Studying Abroad Opportunity in Sweden: A Complete Guide

UNIVERSITY

Sweden can be a great choice for students who want to study and travel Europe. Sweden is best known for innovations and technology. You can apply for Bachelor’s, Master’s and PHD program at Swedish Universities. There are many good Universities in Sweden. Most of them are public.

Many students don't know how to start and when to start for Swedish University application. Applying to Swedish University is easy as the activity you do in your social or digital platform. You can do the whole process by yourself. You just have to create an account then fill out the necessary information, select the course and submit the documents. Isn’t it sounds easy? We are here to help you with it. To get detailed information about admission application, you have to ask some questions to yourself. And, in this blog you will get all the answers of your questions that can come up to your mind while thinking about study at Sweden. You might thinking (when, where, how, what, which) about study at Sweden. Let's find out those answers.

Where?

Where should you start with, for your study at Sweden?

You have to have all the required documents ready on your hand to study abroad. You have to be prepared mentally and financially for your study at Sweden.

Mentally you have to make yourself strong and prepared to struggle and live far from your family and usual daily life. And, you need enough financial backup to support your study and living in Sweden.

Where you have to submit your application for Swedish University?

Swedish University Admissions process is centralized. You have to apply centrally for your admission application. Here is the central website for Swedish University Admissions Application- Portal here .You have to apply in that portal. You will find all details information in that website for your application process as well.

Which?

In Which city you want to go?

It's your personal choice about the city you want to go for your study. You can consider some elements while thinking about the city. Consider the part-time job opportunity and international students community of the city while choosing the city of Sweden. Consider living expenses of the city while choosing as well. Don't worry about transportation in Sweden. Almost every city is connected with trains and busses you will have busses and other transportation systems in every city.

Which University You should choose to apply?

While choosing the University you can choose universities of bigger city and the universities which has good reputation for international students. You can consider the QS world ranking while choosing the University as well.

Which Program you should choose?

While choosing the program you need to take some fact into account like- the future job opportunity of that degree, Course work. Try to choose tech or data driven subjects that matches with your qualifications. You have to make sure the subjects you will choose is matching your past degree. You have to make sure that your work experience (If any) is related to your desire subjects and degree. You also think about your own interest while choosing the subject. Do not take other people's suggestions for your subject choices. You can take opinions about your chosen subjects to compare your choices. Make sure to choose the subjects you want to learn and you want to work with in near future.

When?

When is the right time to apply for admission at Swedish University?

Well, Swedish University has 2 intakes basically for international students. One is Autumn- September, other one is Spring- January intake. But the main intake/ session/ semester is Autumn- September intake. Most of the University accept or open for admission on Autumn semester. And on the other hand not every University offers many programs for Spring semester. So it's better to go for Autumn semester. You will have many opportunities and openings for universities and subjects on Autumn intake.

When the application process starts for admission in Swedish University?

As the admission application process is centralized in Sweden, all the process starts and ends on a selected date. For Autumn intake, the application portal opens on 15th October of every year. Suppose you want to apply for upcoming Autumn-2025, so the application portal will open on 15th October 2024. And the application portal will close on 15th January 2025 for Autumn intake. For Spring intake- the application portal opens on 3rd June and end on 15th August. Suppose you want to apply for.

Spring-2026, the application portal will open on 3rd June 2025 and it will close on 15th August 2025. You can see the key dates for application in here

When you have to submit the required documents?

There is a deadline for your required documents submission. You have to submit all your required documents by 3rd February for Autumn intake. For Spring intake, you have to submit the documents by 2nd September.

When you have to pay the application fee?

You don't have to pay right away while applying for universities. You can first finish your application process and then you have to pay for the application. There is a deadline for the application fee payments of each intake. You can pay by 3rd February for Autumn intake. And you have to pay by 2 September for Spring intake. You cannot pay the fee after these deadlines. Your application will not be considered if you don't pay the application fee by these time.

When the admission results will publish?

Also there is a selected date for admission results. The admission results for Autumn intake will publish on 23rd March for Masters and 3rd April for Bachelors program. For Spring intake- the results will publish on 18th October for Masters and 3rd October for Bachelors program.

Now let's get into the most important and critical question that comes to every students mind.

How?

How to apply for Swedish University?

1st: Collect all the required documents for higher studies in Sweden. And wait for the application portal to open for your desire intake.

2nd: Create a profile on this application portal here . You can create this account anytime you want to. Just follow the instructions and create a new account in that portal.

Application Portal

3rd: Search for your desire subjects and program on that portal. You can filter the search with your desire choices. Then select the program or you can mark them as favorite to see them for the next time as saved programs.

Application Portal

4th: When the portal opens for application, select your desire subjects and program to apply.

5th: Then go forward with your selected subjects and programs. You can see all your selected programs in the My Selection section of that portal. Click on My Selection, it will take you to your selected subjects or programs page. Then check your selected programs and click on apply now on the bottom of that page of your application. Then submit the application.

Application Portal

6th: After submitting your application you can change the rank or order of your selected programs. Rank the one on 1st which you want to be as your first choice. Then rank the other programs according to your choice. And submit.

7th: Then you have to upload your passport or any identification document on the document section. Passport is preferred. Then you have to upload the required documents for your selected university programs. You have to upload the documents before the deadline. You need to upload all scan copy of your original documents as a pdf. soft copy in the application portal.

8th: It's an important phase of your application. It's about the documents you have to send by mail or postal to universityadmission.se. You have to send your academic transcript (Attested scan copy) directly to Sweden by mail from your previous institutions.

9th: Then you have to pay your application fee before the deadline. So your application will go forward and in process or review.

10th: Check your portals messages option in my page regularly as well as your given email inbox and spam folder. If the universities require any more documents, just upload or send it to the University as they will ask you to do so.

Application Portal

Now wait for the dates to publish the results of your application.

How to pay and how much you have to pay for your application?

You have to pay 900 SEK for your application fee. You can pay with your Credit/Debit card which is allowed to make international payments. You can also pay by other online payment system that is mention in the application portal that supports from your country. Make sure you pay before the payment deadline ends. If you open up a second application then you have to pay again for that.

How Many Universities You can apply?

You can apply up to 4 universities in each application. If you choose more than 4 universities the application will split and divide into 2 applications. In each application only 4 universities can be selected.

How many subjects or Programs You can Apply?

You can apply as many subjects you want to. If you match or fulfill the entry requirements of the program, you are good to go for that. Rank your top desire subject in 1^st place to get the offer for that program.

How to Send the Transcript to University Admission Sweden?

For Master’s program you have to send your academic transcript directly to Sweden. You have to send an attested scan copy of your academic transcript in a sealed envelope from your previous university. You do not need to send your original transcript. Just make a scan copy from your original academic transcript and get it attested and in a sealed envelope from your Bachelor University’s exam controller office or from register office. Go there with original and scan copy of your certificate and academic transcript, they will give it to you in a sealed envelope with attestation. And ask them to add the address of universityadmission.se on the envelope as a receiver. The address where you have to send mail and the country wise process for that can be found on this website here

Here is the address to send the transcript by mail ( DHL/ FedEx)

PostNord Strålfors AB
Att: University Admissions in Sweden
Järngatan 11, Kaj 21-25
SE-190 81 Rosersberg
Sweden

⚠️ Do not send your original documents by mail. Only you have to send an attested copy of your original academic transcript. Do not make a copy from your scan copy of original document, make copy directly from your original documents.

It can take 4-7 days to reach Sweden, It varies from country to country.

What is the requirements for admission application?

For Bachelor’s:

    ✅ Passport (Valid for Next 6 Months)
    ✅ Secondary School Certificate (SSC)
    ✅ Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) / Or Equivalent Degree
    ✅ Academic Transcript of Both Examinations
    ✅ Motivational Letter/ Statement of Purpose
    ✅ Essay (If Required)
    ✅ IELTS or Any English Language Test Score If You Are Not from Any English Speaking Country. IELTS Minimum Score 6.00 overall.
    ✅ Euro-pass CV/ Standard Resume
    ✅ Extra-Curricular Activities Certificate (If Any)
    ✅ Recommendation Letters (LOR)

For Master’s:

    ✅ Passport (Valid for Next 6 Months)
   ✅ Bachelor’s Degree Certificate/ Or Equivalent Degree
   ✅ Academic Transcript
   ✅ Motivational Letter/ Statement of Purpose
   ✅ Essay (If Required)
   ✅ IELTS or Any English Language Test Score If You Are Not from Any English Speaking Country. IELTS Minimum Score 6.5 overall.

   ✅GRE/GMAT (if Required)
    ✅ Euro-pass CV/ Standard Resume
   ✅ Extra-Curricular Activities Certificate (If Any)
    ✅ Recommendation Letters (LOR)

For PHD:

   ✅ Passport (Valid for Next 6 Months)
    ✅ Bachelor’s And Master’s Degree Certificate/ Or Equivalent Degree
   ✅ Academic Transcripts
   ✅ Motivational Letter/ Statement of Purpose
   ✅ Essay (If Required)
    ✅ IELTS or Any English Language Test Score If You Are Not from Any English Speaking Country. IELTS Minimum Score 6.5 overall.
   ✅GRE/GMAT (if Required)

   ✅ Euro-pass CV/ Standard Resume
   ✅ Extra-Curricular Activities Certificate (If Any)
   ✅ Recommendation Letters (LOR)
   ✅ Research Proposal
    ✅ Journal or Conference Paper.
    ✅ Research Paper
    ✅ Experience Letter ( If Required)

SCHOLARSHIP

There are some other information you might be curious about:

You can apply for scholarship in Sweden. There are many scholarship opportunities. Most popular scholarship is Swedish Institute (SI) scholarship and University scholarships here

After getting the admission offer, you have to pay one semester tuition fee and then you have to apply for a visa at Swedish Embassy in your country. Good luck with your application and study at Sweden.

We're excited to have you join our community! Feel free to leave a comment, ask a question, or share your own study abroad experiences.

Written By- Nazmul Islam Razib

The Study Abroad Team

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