Living in a corridor with other people during a pandemic might seem a bit scary – but it does not need to be! In this episode you will hear from Akhil and Iris, who both live in corridor rooms, about how it is to live with other people in times like these. Come enjoy a warm cup of fika while we talk about the good, the bad and what has changed.

Host: Rebecca Fonseca Pilzecker

Guests: Akhil Rajendran and Iris Potakowskyj

Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

The richness of student life at Linköping University is well-known and the university has won the “Årets svenska studentstad” (Student City of the Year) award three times. This is a lot thanks to the hard work of the student unions, sections and various associations at the university.  In this episode we get to know more about student life at LiU from Sara Hamrefors, international responsible at the Mechanical Engineering section at LiU.

Host: Therese Lindkvist, International Coordinator

Guest: Sara Hamrefors, international responsible at the Mechanical Engineering section

Recording and editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

Besides a very rich student life, Linköping, Norrköping and the region of Östergötland has so much more to offer. In this episode you can hear about all the interesting activities you can do and places you don´t want to miss when coming to Linköping University as an international student! 

First year students Xiaou Xue, Lingyu and Kang walk us through the typical Swedish way of studying and how to prepare for the Linköping University study experience.

• What we expected about studying in Sweden and what we’ve gained since the start 

This episode’s three students are studying: International and European relations, Communication Systems and Science for sustainable development.

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Podcasts from Linkoping University:

https://liu.se/en/podcast

In 2019, more than 30 students with previous studies in China were admitted to degree programmes at Linköping University. In addition, there are exchange students, doctoral students and researchers from China currently at LiU. Today, Lingyu talks with other Chinese first year students about Sweden and daily life for Chinese students at Linköping University. Participants in today’s episode are first year student Xia0 Xue, and second year student Charlie.

Here are some highlights:

• English in daily life 

This episode’s three students are studying: International and European relations, Ethnic and migration studies and Science for sustainable development.

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Podcasts from Linkoping University:

https://liu.se/en/podcast

In this episode of Fika with Us, first year students Lingyu and Simona and Julia talks about the purely academic side.

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Our students are studying:

BSc Experimental and Industrial Biomedicine

MSc International and European Relations

MSc Computational Social Science

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Podcasts from Linkoping University:

https://liu.se/en/podcast

First year students Julia, Lingyu and Amanda chat and compare different cultures and perspectives.

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Learn more:

Gender equality in Sweden

Cinnamon buns recipe

Personal identity number

Stad i ljus, song and English translation

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Podcasts from Linkoping University:

https://liu.se/en/podcast

Studying in Sweden is challenging but fun! Today Simona leads a conversation with first year students Adam and Likith and study counsellor Marie Carlsson about what it is like to study at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Linköping University. They talked about:

Our students are studying:

MSc Intelligent Transport Systems and Logistics

MSc Industrial Engineering and Management

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Learn more:

Sweden’s focus in group work

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Podcasts from Linkoping University:

https://liu.se/en/podcast

Obviously, there is more to student life than just studying. First year students Julia, Lingyu and Simone talk about student life. Highlights of today’s show are:

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Learn more

Student Associations at LiU

Studyinsweden.se: Social life

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Podcasts from Linkoping University:

https://liu.se/en/podcast