by: Studyinsweden.se
Up until now, Sweden has been one of the few countries in Europe that has not charged any types of fees. All students—regardless of nationality—have been funded by Swedish taxpayers. Global competition for talent is increasing sharply and the government wants Swedish universities to compete on equal terms with universities in other countries. In the last decade, the number of foreign students has more than trebled, totaling 36,000 in 2008/2009. The government now wants to reallocate some of this money to award higher education institutions that show particular excellence.
As a member of the European Union, the rules for Swedes also apply to citizens of other EU or EEA countries, and Switzerland. Exchange students are also exempted from fees, as their studies are regulated by agreements between Swedish and foreign universities. Thus, the new rules apply only to free movers from outside the EU/EEA.
As these non-EU/EEA students add value to the Swedish educational system and are an attractive talent base, the government will introduce two scholarship programs. Starting in 2011, one of the scholarship programs will be endowed with SEK 30 million per year, and is aimed at students from countries with which Sweden already has long-term development cooperations. These countries are Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Another scholarship program will be administered by universities directly and is open to all students from outside the EU/EEA. The budget will be SEK 30 million for 2011, and will be increased to SEK 60 million for 2012.
This will give qualified students who lack the appropriate funding the continued opportunity to study in Sweden. Additionally, foreign students subject to fees would be fully insured through the national health care system.
Moreover, the Swedish government recently introduced more liberal labor migration laws, making it much easier to move to Sweden for work—or stay in Sweden after studies. Students that have a job when their student permit expires can easily change this into a work permit. Also, there is no set quota for work permits for foreign citizens.
Below, we have collected the most relevant information about the proposed bill. This information will be updated when the law is passed by parliament.
FAQ
Tuition and application fees
- Why is Sweden planning to introduce tuition fees?
A vast majority of the European Union’s member countries charge tuition fees and the Swedish government wants Swedish higher education institutions to compete on equal terms. Also, the government wants to use some of the money that today finances foreign students’ fees to award institutions that have shown particular excellence. In the long run, this will make Swedish higher education even more attractive in the increasing global competition.
– Will students who begin two-year studies in 2010 have to pay fees in their second year?
No, students who start a program before tuition fees are introduced will be able to complete their studies according to the rules of the old system.
- Will the fees apply to exchange students?
No, those students who take part in an exchange between a Swedish university and university in their home country will not be subject to Swedish tuition fees.
- How high will tuition fees be?
The fees will be set by the institutions themselves. They will cover the full cost of studies. Therefore the fee levels may vary depending on the type of course and institution, and in what part of Sweden the course is given. The most expensive master’s programs may cost more than SEK 100,000 per year. Many other study programs are likely to cost considerably less.
- Will there be application fees?
The government has decided that there will be application fees, starting with autumn semester 2011. The exact cost has not yet been decided. Details will be posted here when they become available.
- When will tuition fees need to be paid?
When applying for a residence permit for studies before coming to Sweden, students need to have paid for the first semester of their studies, at minimum. As before, students need to show that they can support themselves during their stay in Sweden, see next question for details.
- What is the cost of living in Sweden?
The amount of money that you need to have to cover your cost of living is SEK 7,300 per month. This amount is set by the Swedish Migration Board and you will need to show that you can cover this cost for the duration of your study permit.
- What will be the total cost for studying in Sweden?
The total cost will be one to three years of tuition fees (depending on the study program), plus one to three years of the required amount to cover your living expenses, i.e. SEK 73,000 per year (calculated for ten months).
- Why don’t students from EU countries have to pay fees?
Higher education in Sweden is funded by taxes and is therefore free for Swedish citizens. As a member of the European Union, the rules for Swedes also apply to citizens of other EU countries.
Scholarships
- Will there be scholarships?
Yes, the government plans to introduce a scholarship program for students from 12 developing countries (Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia) alongside a scholarship program that is not geographically limited. As soon as more information is available it will be posted here.
Studying in Sweden
- How can I study for a PhD?
Gaining admission to PhD programs in Sweden is very competitive. Studying for a master’s degree in Sweden gives you a chance to show that you can excel in your studies, which will make it easier for you to gain admission to a PhD program at a Swedish university.
- What is the language of instruction?
Most courses are taught in Swedish. However, a large number of courses at master’s level are taught entirely in English because institutions want to be able to attract foreign as well as national students.
Working
- Can I work in Sweden after my studies?
This depends very much on the subject you have studied. Students that have a job when their student permit expires can easily change this into a work permit. Also, there is no set quota for work permits for foreign citizens. See the current labor shortage list to find out which skills are in demand: http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Work/Get-a-job/Labor-shortage-list/
- Will I be able to work during my studies to cover some of the cost?
Yes, you are allowed to work alongside your studies. Please note, however, that for the visa application, you will need to show that you have sufficient funding to cover your living expenses for the duration of your study permit, excluding the summer break (SEK 7,300 per month, during the semester, i.e. SEK 73,000 per year). In other words, you cannot rely on being able to work alongside your studies to cover your living expenses.
Friday, March 12, 2010
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Erasmus Mundus in Sweden
Erasmus Mundus in Sweden
Erasmus Mundus in Sweden
The EU’s Erasmus Mundus project makes Europe’s educational opportunities more accessible to the rest of the world by granting scholarships to non-European students attending select programs. Some of these eligible programs involve Swedish universities, and are listed here. You can also use our program database in order to find all Erasmus Mundus programs.
(More information about Erasmus Mundus in general can be found here. Scholarship applications are made directly to the institution hosting the program; the Swedish Institute does not administer them. Please check scholarship eligibility rules before applying.)
KTH, The Royal Institute of Technology coordinates five Erasmus Mundus master's programs. These are:
•Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering (COSSE)
•Distributed Computing (EMDC)
•Environomical Pathways for Sustainable Energy Systems (SELECT)
•Systems Biology (euSYSBIO)
•Turbomachinery Aeromechanic University Training (THRUST)
KTH also participates in six additional Erasmus Mundus programs:
•Nuclear Fusion Science and Engineering Physics
•Industrial Management
•Security and Mobile Computing
•Photonics
•Management and Engineering of Environment and Energy (ME3)
•Materials and Sensors System for Environmental Technologies
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, is a partner in three Erasmus Mundus programs. The Master of Science in European Forestry is organized by the University of Joensuu, Finland, and focuses on policy aspects of sustainable forestry. Starting from August 2007, SLU is a partner in the Sustainable Forest and Nature Management program, coordinated by Den Kgl. Veterinær– og Landbohøjskole, Denmark. This program deals with the challenges of pursuing a sustainable management of Europe’s natural resources - namely, that the management of forests and nature areas must be seen in an integrated landscape context. Animal Breeding and Genetics, coordinated by Wageningen University, Netherlands, focuses on building capacities in the fields of Animal Breeding and Genetics to meet challenges in developed and developing countries concerning food security, food quality, animal health, welfare and biodiversity.
Uppsala University is a partner in a program organized by the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain. The NOHA Joint European Master’s in International Humanitarian Action is an inter-university, multilingual, multidisciplinary postgraduate program that provides high-quality academic education and professional competencies for personnel working or intending to work in the area of humanitarian action. The 16-month program comprises 90 ECTS credits. Other partners are the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, the University of Aix-Marseille III in Aix-en-Provence, France, University College Dublin, Ireland and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Uppsala University is also a partner in the inter-university Master's Programme in Euroculture. The program aims to provide its students with a good comprehension of historical, religious, linguistic and other cultural aspects that have played and will play an essential but often neglected role in the European integration process. Other partners are the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Ghent University in Belgium, the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, The University of Göttingen, Germany, the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, Marc Bloch University in Strasbourg, France, and the University of Udine, Italy.
Uppsala University is also a partner in MEME (the Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology) which is a two-year research oriented master's program for students who are interested in understanding evolution in all its facets. MEME is a joint project between four European universities (University of Groningen, Netherlands; Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany; Uppsala University, Sweden; University of Montpellier II, France) and Harvard University (USA).
Karolinska Institutet is a partner in a program organized by the Charité University Medical School in Berlin, Germany; the European Master of Science Programme in International Health. Other partners are the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, the University of Bordeaux, France, the Royal Tropical Institute at Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Institute of Child Health at University College London, UK, Queen Margaret University College Edinburgh, Scotland and the University of Bergen, Norway. The one year program is part of TropEd, a network of European institutions which collaborates to provide education and training aimed at providing health care in the developing world.
Karolinska Institutet is also a partner in the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Lot 13 scholarship along with Lund University.
Luleå University of Technology in Kiruna is co-hosting SpaceMaster – the Joint European Master in Space Science and Technology, which gives students the opportunity to study space science at six universities around Europe. SpaceMaster is offered in collaboration with Cranfield University, UK, the Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, Julius-Maximilians University in Würzburg, Germany and the University of Toulouse III, France. The intent is to build up a knowledge base that can benefit the European space industry. The program takes two years to complete.´
Luleå University of Technology is also collaborating in AMASE, the Joint European Master Program in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering.
Blekinge Institute of Technology is a partner in The European Master on Software Engineering. The EMSE program spans two years and is educating software developers in advanced software engineering concepts that covers the entire development chain, from the business management perspective to the technical management and the development perspectives. The EMSE program is given in collaboration with Universidad Politéchnica de Madrid (Spain), University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy).
The Masters Course in Applied Ethics is a new one-year program coordinated by Linköping University and offered in collaboration with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The program’s purpose is to develop ethical reflection and competence in topics as diverse as multicultural conflicts, bioethics, business and IT.
Linköping University is also a partner in the PhoenixEM Dynamics of Health and Welfare program, coordinated by the Ecole de Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France.
University of Gothenburg is collaborating with Roehamton Univeristy, UK, and University of Tromsø, Norway, offering a master’s program in Human Rights Practice.
Umeå University is a partner in MSPME, the Master in Strategic Project Management (European), co-ordinated by Heriot-Watt University in the UK.
Chalmers University of Technology is collaborating with EMM-Nano, the Erasmus Mundus Master of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
Lund University is collaborating with GEM, Geo-information Science and Earth Observation for Environmental Modelling and Management.
Lund University also collaborates with MESPOM, Environmental Science, Policy and Management.
Lund University is also a partner in the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Lot 13 scholarship along with Karolinska Institutet.
Lund University is a partner in European Masters in Sport and Exercise Psychology (EMSEP) together with the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, University of Leipzig, Germany, and University of Thessaly, Greece.
Erasmus Mundus in Sweden
The EU’s Erasmus Mundus project makes Europe’s educational opportunities more accessible to the rest of the world by granting scholarships to non-European students attending select programs. Some of these eligible programs involve Swedish universities, and are listed here. You can also use our program database in order to find all Erasmus Mundus programs.
(More information about Erasmus Mundus in general can be found here. Scholarship applications are made directly to the institution hosting the program; the Swedish Institute does not administer them. Please check scholarship eligibility rules before applying.)
KTH, The Royal Institute of Technology coordinates five Erasmus Mundus master's programs. These are:
•Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering (COSSE)
•Distributed Computing (EMDC)
•Environomical Pathways for Sustainable Energy Systems (SELECT)
•Systems Biology (euSYSBIO)
•Turbomachinery Aeromechanic University Training (THRUST)
KTH also participates in six additional Erasmus Mundus programs:
•Nuclear Fusion Science and Engineering Physics
•Industrial Management
•Security and Mobile Computing
•Photonics
•Management and Engineering of Environment and Energy (ME3)
•Materials and Sensors System for Environmental Technologies
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, is a partner in three Erasmus Mundus programs. The Master of Science in European Forestry is organized by the University of Joensuu, Finland, and focuses on policy aspects of sustainable forestry. Starting from August 2007, SLU is a partner in the Sustainable Forest and Nature Management program, coordinated by Den Kgl. Veterinær– og Landbohøjskole, Denmark. This program deals with the challenges of pursuing a sustainable management of Europe’s natural resources - namely, that the management of forests and nature areas must be seen in an integrated landscape context. Animal Breeding and Genetics, coordinated by Wageningen University, Netherlands, focuses on building capacities in the fields of Animal Breeding and Genetics to meet challenges in developed and developing countries concerning food security, food quality, animal health, welfare and biodiversity.
Uppsala University is a partner in a program organized by the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain. The NOHA Joint European Master’s in International Humanitarian Action is an inter-university, multilingual, multidisciplinary postgraduate program that provides high-quality academic education and professional competencies for personnel working or intending to work in the area of humanitarian action. The 16-month program comprises 90 ECTS credits. Other partners are the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, the University of Aix-Marseille III in Aix-en-Provence, France, University College Dublin, Ireland and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Uppsala University is also a partner in the inter-university Master's Programme in Euroculture. The program aims to provide its students with a good comprehension of historical, religious, linguistic and other cultural aspects that have played and will play an essential but often neglected role in the European integration process. Other partners are the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Ghent University in Belgium, the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, The University of Göttingen, Germany, the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, Marc Bloch University in Strasbourg, France, and the University of Udine, Italy.
Uppsala University is also a partner in MEME (the Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology) which is a two-year research oriented master's program for students who are interested in understanding evolution in all its facets. MEME is a joint project between four European universities (University of Groningen, Netherlands; Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany; Uppsala University, Sweden; University of Montpellier II, France) and Harvard University (USA).
Karolinska Institutet is a partner in a program organized by the Charité University Medical School in Berlin, Germany; the European Master of Science Programme in International Health. Other partners are the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, the University of Bordeaux, France, the Royal Tropical Institute at Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Institute of Child Health at University College London, UK, Queen Margaret University College Edinburgh, Scotland and the University of Bergen, Norway. The one year program is part of TropEd, a network of European institutions which collaborates to provide education and training aimed at providing health care in the developing world.
Karolinska Institutet is also a partner in the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Lot 13 scholarship along with Lund University.
Luleå University of Technology in Kiruna is co-hosting SpaceMaster – the Joint European Master in Space Science and Technology, which gives students the opportunity to study space science at six universities around Europe. SpaceMaster is offered in collaboration with Cranfield University, UK, the Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, Julius-Maximilians University in Würzburg, Germany and the University of Toulouse III, France. The intent is to build up a knowledge base that can benefit the European space industry. The program takes two years to complete.´
Luleå University of Technology is also collaborating in AMASE, the Joint European Master Program in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering.
Blekinge Institute of Technology is a partner in The European Master on Software Engineering. The EMSE program spans two years and is educating software developers in advanced software engineering concepts that covers the entire development chain, from the business management perspective to the technical management and the development perspectives. The EMSE program is given in collaboration with Universidad Politéchnica de Madrid (Spain), University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy).
The Masters Course in Applied Ethics is a new one-year program coordinated by Linköping University and offered in collaboration with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The program’s purpose is to develop ethical reflection and competence in topics as diverse as multicultural conflicts, bioethics, business and IT.
Linköping University is also a partner in the PhoenixEM Dynamics of Health and Welfare program, coordinated by the Ecole de Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France.
University of Gothenburg is collaborating with Roehamton Univeristy, UK, and University of Tromsø, Norway, offering a master’s program in Human Rights Practice.
Umeå University is a partner in MSPME, the Master in Strategic Project Management (European), co-ordinated by Heriot-Watt University in the UK.
Chalmers University of Technology is collaborating with EMM-Nano, the Erasmus Mundus Master of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
Lund University is collaborating with GEM, Geo-information Science and Earth Observation for Environmental Modelling and Management.
Lund University also collaborates with MESPOM, Environmental Science, Policy and Management.
Lund University is also a partner in the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Lot 13 scholarship along with Karolinska Institutet.
Lund University is a partner in European Masters in Sport and Exercise Psychology (EMSEP) together with the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, University of Leipzig, Germany, and University of Thessaly, Greece.
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