FEES

• Fees are charged for registration, certification and tuition

• Higher education institutions determine the amount of the fees, based on the principle of full-cost coverage.

• Home students are not required to pay fees.

• International students (full and part-time) pay fees. The amount of tuition fees is not regulated centrally and data concerning fees paid by international students is not available.

• Waivers and reductions are available in the following forms:

  • The first program aims to promote the internationalization of higher education institutions by facilitating the recruitment of specially qualified students from countries outside the EU / EEA and Switzerland. The Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) administers the program and distributes funds to applicant higher education institutions, which themselves decide on the use of the scholarships and whether they are to cover all or part of the tuition fee.

  • The second program consists of two parts and is administered by the Swedish Institute (SI). Some of the scholarships are aimed at students from countries with which Sweden has a long-term development cooperation, and others are aimed at students from countries classified as low- or middle-income countries according to the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (OECD / DAC). The Government's goal with the program is to contribute to a qualified supply of skills in developing countries. The scholarships cover the entire tuition fee and also the students' living costs.

• The share of fee-payers regardless of the amount in first cycle is 1.9% (first and second cycles).

INDIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT

• Tax benefits for students’ parents and students with an income is not available.
• Family allowances for students’ parents are not available.

DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT - GRANTS

• Need based and universal grants are available to home students.

• Citizen of a country outside the EU / EEA or Switzerland who wants to study in Sweden may be entitled to grants and loans from CSN in various ways. This applies to people having a permanent residence permit, have been granted a residence permit based on family ties, have a refugee status.

• Grants are given every week during the academic year, which is 40 weeks long.

• For year 2022:

  • The amount of universal study grant is EUR 79 per week.

  • The need-based grant is a supplement for students with children. The lowest amount is for one child (EUR 79+ EUR 15 per week) and the highest is for five children EUR 79 + 39 per week).

  • Full time students receive a need-based grant at a minimum of EUR 3752 and a maximum of EUR 4729 per year. Universal grants are given at EUR 3155 per year to full-time home students.

  • Part-time students receive need-based grants of minimum EUR 1848 and a maximum of EUR 2362. They may receive universal grant of the amount EUR 1560.

• For year 2023:

  • The universal grant amount is EUR 82/week. Calculated for 40 weeks the minimum universal grant would be EUR 3 273.

  • Minimum need based grant/40 weeks is EUR 3 893. Maximum for five children/40 weeks amounts to EUR 4 900.

• Students who study part time receive a grant according to the percentage of study they are taking. Students who study part-time get around half of the grant. Students who study 75 % get around 75 % of the grant. For a student who study 50%, the grant is EUR 39 per week.The need based grant for one child is EUR 7 per week. For five children its EUR 20 per week.

• In the first and second cycle, 90% of full time students received a universal grant. As for part time students, 33% of students were universal grant beneficiaries across both cycles.

• Needs based grants are given as a supplement for students with children, with students receiving grants in accordance to the number of children they have.

• Students can access public grants up until the age limit of 60 years old.

• Data concerning amount of grants given to international students is not available.

DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT - LOANS

• Publicly-subsidised loans are available to home students.

• Full time students can take out loans at a minimum of EUR 181 per week or at a maximum of EUR 7256 total for 40 weeks at both cycles.

• Part time students can take out loans at a minimum of EUR 91 per week or at a maximum of EUR 3647 total for 40 weeks at both cycles.

• Distinction between first and second cycle is not applied. The amount that can be borrowed is EUR 181 per week (2022). An academic year is 40 weeks. It is possible to study summer courses with the same amount per week.

• For 2023:

  The loan amount for full-time student is EUR 188/week for a duration of 40 weeks, for a total amount of EUR 7 528.

  For part-time studies (50%) students can borrow EUR 95/week for a duration of 40 weeks, for a total amount of EUR 3782.

• In the first and second cycle, 75% of full time students were loan beneficiaries and 20,0% of part time students were loan beneficiaries. Share of full-time and part-time students with study loans refer to second semester 2020. Students can access publicly-subsidised loans up until the age limit of 60 years old.