Sweden a Scandinavian country
Capital: Stockholm
Language: Swedish
Population: 9.6 million
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Ericsson
Volvo
Scania
Electrolux
SKF
Sandvik
Atlas Copco
Ikea
H&M
Saab
Spotify
Skype
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Welcome to Linköping University
Reinventing research and education
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27,000 undergraduate students
4000 employees
Almost 400 professors
1,400 research students
2000 international students from 80
countries
169 doctorates, 55 licentiates
87 000 alumni
500 partner universities … in 50 countries
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Linköping University
Founded in 1975
4 campuses
4 Faculties
• Institute of Technology
• Health Sciences
• Arts and Sciences
• Educational Sciences
14 Departments
Strategic partnership with universities all
over the world
Internationally strong research areas
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Education and research
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A broad selection of undergraduate level single subject courses
23 Master’s programmes taught in English
Interdisciplinary research at graduate schools
#40 on world ranking list for young universites
Leading provider of advanced professional education in
Sweden
• Focus on problem-based learning and student-teacher
interaction
• Students among the first to obtain jobs after education
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Department of physics, chemistry and biology (IFM)
IFM Scientific Areas
Theory and
modelling
Material
Physics
Applied
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
440 employees
70 guest researchers per year
47 professors + 18 adjunct, guest or
emeritus prof.
130 Ph.D students employed + 40
external
25 Ph.D examinations/year
450 scientific papers/year
Financial turnover 448 Mkr/år
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Administrator at IFM
A typical day at work
0830 – Arrive work, read emails
0900 – Introduction new employee/guest
0930 – ”fika” = coffee break
1000 – Contact Migration Board, type
certificates, arrange seating at IFM
1130 – Lunch
1200 – Arrange for new arrivals
1300 – Contact possible accomodations
1430 – ”fika” = coffee break
1500 – Introduction new employee/guest
1600 – Meeting with International
network at LiU
1700 – Leaving for home
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www.liu.se