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February 14, 2012
Record student intake at Swedish universities
Published: 1 Mar 10 10:51 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/25276/20100301/
Almost 300,000 students signed up for courses at Swedish universities in 2009 - the highest number ever, according to new statistics published on Monday.
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The agency has collated data from all of Sweden's state universities, as well as Chalmers University of Technology and Jönköping University, and found that student numbers have increased at almost all seats of learning.
"A large generation of school leavers and the difficult economic climate have probably had a significant impact on the substantial increase. This will probably hold even after this year," agency head Anders Flodström said in a statement.
Aside from the record student numbers, 2009 was also a bumper year in terms of financial performance for Sweden's universities. The sector reached the ceiling for state financing for the first time in several years, with research funding also outstripping cost rises.
The combined surplus came in at two billion kronor, with Lund University reporting the highest surplus of 450 million kronor. Several more universities reported surpluses of over 200 million kronor while Växjö and Halmstad were among those reporting a deficit.
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Why is it universities were showing surplus? The above article has left out an important query.
At least this is what I heard from people I know at Uppsala university. This would explain the surplus; if there were many students, the universities got much more revenue and therefore a higher surplus.
What do you do when you cannot find a job? study again!
And it is good for the government as they "hide" the real unemployment rate.
That is not true. Students are not part of the labor force, so they do not count towards the number of unemployed.
The Swedish government has a very intelligent way of lie about the real unemployment rate.
I meet daily people in the same situation.
I was in an international master's program myself at Uppsala this year, but the student enrolment was so big that the university was unable to provide the same quality of education as the previous year. Coming from a university that ranks higher than Uppsala internationally, I couldn't justify staying, so I dropped out. It was really an unfortunate situation, and I can imagine that the lecturers would have been frustrated with the reputation they were getting amongst their students.