Exchange students have arrived

“I like the fact that Sweden is a multicultural country. The other day, a lady stopped and spoke to me. She thought I was Swedish,” says Shiori Mihara, one of the new exchange students at Örebro University.

Shiori Mihara is from Osaka in Japan. She will be in Örebro for two semesters and take courses in gender equality, politics and Swedish society.

Shiori Mihara is exchanged student from Osaka in Japan.

“As a country, Sweden is different from Japan. It is very big, and even if you live in a city, you are still close to nature,” says Shiori Mihara.

She chose Sweden and Örebro because she had never been to Europe. What attracted her to Sweden in particular was its closeness to nature.

The exchange students can look forward to a jam-packed schedule, featuring a visit to IKEA, fun and games at the real-world gaming centre of Boda Borg, as well as a welcome dinner.

Vice-Chancellor Johan Schnürer greeted the new students with these words:

“Sweden is blessed with a political system which values knowledge, values higher education and values research.”