Stockholms Universitet (SU)

Get a local bank account (most foreign students were able to get internet access to their swedish accounts which I found highly discriminatory and shocking inside the E.U. space). So transfer your money through the internet to your local account (it was free from my country) and pay your bills via internet (if you can't do it yourself ask a swedish friend), since you pay a tax if you go to the post office or bank. If you plan on using the buses/subway a lot, buy the month pass.

Stockholm is a great city. People, even though not instantly warm, are helpful and civilized. You can travel quite easily by boat to other countries (recommend getting a friend with a car, or renting one yourself to go visit nearby cities). And try not to miss Kiruna up in the north (wether you go by train or plane). The lack of light and cold sucked the energy out of your body, but hey, it was a different and new experience. Go to Stockholm and just try to go out and visit as many places as possible; you'll have fun if you have the right company!

Almost everyone speaks english (even the few beggers/drunks in T-Centralen), so I had no problems. The university offers courses in swedish, but I didn't feel compelled or motivated to learn it since everyone speaks english.

Unfortunately construction works were being done to the bathrooms while I was there, so we had 4 months of contruction works (with 1 month in my own bathroom), which involved waking up to construction workers coming to work at 7:30 am every week day talking very loudly in swedish. Apart from that, it was a bit boring to walk the 15 minutes to univerity, but hey, im a lazy bastard who is used to always driving.

Die Baiser (or however u spell it). As to spots: Ostermalm for cool discos and Sodermalm for more relaxed and cool hangouts. Im used to strong expressos, so it was hard to get some good old black cofee