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International master’s students meet to discuss children’s issues

On the Master's Programme in Child Studies, students from different parts of the world participate remotely. During an intensive week on campus, they gather to exchange experiences and strengthen their sense of community.

Their project must stand up to a space trip

The students from LiU were given a dream assignment: develop a pressure-resistant device. A device that contains an experiment. And is to be launched into space.

Young woman with dark hair in a ponytail and a pen in her hand talks to three young men in front of a glass wall with post-it notes

New master's programme for a better future

With its new master's programme Ethics, Science and Policy, Linköping University wants to make a difference in the world by teaching students to drive change, influence politics and thus improve society.

Aeronautical students with small aircraft assembled at LiU.

The engine caught fire - but the students won the prize

Despite a number of setbacks, LiU master's students won a title in the big SAE Aero Design aviation competition in Brazil. LiU is now investing in recurring student projects aimed at competing with small, remote-controlled aircraft.

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Internship at the centre of world politics

Nugzari Batsikadze is a master’s student at LiU on an internship at the Swedish Embassy in Washington. His duties include sitting in on hearings in the Senate, for example, when the head of Microsoft answers questions about the future of AI.

The quest for sustainable livelihoods in the Amazon

The journey on the river from Tefé to the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve in Brazil normally takes around three hours. But things are not normal the researchers from Linköping discover.

From LiU to Google

"Digital marketing and business. Those things you can learn. But the soft values ... quickly understanding the culture of the team, the country, and the specific market. SMIO at Linköping University provided this”, says the alumna Elena Shabrova.

Master's studies close to business world

Do you want to connect with companies and organisations in your field during your time at university and gain experience that kick-starts your career? Then you have come to the right place.

LiU – among the top 2 percent in the world

For several years now, Linköping University has been among the top 2 percent in the three most important international university rankings.

A spirometer is used to measure the respiratory functions of the dolphins. It gives the researchers at Kolmården data used to diagnose health issues and how the lungs perform in a dive. - If we understand their physiological capacity, we can understand better how climate changes will affect their capability to find food, says Andreas Fahlman.

Kolmården hosts students in Zoo biology course

The International Master's Programme in Applied Ethology and Animal Biology was welcomed by Kolmården in the course Zoo biology. Students spent four weeks with the researchers to learn how research on zoo-animals is performed and why.

Farewell Ceremony - a tradition that is welcomed again

After two years of digital ceremonies, the Farewell Ceremony could finally be arranged physically again! Hundreds of students gathered on 14 June 2022 at the Concert and Congress Hall.

An internship improved his career opportunities

Mohammad Habibi Savadkoohi is studying the master’s programme Strategic Urban and Regional Planning. He has arranged to do an internship at an international consulting company – something which has opened up a lot of paths for his future.

This is how the picture of the "Swedish Dads" is used abroad

When the photobook “Swedish Dads” was turned into an exhibition by the Swedish Institute, the picture of Swedish dads on parental leave was changed. In the book, they were portrayed as ordinary – in the exhibition, they were presented as exceptional.

Best degree project rewarded with a prize

What are the obstacles to digitalisation for established companies? How can they overcome these difficulties? Sandra Sjöbäck and Amanda Spaak have answered these questions, and as a result have been awarded one of Christer Gilén scholarships.

Filip – Making a difference in climate change

Amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are rising, and with them the global temperature. LiU master's student Filip Seifarth is hoping to do something about climate change.

Emily Rodriguez at Tekniska Verken in Linköping.

She works to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

Emily Rodriguez came to Linköping from the US in 2011. She earned a master’s in environmental science and left to work in Rome, New York and Brussels before returning to LiU. She’s back here now, working on her doctoral thesis.

A group of people crosses a bridge in the rainforest

Amazing master's experiences in the Amazon

For two weeks, a group of master’s students from Linköping University travelled to the rainforest of the Amazon to conduct field studies. It turned out to be an overwhelming and inspirational experience.

Alumnus Sofie Lärkhammar: I will never forget the education at LiU

As business development specialist for the Finnish gas company Gasum, Sofie Lärkhammar has had an exciting – and important – start to her professional life. From her education at LiU she has some unforgettable memories.

A virtual team for post-disaster communication

Create a team with nine students from LiU and Stanford, from different programmes of education and four different countries. Ask them to solve a task from Saab and give them nine months to do it. What’s the result? The DaMD course.

A computer algorithm to recognise and follow objects

Master's graduate Goutam Bhat has been awarded the Christer Gilén Scholarship for 2019 in the field of statistics and machine learning. The scholarship recognises his work in computer vision.

Daniel Leidermark, Christian Busse and Thomas Lindström.

They make future gas turbines both greener and safer

In the future, gas turbines will be more efficient, more eco-friendly, and powered by renewable fuel. At the Division for Solid Mechanics, models are being developed to predict the lifetimes of the materials that will make the future possible.

LiU students take gold for antimicrobial bandage

Students at Linköping University took gold in the international competition in synthetic biology, iGEM 2019.

LiU Student Secondhand wins Environmental Prize

The LiU Student Secondhand project run by student society Navitas has been awarded the LiU Environmental Prize, in the thirteenth year of the competition. The group has set up a second-hand system for the reuse of student furniture.

Emma Persson, Ina Eriksson, Lina Fredriksson and Mirna Baaoth

Students looking for a missing person in Kolmården Wildlife Park

Someone’s lost in the Kolmården Forest and around 40 students must find him before he wanders into the elephant enclosure. They are using the electronic footprints he has made. Can they manage it? Indeed they can – and it doesn’t take them long.

A passion for protecting biological diversity

Optimism or pessimism? Rebecka Le Moine, conservation biologist and Alumna of the Year 2018, prefers optimism. With limitless energy she works to spread knowledge about everything that we can do to preserve biological diversity.

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