Higher education in Sweden, with the main intake in late August

Sweden's higher education follows the Bologna three-cycle structure of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, with credits that map one-to-one to ECTS: 60 credits equal one full academic year. Applications for almost all programmes go through a single national admissions portal run by UHR, which also handles recognition of foreign qualifications. For Indian applicants, Class 12 is generally accepted for bachelor's entry, subject to subject-specific requirements. Swedish is the official language, and many master's programmes are taught in English. Students from outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland pay tuition fees, which vary by subject and institution. Sweden is in the EU and the Schengen Area but keeps its own currency, so fees are charged in Swedish krona (SEK). The main intake starts in late August; a smaller spring intake starts in January, though not every programme has one. Autumn applications close in mid-January. In Stockholm, January temperatures average -3.0 to 1.6°C and July 13.5 to 22.1°C, with 18.63 hours of daylight on 21 June and 6.07 hours on 21 December.