What or Who is a PHADDER?

The word Phad­der (plur­al “Phad­drar”) means “god-father”/”god-parent” spelled with a “Ph” (Sw. “fadder”/”faddrar”). It can be loose­ly inter­pret­ed as a Col­lege Par­ent. A Phad­der is a friend/­god-father/­god-moth­er to new stu­dents at Chalmers.

A phad­der is either a cur­rent stu­dent at Chalmers or an alum­ni. He/she has fin­ished or com­plet­ed 6 months – 1 year of stud­ies at Chalmers and has vol­un­teered to help new stu­dents. Typ­i­cal­ly, a Phad­der is a kind and social per­son inter­est­ed in help­ing new stu­dents and mak­ing friends with peo­ple from dif­fer­ent coun­tries and cultures.

Are you a Current Student or an Alumni of Chalmers?

Then please look through the Page Become A Phad­der.

Are you a new Chalmerist, going to join University and want to get a phadder during our reception?

Then please look through the Page Get A Phad­der.