Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA students

Tuition fees

The price per academic year for studies within the Humanities/Social Sciences/Law is SEK 90,000 and within the Sciences SEK 140,000.

Special prices are to be set for some teacher education programmes and programmes at the Department of Social Work, the Department of Psychology, and the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMK).

Students from within the EU/EEA and Switzerland are entitled to free education in Sweden and remain unaffected by the introduction of fees. In addition, students coming to Sweden as part of an exchange agreement – regardless of nationality – are exempt from both application and tutiton fees.

Application dates

Final application dates for programmes/courses starting in  autumn semester 2012:
January 16 – Master programmes for applicants outside Sweden
April 16 – Master programmes for applicants within Sweden

Applies for courses at undergraduate level (first and second cycle, includes undergraduate and Master's levels according to the Bologna Convention)

Paying tuition fees

Information regarding how to pay the tuition fees can be found at www.universityadmissions.se/en/All-you-need-to-know1/Studying-in-Sweden/Fees-and-scholarships/

Scholarship schemes

In association with the introduction of fees for students from outside of the EU/EEA/Switzerland, the government proposes has established two scholarship schemes.

The first scheme is aimed at students in the twelve countries that Sweden has a long-term development partnership with. These countries are Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

For more information about these scholarships, please see www.studyinsweden.se/Scholarships.

The second scholarship scheme is aimed at especially qualified students coming from countries outside of EU/EEA/Switzerland. Central funding is distributed to universities and university colleges who will in turn award funding to individual students. These scholarships cover only tuition fees, which means that students will need to cover their own living costs, which currently amount to SEK 7,300 per month for ten months of the year. Stockholm university offers scholarships within this category. Read more about our scholarship scheme here

Background

On March 19, 2010 The Swedish government presented a bill before parliament entitled "Competing on the basis of quality - tuition fees for foreign students". The bill suggested study or tuition fees should be apply for students coming from outside the EU/EEA area and Switzerland from June 2011.

More information:

Applying to higher education in Sweden: www.universityadmissions.se/intl/search
Government Education and research webpage: www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2098
Study in Sweden website: www.studyinsweden.se