Swedish folks in Poland! (I want to apply for university and live in Poland)

I'm also afraid of being forced to live under bad economic circumstances

Your fears aren't unfounded but always you can catch a late ferry to Ystad ;)

I love Poland but I'm also afraid of being forced to live under bad economic circumstances.

I want to apply for higher education (univ.) and I thought about Poland but from what I've heard my swedish choice would be a much safer card. Is it difficult to find a good job with a swedish diploma in Poland?

But really, I'd say you'd have to be absolutely insane to choose a Polish degree over a Swedish one.

PmL,

First thing is you'll have to learn Polish, either through your local Polish consulate or, ideally, at university. Malmo is fortunate in having perhaps the reputedly best university in Southern Sweden for the study of linguistics, among other things. I'm sure, Sweden being the burgeoning multi-culti society it has become, that Malmo, a city with diverse student populations, will offer such a language course for people like yourself of student age-:) Let's just say I'd be rather surprised if such were not the case.

I lived for a short while in Goteborg and know Swedish fluently. While one finds, as a foreigner anyway, that many Swedes will know or at least claim to know English well, the same cannot be said across the board for the average Pole! Therefore, it's better to know more than a bit if the local lingo before going over. A mere word to the wiseLOL

Innan jag bodde i Goteborg, laste jag svenska ett halvaar paa universitetet haromstands. Jag tycker antligen, att det var en bra ide. For min forsta resa til Polen laerde jag mig lite polska, men darefter var det enklare att faa en samtal, t.ex. med togpersonalet, vid granskontrolle osv..

Jak długo uczyłeś się języka polskiego a gdzie? W Szwecjii? Niestety nigdy nie byłem w Malmo.

Jak długo uczyłeś się języka polskiego a gdzie? W Szwecjii? Niestety nigdy nie byłem w Malmo.

Malmo and Stockholm both indeed have renowned universities with equally renowned faculty, but to suggest therefore that a Polish degree is in any way inferior to a Swedish degree is as absurd as it is unfounded, in my view.

It's about my future.. What would I benefit from? Swedish diploma or polish diploma?

Sounds to me, Delphamine, you're "preceptions" are plain riddled with stereotypes!! This a common mis (-pre-)conception of a perception that is NOT reality. I'm sure that Swedes 'fuska' ("cheat" in Swedish) as much as Poles, only the misperception is that Swedes are smart and Poles are dumb.

I have never studied in Poland (only in Sweden), but from what I've been told cheating seems far more common in Poland. It's really hard to get away with cheating at Swedish universities and the punishments are harsh so few are willing to risk it.

I also have a feeling that in Poland university is more about stuffing yourself with knowledge whereas in Sweden it's more about solving problems (of course this depends a lot on what you study etc), but I don't really have anything to back that up (just a feeling based on what people have told me).

Speaking here purely on my own behalf, Poland has historically had among the best, not to mention, oldest, instititutions of higher learning in Europe, the University of Cracow, to name but one example!

Historically" being the key word here. It was very long time ago, now our universities unfortunately aren't anywhere near the best ones in Europe.
I've studied both in Poland and in the UK and I can see where the problem lies - widespread cheating (no one dared even try in the UK!), lots of useless subjects, very old and incoherent teaching programs, professors being the almighty ones, too much theory and not enough practice.
Maybe in the UK they don't get such wide knowledge as we do here, but they are far far better in their one, chosen field.