GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY

GÖTEBORG
Göteborg, Sweden’s second largest city with nearly 500,000 inhabitants, is situated on the west coast of Sweden. The city is roughly equidistant from the Scandinavian capitals Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo, and is at the very centre of northern Europe. The largest shopping centre in the Nordic countries is in Göteborg, there is an annual Film Festival in February, and the city has a vibrant cultural life including a Museum of World Culture. Nightlife is vivid, and there is a wide choice of culture, sport, open spaces, trendy cafés and exciting boutiques. Göteborg is a large city with a small town atmosphere.

GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY
Göteborg University has approximatly 51,000 students and 5,500 employees. It is the largest university in Scandinavia. With its nine faculties and 68 departments, Göteborg University is also the most wide-ranging and versatile university in Sweden. The faculties include those of Arts, Science, Fine and applied arts, Social sciences, Education, IT, and Business, Economics and Law. Many of the departments of the University are very centrally located, with good access to all the facets of city life.

ASSOCIATED FACTS

TUITION
There are no tuition fees at public institutions of education in Sweden.

ACCOMMODATION
Many of our international students are accommodated at SGS, Stiftelsen Göteborgs Studentbostäder. SGS offers a wide range of accommodation, but most rooms are furnished. Many of the student housing complexes have communal recreation areas, such as TV and meeting rooms, exercise hall, saunas, laundry facilities, etc. The rent for a room with a shared kitchen is SEK 2 000-3 000/ month,  furnished one- to three-room apartments are SEK 2 500-5 000/ month.

KEY DATES
In Sweden, higher education is running from the end of August/beginning of September until the beginning of June. It is organized in two semesters.
Autumn semester 2006: September 1:st, 2006 - January 18:th, 2007 with a Welcome and Introduction programme starting ultimo August.
Spring semester 2007: January 19:th, 2007 - June 7:th, 2007. Christmas and Easter vacations in between.

VISA
Norwegian citizens do not need a visa to enter, study, live or work in Sweden.

CURIO
The amusement park Liseberg located in the central part of the city, is the largest in Scandinavia, and the most popular attraction in Sweden by number of visitors per year (>3 million). One of the most popular attractions is the wooden roller coaster Balder. Balder has twice, 2003 and 2005, been voted Best Wooden Tracked Roller Coaster in the world in a major international poll. Liseberg itself has also been chosen as one of the top ten amusement parks in the world (2005) by Forbes Magazine.

LINKS: THE UNIVERSITY AND ANSA\'S COUNTRY PAGES
www.gu.se
www.ansa.no/land/sverige