Transcript Higher Education in Sweden

Higher Education in
Sweden
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Ministry of Education
Swedish National Agency
for Higher Education
Swedish Institute
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Educational system
University 3-+2+3/4
Upper secondary school 3 years
Compulsory school 9 years
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Universities
14 universities /i e Uppsala, Lund, Stockholm,
Göteborg, Linköping, Umeå, Royal Institute of
Technology, Swedish Univerity of Agricultural
Sciences/
 18 universities and institutions of HE can
award doctoral degrees
 48 accredited institutions of higher education
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Private HEI 3 (partly financed by state) Jönköping
University College, Chalmers University of Technology,
Stockholm School of Business
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University Colleges
11 University colleges
/UC of Borås, Gotland, Halmstad, Södertörn/
- 8 private /Theology, Health/
 7 Arts colleges /UC of Dance; Arts, Craft, Design,
Royal University college of Fine Arts/
- 2 private
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A number of institutions with psychotherapy
programmes
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State Funding
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No tuition fee is charged at present.
Tuition fees for international students from
outside of the European Union are likely to be
introduced in a short period of time.
Governmental proposition is expected in
November.
Tuition charged for 2010 entry?
Coordination on national level is in process for
recruiting of international students.
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HE in Sweden
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Sweden has adopted the European HE System – New Higher
Education Ordinance from July 1 2007.
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Three cycles/three levels
1
2
3
högskoleexamen
kandidatexamen
magisterexamen
masterexamen
licentiatexamen
doktorsexamen
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Degree System
First level degrees
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University Diploma, 120 ECTS credits
Bachelor ’ s degree 180 ECTS credits or
Vocational/professional degree (teacher
education, engineering, health, business
administration)
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Degree System
Second level
 Master (One Year) - magisterexamen
 Master (Two Year)
Vocational/professional degree (teacher education,
engineering, health, business administration)
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Degree System
Third level
Licentiate, 120 ECTS credits
PhD 240 ECTS credits
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International Cooperation
Networks
Bilateral national agreements
Degree programmes leading to multiple or double
Degrees, Erasmus network, projects, research
programmes
Erasmus Mundus programmes
Four coordinated by Swedish institutions
/Göteborg, Linköping, Lund, Luleå/
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Programmes taught in English
First level
Dalarna University College
Jönköping School of Business
IT University of Göteborg/Gothenburg
Malmö University College
Mälardalen University College
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Programmes taught in English
Second level
Master’ s programmes
All universities – some 500 entries in the
studera.nu and Swedish institute databases
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Single subject courses taught in
English
Requirement:
normally one year of university studies,
exchange students are target group,
Free movers are accepted for one semester
or more.
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Studera.nu
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National site for application to programmes
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Exceptions,
for example Erasmus Mundus Programmes
(could be offered via studera.nu in some cases),
other local programmes (see university website)
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Entrance requirements
for master´s programmes
GENERAL
Bachelor’s degree or higher with degree thesis
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English(internationally recognized test)
Programme specific requirements
Letter of intent
/GPA average or above at LiU /
NB all documents officially certified. Degree documents
direct from university to studera.nu/host university!
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PhD studies
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Information at each university
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Prerequesites Bachelor’ s degree or higher (in
most cases a one-year Master’s degree)
The department should be contacted
Doctoral students must be financially supported
/Teaching assistants, positions announced
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Students
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322 000 on first and second level
One out of four of new entrants is a student
with a foreign background
28 000 international students,
11 200 on exchange programmes
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Students
Residence permit:
 Letter of admission
 Self supporting financially if not a scholarship holder
763€ per month 15266€ for two-year programme
 Health insurance
Further information at www. Migrationsverket.se
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Studyinsweden.se
First source of information on higher education
Information on Swedish Institute
scholarships linked to master’ s programmes
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Studyinsweden.se
Guest Scholarship Program
For master's level studies the Guest Scholarship
program is only open to applicants from ODA
countries.
For PhD, post-doctoral level and students of Swedish
language and literature the Guest Scholarship Program
is open for applicants from all countries with the
exception of the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark,
Finland, Iceland and Norway).
Students from Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Russia and Ukraine should apply to the Visby
Programme.
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Visby Programme
For academic institutions and individuals from
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, Belarus,
Ukraine and Russia. Grants are awarded for
projects and for individual scholarships
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Studyinsweden.se
Master in Sweden for East Europe
The program is open to applicants from
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia,
Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Macedonia,
Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan and
Ukraine.
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Scolarship applications
Application for Swedish institute
scholarships is to be sent with
application to the master´s programme
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Work permit
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Students, researchers can work
Difficult to find job where only English is used as
means of communication.
Do not rely on supporting yourself by working
when studying
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Accommodation
Students normally live in student corridors (own
room with toilet and shower), shared kitchen and
TV-room
Swedish institute scholarship holders get rooms via
the university
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Health insurance
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Important to have an insurance before you leave
for your studies
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Only students staying for more than one year
can get medical assistance to the same cost as
Swedish citizens.
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Support
Orientation programmes
Language courses free of charge
Practical guide –survival guides,
mentor students
LiU:Academic English
Common course in Advanced Academic
Studies
Cultural studies
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Academic year
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Autumn : Mid-August -end of January
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Spring: End of January – first week/s of June
One academic year 40 weeks
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ECTS
ECTS grades are awarded – each HEI decides.
Swedish grades:
Goal related grading: Pass, Pass with Distinction,
Fail
1 week of full-time studies 1,5 ECTS
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Applications
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Application to studera.nu
Application on-line
Documents to be sent in with regular post
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WHY SWEDEN
Answers from international students:
Programme content 98%
Quality education
98%
Costs
90%
Ranking
78%
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Other reasons why
Innovative higher education, strong technology
and health sciences, business administration/economics.
human rights, European Law
 Our researchers create new, interesting
programmes with societal relevance
 Student centered learning-demand on student
 Multicultural campuses and multicultural society
You come to our campuses – you will meet the world
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Quality Assurance
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The Swedish National Agency for HE
New system: responsibility is put on the
institutions: quality assurance mechanisms
checked
Programme evaluations
The right to award degrees is given after quality
assessment
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What is new?
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Tuition fees to be introduced
More autonomous universities (joint degrees)
National strategy of internationalisation
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Further information
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www.si.se
www.studyinsweden.se
www.studera.nu
www.migrationsverket.se
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