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Teaching Exchange, Royal University of Bhutan and Lund University, September 2022

Kuzuzangpo (Greetings) to Sweden from Bhutan! This is our first oversea travel since the Covid-19 pandemic, but our second visit to Lund University as a Teacher exchange, supported by the ongoing Linnaeus-Palme partnership Project. On September 6, after arriving in … Fortsätt läsa

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My stay in Sweden

It was a nice trip on the 22nd of February 2022 amidst a pandemic from Thimphu to Lund, Sweden. Finally, landed at the Malmo municipality airport. It took around 40 minutes to reach Lund university and met with my previously … Fortsätt läsa

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Sweden for me

A present stay, tons of friends and loads of memories, defines Sweden best to me. Facilities and infrastructure so spontaneous and advanced you would feel like you just stepped in a time machine. I have experienced most unusual dawn and … Fortsätt läsa

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My Experience as an exchange student in Sweden

My stay in Sweden was overall a wonderful experience, it showed me many new things. Above all, I loved how things were well planned and organized. It was amazing to see how they would plan their schedules weeks and months … Fortsätt läsa

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Sweden – Cold and Beautiful

My first impression of Sweden was that it was cold, so cold that I could not even stand outside without shivering. I felt it was a bit ironic because I came from a very high and cold place myself. I … Fortsätt läsa

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Research collaboration and exchanges with Bhutan

Academic contacts with Bhutan have developed very positively in recent years, and continue with several new projects and exchanges between universities in Sweden and Bhutan. Lund University – Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) A new project ”Reduction of crop losses … Fortsätt läsa

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Visit to Malmö from Paro College of Education

President Dr Dorji Thinley and Dean of Academic Affairs Karma Yeshey visited Malmö University in May to plan together for collaboration between Paro College of Education and Malmö University, similar to what has existed for a couple of years with … Fortsätt läsa

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Drying and Building

Dekar Wangchuk (left) and Lhakpa Tempa Waiba (right) from the College of Science and Technology came to Lund in February for a 3.5-month Linnaeus-Palme exchange with Lund University. Lhakpa has worked there to mathematically simulate the dynamic heat transfer in … Fortsätt läsa

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The Erasmus exchange with Uppsala University is picking up speed again

After two years of only virtual exchanges, the physical exchange has started again. Four students from the College of Science and Technology in Phuentsholing came to Uppsala in January to study during the spring semester at the Department of Information … Fortsätt läsa

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Continued intensive cooperation in pandemic times between Uppsala University and the Royal University of Bhutan

The exchanges of students and teachers between Uppsala University and the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) have been temporarily dormant and replaced with other, more pandemic-appropriate, forms of cooperation. Perhaps the most important is that seven students from the College … Fortsätt läsa

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Johan Westman – longest resident Swede in Bhutan?

Johan is as far as known the only Swede currently living in Bhutan, and probably also the one who has lived the longest in the country (since December 2011). For the past five years, he worked at Samtse College of … Fortsätt läsa

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Working in Conservation in Bhutan

Bhutan is well known for its Gross National Happiness – and for being carbon negative, as suggested by former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay in a TED talk, that has millions of views on Youtube. But how does it achieve that? … Fortsätt läsa

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Story of Bumpailops during the Pandemic

  Twenty-twenty was a year characterised by uncertainty, dreadfulness, and trepidation for humanity. People from all walks of life were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As for me,the pandemic caused some impediments, which Bhutanese refer to as ‘Barchey’ meaning obstacles, … Fortsätt läsa

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Fruit Drying i Lund and Bhutan

Of course, it sounds a little strange that the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at Lund University works with drying fruit. How did this come about? Shouldn’t we be drawing houses? For a long time, my department, Energy and … Fortsätt läsa

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The joys of a Swedish summer

From the air Sweden below is a vast stretch of wilderness dotted by countless water bodies. On earth, the natural wealth and blessings of the forests of Sweden is yours to discover. And also the Swedish custom of Allemansrätt. Allemansrätt … Fortsätt läsa

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My PhD Journey from Sherubtse College to Uppsala University

Last November, after a meeting in Thimphu, I was on the road back to my workplace at Sherubtse College, Trashigang. The journey from the capital takes two days across the beautiful valleys of central Bhutan on the tortuous East-West national … Fortsätt läsa

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My master’s course at Örebro University, Sweden

I graduated this year in June 2020 from Örebro University, Sweden. My master’s program in information security management was a two-year program comprising 120 credits. We were the first batch of information security students in Örebro and were thus unique … Fortsätt läsa

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Congratulations!

Martin Söderman from Stockholm and Beenu Chhetri from Phuentsholing were married in Phuentsholing in February, luckily before the Covid-19 lockdowns and border closures. We wish the couple all the best for a happy and healthy future!

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Is it possible to cook authentic ema datsi in Sweden?

In the hierarchy of Bhutanese food, chilies sit in the stratosphere. A shortage of the fiery spice will dominate the news. The cliché goes, in Bhutan, chilies are not a spice but a vegetable. According to Bhutan’s National biodiversity Centre, … Fortsätt läsa

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Mölnlycke and Samtse – the collaboration continues

Båtsmansskolan in Mölnlycke and Samtse Lower Secondary School, SLSS, are continuing their development collaboration in a new school project. The project is co-financed by the Swedish Council for Higher Education through their Atlas program. The project period starts already this … Fortsätt läsa

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Honorary consul recognised

Honorary consul of Bhutan to Sweden, Phub Zam, received The Order of the Polar Star from the King and Queen of Sweden on December 3, 2019. The King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden who are on a … Fortsätt läsa

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A different Boxing Day

The four exchange students at Uppsala University, Tshering Penjor, Tshering Gyeltshen, Kinga Seldon and Tshering Yangchen, were invited to a traditional Swedish Boxing Day Christmas Buffet at the home of board member Lennart Strandberg and family, wife Birthe, son Filip … Fortsätt läsa

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Training at the Swedish Patent Office

As has been the case several times before, there have been Bhutanese participants in the Patent Office’s international Sida-funded ITP courses in intellectual property, most recently in late 2019 with Karma Kelzang Eudon, associate professor, and Kelzang Dorji, associate professor, … Fortsätt läsa

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My experience in 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

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Malmö and Samtse – student and teacher exchange

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

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