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Stockholm University Presentation

Ronald T. Nordqvist International Officer International Office

Practical matters

• Orientation Day programme
• Orientation Day Quiz
• Photographer/film
• Open Fair on level 4
• Sandwiches and beverage on level 5
• Presentations will be posted on our website tomorrow

(student news): http://www.su.se/english/study

• Evaluation

Newly arrived international students

International students spring 2016 – 455 International students autumn 2015 - 1254

Exchange students – 833 Full degree or courses - 421

Development

• 1878 Founded as a university college, Stockholms högskola
• 1960 Granted university status, Stockholm University
• 1970 Campus at Frescati

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University

KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET

Four (4) Faculties

• Humanities
• Law
• Sciences
• Social Sciences
• 70 Departments and centers

Ranking

• Nr.77 on Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2015 ranking

http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2015.html

• Nr. 98 on Times Higher Education 2014/2015

https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2015/world-ranking#/sort/0/direction/asc

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015

• Geography: 23
• Environmental Science: 27
• Sociology: 35
• 51-100

Chemistry, linguistics, modern languages, philiosophy, biology, media- and communication, law, economics, education, physics and astronomy, geological sciences.

Leading Research

Many of the University’s research groups find themselves at the cutting edge of their field of

• inquiry. A number of research areas, each nationally leading and having a high international

status, have been specially chosen to profile the University. http://www.su.se/english/research/leading-research-areas The vision for Stockholm University To have nationally outstanding and internationally prominent teaching and research programmes.

University Campus

Kista Forum Frescati Kräftriket

Sveaplan – Department of Social Work

Studenthuset since 23 September, 2013

Undergraduate Education

More than 70,000 students

• 62% women

38% men

• 38% under 25 years of age

Students per faculty:

• Humanities: 29 %
• Law: 10%
• Social Sciences: 48%
• Natural Sciences: 13%

Undergraduate and graduate studies

• 194 educational programmes and 1,700

individual courses

• 75 Master's Programmes in English
• 600 courses taught in English

Postgraduate Studies

• Doctoral students and PhD: 1800

Almost half in Natural Sciences

• 53% women, 47% men

Personnel

Faculty and employees: 5500

• Professors: 10% (28% women)
• Assistant Professors: 14% (49% women)
• PhD positions: 19% (55% women)

Nobel Laureates

Nobel Prize laureates at Stockholm University:

• Svante Arrhenius, 1903 (Chemistry)
• Hans von Euler-Chelpin, 1929 (Chemistry)
• George de Hevesy, 1943 (Chemistry)
• Gunnar Myrdal, 1974 (Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel)
• Paul Crutzen, 1995 (Chemistry)
• Tomas Tranströmer, 2011 (Literature)

Images of Sweden?

Myths about Sweden?

A long, dark winter…

With many highlights!

Swedish summer and winter

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