iDay in Linköping University

iDay - International Day; is a celebration of culture in Linköping University. In 2005, the first International Day was organized by the Student Union at the Institute of Technology to gather the university's foreign students in a cross-cultural event. It turned out to be a great success and became an annual tradition. Every year, students from USA, Canada, Ghana, Bangladesh, Belgium, Cameroon, China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Pakistan, Poland, Taiwan, Turkey, Tajikistan, and Ukraine participate in the event and present their culture. Each nationality represents with a stand serving home cooking and cakes. The students distributes valuable information about their home country and culture. As in previous years, iDay was a meeting not only of cultures, but of generations. Many students brought their families and friends to join in the celebration. In iDay 2010, Bangladesh won the 1st place in representing their culture followed by India who bagged the 2nd place. The cultural event(dance) was a great success last year. Indian men secured the 1st place in the dance competition (thanks to the boys for the outstanding performance). iDay 2011 is going to be held at Valla campus on 12th and 13th of May 2011. Its once again a party time for the students of Linköping University. Cheers all!

Interesting Facts about Sweden

Map of Sweden

Sweden is one of the Scandinavian countries and it is the third largest country in Western Europe. The capital city is Stockholm. It covers an area of about 174,000 sq mi (450,000 km²). 53% of Sweden's area is forest. Mountains and cultivated land contributes 11% and 8% respectively. Longest north-south distance: 978 mi (1,574 km). Longest east-west distance: 310 mi (499 km). The population of Sweden is 9.4 million inhabitants.

National Emblem of Sweden

Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy are the forms of Government. The Riksdag, which is the national legislative assembly of Sweden consists of 349 members in one chamber.

National flag of Sweden

Swedish krona (SEK) is the currency of Sweden. The national language is Swedish. Few among the recognized minority languages are Sami (Lapp), Finnish, Meänkieli (Tornedalen Finnish), Yiddish, Romani Chib.

Swedish Krona

  

When it comes to religion, Sweden is very secularized. The Church of Sweden is Evangelical Lutheran, co-exists with many other beliefs. The average life of men and women are 79 years and 83 years respectively. Machinery, electronics and telecommunication, paper, pharmaceuticals, petroleum products, iron and steel, and foodstuffs are the most important export goods. Electronics and telecommunication, machinery, foodstuffs, crude oil, textiles and footwear, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and petroleum products are the most important goods which are imported.

List Of Universities in Sweden

The higher education system of Sweden describes the difference between Universitet (University) and Hogskola, where the former refers to "full university status" and the later refers to "college or university college with limited university status". The Universities are research-oriented and award bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees. whereas the latter ones usually are more focussed on applied sciences. The Hogskola have certain limitations in granting doctor's degrees and are more focussed on applied sciences.

The two oldest Universities are Uppsala University and Lund University which were founded as universities in 1477 and 1666 respectively. All the other universities in Sweden were raised from Hogskola status to University status after they had been founded.

The list of universities are as follows.

University	Established as a university	First establishment	Student population	Research grants
Uppsala University	1477	1477	20,450	3.265
Lund University	1666	1666	26,650	3.975
University of Gothenburg	1954	1891	24,900	2.999
Stockholm University	1960	1878	28,200	2.203
Karolinska Institutet	1965	1810	5,500	4.027
Umeå University	1965	1965	15,850	1.977
Royal Institute of Technology	1970	1827	11,950	2.033
Blekinge Institute of Technology	1989	1989	8,000	2.523
Linköping University	1975	1969	17,200	1.516
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	1977	1775	3,600	1.812
Luleå University of Technology	1997	1971	6,350	0.711
Karlstad University	1999	1977	7,750	0.303
Örebro University	1999	1977	8,600	0.342
Mid Sweden University	2005	1993	7,600	0.333
Linnaeus University	2010	1977	15,000	--