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Winter Wonderland at Stockholm UniversitySnow, frost and beautiful photos of campus welcomed us in 2018 at StockholmUniversity. The application period for study programmes starting this autumnhad 13,035 applications for masters, and 1,986 candidates for bachelorsprogrammes from 161 countries. We hope many will come and study with us!

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Lecture with Iceland'sPresident held at campusOn 18 January, The President ofIceland Mr Gudni Th. Jóhannessongave an open lecture titled ”Are WeUnique? The Need for Nationalism inthe Age of Globalization” atStockholm University in the presenceof His Majesty the King of Sweden.

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Swedish Japanesecollaboration projectMIRAI is a collaboration projectbetween seven Swedish universitiesand eight Japanese universitiesconnecting Swedish and Japaneseuniversities through research,education and innovation.

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EDUCATION

Orientation Day 2018Orientation Day and Week has come and gone for international students spring2018. Did you miss the programme? View the film from the Orientation Day.

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A degree from StockholmUniversity leads to a jobTwo thirds of our internationalalumni have mostly positive studyexperiences from their time atStockholm University according to analumni survey conducted by theUniversity in 2017.

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Master 2018: Completeyour applicationFor students applying in the firstadmission round for studyprogrammes starting in the autumn2018, the deadline for receipt ofapplication fee and documentation is1 February.

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RESEARCH

A quick glance can be enough to see if someone’s sickOnlookers can detect small differences in the mouths, eyes, and skin of peoplewho are sick. The research study from Stockholm University and KarolinskaInstitutet has just been published in Royal Society Proceedings B and hasgarnered major international publicity.

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Two main migrationsafter the last ice ageA new international research studysuggests Scandinavia was populatedby two main migrations after the lastglacial maximum: an initial migrationof groups from the south and amigration from the north-east,following the ice-free Atlantic coast.

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The origin of water’sunusual properties foundUsing x-ray lasers, researchers atStockholm University have been ableto map out how water fluctuatesbetween two different states when itis cooled.

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SWEDEN & STOCKHOLM

Why do we have aspecial day for Semla?On Fettisdagen, or "Fat Tusday", on13 February, most Swedes will eatSemla. Discover why and where youcan eat The Swedish Semla.

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Winter activities inStockholmStockholm offers lots of winteractivities for the outdoorsy person.Do you want to try a Swedish wintersport?

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About the Newsletter

This newsletter is published fivetimes a year by the ExternalRelations and CommunicationsOffice at Stockholm University.Editorial team: Nina Wånggren,Helene Komlos Grill, Per Larsson.Contact: newsletter@su.se

Stockholm University is one ofEurope's leading universities in oneof the world's most dynamiccapitals. Our education andresearch produce results.

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