Here you find some Frequently Asked Questions that hopefully help you and give you all the information you need.
We recommend and expect you to read all sources we offer to you properly in order to avoid missunderstandings or confusion after you have arrived in Sweden.
If you need more information in detail please read our Survival Guide (pdf). In case we have missed a matter of your interest that is conncected to your stay at Kristianstad University, you are welcome to write your questions to intrel@hkr.se.
We do get a lot of questions about insurances etc from incoming exchange students, most questions should be answered at www.kammarkollegiet.se/files/
forsakringar_riskhantering/IN_Engelska_1102.pdf
Please also note that residence permit is handled differently depending on if you are an EU/EEA citizen or not, please see http://www.migrationsverket.se/info/153_en.html
as well as
http://www.migrationsverket.se/info/150_en.html
Please note that only those questions will be answered that cannot be found either on these web pages or in the Survival Guide!
If you have questions about the educational system in Sweden, about ECTS or your Learning Agreement, living costs or language skills, check the Survival Guide (pdf).
Questions about the accommodation e.g. the rent, deposit, the equipment of the student dorms or how to get to university are discussed in
When you have arrived in Kristianstad, you might have some practical questions about telephone cards, shopping, clubbing, public transportation or how to open a bank account. In the pdf file below you could find some useful information to questions that might occur to you during your first weeks of your stay in Kristianstad.
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