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Record number of applicants to autumn semester university studies
At midnight on 15 April, just over 405,000 people had applied to autumn semester’s university courses and programmes – an increase of 13 per cent or nearly 47,000 applicants compared to autumn semester 2019. The autumn numbers – the highest since the coordinated admissions process was introduced – is an increase of just over 16,000 applicants compared to the previous record to autumn semester 2014.
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Over 407,000 applications to autumn semester university studies
At midnight on 15 April, the application period for courses and programmes to autumn semester 2020 closed on Antagning.se. The Swedish Council for Higher Education has (UHR) preliminarily reported 407,025 applications – 46,843 or 13 per cent more than last year’s 360,191 application.
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Increase of 13 per cent in accepted applicants to autumn semester master’s programmes
Selection results have been published for applicants to autumn semester’s master’s programmes. The number of accepted applicants increased with 13 per cent compared to autumn semester 2019. Nineteen of twenty-eight universities have admitted a greater number of applicants to these programmes.
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Record for spring semester admission
This spring’s courses and programmes attracted more applicants than any other spring semester. Up until the second selection, 266,640 persons had submitted an application – an increase of five per cent in comparison to one year ago. The number of accepted applicants was also a record – 173,459 after the second selection, ten per cent more than spring 2019.
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Government authorities recommend distance education
The Public Health Agency of Sweden recommends that Sweden’s upper secondary schools, municipal adult education, vocational higher education and higher education institutions move to online and distance learning.