Sweden's minister for higher education warned students to follow coronavirus guidelines after eight Swedish regions reported outbreaks linked to universities.
More than 60 students at Mälardalen University, central Sweden, have been confirmed infected with the coronavirus, in an outbreak linked by university officials to a start-of-term party.
An Iranian student planning on starting university in Sweden this autumn has told The Local he and many others risk being unable to take up their places after the Swedish embassy cancelled their visa interview appointments.
International students face an anxious wait to find out whether or not they can stay in Sweden this autumn, as some coronavirus measures may affect their right to a residence permit.
Learning Swedish will teach you a lot – but not necessarily the things you thought it would. Here are nine of the strange things that happen once you start studying the language.
Swedish universities predict an increase in domestic students next semester, but a decrease in new foreign students. And the competition for housing is expected to be fierce.
A group of international students has asked the Swedish government to adjust tuition fees and criteria for residence permits, as their economic situations have been severely affected by the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
From adjusting to study and self-isolation in shared accommodation to deciding whether to stay on campus or return home, here's what international students across Sweden have told The Local about their coronavirus experience.
Students and researchers will be able to stay in Sweden for up to a year after finishing their studies in order to job-hunt, after parliament approved new rules around residence permits.
Sweden has welcomed a growing number of international students to its universities in recent years, but how straightforward is the permit process for those coming from outside the EU? The Local's readers reveal their own experiences and some of their main problems.
Students across Sweden will start their studies as the academic year begins over the next few weeks. But due to a major housing shortage, many of them won't have secure accommodation until the start of the next term, or even longer.
Whether you came to Sweden on a student permit, or applied for permanent residence following your doctoral studies – The Local wants to hear your story.
Applying to an exchange programme can be truly stressful, considering each application and country has its own set of unique requirements. For those coming to Sweden from a US university, here are the key things to bear in mind when wading through the administrative parts of the application.
The Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) has outlined some of the unanswered questions about the future of British students in Sweden in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
In the past three years, the number of international university students making their way to Stockholm has increased by a staggering 20 percent – and the quality of education is not the only reason. The Local takes a closer look at the reasons why.
Are you one of the more than 20,000 international students in Sweden? You can now benefit from a 50 percent student discount on Membership of The Local – our editor Emma Löfgren explains more.
A Swedish school leaver has been ordered to pay 10,000 kronor ($1,112) in damages to a female pupil he described using a sexually explicit term inspired by Norwegian teen show Skam.
Every year, tens of thousands of people sit the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test, the results of which can be used on university applications. Take The Local's quiz, based on the vocabulary section of the test, to see how many of these tricky Swedish words you understand.
For students hoping to do an overseas internship or university exchange, the Erasmus scheme is one of the biggest and best-known programmes. Nele Schröder shares her advice of ten things to think about if you're a student applying for Erasmus, and the things she wishes she'd known before.
A Swedish university college must refund an American student over sub-standard teaching, after a ruling from the country's top court set a precedent for overseas students in Sweden.
Which of Sweden's cities is the best for students? Perhaps it's Lund with its cobbled streets, or Uppsala with its strong culture of student associations? What about Gothenburg, with its array of pubs, or Stockholm and all the attractions the capital offers?
Every night at 10pm, students at Sweden’s Uppsala University take part in the 'Flogsta scream' or 'Flogsta roar': <a href="http://www.thelocal.se/20130113/45582" target="_blank"> a bizarre phenomenon</a> where residents of the Flogsta area open their windows and scream at the top of their lungs, leading to viral videos that have caused people the world over to think that Swedes are absolutely insane.
