Lund University's disciplinary board. A typical consequence if plagiarism is considered a fact is suspension from further studies for a specified period.
In general, it must always be possible to determine what is the author's own contribution and what is taken from other sources (scientific accuracy - meticulousness). Clear source references should indicate where material that is not one's own comes from. The source reference should serve as an aid to future readers who want to check the source and find more material. Source references should also say something about the nature of the source, i.e. whether the information that is taken is only available from the author referred to or whether the information is to be considered public domain.
Essays and other written work must follow general citation rules. A quote must be reproduced verbatim and clearly separated from the rest of the text, either with quotation marks or as a separate indented paragraph. The source of the quote must always be stated with a page reference. If these principles are not followed, the text is considered plagiarism. Reworkings of other people's texts are also considered plagiarism. In order for the essay to be valued as an independent work, all text, except for quotes, must consist of the writer's own formulations.
At the Department of Economics, essays and other written submissions are monitored using a plagiarism checking tool.
The School of Economics and Management at Lund University recommends that you use the Harvard system when referencing different sources in your written works. There is no standardised Harvard system but a variety of different variants, and therefore there is no standard manual. Therefore, we have created our own version of the Harvard system, and the guide below presents a number of guidelines for how you should refer according to LUSEM's Harvard system.
The LUSEM Harvard Referencing Style Guide (pdf, in English, version 3)
The Department of Economics currently does not have any specific guidelines on the use of generative AI tools and the like that apply to all courses and in the same way. It is the teacher of a specific course who determines, and informs the students about, what applies to the use of generative AI tools in that particular course. The specific guidelines may therefore differ to some extent between different courses and you as a student must be aware of this. However, below are listed general approaches to the use of generative AI tools that apply to all students and all courses.
You are responsible for submitted work
You are always responsible for all assignments, essays or similar examination elements that you submit, as well as all work that is carried out while working on these assignments. You are responsible for the entire assignment and everything that is used and included in it (e.g. text, drawings, diagrams, illustrations, program code, analysis and reasoning). Your responsibility applies regardless of whether the content is created by yourself, by another student in a group project, or if you have used AI based tools or other tools in your work. You are expected to be able to account for, defend, and explain the submitted content when asked.
Illegal use of generative AI tools
Do not disclose confidential information, such as passwords, research data, or similar information that is not intended for distribution to generative AI services. Also, do not disclose copyrighted material to generative AI services without the author's consent. If you do not follow these rules, you are breaking the law. All text, documents, images, and other content that you input into generative AI tools will be sent to the service provider's servers (regardless of privacy settings).
General guideline for the use of generative AI tools
Generative AI tools can be used to support practical work with various tasks, but you must implement and be responsible for all decisions and considerations made during the work, such as the choice of approach, analysis, results, interpretations and the writing of the text. You must always relate to and take responsibility for all information that comes from AI or similar tools. Information from such tools may be incorrect or misleading.
If you have any questions or concerns about academic writing, or if you want to develop and deepen your knowledge in the subject, Academic Skills Services (ASKS) offers all students at the School of Economics and Management help in developing their writing and study techniques.
The Academic Support Centre (ASC) at Lund University can support Bachelor's and Master's level students when it comes to study skills and writing academic texts. You can come to us for help in finding efficient ways of working on assignments, essays and take-home exams. We can also give you tips and advice about reading and absorbing course literature.
Studiestugan at the School of Economics and Management is staffed by study mentors who can provide tips and advice on study techniques and similar. The study mentors are talented students who have studied for a while, and who are happy to share their knowledge and experiences. All subject areas of the school are represented by our study mentors.
Besides being a vast source of information when it comes to literature, articles, periodicals, databases and such, the library can also support you even further on an indivudual level - as you can book a librarian for consulting. You can make an appointment to get help with, for example, literature, information retrieval, a specific database or referencing.
The LUSEM library can also support you in many other respects.
Data Science Hub
The LUSEM Data Science Hub connects LUSEM students who are passionate about data science and provide support in quantitative applications and software.
Lambda Data Society
Lambda is an organisation for students at Lund University in computer science. The group members are interested in harnessing the power of data to drive innovation and impact. The group collaborates on projects and organises workshops and events. Lambda is open to all students at EHL, and always welcomes new members.
Contact
Study Administrator
Basic and intermediate studies
Azra Padjan
Study Administrator
Essays and distance learning courses
Peter Schüller
Study Coordinator
Master level studies
Ulf Persson
Study Adviser
Mårten Wallette
Assistant Director of Studies
Karin Bergman
Director of Studies
Pontus Hansson
Canvas
For students who are registered on courses at the Department of Economics, all course and program related information such as syllabus, schedule, literature, rules and other information is available via the student portal Canvas.