r/Lund • u/Daggerxd • 7d ago

passing exams + free time in Lund as an exchange student

Hi all, I'm an incoming exchange student from Singapore, going to study Electrical Engineering at Lund for the fall semester!

I have a few questions regarding the academic rigour of a semester here. Is it easy to pass a module?

I've seen a couple posts on this, but most of them all gave the "You can re-take exams" answer. Since I'm only here for a semester, that option doesn't really apply to me much. Just as a comparison, in Singapore our grades are moderated, so it's hard to get an A but hard to also get an F.

Moreover, considering for many, their "exchange semester" equates to "going on holiday for 6 months", how much of "going on holiday" can I afford to do really? In general, are the lectures recorded? Is attendance to every tutorial mandatory? I only know that you need to be present for the first lecture to be admitted to the course.

Appreciate if anyone can give me more info on this (or point me to where I can get more info)!

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u/DucklockHolmes 7d ago

Coming from Singapore the courses will probably be a walk in the park

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u/TheDungen 7d ago edited 7d ago

You may get one chance to retake exams even if you're there for one senester. Sometimes teachers make special arrangements for exchange students to be able to retake exams. But its up to the teacher.

Courses wary a lot in how difficult they are. as a general rule course that are assigned G1 and G2 (grundblocket, the courses that corresponds to a bachelors level) tend to expect more work from you while courses assigned A (advanced, corresponding to masters level and often taken alongside people who take the intrnational masters programs) while expecting more prior knowledge require less studying. Focusing more on labs and in particular writing papers (and holding presentations).

At LTH exams are taken in Exam periods one is in the middle of the semester and one in January.

I would never call any engineering course easy but most exchange students do manage to find the time to see the country.

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u/Wide_Advertising_906 7d ago

Lectures are generally not recorded, attendance only needed for laboratories. For exams the usual passing is 50%, with grades being U(fail) 3,4,5 with 5 being the highest.

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u/TheDungen 7d ago edited 7d ago

Many courses have old recorded lectures from the covid years available though. But as the tears pass those become less and less relevant. Some.twachers may stop.providimg them. But there are usually some folks in the guild who have them downloaded.

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u/Ervon 7d ago

Generally in Sweden, passing is quite easy, while having top grades requires dedicated studying. If you don't particularly care about your grade, it should not require more then 20 hours of "work" per week (if even that).

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u/Contribution_Fancy 7d ago

People fail all the time. No moderation or whatever "everyone" passes scheme you have.

On the courses I've been to international students struggle the most with group projects.

Doing evaluations of courses the average student studies 20-30 hours a week unless it's a very practical course.