Kategoriarkiv: Bhutan and Sweden

It was really an exciting moment for us when the list of selected candidates to Uppsala University came out. On the 19th of August 2019 we landed at Stockholm Arlanda airport. Everything turned out to be going smoothly. Thanks to … Fortsätt läsa →

In 2017, Malmö University, Department of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Society, and Samtse College of Education (part of the Royal University of Bhutan), Department of Mathematics and IT education began discussing opportunities for collaboration around mathematics didactics. Funding was granted … Fortsätt läsa →

Despite the short-term character of this visit, teaching daylight simulations for architecture students in Phuentsholing’s College of Science and Technology in Bhutan made me reflect on valuable aspects pertaining to international teaching practicum: Meeting with the eager-to-learn Bhutanese students exceeded … Fortsätt läsa →

In connection with various teacher exchanges, I have often thought about how relatively similar architectural education is around the world. The same goes for Bhutan. The students are faced with similar architectural issues as the Swedish students. However, there is … Fortsätt läsa →

I started the exchange in Bhutan with great confidence. In Sweden, I had been researching for several years in daylight and electric lighting in buildings. It wasn’t until arriving in Phuentsholing that I realized that there were so many differences … Fortsätt läsa →

In 2018, we had a teacher exchange program at Lund University together with the College of Science and Technology (CST), Royal University of Bhutan. In this first step, only teachers were involved. Hopefully, future projects can also include students, technical … Fortsätt läsa →

The College of Science and Technology, Royal University of Bhutan had started the Master’s Degree program in Renewable Energy in 2018. The college as a partner university with EU universities had offered study tour to Lund University in Sweden to … Fortsätt läsa →

For many years, the Patent and Registration Office has been organizing a number of international courses with support from Sida through ITP (International Training Programs) in intellectual property law. At several of these courses there have been Bhutanese participants. In … Fortsätt läsa →

Nestled in the lush and vast Himalayan mountains, the people of Bhutan are often described by their happiness, economic freedom, and simple ways of life. There is often a sense of pride and contentment with life in land of the … Fortsätt läsa →

The Bhutanese IT students are among the most attentive we ever have met. This is my conclusion, as well as the conclusion of my colleague Kristina von Hausswolff, after having been teaching students at the Bachelor of Engineering programme in … Fortsätt läsa →

The contacts made during the 2015 -2018 CIMCEB project (Curricula Development of Interdisciplinary Master Courses in Energy Efficient Building Design in Nepal and Bhutan) resulted in, me Matthijs van Jaarsveld from Lund University in Sweden, to go the Bhutan to … Fortsätt läsa →

Thank you Erasmus+ ICM (International Credit Mobility) for giving me an opportunity to visit LUND University, Sweden is a beautiful country.  My exchange to Lund in late 2018 was wonderful and amazing; to a new place, a new culture and … Fortsätt läsa →

Båtsmansskolan, a middle school in Härryda municipality in southern Sweden, started a collaboration with Samtse Lower Secondary School (SLLS) in 2018. A delegation from Samtse visited Härryda and Gothenburg in January last year. And in September, a delegation from Båtsmansskolan … Fortsätt läsa →

When most of the Bhutanese have less interest in singing our traditional songs, Johan Westman from Sweden working in Samtse College of Education as music lecturer could sing Zhungdra beautifully, more than Bhutanese on National Day. He was looking for … Fortsätt läsa →

Sweden’s ambassador to India, Klas Molin, who is also ambassador of Sweden to Bhutan,  presented his letter of credence to the HM King in June this year. Klas Molin already took over 2017  in Delhi, but only after having handed … Fortsätt läsa →

In June, approximately 150 delegates from 35 countries gathered in Bhutan to discuss the latest research in the field of dendrochronology, using information (mainly annual rings) from trees to describe changes in the environment and climate back in time, but … Fortsätt läsa →

Uppsala University has had an EU-funded Erasmus + collaboration with the Royal University of Bhutan for six-month exchange of master’s students, which ended last year. Under this program four Bhutanese students studied in Uppsala 2016, three from the College of … Fortsätt läsa →

Professor of Health Sciences with focus on Neurology Peter Hagell and Martin Persson, Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at Karlstad University, visited Bhutan in May in order to develop cooperation and exchange with Asia in the form of long-term integrated … Fortsätt läsa →

Center for Bhutan Studies and GNH (Gross National Happiness) President Dasho Karma Ura and three co-workers, Dr. Dorji Penjore, Sangay Chophel and Chhimi Dem visited Stockholm and Uppsala in January. The network GNH Sweden arranged the visit and hosted a … Fortsätt läsa →

A number of Bhutanese students have completed master’s programs in Sweden, but doctoral degrees are rare. Are far as we know, there has been only one until now, but now there are at least two. Wangchuk Rabten has a masters … Fortsätt läsa →

Not many Swedes live in Bhutan, but last year the number increased by 100% from one to two. Since August 2017 Kerstin Brütte is librarian at Royal Thimpu College in Ngabiphu in the mountains above Babesa in Thimphu. Kerstin has … Fortsätt läsa →

The association’s annual meeting was held May 15, 2018. After the annual meeting, Axel Odelberg talked about his journey from west to east in Bhutan under the heading ”Biker in Bhutan – On motorcycle through Bhutan in the Spring of … Fortsätt läsa →