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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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Teacher exchange between Lund University and College of Science and Technology (4)

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

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Teacher exchange between Lund University and College of Science and Technology (3)

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

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Teacher exchange between Lund University and College of Science and Technology (2)

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

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Teacher exchange between Lund University and College of Science and Technology (1)

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

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Trip to Lund University, Sweden from Bhutan

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

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Courses at the Swedish the Patent and Registration Office

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

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Research cooperation between Bhutan and Sweden

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

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Experiences of teaching at Royal University of Bhutan

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

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Master thesis in Bhutan

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

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My Teaching experience at Lund (From Bhutan)

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

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School collaboration with Samtse

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

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Bhutanese should learn from….

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

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Sweden’s new ambassador to Bhutan

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

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World Dendro 2018 in Bhutan

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

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Uppsala University Erasmus+ program with Royal University of Bhutan

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

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Visit to Bhutan from Karlstad University

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

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Bhutan hosts ‘World Dendro Conference’ for the first time

Dendrochronology is a science that uses the growth of tree rings as a detailed record of climate change in a region. Over 150 participants from 35 countries are attending the five-day conference. Bhutan has been chosen for the conference because … Fortsätt läsa

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Gomchen Wangchuk, the man who helped Bhutan eliminate goiter

UNICEF recognised him in 2004 for his contribution in elimination of IDD It was 1983. Gomchen Wangchuk, 49 then, had made up his mind. Alone, he headed to the Indian capital of Delhi. It was no ordinary journey. He brought … Fortsätt läsa

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Conserving traditional Bhutanese architecture

At the deliberation on the survey on traditional rammed earth buildings yesterday in Thimphu, three traditional houses from western region of Bhutan were proposed for preservation. These buildings are in Kabisa in Thimphu, Changjokha in Punakha, and in Talung Toed … Fortsätt läsa

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Bhutan’s first satellite to orbit earth soon

By the end of summer, Bhutan will have its first satellite orbiting the earth. The miniature satellite is called Bhutan-1, and weighs less than two kilograms. Four Bhutanese studying space engineering at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KyuTech) in Japan … Fortsätt läsa

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Country’s first satellite builders attend the BHUTAN-1 workshop

  As Bhutan’s first satellite BHUTAN-1, a 10x10x10 CubeSat, is scheduled to be launched in June, the engineers building it shared their stories at the BHUTAN-1 workshop held at the College of Science and Technology (CST) yesterday. The four engineers … Fortsätt läsa

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