What are the requirements for graduate study in Sweden?

Many students studying in Sweden not only apply for undergraduate courses, but also apply for graduate studies abroad. Let's take a look at the application requirements for Swedish graduate students to study abroad.

First, the Swedish postgraduate study abroad application conditions

1. The applicant has a bachelor's degree certificate.

In actual application, not all Swedish schools require students to provide degree certificates, and some schools are also willing to accept applications from senior students, such as the Royal Swedish Institute of Technology and chalmers university of technology, Sweden.

2. The applied postgraduate major must be the same as the undergraduate major.

Sweden is not allowed to change majors. Almost all Swedish schools require international students to apply for this major. If international students have two degrees in university, they can apply for any major.

3. Swedish students need to get high marks.

According to the regulations of Swedish schools, foreign students can only apply if their language scores reach the old TOEFL score of 550 and IELTS score of 6, but the number of overseas students studying in Sweden is increasing year by year. Therefore, in order to have greater confidence in the application, it is suggested that students' language scores should reach the level of 600 points in the old TOEFL and 6 and 5 points in IELTS.

4. Most schools have no hard and fast rules on the Swedish language of applicants.

Although Swedish is rarely explicitly stipulated in the admission standards of schools, because many Swedish universities teach in Swedish or hold lectures and seminars in Swedish, if foreign students know nothing about Swedish, it will have a certain impact on their study. It is suggested that international students who are interested in going to Sweden take some Swedish courses and have a basic understanding of Swedish.

5, comprehensive quality inspection

In addition to the above conditions, Swedish universities will also examine the applicant's comprehensive quality to judge whether he has the conditions and potential to study in Sweden.

Second, the Swedish university system.

Swedish higher education can be divided into two stages: basic higher education and postgraduate education.

There are two kinds of higher basic education diplomas: one is a general university diploma, including a 2-year higher education diploma, a 3-year bachelor's degree and a 4-5-year master's degree; The other is a higher vocational diploma, and the length of study depends on the major, ranging from 3 to 5 years.

With the implementation of the Bologna process, Swedish higher education institutions can be divided into higher education institutions that have the right to award postgraduate degrees and higher education institutions that can only provide education at master's level and below, namely university colleges. Colleges and universities can offer 1 year master's courses or 2-year master's courses. The right to award degrees in public higher education institutions is decided by the government, and universities and colleges need to be recognized by the Swedish National Higher Education Agency before they have the right to award two-year master's degrees.

Swedish is the main teaching language in Swedish universities at the bachelor's degree stage, but many compulsory courses use English textbooks, and students often read English. In the master's and doctoral stages, I mainly teach English.

Third, the advantages of studying in Sweden

There are many famous schools in Sweden.

There are many famous universities in Europe and the world in Sweden. The most famous comprehensive universities, such as Lund University, Uppsala University and Stockholm University, are among the top universities in the world 100.

In addition, Gothenburg University, Umeo University and Lin Xueping University are also well-known universities in Europe.

2. A good educational environment.

Most Swedish universities teach in English, which is highly internationalized. Many universities offer undergraduate and postgraduate English majors, which is one of the reasons for attracting international students from all over the world.

As long as you know English, you can adapt to the local environment well. Of course, students can also take this opportunity to learn Swedish. Mastering another foreign language is very beneficial to future employment.

3. the cost of studying abroad is low.

Domestic working families can generally afford to study in Sweden, because the average annual tuition fee is about 6,543,800 yuan and the annual living expenses are about 50,000-60,000 yuan. The annual cost of studying in Sweden for China students is estimated to be about 6.5438+0.5 million RMB.

A three-year undergraduate course and a one-year master's degree will not cause too much pressure on the family. Compared with hundreds of thousands of study abroad expenses in Britain and America, the study abroad expenses in Sweden are quite low.