Higher Education
Research in swedensweden is talking part in the bologna prosess. a wide-ranging European cooperative venture whose goal is to harmonize all higher education in Europe. As a result, the Swedish education system will change. By providing competitive undergraduate and graduate training, Sweden is to become a more attractive country to study in for students from abroad. In Sweden, the Riksdag (Parliament) and Government have overall responsibility for higher education and research, which means that they make decisions on aims, guidelines and the allocation of resources.Education and research fall under the brief of the Ministry of Education and Research. The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education is the central government agency responsible for matters concerning higher education, but universities and university colleges are separate government authorities and make their own decisions about the content of courses and other matters. The development of basic research in Sweden is financed and promoted by the Swedish Research Council. EligibilityTo meet general admission requirements for attending a university or university college, students must have a school-leaving certificate from the high school or municipal adult education in Sweden or have completed high school education outside Sweden. Studies at a “folkhögskola” (folk high school) can also qualify students for higher education. When there are more applicants than places available, applicants are ranked, based in part on their grades when they leave school. A government bill introduced in March 2007 proposed among other things that passing grades be required in the core subjects of Swedish or Swedish as a second language, English and mathematics education4sunee
