Prize for internationalisation in medical education

In 2017, Sweden’s medical faculties instituted a joint prize for the internationalisation of medical education at the first and second-cycle levels. The purpose of the award is to stimulate and encourage initiatives to increase the focus on internationalisation and draw attention to teaching staff for the work they put in.

The award is presented to an individual teacher or a teaching team that has significantly contributed to increasing internationalisation in education and teaching over the past three years. The effort should highlight international dimensions in education and deepen students’ global perspectives.

Conditions for the nomination

• The prize is awarded to an individual teacher or a teaching team (administrative staff might be included in a team but cannot be single nominees).
• The activity has taken place during the past three years.
• The effort should highlight international dimensions in education and deepen students’ global perspectives.
• The nomination is posted by an employee or a student at Uppsala University.

The nominations are assessed according to the following five criteria

1. The activity is of strategic importance (for a programme or the faculty)
2. The activity is substantial, and many students are ore will be engaged
3. The activity increases the student’s knowledge about global perspectives
4. The activity is innovative
5. The activity considers responsible internationalization and the UN Sustainable development goals