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Application and tuition fees for non-EU/EEA students

Applicants from outside the EU, the EEA and Switzerland are required to pay tuition fees. However, not all third country students are required to pay fees; information about whether you are exempt can be found at www.universityadmissions.se. Students who are in Sweden as part of an exchange agreement are exempt from application and tuition fees, regardless of their nationality.

Tuition fees at Södertörn University

Tuition fees at Södertörn University are set according to the discipline the course belongs to. Our fees for the academic year of 2024/25 are:

Humanities and Social Sciences: SEK 99,000 per academic year (60 credits), SEK 1,650 per credit
Education: SEK 132,000 per academic year (60 credits), SEK 2,200 per credit
Sciences: SEK 150,000 per academic year (60 credits), SEK 2,500 per credit
Health Sciences: SEK 159,000 per academic year (60 credits), SEK 2,650 per credit
Other disciplines: SEK 132,000 per academic year (60 credits), SEK 2,200 per credit
Education in multiple disciplines (does not apply to education in the Humanities and Social Sciences): SEK 132,000 per academic year (60 credits), SEK 2,200 per credit

Please note that tuition fees do not include living expenses, such as accommodation, food, course literature, etc.

Application fees

Applicants from outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland must pay an application fee for higher education in Sweden. This is the same for all Swedish higher education institutions and is SEK 900 (EUR 77/USD 82 as of October 2023). For more information about application fees, please visit www.universityadmissions.se External link, opens in new window. .

Refunds

Södertörn University will only provide refunds after receiving an application for a refund. Refund decisions are made by the director of Student Support Services. A refund is always reimbursed to the account from which the tuition fees were paid to Södertörn University. The process differs depending on your application dates. Read detailed instructions below.

Please note that applicants receive a full refund only if a refund application is submitted before or within three (3) weeks of starting the programme/course.

  • Refund application before or within three (3) weeks of starting programme/ courses

    The full tuition fee will be refunded if applicants submit a refund application before or within three weeks of the program or course start. Applicants need to submit a refund application form Pdf, 199.2 kB. by email to registrator@sh.se.

    If you are admitted to a programme, the application deadline for the full tuition fee refund in the autumn semester 2024 is September 23, 2024.

    If the payment was made from a Swedish bank account, you must submit a form called "Refund of tuition fee to the Swedish bank account Pdf, 113 kB." with information about the account number and account holder in your application.

    Other supporting documents, such as a decision letter from the Swedish Migration Agency, are not required.
  • Refund application between four (4) and ten (10) weeks after starting programme/ courses

    After three weeks of starting a programme/course, half (50%) of the tuition fee refund will be reimbursed. Refunds can only be granted due to a rejected application for a residence permit or other barriers to studying that are outside your control. The application should be sent at latest ten (10) weeks after starting the programme/courses.

    Applicants need to send a refund application form Pdf, 160.4 kB. for proof of your reasons by email to registrator@sh.se.

    If you are admitted to a programme, the application deadline for the half tuition fee refund in the autumn semester 2024 is November 11, 2024.

    If the payment was made from a Swedish bank account, you must submit a form called "Refund of tuition fee to the Swedish bank account Pdf, 113 kB." with information about the account number and account holder in your application.

    Please note that no refund is granted after three (3) weeks of starting the course(s) if applicants are enrolled on free-standing courses up to 15 higher education credits.

    The university will not address refund cases ten (10) weeks after starting the programme/courses.

An incomplete application must be completed within three weeks of this being requested by Södertörn University. If not, the application will be rejected as incomplete.

You can find the previous refund policy (valid until 2023-03-27) here Pdf, 83.7 kB..

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28-03-2024