Study abroad
There are good opportunities to read summer courses, practical courses, courses or entire semesters at other universities within the framework of your study program.
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Read more about studies abroad at ¹û¶³´«Ã½'s pages for International StudiesÌýInternational studiesÌý[in Swedish only].
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¹û¶³´«Ã½ Business School has good experienceÌýof student exchanges with the ÌýinÌýGermany. MannheimÌýhas a focus on Information Systems, and courses in English are available.
We also have an Erasmus agreement with Osnabruck, Germany, and one with the Computer Science department at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Stuttgart (which is Duale Hochschule Baden Württemberg in German soÌýDHBW is the abbreviation they use) also welcomes Information System Students.ÌýHere you can get good contacts with international companies. We also have trainees from DHBW here in ¹û¶³´«Ã½. More information from: John Sören Pettersson
Studies, internships and field studies (e.g., exam works) can be done in Africa, espesially through our academic partners in Africa. KAU-Information Systems collaborates since many years with the IT faculty at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda -- we are trying to make this into an ERASMUS exchange programme. KAU also has close collaborations with (more info: Malin Stegman McCallion) and South Africa.
For both Ireland and the UK there is an intermediation service called ESPA (free for students; companies pay ESPA): .
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For students interested in traveling abroad on exchange studies during the a certain semester, the International Office's information meetings will start in the year before the departure. The application will then have to be submitted almost a year in advance; e.g., for exchange studies in the spring, the application period will open on February 15 and close on March 15th. Ìý
Students with questions are welcome to the International Office, read the web pages linked atÌý/en/education/study-abroad/study-abroad/study-abroad, or they can send a mail toÌýexchange@kau.se.Ìý
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You might be inspired by past students' experiences (only in Swedish):
- Experiences fromÌýsummer coursesÌýin Chengdu, China.
- Mikael Borg'sÌýÌýfrom his exchange semester inÌýQuebec, Kanada.
- Jakob Brofeldt'sÌýÌýatÌýBrock University in Canada.