24 février 2013
Universities prepare to change PhD students’ status
By Jan Petter Myklebust. Several Swedish universities are preparing to employ all doctoral students from 2015, changing from the current system in which PhD students receive financial support that varies according to the funding source. In 2011, foreign students accounted for 37% of an intake of 3,650 new doctoral students. This was up from 34% in 2010, according to a report from the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, titled Universitet & Högskolor – Universities and Colleges.
In addition, 18% had a ‘foreign background’, meaning that they were either born abroad and had immigrated to Sweden or were born in Sweden of parents who had been born abroad. About half of the foreign doctoral students came from Asia, and a third from Europe, with China the country that sent the most PhD students to Sweden. Read more...
In addition, 18% had a ‘foreign background’, meaning that they were either born abroad and had immigrated to Sweden or were born in Sweden of parents who had been born abroad. About half of the foreign doctoral students came from Asia, and a third from Europe, with China the country that sent the most PhD students to Sweden. Read more...
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