I am studying in Sweden right now, and I have always recommended Sweden for its free educational system and this is the main reason I chose Sweden for continuing my education. But the new system is so discouraging and I definetely won’t recommend Sweden to my friends anymore. Every where in Sweden are expensive as like UK by itslef, with paying about 8500 Euro per year it is not a reasonable option for me as an Non European student. US, UK , Canada or Austrolia are more resonable for sure then.
This is a really bad news for me and other non EU students,but it is very good policy to kick out student from Asia and Africa except the rich. This new Swedish policy will discourage students to come here since there are not so many extra jobs available to pay the tution fees who are very enthusiastic for higher education.
I wonder why swedish politicians like so much to attract non skilled asylums (in the name of human rights) and kick out high skilled people (univeristy students).Who is going to come here (except people who just want to live in Sweden as a dish washer/Cleaner) by paying 80 thousand SEK every year and will never receive permenant residence permit (like Austratia, Canada,US) after completing study .
Monday, July 21, 2008
Sad news!!
Tuition Fees for International Students in Sweden
Non EU/EES students will, from the 1st January 2010, pay to study in Sweden. This is the latest comment from the Swedish government, as part of the the Internationalisation of Higher Education bill which will come into effect in the Autumn of this year, as reported in SvD this morning.
This story is now also available in english at The Local.
The article is a little light on detail but the following main facts emerge:
- kick off will be the 1st January 2010
- fees will be uncapped and set by each university
- there will be some form of scholarship system
The previous government, according to SvD, suggested 80 000 SEK per year as a fee. That’s about 8 500 EURO (to put that into perspective, an international student studying in the UK pays around 12 500 EURO).
