Other studies and exchange studies at upper secondary school
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Övriga studier och utbytesstudier på gymnasium as of 2025-02-25[3] Page name on Migrationsverket's Swedish site. |
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| Official name (English) | Other studies and exchange studies at upper secondary school as of 2026-06-24[4] Page name on Migrationsverket's English site. |
| Legal basis | Utlanningslag (2005:716) 5 kap. 10 § (Lag 2022:303) as of 2026-08-22[4][6] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-06-24[4] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-06-24[4] 'If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA, you will in most cases need a residence permit to study in Sweden.' |
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| Criminal-record condition | Not established from a qualifying source |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 1 year as of 2026-06-24[4] 'You can be granted a residence permit for a maximum of one year, but never for longer than your passport is valid.' Two weeks are added where the permit covers the whole programme. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the course |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-06-24[4] 'Your residence permit can be extended.' |
| Work rights | Not established from a qualifying source[4] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | No as of 2026-08-22[6] Not among the permit types Utlanningslag 5 kap. 5 § counts. |
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Requirements
| Enrolment status required | admitted as of 2026-06-24[4] 'You must be finally admitted to full-time studies in Sweden. You cannot be granted a residence permit for distance learning as a form of study.' Someone accepted for exchange studies at a university or university college uses se-study-higher-education instead. |
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| Means requirement | 0.18 × price base amount (a annual figure), assessed monthly as of 2026-06-24[2][4][5] 'The maintenance requirement is at least SEK 10,656 per month, if you applied in 2026' – exactly 18 per cent of the 2026 price base amount of SEK 59,200, which is why it is stored as a relative_amount against se-prisbasbelopp and not pre-multiplied (research-rules 6.4). The whole family of figures on this page is whole percentages of the same index: free food reduces the monthly amount by SEK 2,960 (5 per cent), free housing by SEK 4,736 (8 per cent), an accompanying partner adds SEK 4,440 (7.5 per cent) and each accompanying child SEK 2,664 (4.5 per cent). The means may be personal bank assets, a scholarship, a sponsor, a student grant or loan from the country of origin, or income from employment, and may be combined; credit, funds, shares, microfinance-bank assets and locked deposits do not count, and private individuals are not accepted as sponsors. The 2025 figure was SEK 10,584 – 18 per cent of the 2025 price base amount. An applicant under 18 also needs the consent of their parents or legal guardians, and may use the guardians' accounts as the basis for the maintenance showing. |
Process
| Where to apply from | from abroad only as of 2026-06-24[4] The general rule; Migrationsverket publishes the in-country-exception guide as on the other study routes. |
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| Observed processing time | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value[4] |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-06-24[4] None stated. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | No as of 2026-06-24[1][4] Stated from both sides. This page offers only a visit: 'If your family wants to visit you in Sweden, they can apply for a visitor's permit.' And the family-of-students route excludes it in terms: 'If you are a family member of a person who has a residence permit for other studies (e.g., upper secondary school studies), you cannot apply for a residence permit.' |
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Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 6 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 6 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2025-02-25 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-22 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-22 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Family who want to apply afterwards – study
Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-12-03 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [2] Higher education – residence permit for studies in Sweden
Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-06-04 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [3] Studera (Swedish-language study hub)
Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-02-25 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [4] Other studies and exchange studies at upper secondary school
Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-24 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [5] Prisbasbeloppet for ar 2026
Statistiska centralbyran (SCB) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-07-14 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [6] Utlanningslag (2005:716), consolidated text, amended up to and including SFS 2026:1451
Sveriges riksdag / Regeringskansliet · statute · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-22