Student organisations
Studentlund – your key to student life in Lund
Studentlund membership gives you access to social, cultural and political student life in Lund.
Lund University is well-known for its unique student life and fantastic campus atmosphere. The variety of student organisations, including the famous 'nations' of Lund, provides excellent opportunities for you to experience student life and to join in student events. You can get involved by joining Studentlund!
Membership of Studentlund gives you access to everything ranging from student discounts, cheap accommodation, interesting talks, entertaining theatre and a wide range of other social activities, through to student influence in the University and guaranteed monitoring of education.
About Studentlund and how to join on their website
Membership gives you access to the nations, the Academic Society and the student unions.
The student nations
Getting involved with the nations is a great way to meet friends and enjoy student life. The nations organise a lot of social activities including social sports, clubs (e.g. photography) as well as parties, cheap dinner nights and social events. All nations also have accommodation.
The Academic Society (AF)
The Academic Society ('Akademiska Föreningen' or AF) organises a number of events and student activities at Lund University. The student associations affiliated with the Academic Society offer you, as a student, a wide range of cultural and social activities to enrich your time in Lund.
The student unions
The student unions work primarily with educational affairs, and the goal is to maintain high quality in all courses and programmes at Lund University. In addition to monitoring education, the student unions also organises social activities, help out with business contacts, arranges career fairs and lectures. They also arrange welcome activities for new students.
Join Studentlund
Find out more about Studentlund and join on their website:
Student Nations
Explore the student nations by visiting their websites:
- Blekingska nationen
- Göteborgs nation (in Swedish)
- Hallands nation (in Swedish)
- Helsingkrona nation (in Swedish)
- Kalmar nation
- Kristianstads nation
- Lunds nation
- Malmö nation (in Swedish)
- Smålands nation (not part of Studentlund)
- Sydskånska nationen
- Västgöta nation
- Wermlands nation
- Östgöta nation (in Swedish)
The student nations' umbrella organisation:
Student unions
Learn more about the student unions on their websites:
- Faculty of Engineering student union
- Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts student union
- Faculties of Humanities and Theology student union
- Faculty of Law student union
- Faculty of Medicine student union
- Faculty of Science student union
- Faculty of Social Sciences student union
- School of Economics and Management student union
- Lund's Doctoral Student Union
Student discount card
When you join Studentlund, you get ’Studentkortet’ that functions both as an ID-card/membership card (when you attend student events at the student unions and nations) and as a student discount card. The card (plus your regular ID-card) gives you access to discounts at certain cafés and restaurants as well as on travels (for example with Skånetrafiken and SJ), fashion, computers, mobile phones, books and much more, both in stores and online.
About the discount card and current discounts – studentkortet.se