
New at KMH
Welcome to KMH! We are delighted that you will be studying with us. Here, we summarize the most important information for you as a new student.
Congratulations on your admission! What happens now?
Keep an eye on your inbox – we will send you important information via email. You will receive information about:
You will receive information about:
- how to activate your user account,
- how to upload a photo that will appear on your access card,
- how to approve KMH's contract of liability on personal data and IT usage,
- the time and date you need to register at KMH (Campus Valhallavägen), and
- the introduction week for all new students.

Before the semester starts
User account and IT services
Approximately two weeks before the start of the semester, you will receive an email with instructions on how to create a user account.
Your personal user account includes:
- your home directory on the file server, where you can save your documents during your studies.
- your email account as a student: (firstname.surname@student.kmh.se)
The user account also provides access to several IT services:
- TimeEdit, the room booking system.
- Canvas, the learning platform with virtual rooms.
- KMH's wireless network.
- Helpdesk.
- Eduroam, a free wireless network at certain locations outside KMH, such as other universities, train stations, and airports around the world.
- Via the library's pages: international media databases, publication of independent work in DiVA.
Photo for access card and email
In the same email where we inform you about your user account, you will also get instructions on how to upload a profile picture. The profile picture will be visible when you send emails to KMH staff and other students. It will also be shown on your access card.
Choose a photo that shows your face and upload it as soon as possible, so we will have time to complete the access card by the time you get here for registration.
Your access card
This card serves as your personal identification card and key to KMH's premises. It also gives you access to, among other things:
- printers/copiers
- loan of equipment in the Service Centre
- loan of material in the library
You receive your access card in connections with the first time you register on course.
The access card serves as your personal identification card. It gives you access to:
- The university’s facilities.
- Printers/copiers.
- Equipment loans from Internal Services.
- The library's loan system.
You will receive your access card when you register for the first time. It will be processed faster if you have uploaded a profile photo in advance (see the section above).
Please remember to always wear your access card visibly while on campus.
Contract of liability and handling of personal data
As a student at KMH, your personal data will be processed in various contexts. These processes and registrations are mandatory and cannot be opted out of—they are simply part of being a student. Therefore, during registration, you will be required to agree to a contract of liability that covers three aspects:
- Use of KMH's IT resources.
- Handling of personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- Documentation and publication of artistic production related to your education.
Register in Ladok
Ladok is the administration system for higher education in Sweden. Registration in Ladok is mandatory and is a prerequisite for gaining access to facilities, login credentials and other necessary resources.
You can register through Ladok's student interface.
Registration on Campus at the start of the semester
In addition to registering in Ladok, you also need to attend the registration on campus at Valhallavägen when the semester begins. We will notify you via email with the specific time and date for your registration at KMH (Campus Valhallavägen).
Once registration is complete, the important and exciting introduction week will begin!
When the semester starts
Introductory week – schedule
A week full of useful information from KMH and the student union KMS awaits you.
Tuesday, 27 August
13.00 - 14.30
Registration.
Exchange students meet internatioal co-ordinator Malin Ahlén by appointment.
Note! Bring an ID document!
Place: The entrance hall
14.30
Courtyard hangout with the student union KMS.
16.00 - 16.45
Welcome to KMH! Vice-Chancellor, Heads of the Academies and the Chairman of the Student Union welcomes you.
Place: Kungasalen/The Royal hall
Wednesday, 28 August
8.45 - 12.45
Practical information about IT, service and the administrative department, concerts, the library and more. Including a tour around campus with the Student union. A group division will take place in the morning.
Place: The entrance hall
14.00 - 17.00
Information from the Institutions.
15.30
Picnic with the student union KMS in Humlegården.
Thursday, 29 August
09.00 - 17.00
Information from the Institutions
14.00
Activities with the student union KMS
Friday, 30 August
This Friday is Student Union Day!
09.00 - 10.00
Breakfast
Place: Erling-Persson Atrium
10.00 - 11.30
Information from Student Health Services and other student organisations
11.30 - 12.30
Lunch
12.30 - 16.00
Group activity
Place: Kungasalen/The Royal hall
18.00 - 01.00
Party
Find your way around Campus
Campus consists of several buildings, all located in the corner of Valhallavägen/Lidingövägen.
Backstage, email and other communication channels
As a student at KMH you are expected to keep yourself continuously informed via mainly three channels: Backstage, your @student.kmh.se e-mail account, and the learning management system Moodle.
Backstage
Backstage is our open intranet for all students and staff at KMH. Visiting it once or twice a week will keep you updated about what's on at the campus. At the startpage all shortcuts to important tools and systems are available.
Mailing lists to students and employees are regularly used to distribute important information regarding i.e. changes in opening hours, interruptions in IT services, major concert projects, guest teacher visits, etc.
Via your e-mail account, you also receive important information specific to your department, your study programme or your subjects of study.
Besides via webmail, you can use your KMH e-mail account in a regular e-mail client/program (as long as it is compatible with SSL) on your smartphone, your PC, tablet, etc. Then use the following information:
- Account type: Exchange
- Username: your full email address
- Password: your password
The settings for servers for incoming and outgoing mail should filled in automatically when you have filled in this information.
Canvas and more
During most courses and projects you are involved in, virtual rooms in Canvas, our learning management system, will be used. There your teacher will make documents and information available, and communicate with the course participants. Sometimes specific groups in social media are used instead.
Analogue information and regular mail is distributed to your pigeon hole postbox.
Via our digital signage system, with screens in the foyer and the student's pentry, we distribute information about external guests at campus, as well as master classes, concerts, etc.
KMH in social media
Hash tag for all social media channels: #kmhstockholm
Follow KMH's official Facebook page External link. – and like us!
You can also join the KMH Facebook group at address www.facebook.com/groups/kmhstockholm
Please join the KMH Facebook group External link. with a wider scope for posts which also concerns related subjects of interest to students and staff at KMH.
College Library – borrow sheet music, records and more
Here you find sheet music, books, magazines, discs, videos and reference books. The library also has a number of study places, places for listening to music, meeting rooms, a media room, and a quiet reading area. Printer, copier and scanner are located here.
Your health
Student health care ("Studenthälsan" in Swedish) is a part of the student service at KMH. At the Studenthälsan office, you can make appointments with a nurse or a psychologist.