• Life in Sweden

Living cost in Sweden: for couples

Posted by Sakura Sakakibara - Public Health (Epidemiology)

Admission results will be soon arriving to those who have applied for masters programs! So this month, I would like to write about valuable information for newly accepted students. Today’s […]

5 April, 2021

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• Life in Sweden
• Living costs
• Stockholm activities

5 fun things you can do for free in Stockholm

Posted by Julio Sosa - Health Economics, Policy and Management

As I stated on my previous blogpost, even though Stockholm is not a cheap city to live in, it’s all a matter of perspectives. Some basic expenses like rent, food, […]

26 June, 2020

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• Academics
• General
• Life in Sweden
• Living costs
• Pre-arrival

6 essential living costs to consider before moving to Sweden

Posted by Sara Abu Ajamieh – Biomedicine (MSc)

Congratulations! You’ve received an offer to study your master programme at Karolinska Institutet. Before you can start, there are some vital things you need to consider. EXPENSES!! Sweden isn’t actually […]

8 April, 2020

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• Academics
• Orientation
• Scholarships

You got admitted to KI!

Posted by Aleksandra Kanina - Public Health Science (Epidemiology)

OMG, you got a place in Karolinska Institutet! Congratulations!!! When I was at your place I didn’t believe my happiness and just started giggling thinking that’s it’s Aprils fools =D […]

4 April, 2020

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• General
• Life in Sweden
• Living costs

Work-life balance: some insights from a Master student with several side-job(s)

Posted by Dasha Shvaikovskaya - Nutrition Science (MSc)

The spring has officially begun in Sweden, meaning that many students both inside & outside the country got some exciting news about being enrolled in their (hopefully!) dream Global Master & […]

4 May, 2019

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• Health Informatics

Veni, vidi, non vici – my experience of participating in the Nordic Health Hackathon

Posted by Winner Ng - Health Informatics

In my previous blog, I told you about how my colleagues and me entered a health hackathon competition by submitting a project which was largely based on an assignment task […]

4 April, 2019

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• General
• Life in Sweden
• Living costs
• Pre-arrival

Money Diary Vol.3 : for students with family

Posted by Winner Ng - Health Informatics

I assume that you have read the previous money diary blog from Anne and Shadali, if not then go ahead and read those two amazing blogs. The blogs highlight the […]

20 March, 2019

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• General
• Travelling

Learn about epigenetics in the heart of the Alps​

Posted by Sara Abu Ajamieh – Biomedicine (MSc)

A throwback to the autumn semester when I was juggling between several assignments.  I somehow managed to apply for the Eurolife Winter School. In November, I received an email saying […]

28 February, 2019

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• Life in Sweden
• Living costs
• Pre-arrival

Money diary – how much I spend on food each week (Vol. 1)

Posted by Anne Flint - Health Informatics (M.Sc.)

First of all, knowing you have a problem is the first step of solving it. I am a coffee lover I say “I’ll treat myself today” way more than I […]

19 February, 2019

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