IB and EB studies

Meeting the English requirement - bachelor's and master's level studies

You can meet the English requirement with:

• For English 6 - English B, SL with language of instruction other than English
• For English 7 - English A1, A2 HL and SL; English B, HL; or English B, SL with English as the language of instruction

You can also show you meet the English language requirement through certain university studies, or an internationally approved English test.

Find out more at English language requirements.

Previous studies that meet the general entry requirements and any special documentation instructions

For bachelor's level studies:

International Baccalaureate Diploma (including subjects taken). Non-regular IB diploma is accepted.

For master's level studies:

The International Baccalaureate does not meet the requirements for studies at the master's level in Sweden.

For autumn semester applicants with an IB Diploma awarded in May 2025

• In order for University Admissions to access your IB results for the first selection in July, you must ask the IB coordinator at your school to make your results available through the IB's Result Service. When submitting results together with your coordinator via IB’s Results Service, use recipient code “UHR”. The coordinator should make your results available to University Admissions by 5 July.
• If you're doing retakes in May 2025, ask the IB coordinator at your school to make your results available to "UHR" through the IB's Result Service as soon as possible but no later than 5 July. You must also submit your earlier diploma/certificate by the document deadline for the admissions round you've applied to. Find out more at Key dates.

Submit any other grades you need to fulfil the entry requirements, e.g. Pre-IB grades, by the document deadline as indicated on Universityadmissions.se.

Find out more at Key dates

For applicants with an IB Diploma awarded 2024 or earlier

• If you already have an IB Diploma, submit scans/copies of your original diploma including test results. These documents must reach University Admissions by the document deadline for the admissions round you've applied to. Don't use the IB Result Service to submit your documentation.
• Other required documents, such as transcripts from Pre-IB, must arrive at University Admissions by the document deadline for that admissions round. 

Retakes awarded 2024 or earlier

If you already have an IB Diploma but have completed retakes, submit scans/copies of the original diploma/certificate and the new IB Diploma - both are required. Your documents must reach University Admissions by the document deadline for the admissions round you've applied to.

Submitting your documents

Wondering how to get your documents to University Admissions? Follow the instructions at Submitting your documents

Meeting the English requirement - bachelor's and master's level studies

You can meet the English requirement with English Language 1 or 2 (L1 or L2).

You can also demonstrate that you meet the English language requirement through certain university studies, or an internationally approved English test.

Find out more about English language requirements

Previous studies that meet the general entry requirements and any special documentation instructions

For bachelor's level studies:

The European Baccalaureat meets the general entry requirements. You may also need to have the equivalent of certain specific courses or complete with these subjects in other ways.

See Bachelor's requirements

For master's level studies:

The European Baccalaureate does not meet the requirements for studies at the master's level in Sweden.

For autumn semester applicants graduating with an EB diploma in the spring of 2025

The EB diploma results are sent directly from the school. If you have any questions, you can contact them.

• In order for University Admissions to access your EB diploma results for the first selection in July, your results must be sent directly to University Admissions by your school. If you have any questions, contact your EB coordinator.
• Submit any other documents needed to meet the entry requirements. One common example is if you need to demonstrate that you meet the specific requirements in Modern languages, Physics or Chemistry if you studied the subject in S5 and S6 but not in S7. In such cases, we require a transcript showing courses and credits (or School report for semester 2) for years S5 and S6.
  
  You should submit these documents when you apply or by the supporting documentation deadline listed in Key Dates and Deadlines.

For applicants with an EB diploma awarded 2024 or earlier

• If you already have an EB diploma, you must upload a scan of your European Baccalaureate certificate and final transcript of grades, in its original language.
• You must also submit any other documents that may be required in order to fulfil the entry requirements, e.g. transcript with courses and credits (or School report semester 2) from year S5 and S6.

These documents must reach University Admissions by the supporting documentation deadline for the admission round you've applied to as noted on Key dates and deadlines.

Translation requirements

Documents issued in English, French, Spanish, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish do not need to be translated.

If your documents are in any other language, you must also submit an official translation of the documents in Swedish or English. Official means that your translation must be completed by a translation company or a person who works as a translator. We also accept official translations issued by your EB school.