Monday, May 28, 2012
Free College in Sweden for Americans?
Free College in Sweden for Americans?
I'm planning on doing my senior year of high school abroad as a foreign exchange student in Sweden. Recently, my mom met someone that has lived in Sweden for a while and she mentioned something I found extremely interesting. She said that there are colleges in Sweden that want to immerse American culture so much that they offer free schooling for American students. Is this true? For all schools or selective schools? Which ones should I be looking at?
Higher Education (University +) - 1 Answers
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This is not entirely true. There are no special provisions for Americans, but tuition has been free for everyone. From autumn 2011 foreign students will be charged tuition fees. Most Swedish universities (and university colleges) are owned by the state, while a few are state supported non profit institutions. Tuition has for a long time been almost entirely financed by taxes. The number of foreign students has been relatively low, in part due to the need to learn Swedish, but there has been an increase the last few years. Having a number of foreign students has been seen as beneficial for the universities. This policy will now change. Citizens of the European Union (of which Sweden is part), Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as certain non-citizen residents will still not be charged. For students from other countries universities are to charge the actual cost; no exact amounts have so far been mentioned. For these students there will also be an application fee. There will be SEK 60 millions (USD 8.3 millions) a year in grants to finance tuition for talented foreign student, as well as SEK 30 millions for tuition and cost of living for students from certain developing countries. Details are to be announced later.
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