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Peter: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden, Semester 1, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Through the QUT Exchange program I had the opportunity to spend not one, but two full semesters abroad in Stockholm, Sweden. I had done some backpacking through South East Asia in the past, but I had never left Australia for more than two months and I had never called another country home. Looking back on it now, I didn\u2019t exactly realise the size of the challenge at hand \u2013 moving across the planet to a place where I don\u2019t know anyone or understand the language \u2013 but that challenge along with every amazing experience has made it the best year of my life. Aside from learning the ins and outs of Stockholm, by the end of my exchange I had the opportunity to visit 17 countries and meet some incredible people.\"peter_davis1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My host university in Stockholm was Kungliga Tekniska H\u00f6gskolan. Sound like a mouthful? Thankfully it\u2019s also called the Royal Institute of Technology in English, but let\u2019s just call it KTH. KTH was founded in 1827 and today is one of the largest and most prestigious technical institutions in Scandinavia. Universities work a little differently in Sweden and don\u2019t tend to offer the same courses in competition with each. In Stockholm, Karolinska acts as the main medical school, Stockholm University specialises in subjects like Law and Business, and KTH is full of the country\u2019s brightest engineers, programmers and scientists (among other things).<\/p>\n

Europe has a bachelor-master system in which most people complete five years of study. In Sweden, all students are required to study their bachelor\u2019s degree in Swedish, and their two year masters degree in English. Because of this, I was able to study equivalent units for my four year degree in Australia from fourth and fifth year units in Sweden. The KTH Main Campus was built over 100 years ago and is filled with beautiful red brick buildings, with the main courtyard being something akin to Hogwarts.<\/p>\n

\"peter_davis2\"<\/a>Our accommodation was organised through KTH and provided by the state-run SSSB (Stockholm student accommodation). Lappk\u00e4rsberget or \u2018Lappis\u2019 as it is so affectionately known isn\u2019t located on the KTH campus, but is a short walk away from the campus of Stockholm University, which is only one subway stop away. The area houses several thousand people, mostly in corridor rooms. My room was spacious and had its own bathroom and a lot of storage, and each corridor has a kitchen and common area shared between 13 people. In true Swedish style, my neighbourhood was not only near a subway stop, but also surrounded by forest and a short walk from the lake.<\/p>\n

Discover more about QUT’s Student Exchange Programs here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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