News archive

  • Congratulations to our Alumni of the Year


    Salem Seifeddine Today, the winners of the 2025 Alumnus of the Year award will be announced. Salem Seifeddine, Executive Vice President at JU, will present the award together with representatives from each school at a ceremony at the University Library on 2 October.

  • Pedagogical prize awarded to Elisabet Sandblom


    Since 2014, Jönköping University (JU) has presented a pedagogical prize in recognition of significant contributions to educational development. This year, the award goes to Elisabet Sandblom, Assistant professor of Swedish in didactics, at the School of Education and Communication, at JU.

  • Watch the video from JU Partner Days


    People in a conversation at a conference. 140 universities from 40 countries participated in JU Partner Days & Campus Experience at Jönköping University on 8-9 September.
    Watch the video from the event below.

  • JU’s Badge for Merit awarded to Pia Bülow and Cenneth Lundkvist


    Jönköping University’s (JU) Badge for Merit is awarded to people who have made contributions of great importance to the University. Recipients of the award in 2025 are Pia Bülow and Cenneth Lundkvist.

  • "Increased visibility and profiling of Jönköping University"


    Conference. Jönköping University was one of six host universities of the EAIE 2025 conference in Gothenburg on 9-12 September. It is Europe's largest meeting place for internationalization in higher education, which this year gathered over 7,000 participants from all over the world.

  • Per Risberg Memorial Fund Scholarship awarded to Sofi Fristedt


    The Per Risberg Memorial Fund Scholarship is awarded to someone who has made a significant contribution to strengthening collaboration and internationalization between Jönköping University (JU) and its stakeholders (industry and public organizations). The 2025 scholarship goes to Sofi Fristedt, Associate Professor of Health and Care Sciences at the School of Health and Welfare at JU.

  • 140 international universities at JU Partner Days


    Conference. 140 universities from 40 countries participated in JU Partner Days & Campus Experience at Jönköping University on 8-9 September. "A fantastic opportunity for us to meet our international partner universities, strengthen our collaborations and build great activities for the future," says Måns Svensson, President of JU.

  • The United States was discussed at JU LIVE


    Niklas Gemfeldt The first lecture in the popular science lecture series JU LIVE was held on Thursday, 4 September. The University Library was busy when Aron Engberg and Tobias Samuelsson discussed and talked about the United States.“We wanted to try to create an environment that would encourage dialogue, not only between us, but also dialogue with the audience,” says Tobias Samuelsson.

  • "It's a very fun and lovely atmosphere"


    Watch great clips from ten days of student activities during the kick-off and hear what some of the approximately 3,500 new students think about their first days at Jönköping University (JU) in the video below.

  • JU Solar Team best Swedish team in Bridgestone World Solar Challenge


    JU Solar Team 2025. JU Solar Team was once again the best Swedish team in the world's largest solar car competition Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia. They came in eighth place out of 40 starting teams."It feels incredible to be at the finish line and I am so proud of the team and our performance in the competition," says Matilda Svensson Duric, Team Manager for JU Solar Team 2025.