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A Högskola (= university college in English) is an institution of higher education, similar to a university but typically smaller and with PhD-rights in fewer areas. The right to award doctoral degrees is in Sweden given and monitored by the Swedish Higher Education Authority in the same way for universities and university colleges.
The Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (Högskoleprovet) is a standardised test used as one of the means to gain admission to higher education in Sweden. The test itself is divided into a mathematical section and a verbal section, which both contain four subdivisions, for a total of 160 multiple-choice questions.
The Swedish Higher Education Act is the Swedish law governing higher education in Sweden. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Around 80% of the funding for higher education in Sweden is provided by the government. [ 3 ] The Swedish higher education system is a part of the Bologna Process .
[4] [failed verification] From 2013 in Northern Europe, Estonia started providing free higher education as well. Sweden, until the early 21st century, provided free education to foreign students but changes have been introduced to charge fees to foreign students from outside the European community. [5]
The Swedish Council for Higher Education (Swedish: Universitets- och högskolerådet, UHR) is a Swedish government agency organized under the Ministry of Education and Research assigned to manage admissions to Swedish universities and university colleges, applications and development of the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test, and evaluate foreign qualifications.
Category for higher education in Sweden. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. S. Students in Sweden (2 C) U.
Higher education in Stockholm (5 C, 24 P) S. ... Pages in category "Universities and colleges in Sweden" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
In Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, a university college (Swedish: högskola; Norwegian: høyskole, høgskole or høgskule; Danish: professionshøjskole; literally meaning "high school" and "professional high school") is an independent institution that provides tertiary education (bachelor's and master's degrees) and quaternary education (PhD).