"De ska bygga ett nytt laboratorium vid universitetet."

Translation: They are going to build a new laboratory at the university.

[nphx2]

Is there a significant difference between "på/vid universitetet"?

[sotnosen93]

"Vid" means "close to". I would say "på" means it's physically on top of the university.

[Eleanor.stahp]

Why is "by the university" not an accepted answer?

[sotnosen93]

It is now.

[key561740]

How do I get the difference between "shall" (wishing/thinking about) and "will" (real planning) in this case? Or how can I make a difference regarding this in Swedish?

[Paluchette]

If you want to say "next to the university" do you use bredvid ?

[Lundgren8]

Yes, bredvid means ’beside, next to’.

[Anton708429]

Is laboratorium an irregular noun? Sounds strange that the definite form is laboratoriet (not laboratoriumet)