• General

How much necessary is it to learn Swedish?

Posted by Resthie Putri - Nutrition Science

That was my question when I was about to move to Sweden to study. More than 90% of Swedes are indeed able to speak English. As an international student, you […]

9 August, 2020

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• General
• Life in Sweden

All about the personnummer and Swedish ID

Posted by Ines Rivero - Molecular Techniques in Life Science

All students that are staying in Sweden for more than 12 months have the right to apply for a personal identity number, or personnumer as is it called in Swedish.  […]

27 September, 2019

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• Life in Sweden
• Stockholm activities

SFI – Swedish for idiots?

Posted by Aleksandra Kanina - Public Health Science (Epidemiology)

At least, that’s how my classmates from SFI (“Swedish for immigrants”) joke but mostly because we are unsatisfied with our own progress. If you learn slow, that’s not necessarily the […]

25 May, 2019

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• Life in Sweden
• Pre-arrival

How I accelerate my Swedish!

Posted by Winner Ng - Health Informatics

Six months in Stockholm. 75% of the population in the house have started speaking Swedish, except me. Logic though, I’m a full-time master student, in an English language master programme. […]

27 February, 2019

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• Cultural events
• General
• Life in Sweden
• Stockholm activities

The time I went to the theater and saw Hamlet … in Swedish!

Posted by Ines Rivero - Molecular Techniques in Life Science

How much of a theater play can you get without understanding the lines of the actors? For my birhtday I got tickets for the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm, and […]

25 February, 2019

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• General
• Life in Sweden
• Pre-arrival

Post-arrival guide: What now?

Posted by Fausta - Bioentrepreneurship

At this point you are probably wondering: what now? You have applied to the university, you have been admitted to your program, you have booked your tickets to Sweden. Congratulations!? […]

23 August, 2023

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• Cultural events
• Life in Sweden
• Stockholm activities
• Travelling

History’s Sunken Treasure: A visit to the Vasa Museum

Posted by Naw Hlaing Oo- Health Economics, Policy and Management

The Vasa Museum stands as a testament to one of history’s most extraordinary maritime discoveries. It is the home to the once famous warship “Vasa”. This captivating museum takes the […]

31 July, 2023

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• Application and admission
• Life in Sweden
• Pre-arrival

My thoughts after getting admitted to KI

Posted by Anna Kroker - Health Informatics

The results of the recruitment were announced earlier this month. I congratulate immeasurably all who got in. Your new adventure is just beginning! To all of you who didn’t make […]

30 April, 2023

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• Academics
• Application and admission
• Campus guides and events
• Global Health
• Humans of KI
• Molecular Techniques in Life Science

Voices from around the world at KI

Posted by Zaynab - Global Health

KI is an extremely diverse university with people from many different countries around the world. This blog features students from some countries outside of Europe.

29 November, 2022

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• Life in Sweden
• Nutrition

Things I’m grateful for while living in Sweden

Posted by Sepriani Limbong - Nutrition Science

Hi, everyone! Congratulations to those who are admitted to KI! I’m pretty sure your heart is bursting with joy right now! Now, you are probably getting more curious about Stockholm […]

13 April, 2022

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