"I feel like JU has a lot to offer its students"

About 1,500 people came to the Open House at Jönköping University (JU) on 22 March.

"It would be great to study here, says Gabriel Nadvodniuk, who visited the School of Engineering (JTH).

"We know we want to study in Jönköping"

Amelia Samuelsson and Rinesa Kadrijaj from Nässjö visited Jönköping International Business School (JIBS).

"It's our first time at JU and it feels great. We chose to come here to get more information about several programmes because we are not sure what we want to study yet," says Amelia Samuelsson.

"We're studying economics in high school now, so we're leaning in that direction. The Cvilekonom programme is appealing. It seems to be a broad and good education, especially if you don't really know what you want to work with in the end. We both know that we want to study in Jönköping anyway. Student life seems to be great and we like the possibility of exchange studies," says Rinesa Kadrijaj.

Salem Hailemaviam was a programme presenter for JIBS. He moved from Gotland to study International Management and has not regretted it for a second.

"For me, JIBS was an obvious choice. I was attracted by the internship opportunity, the mix of marketing and management in my programme and, not least, the opportunity to study parts abroad. I have been to Paris on exchange and it was absolutely fantastic," he says.

Students and staff at Jönköping University's four schools welcomed visitors to the Open House and answered questions about programmes, campus, and student life and more. The schools held over 50 information sessions about their programmes. Jönköping Student Union and several of their associations were present, as well as the JU Solar Team, which will compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia 24-31 August. In addition, the University Library as well as the restaurants and cafés on campus were open.

"For prospective students, the Open House is a perfect opportunity to visit us. Many come here with their parents or bring a friend to check out the University's study environments and talk directly with our students and programme managers," says Anders Wadell, Communications Officer at JU and coordinator of Open House.

"One of the first universities I looked at"

Gabriel Nadvodniuk, who is in his final year of the technology program at Njudungsgymnasiet in Vetlanda, likes programming and would like to study at the School of Engineering (JTH) at JU this autumn.

"JU was one of the first universities I started looking at. It feels like they have a lot to offer their students, so they definitely have my attention," he says.

He thinks that everything feels very accessible at JU with a close collaboration with the business community and good opportunities to get both internships during the study period and jobs after graduation. He mentions that there seems to be plenty of activities on campus through all the student associations and that it is a short distance to everything from JU.

"Jönköping is a great city and there is so much here. I have been here many times, but still have a lot left to see and discover."

"Got a good impression"

Stina Svensson from Skövde came to the Open House to see if Global Studies at the School of Education and Communication (HLK) suited her, and found that it did.

"I have always liked those subjects and got a good impression of both the programme and Åsa Nilsson Dahlström, Senior Lecturer in Global Studies at HLK, during the information session," says Stina Svensson.

She has heard many good things about HLK from a friend who is studying to be a teacher at the school and who enjoys it very much. Stina also thinks that Jönköping is a cozy city at a good commuting distance from Skövde.

"It only takes an hour to get here by train and it's cozy with all the water in central Jönköping, we miss that at home," she says.

Showcased the practical activities

Nejma Abdillahi and Umalkhayr Ahmed from Jönköping were interested in studying the nursing programme at the School of Health and Welfare.

"We hope to find out more about what it means to become a nurse and what the job entails. We are finishing high school this year and plan to continue studying in the fall."

At the School of Health and Welfare, there was an opportunity to visit some of the practical activities immediately after the information sessions. For example, the nursing programme and the orthopaedic engineering programme showed their activities.