From the International Office

22 Jan 2010 | Posted By: Maria Markenroth

Please find below some information from the International Office!

Exchange Students

The induction week for our new exchange students took place from January 11 to 15. We welcomed 141 new exchange students. In total we have 176 exchange students during the spring 2010, including those who stay for the whole academic year (Fall 09 + Spring 10). The students come from 31 different countries.  The list of students including the name of the country and the university they come from  will be published shortly on JIBSnet. We had 254 exchange students in the fall 09.

Study Abroad Program

The selection 1 for the study abroad program has finalized and 242 students received a study abroad place.  The selection 2 will take place in the beginning of February and selection 3 in August/September. We expect an increase of students studying abroad in the year 2010-2011.

Erasmus Program

A new change within the Erasmus program is that students from all citizenships are eligible for the Erasmus scholarship. The only pre-requisite is that the student is registered within one of JIBS’ programs as a full time student and meets the prerequisities to participate in JIBS’ study abroad program.

The Interantional Office at the Ministry of Education and Research (IPK -Utbildningsdepartamentet) will evaluate JIBS and Jönköping Univeristy in regards to the Erasmus program during the fall 2010.

Scholarships

JIBS students have been awarded with the following scholarships through the study abroad program during the year 2009/2010. The total amount of funds granted are:

375 000 SEK  from Jönköpings Borgarekassa and Bjuggiska Fonden

1 600 000 SEK from Erasmus program

123 000 SEK from the Norek program

50 000 SEK from the Linnaeus Palme program

320 000 YEN from the JASSO scholarhips through Kansai Gaidai Univeristy, Japan

1000 USD from the Study Assistance Scholarship through Charles Darwin University, Australia

Partner News

Our partner university, Helsinki School of Economics, has merged with two other universities to become Aalto University School of Economics, Aalto University. The merge does not effect the exchange agreement with them.

Linnaeus-Palme program

JIBS applied for 14 projects within the Linnaeus-Palme program for the year 2010-2011.  The projects are distributed among the following countries: Colombia, Mongolia, China, South Africa and Ecuador.The results of the awarded projects will be announced in April 2010.

Summer Program

The International Office has been assigned the responsibility of the summer program 2010.

Internationally Yours,

Chantal, Leticia, Eric, Peter, Maya and Vaida

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Welcome exchange students for the Spring 2010 semester!

13 Jan 2010 | Posted By: Maria Markenroth

By: Eric Freid, International Student Coordinator

Most of our new, international exchange students have now arrived despite the slippery roads and snowy runways. Induction week is well underway and students are busy attending important meetings, computer workshops, and becoming familiar with Jönköping and the routines here at JIBS.

Don’t miss “Winter Games”, taking place on Wednesday January 13! Meeting point: Student House: 5 p.m.
Also, be sure to attend Quiz night on Thursday January 14: 6 p.m. at “Books and Coffee” in the Student House.

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