What are the most important financial or study-related conditions: tuition, funds, insurance, full-time study, attendance or equivalent?
Any tuition fee must be paid. The applicant must be admitted to full-time studies, and distance learning does not qualify. For a 2026 application, financial maintenance must cover the full application period with at least SEK 10,656 per month, subject to the stated reductions for free food or housing. Comprehensive health insurance is required for studies lasting less than one year unless the applicant is covered through the education provider; it must cover medical care, hospitalisation, emergency dental care and medically necessary repatriation.
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- Requirements — full-time studies
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.
- Requirements — tuition fees
If the education to which you have been admitted is subject to a tuition fee, you must have paid it.
- Requirements — health insurance
If you have been admitted to studies that will last less than a year, you need comprehensive health insurance. If you do not have insurance through your higher education institution, you must have your own insurance. The insurance must be valid for the entire time you will be in Sweden and cover costs for emergency and other medical care, hospitalisation, and emergency dental care. It must also cover expenses for home transportation for medical reasons.
- Requirements — financial maintenance
Your means of “financial maintenance” must be sufficient for the entire period for which you are applying for a residence permit.
- Maintenance requirement — 2026 amount
at least SEK 10,656 per month, if you applied in 2026
- Maintenance requirement — reductions
If you can show that you receive free housing and/or food through the higher education institution or an organisation that works for international exchange, the amount per month can be reduced.
