1. Rebecka Herdevall, Tempus Information Day Ramallah 2011 Rebecka Herdevall, Tempus National Contact Point Sweden International Programme Office for Education and Training

2. Rebecka Herdevall, Tempus Information Day Ramallah 2011 Swedish government agency under the ministry of Education and Research Mission: to support international cooperation within the area of education. Target groups: preschool, school, upper secondary school, higher education and vocational training Funders: the European Commission, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Swedish government www.programkontoret.se The International Programme Office for Education and Training Main office in Stockholm Small office in Gotland

3. Rebecka Herdevall, Tempus Information Day Ramallah 2011 Basic facts about Sweden The third largest country in Western Europe Population: 9.4 million Capital: Stockholm Language: Swedish Constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy Parliament: The Riksdag Nine years of compulsory schooling

4. Rebecka Herdevall, Tempus Information Day Ramallah 2011 Universities University Colleges Higher education institutions: 47  State Universities: 14  State University Colleges: 21  Private HEI’s: 3 (Chalmers University of Technology, the Stockholm School of Economics and Jönköping University Foundation) Teaching and research staff: 26,400 Students: 430,000 Foreign students: 14,000 yearly (or 15% of new arrivals) Short facts on HE Eskilstuna

5. Rebecka Herdevall, Tempus Information Day Ramallah 2011 The Higher Education Institutions Linnaeus University – Sweden’s newest university from 2010

6. Rebecka Herdevall, Tempus Information Day Ramallah 2011 Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (24) Linköping University (5) University of Gothenburg (4) Chalmers University of Technology (3) Lund University (3) Linnaeus University (2) Stockholm University (2) Mälardalen University (2) Karlstad University (1) Jönköping University (1) Karolinska institutet (1) Royal college of Music (1) University of Gävle (1) Umeå University (1) Swedish HEIs involved in Tempus Gothenburg, Chalmers Lund Stockholm U, KTH, KI College of Music Mälardalen Linköping Linnaeus Umeå Gävle Karlstad Jönköping

7. Rebecka Herdevall, Tempus Information Day Ramallah 2011 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL 3 years COMPULSORY SCHOOL 9 years PRE-SCHOOL Degree of Doctor 240 ECTS University Diploma 120 ECTS Degree of Bachelor 180 ECTS Degree of Master 1 year 60 ECTS Degree of Master 2 year 120 ECTS Professional Degree 120-330 ECTS 2 years 3 years 1 year 2 years 4 years First Level Second Level Third Level Degree of Licentiate 120 ECTS The Swedish Higher Education System

8. Rebecka Herdevall, Tempus Information Day Ramallah 2011 2009 Central Offices Responsible for the Integration at Home of Internationalisation as Assurance of quality in the Meda region LUND UNIVERSITY ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AL-QUDS UNIVERSITY STUDENT COUNCIL HEBRON UNIVERSITY Ongoing Tempus projects between Swedish and Palestinian HEIs 2009 Developing a Strategic Plan for the Reform of Environmental Studies in the Higher Education System of Palestine ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MOH) AN-NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY AL-QUDS UNIVERSITY BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY (BZU) 2011 Middle Eastern Partnership in Sustainable Engineering ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY PALESTINIAN FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIES AN-NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

9. Rebecka Herdevall, Tempus Information Day Ramallah 2011 Framework for possible cooperation between Swedish and Palestinian HEIs (I) Priorities for Palestine in 5th Call for curricula reform projects Examples of active faculties within Tempus in Sweden: Economy and finance Physics Applied Physics and Electronics Energy, Environment Energy Technology Architecture Rural Development Sustainable Development Computer technology Land management Business and administration Life science Physical science Engineering and engineering trades Architecture and building Agriculture, forestry and fishery Veterinary Transport services Environmental protection Business and administration Life science Physical science Engineering and engineering trades Architecture and building Agriculture, forestry and fishery Veterinary Transport services Environmental protection

10. Rebecka Herdevall, Tempus Information Day Ramallah 2011 Framework for possible cooperation between Swedish and Palestinian HEIs (II) Priorities for Palestine in 5th Call for curricula reform projects Examples of active faculties within Tempus in Sweden: Pedagogics Education Music Cultural and global studies Sociology, Child and Youth studies Psychology Social work/ public health God governance, rule of law Teacher training and education science Humanities Social and behavioral science Health Law Teacher training and education science Humanities Social and behavioral science Health Law

11. Rebecka Herdevall, Tempus Information Day Ramallah 2011 International Programme Office / Tempus National Contact Point Sweden Rebecka Herdevall rebecka.herdevall@programkontoret.se www.programkontoret.sewww.programkontoret.se (mainly in Swedish) Contact