Category: Academics

Indeed time flies. It feels like yesterday when I joined Lund university. Before our official graduation, the Swedish Institute invited us (the scholars) to Stockholm for the Swedish Institute diploma ceremony. Stockholm is always exciting and the ceremony made it even more exciting. This was a time to meet all our fellow scholars one last […]

This day one year ago, I slowly but surely started preparing my arrival. I felt a mixture of extremely excited but also a little scared all at once. I moved abroad in 2015, and by now was used to being away from home. Still, I really had no idea what to expect from the first […]

Master programmes in Sweden will have different regulations when it comes to the Master thesis project. Some of the variations include the number of credits awarded, the period of time for the thesis and the number of people allowed to collaborate. My 1 year Master programme has a 15 credit thesis that runs for 3 […]

What can international students actually study in Sweden? The short answer is… almost anything! There are over 900 MA programmes taught in English at universities in Sweden, and nearly 100 BA programmes. So in total there are around 1000 study programmes in Sweden available for international students. That’s a lot! Maybe you want to be an […]

There are two student-run galleries at the University of Gothenburg’s fine art campus where I study photography, and any art student can apply to have an exhibition there. Early this semester, my classmates and I decided it was time to have a group exhibition of our work. So, after months of planning, organisation and doing […]

It’s almost the end of the school year. Time flies. I have studied my master’s degree in Digital Media and Society at Uppsala University for nearly a year, finished most of the compulsory courses in the program. I guess now I can reveal parts of the secret – How is it like to be a […]

This time of the year has arrived. It’s May, and is hard to believe that the academic year is about to end. Summer is around the corner, and with it, exams and deadlines. If it’s not hard enough to study sometimes, the weather is not helpful. Sunny and long days are here, the sun is […]

Here we are. Soon, I will be done with my first year in Sweden. Time flies! I can’t believe that I am taking the last course of the year. Currently, my classmates and I are preparing a magazine related to migration and our lovely city Norrköping. This course called ‘Critical Cases in Ethnic and Migration […]

You have probably heard of Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Malmö or Lund. Since Sweden’s population is rather small the question is: are there other cities to live in? And if yes, how is life there? After reading the extensive blog post my lovely fellow ambassador Hazal wrote about pretty Norrköping, I figured that Jönköping needs a […]