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Hospitality that promotes internationalisation

Hospitality towards international employees and students is important. As an international student or employee, a new educational and work environment, culture and society can be unfamiliar. This makes support important in finding your way in your new life abroad. This page provides support in welcoming and recruiting international employees and students.


Receive support in recruitment and onboarding

Read about onboarding support for international staff and students, how you can receive support when recruiting international staff and about parallel language use in the University’s language policy on Aktum.

Read more about Hospitality that benefits internationalisation on Aktum (UMU ID required)

Internationaliseringsforum

Internationaliseringsforum on Teams is aimed at international contacts at departments and faculties, but also at those who work with internationalisation issues in other roles.

Visit the Internationaliseringsforum in Teams (UMU ID required)

Newsletter

The International Office publishes a newsletter biweekly with a focus on international exchange along with other internationalisation issues.

Contact komm.io@umu.se to subscribe to the newsletter

Information about conducting research in Sweden

The Swedish Research Council has information in English about conducting research in Sweden with the purpose of visualising what research in Sweden involves and what opportunities are on offer. You can share this information in contact with prospective colleagues.

Learn more from the Swedish Research Council about conducting research in Sweden  (vr.se)

Internationalisation policy

Umeå University's internationalisation work is based on Vision for Umeå University and addresses these four areas of development:

  • Internationalisation at home
  • International cooperation
  • International experience
  • Hosting that benefits internationalisation.

Read the Internationalisation policy

Latest update: 2025-05-22

Learn more about internationalisation

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International cooperation (Aktum)

Find out more about how to develop and find international collaborations (UMU ID required).

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Action plan for internationalisation (Aktum)

Get concrete tips and templates for developing an internationalisation action plan (UMU ID required).

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International exchanges

Erasmus and Nordplus offer international exchanges for researchers.