Studying in Malmö

Malmö is Sweden’s third largest city, situated in the southern-most province of Skåne. The centre of the city, with its pedestrianised streets, offers good shopping facilities, theatres, bars, cafés and restaurants, as well as an outstanding symphony orchestra, art galleries and museums. Although Malmö may look typically Swedish, with its parks, historic buildings and canals, it is also very cosmopolitan; around a fifth of its inhabitants were born outside Sweden, and there are representatives of over 100 different cultures among its citizens. 

 

Malmö’s sports provision is excellent, whether you want to watch or take part, and includes football, ice-hockey, sailing, golf, tennis, and horse-riding. The city is surrounded by rolling countryside and some of the best beaches in Sweden. 

 

Malmö has strong historic bonds with the maritime industry; it was an important medieval sea-port and had a thriving ship-building industry for many years. It is also a city that places a premium on learning and research, being home to its own new University as well as several faculties of Lund University and to WMU. The city has developed high-technology industries, to make the best use of its educated work-force.

 

Since the opening of the Öresund bridge in 2000, Copenhagen is just 35 minutes away by train or bus. Copenhagen’s historic centre has all the attractions you would expect from any European capital, as well as some special features of its own, like the Tivoli Gardens.