A director is appointed each year for the Kalas event. The Kalas management team plans and organises the reception events, together with Linköping University.
Volunteer workers, known as “Kalaspuffs”, have a crucial and fun job if everything is to proceed without any hitches – at the fair and in the event area.
The Kalas event
The Kalas event is arranged by LiU with partners
The Kalas event is arranged by LiU together with Linköping Municipality, Norrköping Municipality and Region Östergötland. Its principal goal is to welcome all new students and introduce them to student life and Östergötland.
Welcome!
Congratulations, you are now part of an amazing university in continuous forwards motion! The Kalas event is part of the welcome activities for you, as you take the first steps into your new life as student – full of knowledge, joy and new friends!
Student life – full to the brim
Linköping University has one of the best student experiences in Sweden, according to the students themselves. Both Norrköping and Linköping have been nominated as Student City of the Year in recent years. Student life is based to a large extent on student clubs and societies run on a voluntary basis, where everyone works to ensure that studying at LiU is better and more fun. The Kalas event allows you to meet 80-100 clubs and societies, whose purpose is to provide new students with the opportunity to experience life outside of the classroom!
The cities and the region
New in town? The Kalas event gives you a chance to get to know the university's campus cities and the region of East Sweden in a simple and concentrated way. You can meet local actors and companies at Kalas, they will be able to help you learn the type of activities you can participate in outside of your studies and what fun things you can do in East Sweden.
By students - for students
Brief facts about Kalas
8000
Students
80-100
Exhibitors
200
Volunteers