Emma Hägg
Posted: 4/24/2012 2:49:59 PM
A delegation from Karolinska Institutet is in Washington DC, making a stop-over on the way for a study visit at University of Illinois this week. In DC there are two events and some meetings on the agenda. The Swedish Embassy has a theme for this year, Education and Innovation, and three Stockholm-based universities, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University and KTH are participating in a seminar and a panel debate on the theme for invited and alumni from several Swedish universities. This event takes place today (Tuesday).
Last night at the restaurant Sequioa in Georgetown we from KI held our own little gathering and met with alumni and newly admitted students. The evening was filled with memories and the new students had the opportunity to find out what is awaiting them in August. We discussed everything from accommodation being a riddle to Swedish classes as well as the concept of “fika” and how IKEA changed their products (kaviar, cookies, candy etc) to their own brand to the displeasure of exile Swedes and Sweden-lovers.
Ian, Biomedicine student to-be from Minnesota had driven all the way to DC with his mother. Here accompanied by Sabina Bossi, press officer at KI.
KI alumni networking at the event.
Apart from meeting with alumni and students we are also taking the opportunity to meet with well a known universitiy in the area. We had a very interesting visit to Johns Hopkins yesterday and were recieved with great warmth. I need not add that we were impressed when we left Baltimore.
Emam Hägg, Int' Relations Officer, KI
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Posted: 4/16/2012 7:10:20 PM
Five Swedish universities (Karolinska Institutet, Chalmers, Stockholm University, Uppsala University and Borås University College) are currently in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia. The main reason for the visit is to attend the International Exhibition for Higher Education Conference (IEHEC), a large education fair. We are interested to learn more about the Saudi students and their study preferences on master’s level. Karolinska Institutet has little experience with Saudi students but I am confident that talent can be found here as this is a region that heavily prioritizes higher studies. The fair runs from 17-20 April and any interested student in the region is of course welcome to visit the Swedish corner in the fair, where also the Swedish Institute and the Swedish Embassy will be present.
Today we had the pleasure of visiting Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University for girls, the first women’s University in the Kingdom and the largest women-only university in the world. The university has almost 60 000 female students and the campus is magnificent. Close to 60% of all college students in the Kingdom are female and the government strongly supports this.
Princess Nora University, Riyadh
At Princess Nora University we were greeted by the Vice Rector for Educational Affairs and her colleagues with great warmth and interest. We had a fruitful discussion on their needs in staff training and sabbaticals as well as their interest for our master and doctoral education. We hope to see some of the female students from the departments of Health, Science and Social Sciences in our booth at the fair in the days to come, curious for more information. I know I am looking forward to meeting them, also curious for information. Becoming aware and exploring new possibilities is promising for the future both for us and for Saudi students! Let’s hope for a rewarding event.
Emma Hägg, International Relations Officer Student Affairs, Karolinska Institutet
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Posted: 12/8/2011 11:47:32 AM
Dec 6 it was time for us to again meet with Indian students at a QS fair. Seven Swedish universities did a rather impressive impact on the floor in Hotel Sheraton, Chennai.
This time Karolinska Institutet was supported by an alumni, Georgie Mathews from Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore. In 2009 he was the first exchange student to participate in student exchange through the Linnaeus-Palme programme, between Karolinska Institutet and CMC. We picked him up on our journey from Bangalore as we did at stopover in Vellore and met with representatives from our partner university and also got a chance to visit some of the facilities related to the university and the hospital. We were impressed by the hight standards and good equipment. Principal Pulimood showed us great hospitality and we were happy to learn that the Linnaeus-Palme programme now also will include exchange for nursing students.
CMC Vellore, campus outside city centre
At the fair we met with dedicated students focusing mainly on research careers in the biomedical field. With them were also in many cases parents who had several questions for us, as well as for our alumni who could give an Indian perspective on Sweden and the experience at KI. Georgie shared pictures from his time in Sweden with the visitors in a fantastic slideshow.
KI Alumnus Georgie Mathew
Many questions from visitors at the fair were related to PhD-studies, which can be rather difficult to be accepted to without any previous connections to the university. Studying for master degree at the university of interest is many times the best way to impress the professors and the research groups.
Dean Höög and admissions officer Ms Norberg give advice at QS fair.
Now soon our Indian adventure is over but we are leaving charmed by the country and charmed by ambitious and well informed students – we hope some of them are opting for KI for the fall 2012.
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Posted: 12/3/2011 8:26:42 AM
Yesterday (read Friday Dec 1) we had an inspiring day in Bangalore. The event, Sweden Education Day, was arranged by the Swedish Trade Council and the Swedish Institute and was kindly hosted by RV College of Engineering (RVCE).
10 Swedish universities attended. Tables and rollups and Swedish flags draw the student’s attention to an open space outdoor in the center of the lush campus. A previous information campaign presenting the innovative climate in Sweden through posters on campus picturing Swedish inventions and a competition with scholarships ready for the lucky winners, also raised the numbers of visitors to the event.
Apart from the fair there was also an inspiring lecture by Donnie S.C Lygonis from KTH, ‘Tips on conveying your idea at university to a tangible business’,and general information on Sweden as a study destination was offered to students that had registered. The hall with 400 seats was packed.
At the Karolinska Institutet’s table the Biomedicine, Bioentrepreneurship and Health Informatics programmes on master's level draw the most attention from students with backgrounds in biotechnology, chemical engineering and computer science. Questions ranged from curiosity about snow to the actual career possibilities within research in Karolinska Institutet after having completed a master. To answer that, let's just say snow is fantastic but wet and quite cold, and more than 70 % of our students in Biomedicine go on into PhD-studies after having graduated from our master’s programme.
There was also an opportunity for faculty interaction and discussions on possible collaborations. Bangalore is certainly a fascinating, bustling city and I am convinced students and university staff from Sweden would love to visit for studies and sharing of experiences if the chance was given to them. For Swedes this would be an exotic adventure, as would a master programme in the land of the midnight sun be for an Indian student…
Let’s hope for further collaborations!
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Posted: 11/11/2011 5:01:38 PM
Today Karolinska Institutet arranged a graduate seminar in Hanoi Medical University with Professor Carl Johan Sundberg who talked on the subject ‘Physical activity – a new remedy for prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases in Vietnam’. Your whole body and soul will benefit from physical activity and you will also become a happier person according to studies. We need to move as a biological fact and maybe that’s why lab rats in tests voluntary run for 10 km in a wheel, because it makes them feel better and apparently also makes them smarter!
The hall was packed with more than 100 curious students mainly from Hanoi Medical University. Thanks to technical wonders we also had students in 6 other medical universities on link, spread over all of Vietnam also attending the seminar.
Physical activity as a remedy is only one of many projects in which Karolinska Institutet and Hanoi Medical University collaborate. Professor Vinod Diwan, Chairman of the International Research and Training Committee at Karolinska Institutet, who gave a general introduction to the university, mentioned that a project financed by the Swedish aid organization just closed that has been running for more than 20 years, and another long-term project is just about to close next week. KI and HMU go way back!
Moving from history into the future we also presented opportunities for new students to tie the bond tighter between the two institutions through the Global Masters programmes in health and life sciences and PhD studies.
To wrap up the session HMU students gave an example of true physical activity by performing a flash mob dance for breast cancer that was much appreciated by the audience.
So after having read this – get up and get moving - and become happier and smarter!
Emma Hägg, International Relations Officer, blogging for Karolinska Institutet http://www.swedenintouch.se/Emma-Hagg/
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Posted: 10/14/2011 12:28:38 PM
On Thursday evening friends gathered to reconnect with each other and Karolinska Institutet at Hotel Rendevouz in the very center of Singapore. Former exchange students, master students, newly admitted and finished PhD-students, post-docs and professors mixed with each other and with representatives from the university.
The visitors were delighted to finally meet up with other Singaporeans who share the longing for the scent of cinnamon buns and colder climate, as well as the constant changing seasons. Apparently visits to IKEA is a good cure for these cravings, at least for meat balls’ cravings.
The discussions went on for a mere two hours and never seemed to want to stop – and most likely they won’t have to! Connections were made that might lead to an ongoing discussion about Karolinska Instituitet memories, even after KI has left.
We hope to stay connected from now on, and to soon meet again!
Some of our alumni at Hotel Rendevouz. Photo: E.Hägg
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Posted: 9/21/2011 12:30:50 PM
As international relations officer and responsible for information regarding our Global Master's Programmes, I am part of a delegation from Karolinska Institutet, led by our president, currently visiting China. Apart from scheduled meetings with representatives on governmental level we have also asked our partner universities for opportunities to meet with Chinese students.
Last night we hosted a graduate seminar at Peking University and students with a background in life science were invited to attend. The venue was in the office on Peking University Medical Campus, who we are partners with. Almost 50 curious students had signed up. Our university was presented by Dr Horal from our Office for Alumni and Fundraising and the students were amused to learn that Sweden only has a total of 9 million inhabitants, rather like a moderate city in China…
Students at the graduate seminar at Peking University Medical Campus 19 September 2011. Photo: Emma Hägg
Our distinguished professor Ingemar Ernberg held a presentation on modern cancer biology and the students were eager to find out more about his research on viruses and bacteria and their relation to cancer and tumors. Questions were answered by Professor Ernberg who was delighted to see the same curiosity in the students as he remembered in himself when he was 18 and decided to pursue a career in medicine. His research group at Karolinska Institutet is known as the ‘China-group’ and he has collaborated with China since 1978.
Student at Peking University reading about one of our Global Master's Programmes. Photo: Emma Hägg
I myself presented Swedish higher education and study opportunities on master’s level at Karolinska Institutet. As the students left the event and ventured back to their dormitories on campus we hope some of them visualise themselves as future KI-Alumni.
Emma Hägg, International Relations Officer, Student Affairs
http://www.swedenintouch.se/Emma-Hagg/
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