Being a student in Göteborg

There is one big difference in being a student in Sweden or in Slovenia, here students are not treated like shit, nobody gives you poor service. Most of the students here are a part of the Student Union, which takes care of all student related issues. A Student Union is run by students for students. In our campus, Chalmers campus, there is a Student Union building with gym, sauna, swimming pool, pool, cafeteria, book shop... basically everything a student could ask for. As an erasmus student I am not obligated to pay the Student Union fee, which is 300 SEK (30 evr) per semester.

Sport activities are also very well organized for students. Just accross my dormitory there is a sport center Fysiken, where I can play ball sports, take dance and aerobic classes every day. For the use of the center I pay only 550 SEK per 3 months, for this I can join all sport activites as much as I want. Rowing is also a very popular sport among Swedish students.


I live in a dormitory for master students, situated near Chalmers campus, so I have 10 min on foot to my faculty. The rent is 3400 SEK/month, included electricity, heating, internet connection, laundry room and the use of a swimming pool and sauna in the ground floor. The only thing I miss in this dormitory is a common place to hang out, there is a pub near the sauna, but most students hang out in their rooms.
In the first week I had to the a "little" shopping for the house (kitchen equipment, bed covers...) it cost me 800 SEK in IKEA, but I bought really everything I need and discovered cheap IKEA chocolate :)