Frequently Asked Questions

No, we welcome all international and Swedish students!

Yes! Provided that you are a member of Studentlund. Students from the following universities can become members of Studentlund:

• Copenhagen Business School

• Kristianstad University

• Malmö University

• Roskilde University

• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

• Technical University of Denmark

• The Royal Danish Academy – Architecture

• University of Copenhagen

If you are ineligible for Studentlund membership, you may join by obtaining special membership in the Academic Society (Akademiska föreningen).

Register and pay the membership fee. Then show the proof of payment when you come to the office. Membership in the Academic Society either through Studentlund or by special membership is necessary.

Yes. However, because ESNcard eligibility is regulated by ESN International guidelines, domestic/non-exchange students must meet at least one of the following conditions:

1. Active Section Member / Volunteer:

   You are an active volunteer, coordinator, committee member, or board member in the local section. Local students who join the organization to help plan and run activities are entitled to full section membership and an ESNcard.

2. Buddy or Mentor:

   You are officially registered as a buddy/mentor to incoming international students within the university’s or section’s mentor programme for the current semester.

3. Outgoing Exchange Student:

   You are accepted into or currently completing a recognized exchange/mobility programme (e.g., Erasmus+, bilateral university exchange). Note: Outgoing Swedish students are usually expected to acquire their card from the local section at their host destination.

4. European Solidarity Corps (ESC) / Trainee:

   You are participating in an ESC placement, international internship, or recognized volunteering mobility project.

Make sure you have created an account and registered your card on esncard.org. Note that it might take up to a day for the databases to sync after registering your card.

Follow the instructions at esncard.org/ryanair.

Yes. Become a member on this site and pay online — the ESNcard comes with the membership, and its number is on My ESN as soon as it is yours. The physical card is collected at the office during any office hour, no appointment needed, and its twelve months run from the day you paid.

Yes, you can benefit from the same partner discounts. However, you must be a member of ESN Lund to get discounts on our events.

You can purchase a new ESNcard in our office.

We often release tickets just a few days before the event. Some events don’t require signing up, you can find them on the event calendar.

No, however you are welcome to sell the ticket to another person for example in our WhatsApp group.

If there are still tickets available, you can pay by cash in our office. This does not apply to Timetravels or Sea Battle trips as all payments are handled by them.

• Using your Universityadmissions.se account: Select “Personnummer eller e-post”.

• Using your Lund University account: Select “Studentportal”.

• eIDAS might also work for some EU countries.

If you are an intern and would like to become a member of ESN Lund, you can purchase a membership through the intern registration link.

Note that you must be a either a member of Studentlund (possible if you are an intern at Lund University) or Akademiska Föreningen directly. If you are ineligible for Studentlund, you can purchase a special membership in Akademiska föreningen.

Unfortunately you will not be able to participate in events in collaboration with nations as they require Studentlund membership.

You can find it on

• Your digital Studentlund/STUK card

• Your physical LU card

• Universityadmissions.se

• Ladok

The Swedish personal identity number (which Hitract calls “Person official ID”) is in the format YYYYMMDDXXXX; year, month, day), where XXXX is either a letter and three numbers for an interim (temporary) personal number or four numbers for a normal personal identity number.

The Swedish personal identity number can be written using two (e.g. 99) or four (e.g. 1999) digits representing the year and can optionally include a hyphen before the last four characters.

Hitract requires having 12 characters (using the long year format) and without a hyphen, like so: 19991231T123

You need to visit our office to complete your membership. See our location and hours.

No. Come by during any of the office hours shown in the corner of this site — that panel is the live rota, so it is right even when a shift has been cancelled.

No. We work in English — most of our members are international students themselves. Practising Swedish is a bonus, not a requirement.

Between 2 and 8 hours a week, depending on the position. The Activity Committee is the flexible end of that range and is a good first step if you are considering a bigger role later.