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Uppsala University Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden http://www.uu.se/en/ No language requirement Law students must have completed 2 full years (at least 14 units) of law classes before commencing an exchange City Population: 190,000 Enrollment: 30,000 Standard Course Load: 30 ECTS ABOUT UPPSALA UNIVERSITET Arts Uppsala University is the oldest university in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Scandinavia, founded in 1477. Several famous Business scholars have worked at the university, amongst Chemistry others Carl von Linné, Olof Rudbeck and Anders Civil Engineering Celsius. Since 1901 six Nobel prizes have been Computer Science awarded to researchers at Uppsala University. The Earth Sciences university has more than 35,000 students in 9 Economics faculties and some 100 departments. The university is famous for its rich and fun student life. Education Electrical and Electronic Engineering The university is located in Uppsala, a city with about English, Communication and Cultural Studies 190,000 inhabitants, 72 kms north of Stockholm European and Other Languages (about 40 minutes by train). The city was the focal Fine Arts point of the Kingdom of the Swedes with traces left Genetics from the Viking era still left to be seen. The Geophysics and Geosciences dominating landmarks are the large cathedral and the Health Science castle, Uppsala Slott. History HR Management / Labour Studies Management COURSES AVAILABLE Marketing Accounting and financial studies Information management Anthropology and Sociology Information Technology Law will be given a personal registration number, which Linguistics you need in order to be covered by the Swedish Mathematics Health Insurance System. Bring your Micriobiology and Immunology passport/residence permit, a letter of acceptance Neuroscience from your educational institution and documents Pharmacology from the Swedish immigration authorities. Physics Political Science ABOUT UPPSALA Psychology Uppsala home to the 500-year-old Uppsala Social Work University, and is Sweden's fastest growing city. If you're visiting the country on 30 April, try to be in One intensive Swedish language course takes place Uppsala to celebrate Walpurgis Eve. Thousands of in August for 4 weeks and is free of charge and one students and visitors gather at the university to Swedish language course takes place during the celebrate the beginning of spring. The university semesters (also free of charge). It is not possible to president yells, "Students, three cheers for spring," register for both the intensive course as well as the the bells of Uppsala Cathedral ring, students in course during the semester. white capes dash down the hill through town and the festivities begin. Bonfires, parties, torch-lit parades, ACADEMIC GRADING SYSTEM singing and excitement are the order of the day (and One semester of full-time study is equal to 30 ECTS night). The hardy keep it going until past dawn the points The requirement for most undergraduate next day. degrees is between 180 and 240 points, corresponding to a minimum study time of between 3 If you're visiting at any other time of year, stop by the and 4 years, respectively. The point system is very cathedral, one of the oldest and largest in systematic. If a course has 7.5 points it corresponds Scandinavia. The 16th-century Uppsala Castle is to five weeks of full time work if no parallel courses also interesting - it has both a coronation hall and are taught at the same time. Students usually take dungeons. A recently restored wing of the castle one course at a time even if courses of short duration houses the new Uppsala Art Museum, with works (for instance 7.5 points) often run parallel with another from the 1500s to the present. course of 7.5 points during a 10-week period. In Sweden the number of teaching hours per week OTHER INFORMATION may vary considerable between different subjects and Student visa is required to study in Sweden (unless courses. Thus, there is no one-to-one you are an EU citizen). Exchange students can work correspondence between the number of points for a (no hour limit).Work permit included in the student course and the number of teaching hours for that visa. course, as is often the case in some other countries. Every course, however, requires full-time study Uppsala Student Union is starting a new program for equivalent to its number of points. international students. It is a centralised buddy matching service for all international students SEMESTER DATES coming to Uppsala. 1st Semester (Autumn) - September – January nd 2 Semester (Spring) - January - June Read the Uppsala section in the blue files in the Study Abroad Office. You will find some very useful HOUSING information from returned UWA students. University administered accommodation is available and is guaranteed for exchange students provided Also refer to the Uppsala International Student applications are submitted before the deadline. Guide; http://www.uu.se/en/node179 HEALTH INSURANCE CONTACTS UWA has insurance to cover its outgoing exchange Uppsala University students: UWA Corporate Personal and Travel Policy. http://www.uu.se/en/ Uppsala has organised health insurance for UWA exchange students as part of the bilateral agreement. Our contact details: The insurance is free of charge. Tel: 6488 8199 [email protected] Additional insurances that cover third party as well as http://www.international.uwa.edu.au/se/welcome personal property are strongly recommended. You should have taken out an insurance policy before coming to Sweden. If you plan to stay in Sweden for more than one year you are required to register at the Local Tax Office (lokala skattemyndigheten) directly after arrival. You 2 .
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