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Study

Tuition-free for EU citizens, scholarships for everyone else, and student life from Lund to Luleå.

Stockholm spires in the blue hour
Stockholm spires in the blue hour

Swedish universities are tuition-free for EU/EEA citizens and run hundreds of master's programmes entirely in English. For everyone else there are fees — and a serious scholarship apparatus to offset them.

Applying

Everything goes through universityadmissions.se, one portal for all universities, with deadlines in mid-January for autumn starts. The Swedish Institute scholarships cover both fees and living costs for students from many countries; universities run their own programmes on top.

Student life

Lund and Uppsala are the classic student towns with their nationer (student societies, a world of their own). Stockholm and Göteborg trade the campus bubble for the city. Budget around 9,000–12,000 SEK a month, and know that student housing has queues too — apply for a room the day you're admitted.