Life and Studies in Sweden

Sweden is one of the four countries of the Scandinavia including Norway, Denmark and Finland. It covers an area surface of 44,964 sq kms. This is almost like the US state of California. The capital of the country is Stockholm. has a population of 9 million people among which 1 million are immigrants according to public sources. In recent years Sweden has been an "Eldorado" of studies for thousands of migrants from around the globe.

The country is pretty one of the most interesting place to learn among the countries in Europe and in the Scandinavia in particular. It must equally be commended the fact that, Sweden is among the very few countries in the world, if not, the only to make education completely free. It is calm, peaceful and its citizens are generally welcoming.

Though not necessarily an English colony, the second language after the Svenka (official language of Sweden) is English. It is really amazing to know that most Swedish speak good English as well.

However, Sweden is certainly not a destination for those who want to come there and look for jobs. The jobs are quite few and those available are often for people who understand the Swedish language. This does not in any way mean that it is totally impossible to have part time jobs in Sweden as a student.

The educational system is well organized. Education is tuition-free and most of the things in school, as in most of the country, are highly computerized. This is good though, but, has drastically cut down jobs.

Furthermore, even to do photocopies you just slot your card into a machine or enter your code and do your photocopies yourself. Just imagine the number of people who earn a living in the University of Buea or any other in Cameroon through photocopies. It is completely different here.