I. 파견대학
1. 개요
Stockholm University (Swedish: Stockholms universitet) is a public university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. Stockholm University has two scientific fields: the natural sciences and the humanities/social sciences. With over 70,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, the mathematical, and natural sciences, it is one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), while the QS World University Rankingsand the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE) ranks it 84th globally.
Stockholm University was granted university status in 1960, making it the fourth oldest Swedish university. As with other public universities in Sweden, Stockholm University's mission includes teaching and research anchored in society at large. (source: Wikipedia)
2. 수강신청 방법 및 기숙사
All the courses in English can be search by department and major through this site: https://sisu.it.su.se/en/educations#?q=. There are also other categories, for instance, whether certain courses are for undergraduate or graduate-level student is informed in this site. The semester schedule arrangement is different with asian schools, there are two periods in a semester and each period include two parts which last for about one month. Courses mostly only last for one month and some of them are two months.
Regarding accommodation, all the exchange students are guaranteed student housing and need to be applied via a system by students themselves. There would be three or four choices given when applying for the accommodation. I lived in the area called Kungshamra and know some about another place called Lappis. Most exchange students live in these two areas for they are the most convenient places to go to the campus. Kungshamra is a little bit more far away from university than Lappis but near to a subway station for a 7 minutes walk. Living in Lappis, if you want to go to other places in the city by subway then firstly it’s needed to take bus to the subway station. In other aspects, like living conditions and safety, I see no big difference between these two places.
3. 교환 프로그램 담당자, 담당부서 이름 및 연락처
II. 학업
1. 수강과목 설명 및 추천 강의
As a graduate students, I mostly only attended class in or related to my major which is sociology. Truly recommend courses about quantitative methods course to graduate level students who study social science. It’s highly well organised and you can learn regression analysis and stata very systematically. If you have higher requests in this field, a course called ‘causal inference’ is also highly recommended, which is about some economic models’ application in sociology.
2. 외국어 습득 정도
Mainly improved by reading papers and writing term papers or assignments as an graduate students. Since the locals’ English level is relatively high, there is a great probability to enhance English speaking also.
3. 학습 방법
Education has been attached much importance to in sweden, it will be very helpful to take courses with a serious attitude.
III. 생활
1. 입국 시 필요한 물품 및 현지 물가 수준
Even though prices for daily use (except some kinds of food) in Sweden are much higher than in Korea, but most things that necessary for students could be found selling in facebook groups, so my personal opinion is that no need to take anything specially.
2. 식사 및 편의시설(의료, 은행, 교통, 통신 등)
Eating in a restaurant is expensive, on average 20,000 won a meal at least in Sweden. But milk/yoghurt, eggs, meat or even rice are somehow cheaper than Korean’s, cooking is a good way to live frugally. If the exchange period is long (2 semesters), then a small rice cooker is highly suggested to take.
Due to Sweden’s social welfare policy, even as an exchange student, basic medical insurance is provided by the government. So there is no needs for us to buy additional insurance. Mostly, exchange students can not have a personal number in Sweden, accordingly, the only option for us to apply a bank account is at SEB and this charge for 50 krona every month.
3. 여가 생활
Traveling to other European countries conveniently is another bonus of studying in Sweden. Joining in SAS membership and students under 26 years old can access to youth discount flight tickets. There are also other low cost airlines available to get cheap tickets to other European countries.
4. 기타 보고 사항
IV. 교환학생 프로그램을 마치는 소감