Required documents

If you will be studying at a university or college, you can apply online. In that case, you attach the documents electronically.

If you apply on a paper form, you have to bring all the required documents to the embassy, together with the completed application form described below.

Documents required for all students:

• If you are not applying online - filled and signed application form for residence permit for students 113011
• Copies of the pages in your passports showing your personal data and the validity of the passport. If you have permission to be in a country other than your country of origin, you also should submit copy of this document
• Copies of all marked pages of citizen/internal passport (for Russian citizens).
• Statement of admission or letter of acceptance showing that you have been admitted to a fulltime course of studies
• A statement of account from your bank confirming that you have money of your own to support yourself with. The statement of account that you attach with the application should be dated at the time of your application and be translated into English

or

• A document issued in your name showing that you have received a scholarship or a similar means of support (e.g. a student grant) and describing both the monthly sum and the period during which you will receive the money

or

• A document showing that you have received a training grant (applies to doctoral students) or a studentship, with details of the amount(s) and the period concerned

Students at university or university college

If you wish to study at university or university college, you need:

• The documents required by all applicants (see above)
• A copy of the document showing that you have comprehensive health insurance valid in Sweden (if you will be studying for less than a year). If you are covered by insurance from the university or university college (institute) concerned, you must send a certificate showing this

Students at folk high school and upper secondary school

If you wish to study at a folk high school or an upper secondary school, you need:

• The documents required by all applicants (see above)

Other studies

If you wish to pursue a course that is not associated with a university, a university college, an upper secondary school or a folk high school, you need:

• The documents required by all applicants (see above)

Documents required by your accompanying family

If your family is accompanying you to Sweden, you can apply on their behalf in your own application.

Family members need:

• If you are using a paper form, or if the family will be applying at a later date - Application for co-applicants to students/doctoral students 135011
• Copies of the pages in the passport that show your identity, your citizenship and the passport’s period of validity
• Documents that confirm your kinship (must be translated into Swedish or English)
• A document such as a statement of account from a bank proving that the family member has sufficient means of support (in English)

Exchange students

In the case of exchange students, other rules and documents apply.

Read more on the page ‘Pupil exchange’ on the Swedish Migration Agency website