Marco Pecorari is helping put fashion on the academic map

Marco Pecorari, a doctoral student at the Centre for Fashion Studies working on the cultural significance of fashion ephemera, is thrilled to be working at Stockholm University: "You would never find a centre like this in Italy."

Shon Ferguson is a PhD student at Stockholm University's Department of Economics

Shon Ferguson, Canada

Canadian doctoral student Shon Ferguson is researching the way trade affects technology and is one of many international students at Stockholm University’s Department of Economics.

Shon Ferguson, Canada

Ernesto Gonzalez, Cuba

Ernesto Gonzalez completed his PhD at Stockholm University and is now nearing the completion of a post-doc position in RNA quality control with Prof. Neus Visa at the Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Stockholm University.

Ernesto Gonzalez, Cuba

Nick Sheard is a second year doctoral student at Stockholm University’s Department of Economics

Nick Sheard, Australia

For Australian economist Nick Sheard, the opportunity to study at Stockholm University lured him across the Atlantic.

Nick Sheard, Australia

Ying Hong took her PhD at Stockholm University

Ying Hong, China

"I was surprised to see how beautiful it was and how organised everything in Sweden seemed to be. I learned that when I needed help, all I had to do was ask."

Ying Hong, China

Petra Ulmanen is working on a doctoral thesis on the relationship between informal care for the elderly and gainful employment at Stockholm University’s Department of Social Work

Petra Ulmanen and the changing face of Swedish welfare society

For decades Sweden’s welfare system has been heralded as a model to aspire to. In recent years, however, cuts and shifts in government policy have meant changes. “I’m particularly interested in what’s happening in terms of care for the elderly,” says Petra Ulmanen, who is working on a doctoral thesis on the relationship between informal care for the elderly and gainful employment.

Petra Ulmanen and the changing face of Swedish welfare society

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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