{"id":506,"date":"2010-03-10T10:43:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T10:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=506"},"modified":"2010-03-10T10:43:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T10:43:38","slug":"university-studies-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/university-studies-in-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"University Studies in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I wrote about Swedish relationships \u2013 the Sambo<\/a>.\u00a0 Plenty of non-Swedes end up in Sweden because of a relationship, love refugees if you will. Others though come to the country for educational purposes.<\/p>\n

Sweden has long prided itself on offering a free education to anyone and everyone.\u00a0 Whether you were a citizen or not, a public education was free for the taking.\u00a0 Obviously, there were hurdles to jump over so that you could be accepted and granted a visa, but many people didn\u2019t have any trouble getting in.<\/p>\n

But you may have noticed I have been writing in the past tense.\u00a0 Which is only partially correct.\u00a0 Technically, a university education is still free, even to non-Swedes.\u00a0 But that is in the process of changing.\u00a0 As of fall 2011, non-EU students will have to pay tuition.<\/p>\n

The tuition itself has yet to be decided, and will actually be defined by the universities themselves.\u00a0 However, it is believed that the average yearly tuition will land somewhere between 60,000 and 80,000 SEK (Check out SVD<\/a> for an article about this in Swedish, TheLocal<\/a> for an article in English).<\/p>\n

This decision does not come without controversy as many people believe that charging tuition will hurt the Swedish educational system internationally and students who had hoped to gain a Swedish education will be priced out of it. Others believe charging tuition is important if Sweden hopes to compete educationally on an international level.<\/p>\n

Again, the ruling only counts against non-EU students.\u00a0 Permanent residents who are living in Sweden but do not yet have citizenship are exempt from tuition.\u00a0 Exchange students spending a semester or a full year here are exempt from tuition.\u00a0 American students with no EU citizenship earning their master\u2019s here are NOT exempt from tuition.\u00a0 I think you get the idea.<\/p>\n

Two different scholarship funds have been set up to help offset the costs. One is reserved for students from countries with which Sweden has an outstanding relationship and that are judged to be developing countries. The second scholarship fund is open to anyone eligible to study in Sweden needing to pay tuition.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking to study in Sweden, be sure to keep in mind this change in policy and plan accordingly.\u00a0 Or be sure to get over here before the tuition law is put into place.\u00a0 If you\u2019re studying here before the fall of 2011, you will be grandfathered in.<\/p>\n

For more information be sure to read about the new law at Sweden.gov<\/a> as well as the wonderful online educational resource Study In Sweden that has been incredibly helpful with their FAQ about the new tuition<\/a>.\u00a0 They can also be reached on Twitter @StudyInSweden<\/a> where you can get some quick answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week I wrote about Swedish relationships \u2013 the Sambo.\u00a0 Plenty of non-Swedes end up in Sweden because of a relationship, love refugees if you will. Others though come to the country for educational purposes. Sweden has long prided itself on offering a free education to anyone and everyone.\u00a0 Whether you were a citizen or…<\/p>\n

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