Student center
Chalmers has two student centres, one at Campus Johanneberg and one at Campus Lindholmen. At the front desk you can get answers to many of your questions as well as help with certificates and filling out forms; change of address, course registration for fee paying Master's students, discontinuation of studies or temporary study break.
Contact details and opening hours
Swedish course
Learning some Swedish will make your stay in Sweden more enjoyable! In cooperation with Folkuniversitetet, Chalmers offers free Swedish language courses to international students who pay tuition fees. Non-paying students will have to contact Folkuniversitetet themselves and cover their own expenses.
Careers service
Chalmers Careers Service offer activities to help students prepare their journey to working life. You will get support in your career planning and help with basic information service. As a student, you will also find online useful advices along with job opportunities - advertisements from companies - and master thesis suggestions. We cooperate with many employers, consultants, alumni and other universities etc
Seminars and workshops. Examples from spring 2011
- How to write an effective resume
- Swedish work culture and how to become part of it
- Global Citizen & Entrepreneurship
- Career advice - the Swedish labour market, questions concerning work regulations, careers etc
- Career & Jobs - with employers
For more information about job hunting and career advice, visit Chalmers Careers Service in the Student Portal
Charm-careers fair
Besides, Chalmers Student Union annually arrange the largest careers fair in
Scandinavia. Over 150 companies and organisations visit Chalmers in
order to meet our members, the Chalmers students. CHARM is arranged by the CHARM committee where 20 Chalmers students
works non-profitly with CHARM during their study period. During the fair
additionally 250 hosts are needed in order to take care of all the
companies and make them feel welcome. If you are interested in being a
host, please visit www.charm.chalmers.se and apply for CHARMhost 2012 in october.
Student Health Care-Akademihälsan
Sweden has free health care which means that those who are entitled to free
medical care get treatment if they get hurt or sick.
The Student Health
Center is a complement to the public health care
system for students at the university of Gothenburg and Chalmers.
The main task is the treatment of health problems originating in or
aggravated by the study situation.
The Student Healt Center provides: Individual councelling, General
practitioner, Psychiatrist, and Physiotherapist.
For more information about student health care- Akademihälsan
IT services
Chalmers spends large resources every year to give the
students at Chalmers access to IT-services to support their studies. We offer
both infrastructure and software so that students should be able to use their
own laptop. For students that do not own a computer we offer access to more than
1000 computers on our two Campus.
More information about IT service accessible to students
Service from library
Chalmers Library offers:
- A structured network of computer services;
- A wide range of information in both printed and electronic form;
- Many international databases and information services in science and
technology;
- A working environment conductive to the creativity of our visitors, with
reading rooms, silent reading rooms, a studio with reading aids for dyslexic and
handicapped people, seminar rooms, a café and a lunchroom for students;
- Training in information handling skills for both undergraduate and doctoral
students; and
- Courses in making information searches for groups outside Chalmers, for
example schools, companies and other organisations.
Visit Chalmers library
Related links
Chalmers Study Support
Students with disabilities
Swedish health care system on Chalmers Student Union