Swedish Schools Still Free for International Students -- For Now
The number of international students in Sweden has been growing rapidly, primarily due to two factors. First, because Sweden is so committed to universal English in its population, there are lots of academic offerings in English. International students can find English language programs in all of the most popular disciplines -- which include social sciences, business or law (34.8 % of international student in Sweden); engineering, manufacturing and construction (17.9%); humanities and arts (17.6%); sciences (12.4%); health and welfare (9.1%); and education (4.8%). The number of international students in Sweden has now surpassed 36,000.
Second, international students pay no tuition!! Just like Swedish students, international students admitted to Swedish undergraduate or masters programs can attend without paying any tuition. This is reflective of an overall commitment to higher education -- Sweden ranked third in spending worldwide on tertiary education at 2.2% of GDP, behind only Denmark and Norway.
For more information on the increasing number of international students in Sweden, read the whole article from StudyinSweden.se here.
However, this great deal is being threatened. Sweden has proposed charging tuition to all international students except those from EU countries. This week, Swedish universities and unions went on the record to object to the government proposal . Academics are concerned that proposals to introduce tuition fees for international students at Sweden’s universities could discourage gifted foreign students from coming to study in Sweden.
To find out more, you can read the entire article from The Local here. Lets hope that Sweden maintains its commitment to international education, as any affordable international education program, no matter how few spots are available, provides hope and opportunity to students that couldn't otherwise afford to go abroad.
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posted by Keith Clausen @ 6:06 PM
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27 Comments:
I hope it stays that way. I am doing an online MBA with BTH in SWeden. I had several admissions from Universities in the UK over the last 10 years for the same programme but the question of tuition fees for foreign students always prevented me from joining. The Swedish system is making quality education freely available to numerous people from third world countries.
Shiaka Kawa
FReetown
Sierra Leone
Hi! Do you know scholarship programs that cater to Asians. I am currently working as a print journalist in the Philippines. I really want to pursue my Master's abroad. Hope you can help me. Thanks a bunch.
Amyline Ching
amylineching@yahoo.com
I have immensely benefited by chosing Sweden for my postgraduate studies and research.
Another amazing advantage of studying in Sweden is the time frame.A focused grduate student can obtain an MSc or equivalent in pretty short time as compared to other countries.
My wife (40) and I (43) have 2 boys (8 & 5) we would like to study abroad, I hold Masters In Management, Would lkie tostudy Phd and My wife hold a dpiploma in Accounting and is doing her last her moduls towrds Bachelor of Commerce finishing in june, She would like to study MBA, Is there any unversity or scholarship somewhere. I m willing to work as researcher or Lecturer/tutor to help finance ourselves
dear.sir/madam
i have master degree in political science from peshawar university pakistan and recently i am working with an international english news paper"daily the news international"i want to get formal journalism degree from sweden university to be professional in my journalism;so i request you that please reply me as free international student to approach to get admision. i am looking farward for your positive response.
thanks
Ashrafuddin
N.W.F.P pakistan
email.thenewslkl@gmail.com
I have a BSc in Agriculture Science and also a Diploma in Agriculture Science. I have worked in the Forestry sector for four (4) years and would like a scholarship to study MSC in Agroforestry or related field.
Is there anyway that you can assist me?
I would be very grateful.
Kim Goodchild
Guyana,South America
For Sweden the introduction of tuition fees for international students may be a good thing in terms of generating revenue; however with respect to the internation students wanting to access this and other like opportunities that may not necessarily be available to them in their respective countries, it is a "nightmare". I really hope that there can be an alternative to this proposal.
i really hope it stays that way.i have a degree in cell biology and genetics and i wish to pursue a masters degree during the next autumn.
pls cam sme1 kindly assist me.I applied and forwarded all my credentials to the swedish school of environmental chemistry last year,but my admission didnt pull through because my academic transcript has got less than 120ECTS.I am so keen on partaking in the swedish schools masters package.
Questions:
1.Can my credentials be transferred to another masters programme from SSEC
2.Are there any masters programmes in science that would require less than 120ECTS
3.What would be a related masters course for me to study in Sweden.I'm a graduate of industrial chemistry form the University of Nigeria Nsukka.Please kindly assist me with any information by sending me a mail to edungor2000@yahoo.com
Thanks a lot.
I think that Sweden should keep their system, ONLY and If ONLY other cuntries can provide same opportunities for Swedish international students, especially well developed countries. I am an Swedish international student who peviously worked in Sweden, but now I am studying abroad, and I dont think it is fair that i payed taxes for international students to pursue their education in Sweden for free, when I cant get the same opportuniy abroad.
It's quite interesting that higher education in sweden is free of tuition but I need to know if there is any organization in sweden that supports a financial aid for international students that covers their living expenses or are there any research or teaching assistantships
Ali El-Behery
T.A., Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain-Shams University
These scholarship funds are paid directly to the undergraduate student to be used for any purpose.
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Der sir,
i am from PAKISTAN and want to get admission in sweden colleges or university.
I want to get admission in Mass Communication in undergraduate programe. Please help me.
Mumtaz Hussain
Islamabad
mumtaz_82@yahoo.com
hi, i completed my M.Pharmacy in pharmacology in andhra university, india.i want to do my ph.d in sweeden .can tell me what requirements i have to meet and give me infomation of universities in sweeden & free education.
Thanks
sambasivarao Ethadi
raoethadi@rediffmail.com
dear friends i have recently done my masters in International Relations i want to do m fil or pdd from sweden on free expenditure can some will guid me my id is kami_riaz98@yahoo.com
dear.sir/madam
i have master degree in Economics from Sindh university pakistan and LL.B from Hamdard University Karachi.i am working in NGO under the guidance of Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid. I am working in this NGO as an coordinator and Advocate. We provide Free Legal Help to Women and Juvenile Prisoners. "i want to get LL.M degree from sweden university so that i can give my expert legal consultancy to the deserving poor people(Prisoner). i request you that please reply me as free international student to approach to get admision. i am looking farward for your positive response.
thanks
Waqar Korejo
Advocate
Karachi, Sindh
Pakistan
Waqarkorejo@gmail.com
my name is rehman ali. i passed the matric exame in 1999.and after this i got admission in mechanical technology in spit gujrat and passed his exame in 2002. now i want to go abroad for study
My name is rehman ali.I passed his matric exame in 1999.After this i got admission in mechanical technology and passed it 2002 now i want to go abroad for education.
hi i am from india currently i am doing my Msc in hrm for hospitality and tourism from university of strathclyde glasgow scotland uk. after completing this i would like to do MBA fro sweden... is it possible can somebody plz help me with valuble information.
thank u
rajesh
3Dear.sir/madam
I have BBA degree from Sarhad university pakistan."i want to get MBA from sweden Schools or university,i request you that please reply me as free international student to approach to get admision. i am looking farward for your positive response.
thanks. & also send me some prospective on my home address which is given below, thanx.
Umer Farooq Khan
H# 05, st# 34, Korang town, Islamabad, Pakistan
uk_durani@hotmail.com
+923455033004
Dear.sir/madam
I have BBA degree from Sarhad university pakistan .I want to get MBA from sweden School or university, i request you that please reply me as free international student to approach to get admision. i am looking farward for your positive response.
thanks
Umer Farooq Khan
uk_durani@hotmail.com
+923455033004
Dear.sir/madam
I have BBA degree from Sarhad university pakistan .I want to get MBA from sweden School or university, i request you that please reply me as free international student to approach to get admision. i am looking farward for your positive response.
thanks
Umer Farooq Khan
uk_durani@hotmail.com
+923455033004
Does Swedish universities offer any masters or post graduate diploma in Computer Science or its related programs?
dear sir/mam,
i am a female doing my A levels in pakistan in pure sciences(physics,chemistry and biology and completed my O levels in 2007 in sciences.after that i plan to go abroad for further studies in pharmacy or biotechnology.i plan to study further any subject related to sciences.can you please help me out and tell me all the procedure needed to come to sweden.i already have relatives in stockholm so there is no accomodation problem.but since i cant afford education that is too expensive.please advice me which institution is best for medical and also tell me what is the total expenditure of coming to stockholm.i really want to get quality education and pursue a good career.i will complete my alevels in june 2009 and immediately after that i want to come to stockholm.kindly assist me.looking forward to your support.you can send out any details and replies to my comment on my email address
mavra_ahmad@yahoo.com
thankyou.
mavra ahmad
i am from india,,i like to know whether free education is available in sweden.and how to apply for it.i a m a post graduate in social work and like to do ssy\tudies in the same area.. robin3016@yahoo.co.in
please i just need help about this from you people that knows a lot about this Sweden free education for international student. the problem am having with it is about getting my Sweden civic registration number any body who can help me about this should just send me a mail with the subject sweden education help to the mail address msdos4u01@yahoo.com and also add me to his or her messenger list as i would also do that as soon as i receive the mail.
thanks and god bless you all
Greetings,
I am Drilon from Kosovo (South East Europe), a student already enrolled at a univeristy in Sweden in Jonkoping. I will start this year from the first year my undergraduate studies. I just wanted because I also do not pay for tuition fees but as you may know I have to pay for my living expenses which achieve the amount of 7.300 SEK per month.I wanted to know are there any funds or scholarships for international students admitted in Swedish Universities to cover their living expenses???
If it's possible to have an answer as soon as possible from you??
Drilon
driloni_net@hotmail.com
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