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Austrian exchange student Michael Mühlehner

Podcast: Austrian Michael Mühlehner on Swedish stereotypes and studying Political Science

Austrian exchange student Michael Mühlehner talks about wanting to visit the Venice of the North, Swedish stereotypes and studying Political Science at Stockholm University. Listen to the interview in our latest podcast.

Podcast: Austrian Michael Mühlehner on Swedish stereotypes and studying Political Science
Rob Martyn

Podcast: Australian exchange student Rob Martyn on snow, finding friends, and studying law

At the end of a long semester with the spring finally rearing it's head, the University's journalist Jon Buscall sat down for a chat with Australian exchange student Rob Martyn. Rob talks about coping with the snow, finding friends, and studying Law at Stockholm University. Listen to the interview in our latest podcast.

Podcast: Australian exchange student Rob Martyn on snow, finding friends, and studying law
Vivienne Lapointe

Podcast: meet French-Canadian exchange student Vivienne Lapointe

Stockholm University's reporter talks to French-Canadian exchange student Vivienne Lapointe about getting involved with the local community, preparing to come to Sweden and making the most of your time in the Venice of the North.

Podcast: meet French-Canadian exchange student Vivienne Lapointe
Left to right: Kathrin Saur, Katherine Andrikopolous, Kamila Pizon and Ellington Griffin. Photo: Jon Buscall.

Special Audio Podcast: Meet our Exchange Students, Spring 2010

In this ten-minute long podcast you can meet four exchange students, from Germany, Canada and the USA, and hear about their experience of Stockholm and of studying at Stockholm University.

Special Audio Podcast: Meet our Exchange Students, Spring 2010
Joanna Joy Tan, an Exchange student from National University of Singapore.

Joanna Joy Tan, Singapore

Joanna Joy Tan, an Exchange student from National University of Singapore, loves the old part of Stockholm, the preservation of the city’s architectural heritage. She came to Stockholm in 2006 for two days. “I knew I would find a way to come back,” Joanna says.

Joanna Joy Tan, Singapore
German exchange student Veronica Christaller came to Stockholm to brush up her Swedish

Veronica Christaller, exchange student from Germany

Veronica Christaller is currently on an Erasmus exchange from the University of Bonn, spending a year studying Nordic Languages at Stockholm University.

Veronica Christaller, exchange student from Germany
Stephanie Clinton studied at Stockholm University as an exchange student

Stephanie Clinton, Canada

“For me, and I’m sure my fellow international students, the biggest challenge of being on exchange is still to come, boarding that plane home and saying good-bye to Stockholm”

Stephanie Clinton, Canada
Image: Jon Buscall

Jean-François Exbrayat, France

"It’s a wonderful opportunity for me to be at Stockhom University. I’ve very excited at being at a top university"

Jean-François Exbrayat, France
Jenny was brought to Sweden by

Jenny French, Finland

Finnish Exchange student, Jenny French, traces her interest in literature and language to her English grandmother. "When I was a kid," says Jenny "she recorded a children’s book on tape for me." There were 14 or 15 tapes and Jenny, always eager to hear more of the story, would ask her mother, "When is the next tape coming?"

Jenny French, Finland
Saeko Ikeda

Saeko Ikeda, Japan

Saeko Ikeda studied Law and Swedish at Stockholm University as part of an exchange agreement between Stockholm University and Nihon University. Saeko is from Kawasaki, an industrial city near Tokyo, Japan. “By the time I go back to Japan, my suitcase will be filled with discoveries”

Saeko Ikeda, Japan
Matty Owusu-Afriyie is an exchange student from San Diego State University

Matty Owusu-Afriyie, USA

Matty Owusu-Afriyie is an exchange student from San Diego State University. Matty feels that he has got a different perspective on America from studying in Sweden, "People live very differently in Sweden to the US. I’ve grown both intellectually and as a person by being here.”

Matty Owusu-Afriyie, USA
Gonzalo Soto, exchange student at Stockholm University.

Gonzalo Soto, Mexico

Gonzalo Soto is loving his time as an exchange student at Stockholm University. He came to Sweden to get an insight into Scandinavia: “I’m already planning to come back here and do a Masters".

Gonzalo Soto, Mexico

Meet our students

Exchange students

Each year around 1,000 international exchange students come to study as part of an exchange programme.

Exchange students

Master's students

Each term several hundred students from all over the world come to Sweden to study one of the University's 75 master's programmes. Here we meet 8 students from 8 different countries Ethiopia, Korea, USA, Iran, South Africa, Iran, Mexico, and China.

Master's students

PhD students

Stockholm has an excellent reputation internationally, which makes it an attractive place for top research students.

PhD students

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