Application fee for foreign students - Autumn Term 2010
2009-07-07
Please note that this information does not apply for exchange students.
The preparations for introducing application and tuition fees for students from non-EU/EEA countries are underway. According to the Government’s instructions to the National Agency for Services to Universities and University Colleges (called VHS in Swedish), application fees will be implemented starting Autumn Term 2010. Tuition fees will be introduced starting Autumn 2011.
VHS has been tasked with preparing for the introduction of application and tuition fees for students from non-EU/EEA countries, working in cooperation with Swedish universities and university colleges. Those affected by these new regulations are applicants and students that are not citizens of the EU, EEA-countries or Switzerland.
According to the government proposal, application fees will be implemented starting Autumn Term 2010, and tuition fees will be introduced the following year, starting Autumn Term 2011.
The underlying factor for these new fees is first and foremost the great increase in the number of foreign students studying at Swedish universities. Administration of foreign applications is costly, both in terms of time and money for VHS and Swedish universities and university colleges. Among the students who are accepted to study in Sweden, there are many who never matriculate.
In its decision, the Government writes that the application fee is intended to stimulate serious and well thought-out applications, not to scare away applicants. VHS has also been appointed to put forth a proposal for appropriate fee amounts.
VHS will report on its progress by the 15th of September this year.
Read the Government decision (in Swedish only):
”Uppdrag om anmälningsavgifter och studieavgifter”