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Sweden – a pocket guide
GOOD TO KNOW:
• Information on folk high schools and their courses is
available by telephone on 08-796 00 50 or on the
Internet at www.fin.fhsk.se. You can find courses
intended especially for immigrants by clicking on
långa kurser.
• The study and vocational guide Syoguiden, at
www.syoguiden.com , provides a great deal of
information on educational programmes,
scholarships, professions and working in
Sweden and abroad.
• Information on KY and YTH programmes can be
found at www.ky.gov.se and www.yth.nu, respectively.
• The Verket för högskoleservice, VHS, has an Internet
site at www.vhs.se. It provides information on how
upper-secondary education from countries other
than Sweden is evaluated.
• The National Agency for Higher Education’s search
page at www.studera.nu provides information on
the national university aptitude test, student loans,
professions and all programmes, introductory terms
and courses at all university colleges and universities.
The Agency has also published a brochure on
higher education in Sweden in several languages.
You can order the brochure by telephone on
08-795 23 10 or download it from
www.studera.nu/svenskahogskolan.
• Information on evaluation of foreign higher
education programmes can be found at www.hsv.se.
Click on Naric.
• The website of the National Board of Student Aid
can be found at www.csn.se.
Schools and
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