Study + Work in Sweden @ OSAKA, KANSAI EXPO

07 jun 2025, 16.00

The event consists of a presentation of the process of studying in Sweden, panel discussions by alumni and Swedish companies. On the day, we plan to distribute a guide to studying in Sweden, materials on Swedish universities, Swedish career guides, scholarship information, and more! For companies, it is a great opportunity to directly interact with prominent students to introduce your company!

Target audience: People who have studied at a Swedish university, people who are planning to study in Sweden, people who want to work for a Swedish company or in Sweden, university staff, Swedish companies. High school and secondary school graduates are also welcome!

Date: Saturday, June 7, 2025, 16:00-18:30
Location: Nordic Pavilion at the Osaka-Kansai Expo

Participation fee: Free, but advance registration is required. The admission ticket to the Expo will be provided. If you would like to participate, please register using the link below. Registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration will close as soon as the maximum number of participants (50) is reached.

For those who have studied in Sweden, who want to study/work in Sweden:
https://forms.gle/qTkTbPWUg3FP7bV8

For participating companies:
https://forms.gle/qTkTbPWUg3FP7bV8

Schedule:

15:45 Registration starts

Part 1

16:00-16:05 Opening remarks by the Embassy of Sweden in Tokyo

16:05-16:20 "The process of studying in Sweden"
Nagame Hayami, Public Relations Section, Embassy of Sweden in Tokyo

16:20-16:35 "I was fascinated by the unique Nordic handicraft education centered on wood and metal processing, called Slöjd" by Mr. Yoshihisa Kikkawa

Received the top prize in the university student division of the 6th Tobitate! Currently a technology teacher at Hirano Junior High School attached to Osaka Kyoiku University. While studying technology education at Linnaeus University for one year, he also completed his teaching practice at a local school. He will talk about the appeal of studying abroad in Sweden and how his experience is being utilized in his current career.

16:35-16:40 About Sweden Alumni Network Japan, by Mr. Subaru Hiranuma, Chairman of Sweden Alumni Network Japan

16:40-17:20 Panel Discussions
Chairperson: Mr. Subaru Hiranuma, Chairman of Sweden Alumni Network Japan

"Experiences of Students from the Swedish Language Department at Osaka University"

Panelist 1 Mr. Tetsuya Sakamoto
He majored in Swedish language at the Department of Foreign Studies, Osaka University from 2020. He took one year off from the university and studied at Folk High School in a town near the west coast city, Gothenburg from 2022 to 2023. He took a course called Adventure Coach and had both practical classes such as climbing, hiking, camping, canoeing, skiing besides fitness and theoretical classes such as anatomy, nutrition, exercise theory besides leadership. After coming back to the university in Japan, he graduated in March of 2025 and now he is studying the relationship between Sweden and EU at the Graduate School of Humanities at Osaka University.

Panelist 2: Ms. Akiho Tamada
She studied at Lund University as an exchange student (2023HT-2024VT) and took courses on Swedish film and literature. She joined Lund University Orchestra “Akademiska kapellet” and performed in several concerts. Currently She is back at Osaka University and working on her bachelor thesis about Fredrik Backman's work.

Part 2

17:20-18:30 Social gathering FIKA

Swedish universities of participants (in alphabetical order):

Karlstad University
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Linköping University
Linnaeus University
Lund University
Luleå University of Technology
Malmö University
Royal Institute of Art
Stockholm University
Södertörn University
University of Gothenburg
Uppsala University

Participants' Japanese Alma mater in Japan (in alphabetical order):

Aichi University of Education, Osaka University, Osaka Kyoiku University, Okayama University, Kanazawa University, Kansai University, Kyoto University, Keio University, Koryo Women's Junior College, Shukutoku University, Chiba Institute of Technology, University of Tsukuba, Tenri University of Health Sciences, Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo University of Science, Tohoku University, Toyo University, Tokushima University, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nara Prefectural University, Nihon University, Hitotsubashi University, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Waseda University

Participating Swedish companies (in alphabetical order):

Alfa Laval
Baseload Power Japan