During your studies

Here you will find the courses within your programme that you must register at antagning.se for before each semester.

Bachelors programme in International Business and Politics

Semester 2-6

Bachelors programme in Business, Ethics and Sustainability

Semester 2-6

Stockholm Business School´s learning platform is called Athena. Each course/ programme has its own Athena site and you join your course/programme site automatically by registering for the course. All course-specific communication takes place through Athena. Here you will find your schedule, course syllabus, course material, assignments.

To get to your course site in Athena, you must be registered for the course (check on Ladok for students) and have an activated university account. If you still cannot find your course in Athena, please contact the course coordinators.

Here you will find Athena

You can contact the Helpdesk if you have questions about Athena. Ask your question in the Service Portal or call 08-16 19 99. You can, among other things, get help with resetting your password.

Athena app for iPhone or Android

You can download a free app and use Athena on your cell phone or iPad. The app is called Itslearning and is available for iPhone and Android.

At Frescati there are:

• The University Library where you can borrow course literature
• Campusbokhandeln sells new and used course literature online and in stores.
• Akademibokhandeln

Other tips:

• Bokus
• Adlibris
• Facebook group "Discussion forum for business students at Stockholm University" (Föreningen Ekonomerna)

• Carefully study course and programme syllabi, rules for education and examination and other information about your education.
• Contribute to the quality of education by answering course and programme evaluations.
• Take responsibility for arriving on time for scheduled teaching.
• Update your contact information in Ladok and Athena so as not to miss important information.
• Refrain from recording, filming or photographing educational situations without permission. Respect that material recorded by SBS may not be published on websites or in social media.
• Refrain from cheating in examinations, for example plagiarism, cooperating when it is not allowed, or using aids without special permission.
• Value academic integrity, good research practice, scientific methods, accuracy in individual work, group projects and degree theses.
• Contribute to a well-functioning and respectful collaboration with your peers in joint assignments.
• Contribute to a safe, tolerant, open-minded and inclusive study and work environment for other students and members of staff. In communication, keep a civil tone and abstain from ad hominem* attacks, threats or harassment.
• Affirm others’ equal value, rights, opportunities and obligations, regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, functional variation, sexual orientation and age.

*) Personal attack in argumentation

Stockholm Business School (SBS) is committed to fostering a safe and inclusive environment for all students. Harassment in any form and discrimination based on sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and age is strictly prohibited (Discrimination Act, 2008:567).

Harassment is defined as unwelcome conduct that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment. This includes hateful content, threats, ad hominem attacks, sexual harassment, unwanted physical contact, bullying and retaliation against individuals who report such behaviors.

Reporting Mechanisms

If you experience being subjected to discrimination or harassment

If someone is behaving towards you in a way that you perceive as harassing, make notes about what happened, when, and where, and talk about the matter with someone you trust, it could be a staff member (head of course or the director of studies at studierektor@sbs.su.se) or a student welfare representative at your student union Föreningen Ekonomerna, at heducation@foreningenekonomerna.se

If you report an incident to the head of course or the director of studies, he or she will decide on a course of action, and if harassment has occurred, forward the matter to the appropriate authority at the university. As members of staff are obliged to take action when a report on harassment is made, an initial contact with student representative is recommended if you want to seek support or discuss a matter before deciding whether you want an investigation to be initiated.

If you subject someone to discrimination or harassment, or cause disruption

As part of a zero-tolerance policy on harassment and to ensure a working climate conducive to learning, complaints will be taken seriously and investigated. If deemed necessary, disciplinary measures as outlined in the Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100), Chapter 10 may be enforced. This includes the following provisions:

• Subjecting another student or member of the staff to harassment or sexual harassment, as defined in the Discrimination Act (2008:567).
• Disrupting or obstructing teaching, tests, or other activities within courses and study programs.
• Disrupting activities in the library or other associated establishments of the institution.

The disciplinary measures are determined by the university’s disciplinary board and consist of warnings and suspension.

A suspension decision means that the student is prohibited from participating in instruction, tests
or other activities within the framework of the courses and study programmes at the university for up to six months in total. A suspension decision may also be limited to apply access to certain premises at the higher education institution.

Stockholm Student Health Services provides support and information related to students’ health and study environment during their study time.

You can read about health services, insurance and more here.

At Stockholm Business School, there is zero tolerance for any form of attempt to deceive (cheating) during examinations or other mandatory course assignments.

Staff at Stockholm University are obliged to report any reasonable suspicion of an attempt to deceive to the President’s Office, where a decision is made on whether the case should be referred to the Disciplinary Board. A student found by the Disciplinary Board to have attempted deception may (pursuant to Chapter 10, Sections 1–2 of the Higher Education Ordinance) receive a warning or, for a limited period, be suspended from studies at the university.

Read the instructions for each examination assignment carefully to ensure that you follow the rules. For on-site exams, pay attention to the instructions from the exam proctors. A student who violates the proctors’ instructions regarding permitted aids may be suspected of attempting to deceive.

Generative AI

Any use of generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT) during examinations or mandatory assignments, beyond what is explicitly allowed in the study guide or examination instructions, is prohibited. A student who uses generative AI in their work or writing in any way not explicitly permitted may be suspected of attempting to deceive.

Unauthorized Collaboration

Collaborating on individual examination assignments or other individual mandatory assignments is considered an attempt to deceive.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism means intentionally using someone else’s work (real person or generative AI), whether published or not, and presenting this text as your own without marking it as a quotation or citing the source. Self-plagiarism means intentionally using text you have written for another course without marking it as a quotation or citing the source, or submitting the same work/text twice.

Plagiarism includes:

• Paraphrasing (rewriting in other words but with the same meaning) someone else’s text without referencing the original;
• Paraphrasing or rewriting someone else’s text and referencing the original, but where the rewriting is minimal and insufficient relative to the original;
• Reusing other students’ work, such as seminar assignments, take-home exams, essays, theses, or similar, without referencing the original;
• Reusing one’s own previously written text, so-called self-plagiarism, without referencing the original;
• Using text from articles, books, websites, or other types of documents available on the internet without referencing the original;Translating a text from one language to another without referencing the original.

Submitted texts are checked with text comparison software to verify authenticity and ensure that the student’s own performance can be assessed.

If you want to learn more about academic writing and proper source use, we recommend The Academic Writing Service at Stockholm University, which has additional resources on the subject

If you have previous studies within the framework of your education at Stockholm University you can apply for a credit transfer of theses courses.

Information about and how to apply can be found on the Degree web page under the heading Credit Transfer.

At SBS, an examination is an essential and prominent part of the student's learning. All learning activities in a course are examined on an ongoing basis. This places high demands on the individual student to take responsibility for their studies and their learning, while at the same time giving the student a more significant opportunity to influence and control their study performance.

Continuous examination

Exemption (postponement) from an examination part means that a student who submits a valid and written certified reason (illness/hospital stay substantiated with a medical certificate) can instead complete an examination part at the next subsequent examination occasion, and with retained points from previous examination parts. The exemption application is submitted to the director of studies as soon as possible after the current examination component.

The granted exemption only applies during the semester following next.
For the weight of the examination part in relation to the comprehensive examination, reference is made to the course syllabus on the course page.

The exemption application for planned absence is submitted together with a written certified reason to the Director of Studies no later than at the start of the course. For a form and more information about the application process, contact the director of studies.

If you want to take a break or stop studying the program, you can report a study break or interruption to the program with the forms below. If you become ill and cannot study, you must notify the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan) of your illness.

What is a study break?

The provisions on study breaks are found in Chapter 7. Section 22 of the Higher Education Ordinance (1993: 100). A study break is a planned break from the studies in the program for one or a maximum of two semesters in a row. Reasons for study breaks are:

• parental leave
• care of children
• sick leave for a more extended period   
• conscription or civilian service   
• student union assignments
• fixed-term probationary employment within the Armed Forces.

The reason for the study break must be substantiated with a certificate (sent together with the application for a study break). A granted study break is registered in Ladok. You will receive a certificate of this which you can present if needed to, for example, CSN or Försäkringskassan (the Swedish Social Insurance Agency) and you will receive information on how to register for the next semester after the break. During the break, you cannot be re-registered for courses within the program for remaining studies.

What is a study interruption?

An interruption in the program may mean that you intend not to resume your studies. It may also mean that you want to take a break from your studies, for reasons other than those stated for study breaks above. This may, for example, apply if you want to work instead of studying or try another education.
An interruption is added to Ladok (www.student.ladok.se).

If you interrupt term one early, you can apply for the program again via antagning.se but not with a guaranteed place. If you take a break after semester one and want to resume your studies later for semester two-six, you must contact study counselors no later than April 1st and October 1st, respectively, before the semester in which you want to resume your studies.

In this case we remove the interruption and you can apply with a guaranteed place within the program for the next semester. To be able to apply with a guaranteed place, you are allowed a break of a maximum of three semesters. If you get in touch later than April 1st and October 1st, respectively, we cannot guarantee a place for you until the next semester. When you have a break, you cannot be re-registered for courses within the program or remaining studies.

Notification of study interruption

Application for study leave

As a student, you can print a digital Ladok certificate of your study results in the university's web portal Ladok for students. The certificate will be in the form of a pdf file that you can save on your computer, print or send by e-mail. The recipient can then verify the certificate by going to a particular website and, by entering the unique code contained on each certificate, get to see an exact copy of this.
The course coordinators can also provide performance and registration certificates in Swedish and English at SBS, Kräftriket or via Infocenter in Studenthuset.

Ladok for students

The career portal MyCareer

On the career portal MyCareer you will find internships, dissertation topics that you can write in collaboration with companies or organizations, trainee programs and jobs. You will also find career events and career tips.
Find jobs and internships at MyCareer

The career portal Highered

As a student at Stockholm Business School you have access to the career portal Highered, filled with open positions abroad. Highered is perfect if you are an international student looking for work in your home country, or a Swedish student looking for work abroad. When creating an account in Highered, you must use your university e-mail address with the extension student.su.se.

Visit Highered

Föreningen Ekonomerna - Job Forum

Föreningen Ekonomerna has a close collaboration with the business sector, and continously get career opportunities for business students at Stockholm Business School. It can be both full, part-time or internship positions.

Read more at Föreningen Ekonomerna Job Forum

• Registration for seminar groups for re-registered students (see the schedule when it's time).
  

• Disruption of studies (always report if you are not going to complete a course, done through My studies).
  
• Grading reports (for grades submitted by the examiner to us, but no earlier than three weeks after the examination date. You will find your grade in Ladok when it is ready).
  
• Certificate that requires stamp and signature (usually only foreign universities and for alumni who do not have an active student account).
  
• Re-registration.
  
• Thesis administration.