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The autumn’s Arrival Day for international students at Lund University looked a bit different this time around compared to previous years. Roughly 1,400 students arrived during the two-week-long orientation programme in August. In total, about 2,500 international students have started their studies at Lund University during the autumn semester of 2020. This is a slight decrease compared to 2019, due primarily to fewer exchange students. On the other hand, the number of international students studying a full Master's or Bachelor's degree programme has increased.
Numerous adjustments were made prior to the orientation weeks in order to give new students a warm, but also safe, welcome. Hanna Gustafzelius at the Division of External Relations, who works with arrival activities, told us about some of the challenges leading up to this autumn:
- One of the biggest challenges has obviously been to make our events feel safe for the students, for our employees and for all of our mentors and student volunteers that helped during the orientation programme. A lot of hand sanitizer and Plexiglas has been used and we have followed many new guidelines. We’ve had to test new concepts and think about what is most crucial. |
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