Meet our students
“I love Stockholm,” says master's student Sara Mehrabi. “I think it’s the combination of forest and water right here in the city. You’re always close to nature.” Meet master’s students Yenenah Haileselaissie and Sara Mehrabi and exchange student Joanna Tsen and read about their impressions of their first term in Stockholm.
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Would you like to stay in touch with Stockholm and the University after your time as a student or researcher in Stockholm is over, or during the summer while you are away? Or are you planning to study here and want to meet others who have experience? Join the new online community Sweden in Touch!
Campus Sweden
Curious about student life in Sweden? Official higher education site Study in Sweden has produced a series of video interviews with students at Swedish universities. The videos – which include an interview with Stockholm University business studies student Serkan Ceylan – offer a glimpse of how international students think and feel about studying in Sweden.
RESEARCH
Climate research at earth’s most northerly human settlement
The work Stockholm University researchers are doing to tackle climate change was recently highlighted in a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation, the BBC. The BBC visited Ny-Ålesund in the Arctic – the most northerly human settlement on earth – to see how researchers are measuring changes to the Earth's atmosphere. "The largest temperature changes happen in the winter. Yes, it's cold and we have snow, but you can see it with your own eyes: the glaciers are in retreat,” said Professor Johan Ström, who heads the team from Stockholm University.
Pirates leading legal establishment into new waters
Daniel Westman, researcher in law and technology at the Swedish Law & Informatics Research Institute within the Department of Law at Stockholm University, talks about the legal furore around the Pirate Bay trial, the way the law needs to keep up with technological change, the role of legal academics in society, and being in the international limelight.
International scientific community rallies in lie detector legal action threat
Stockholm University professor Francisco Lacerda was threatened with legal action by lie detector manufacturer Nemesysco for criticisms made against the technology behind the company’s lie detectors. The paper was subsequently withdrawn by the publishers, prompting an outcry from the international scientific community, including articles in both Science and Nature, and condemnation from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which published a statement, calling Nemesysco's actions, "a serious threat to research freedom".
All lies? Scientists threatened with legal action over lie detector »
Vice-Chancellor welcomes guest researchers
Visiting international researchers from around the world – including Mexico, New Zealand and the UK – were treated to a tour of Stockholm University’s historic campus during the spring. “Guest researchers are central to the internationalisation of Stockholm University’s research,” the Vice-Chancellor said in his address, underlining the University’s commitment to forging stronger ties with the international research community
EDUCATION
Sweden's most sought-after courses are at Stockholm University
Sweden's application statistics for courses and study programmes beginning during the 2009 autumn term were released during the spring. The statistics show that Sweden's most sought-after courses are at Stockholm University. Popular programmes include Stockholm University’s Law programme, the most applied-for course in Sweden, and the Business Administration and Economics programme, which is the second most applied-for study programme in the joint admissions procedure.
New collaboration with University of Oxford
Stockholm University has initiated a partnership with the University of Oxford to provide professional public administration training. Dr Paul T. Levin, Director of Stockholm University's Governance and Management Training Programme, commenting on this development, says, "I am very excited about this project. Together we have something that really sets us apart from other providers of this kind of training. We can offer our clients a unique opportunity to study both the British model and the Swedish model, taught by prominent experts from both countries. This collaboration marks an entirely new development for both universities.”
Read more about professional public administration training »
Stockholm law students take first place in international contest
Stockholm University law students have won a number of prestigious awards this term, including winning first and second prize in the sixteenth annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Over 223 universities competed in this year's competition including teams from Harvard, Berkley, Sorbonne and Freiburg University.
CAMPUS NOTES
Social media – a gateway to Stockholm and the University
If you’re thinking of heading to Stockholm University in the near future – you practically don’t have to leave the desktop of your computer to get an idea of what's going on here! There’s a wealth of information about life in the city and at the University available on the Net.
Term dates for 2009/2010 academic year
The autumn term 2009 will run from August 22 - December 23, 2009, and January 1 - 16, 2010. The 2010 spring term runs from January 17, 2010 to June 5, 2010. The final date of application for international students wishing to apply for master's programmes starting spring term 2010 is August 1, 2009.
Open times summer 2009
Planning to visit Stockholm University during the summer? Check this page first – it includes information on open times for the International Student Admissions Office, the International Exchange Unit, the Careers Centre, the IT Support desk, the University Library as well as lunch venues within the Frescati and Konradsberg campus areas.
Compulsory student union membership to be abolished from July 2010
The Swedish government presented a bill during the spring to abolish compulsory student union membership from July 1, 2010. This means that students will be free to choose whether or not they want to join a student union.
Stockholm – European Green Capital 2010
The Swedish capital is to be the first European Green Capital in 2010. The European Commission, which has conceived the European Green Capital Award as a way of promoting and rewarding the environmental initiatives of local authorities, announced the first award winners at a ceremony in Brussels on 23 February 2009.
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Stockholm University's digital newsletter is published by the University's External Relations Office once per term. Editor: Paul Parker. Photos: Yenenah Haileselaissie, Orasis/MÅ; Sara Mehrabi, Joanna Tsen, Sarah Hollister; Serkan Ceylan, StudyinSweden.se; Kongsfjorden, Sphinx/Wikipedia; Vice-Chancellor, Orasis/MÅ. Contact: newsletter@su.se.
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