Student presentation looking at overseas placement

1. Cardiff University
School of Health Care Sciences
Global Opportunities
Lund University
Sweden

2. Lund University
• Founded in 1666 is today ranked
among the world’s top 100
universities.
• 30 world-leading research
environments
• Research intensive university
belonging to the League of
European Universities (LERU) & the
international Universitas 21.
• Located in southern Sweden, Lund
is a cobble-stoned, medieval town
just 40 minutes by train from
Copenhagen, Denmark.

3. Where is Lund?
• Fly to Copenhagen
• Take direct train to Lund (30-45 mins).

4. Skåne University Hospital
The hospital is within walking
distance of the university and
offers high quality international
placement opportunities.

5. • Film about the Faculty of
Medicine on the
following:
• http://www.med.lu.se/e
nglish/about_the_facult
y
• Teresa and

6. Student Life
• Lund is an academic town and
resembles Cambridge
• Don’t expect large nightclubs
• Nightlife is simple cosy bars There is
also more information about student
life in Lund on the following:
• http://studentlund.se/eng/
• Most social activities take place within
the so called ”nations”.
• People who are not students never
see these activities but there is
something going on most days of the
week like pubs, night clubs, dinners,
lunches, some sport activities and
Sunday movies.

7. Lund’s “classy”
indoor market

8. Getting around Lund
• You can pretty much
walk anywhere;
however most people
cycle
• Bikes are fairly easy rent
to go around shorter
distances at Lund:
• http://www.visitlund.se
/en/travel/bicycle

9. Lund’s
main
square
where an
outdoor
market is
held

10. Climate in Lund
• Generally 2 seasons Summer &
winter
• Summers are warm with average
high temperatures of 19 to 20 °C
• Winters are cold with temperatures
of around −3 to 3 °C (27 to 37 °F),.
• Snow mainly December to March
• As Lund is in the south there can be
rain rather than snow

11. Follow up contacts
Nursing
• Judith Benbow
benbowja@cf.ac.uk
• Beverley Johnson
johnsonba@cf.ac.uk
• Andrew Santos
santosa1@cf.ac.uk
Occupational Therapy
• Gareth Morgan
MorganG11@cardiff.ac.uk