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What's it like coming to Sweden as an international student during a pandemic?

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 16:53:02 +0200

The international student experience is enriched by the chance to travel abroad and meet new people, but what happens when a pandemic makes those two things difficult or dangerous? Students who had arrived in Sweden for the autumn semester shared their thoughts with The Local.

Swedish universities welcome fewer international students due to the coronavirus

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 18:34:01 +0200

The number of foreign students travelling to Sweden for the autumn term next week has plummeted, but hundreds have made the move despite the pandemic.

International students in Sweden: Tell us how you've been affected by the coronavirus

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 18:32:57 +0200

With the start of Sweden's university autumn term just days away, The Local wants to hear how the coronavirus crisis has affected international students who had hoped to study here.

These are Sweden's most international universities

Tue, 09 May 2017 18:23:36 +0200

A new study has ranked how international Sweden's universities are, and three institutions top the list.

These are Sweden's best universities: ranking

Wed, 26 Oct 2016 09:09:03 +0200

At least according to this global ranking, which picks 12 Swedish universities among the top-1000.

'Foreign students should have time to find jobs'

Wed, 05 Feb 2014 08:16:00 +0100

Liberal Swedish MEP Cecilia Wikström tells The Local about a new EU directive that will allow greater opportunities for non-EU students who wish to study and work in Sweden.

'It's not cheap': Tuition fees hit universities

Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:40:00 +0200

Lund University in southern Sweden has topped the list for fee paying non European students with 324 foreign arrivals this year, an increase of 46 percent, but numbers remain low nationally since tuition fees were introduced in 2011.

Plagiarism on the rise at Swedish universities

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:03:00 +0200

Some 800 students were suspended or received a formal warning due to cheating at Swedish universities last year, an increase of 5 percent compared to 2010, according to a new report from the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (Högskoleverket).

Swedish unis in foreign student scholarship plea

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:30:00 +0200

With foreign student enrollment down after the introduction of tuition fees, Swedish universities are urging the government to provide more scholarships to help attract non-European students to Sweden.

Subsidized student flats 'not the answer': minister

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:29:00 +0200

With Stockholm's student housing crisis level at an all time high, the government is still unwilling to subsidize the building of thousands of new flats in the capital.

'Harder than ever' to get student flat in Stockholm

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:14:00 +0200

An influx of foreign students is one of the factors behind the worsening shortage of student housing in Stockholm, with only 15 percent of university students in the Swedish capital this autumn having been allocated a student flat.

Tuition fees change Sweden's student population

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:48:00 +0100

With tuition fees for non-EEA students in effect, the makeup of Sweden’s non-European student population is shifting. The pressure is now on universities to deliver services worth selling, according to contributor Sven Hultberg Carlsson.

Fees bury Swedish unis in added work: report

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:10:00 +0100

The new fees for non-European students at Swedish universities have created a workload disproportionate to the number of fee-paying students, according to a new report from the National Agency for Higher Education (Högskoleverket).

'Stockholm needs more housing - not fewer students'

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:11:00 +0200

Sweden's housing minister is wrong to single out students as the solution to help alleviate pressure in Stockholm's housing market, argue Young Moderates Veronica de Jonge and Edvin Alam.

Karolinska named among world's top universities

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:39:00 +0100

Stockholm's Karolinska Institute and Lund University are among six Swedish universities named in a world top 200 list published on Thursday.

Foreign applications to Swedish unis collapse

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:47:00 +0100

Applications from foreign students to Swedish universities have plummeted following the introduction of tuition fees, according to application statistics for the autumn term released on Tuesday.

More cheaters booted from Swedish colleges

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:08:00 +0100

The number of students expelled from Sweden’s colleges and universities for cheating went up by nearly 50 percent in 2010 compared to the year before, new statistics show.

Swedish universities prep for tuition fee fallout

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:56:00 +0100

Despite good intentions, the decision to introduce tuition fees for non-European students who enroll at Swedish universities may end up doing more harm than good, contributor Adam Mullett discovers.

'Free tuition for students who stay in Sweden'

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:32:00 +0200

Gifted foreign students should be allowed to take their Masters’ for free at Swedish universities, in exchange for a promise to stay in Sweden and work after completing their courses, Higher Education Minister Tobias Krantz has suggested.

Foreigners 'blocked' from college courses

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:04:00 +0200

Sweden’s new university admissions system discriminates against foreign students and breaks EU law, according to the country’s university regulator.