Uppsala Universitet – International student guide 2012/2013

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table of Contents
About Uppsala
Welcome to uppsala university .......... 3
uppsala university .................................. 5
this is Sweden ......................................... 6
City of uppsala ........................................ 8
Before You Leave Home!
Checklist ................................................. 10
Planning Your Stay ................................... 12
arrival and Getting Settled ................. 14
arranging Your Housing ....................... 16
Housing Guide ....................................... 18
Student Life
Higher education and research
in Sweden .....................................................21
Student unions and the nations ...........24
a Year of traditions ....................................28
You and Your Studies
Your department = Your Workplace ....31
Student Services .................................... 32
Your rights ............................................. 35
Your Finances ......................................... 38
Your Health and Well-being
Student Health and Sports .................. 44
Insurance ................................................. 46
Health Care in Sweden ........................ 48
Getting Around
Improve your Swedish
or english or Both! ............................... 50
transportation ....................................... 52
telephone, Internet and newspapers ...54
Shops ........................................................ 55
Checklist – Before You leave Sweden ..58
For Formal Exchange
Students Only
Planning Your Stay in uppsala as
a Formal exchange Student ................. 59
learning the languages ........................ 61
Your Housing ......................................... 62
arriving and Getting Settled ............... 63
Addresses and Websites ..............64
Special information for
formal exchange students.
at the end of this guide, special information
has been compiled for formal exchange students
(among all of the different categories
of international students—free-movers, international
master students, formal exchange
students, international doctoral students,
etc). a formal exchange student comes from
a home university which uppsala university
has an exchange agreement with and has
been admitted from the nominations submitted
by the home university.
not sure if you are a formal exchange student?
Get in touch with your contact person
at Uppsala University to find out.
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