Student life

Student Unions

Student union representatives are present on the university boards and committees. This gives students an opportunity to influence the direction of the university. Each faculty has its own student union:

• Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Educational Sciences—StuFF
• Faculty of Health Sciences—Consensus
• Institute of Technology—LinTek

Eating on campus

There are several restaurants and coffee shops on campus. These offer a varied selection of food. The day’s special (dagens) usually costs around 70 SEK, or less if you have a pre-paid lunch card. There are also lunch rooms for students in several places on campus, equipped with microwave ovens.

Traditional student events

Linköping University is particularly known for its rich and one-of-a-kind student life. A key component is student festivities where the dress code is a student overall called kravall. Many kravalls have become a long-running tradition in relation to competitions or cultural events, such as:

• Dra’t i Spa’t, unofficially called Draget, where student teams from all over the country participate in a tug-of-war over the Tinnerbäcken creek.
• Le Mans - originally a go-cart competition, now replaced by races on human-powered vehicles.
• Intervallen – the international kravall with bars representing different countries.
• Pallen - a test of skill, strength and endurance, in recent years by means of a paintball competition, where the first prize is a load of beer.
• Valla Saucer-Rennen - sledging down the Valla slope in self-made sleds.
• Snuttekravallen, where festivities revolve around short student movies made by students.
• DÖMD, a darts competition and a big party. 
• Studentorkesterfestivalen (SOF) - a festival arranged every other year in Linköping/Norrköping since 1973 with student orchestras and student bands from all the Nordic countries.

…and many more.

Meeting places

There are several student pubs with regular opening hours, including Herrgår’n, Flamman Villevalla and Nationernas Hus, in Linköping, Trappan and Vattentornet in Norrköping, as well as Pub Örat on the US campus. The student union house Kårallen arranges a number of student parties and pub nights. Herrgår’n also arranges an international pub night on Tuesdays, very popular with international students.