Uppsala Universitet (UU)

As the courses as well as my interactions with other foreign students were mostly in English, my knowledge of this language improved. Obviously I also had a lot of opportunities to speak Swedish (which is a language I grew up with) and I got a lot of practice in speaking it.

This was an excellent experience for me, but bear in mind that Swedish was one of my majors at my home University. I believe other Exchange Students might not have enjoyed the social scene as much as I did, due to the language factor. But Swedes in general have an excellent ability to speak English. They are open and friendly to people from other cultures (especially Australia and New Zealand), and I struggle to believe anyone from anywhere couldn't live, cope and enjoy themselves there.

There's no real problems but if you want to be near the center you'll have to either find a swedish person who wants to sublet his/her apartment or convince your coordinator.

You have to visit Norway, Finland and Denmark if you are in Sweden!! Stockholm is the most beautiful city I've ever seen!!

Make sure to get a Swedish Personummer - it will simplify your life a lot.

It was quite easy to get along with people there because lmost everybody spoke english fluenetly so I could improve my english quickly to reach a really good level after 5 months spent there.Nonetheless, I have one regret because I didn t learn much abouty swedish.