University admission in Europe

Admission is central and fully online. You apply for programmes taught in English through universityadmissions.se and for programmes taught in Swedish through antagning.se.

Deadlines for the 2027 autumn semester (example: Karolinska Institutet):

• international round – applications from 16 October 2026 to 15 January 2027, documents by 1 February 2027. If you need a residence permit, apply in this round – it leaves enough time to pay the tuition fee and apply for the permit,
• national round – applications from 15 March to 15 April 2027. EU/EEA citizens can apply in it too, so if you are one of them you get a second chance. Note: most international master's programmes are no longer open in this round.

For a bachelor's programme you need a completed upper secondary education, English at the level of the Swedish course English 6 and mathematics equivalent to the course Matematik 1. Many programmes have additional subject requirements.

You upload your secondary school leaving certificate and transcripts in the original language, together with an official translation into Swedish or English – universityadmissions.se lists what is needed for each country. EU/EEA and Swiss citizens also upload proof of citizenship – that way you don't pay the application fee.