Annex 3

Allocation of places on the basis of grades and the credit value of grades

References to final school grades from the upper-secondary school in this annex also refer to grades from independent schools and national boarding schools offering corresponding programmes and, with regard to the allocation of places on the basis of grades in this annex, grades from Europaskolan (European baccalaureate) and programmes leading to the award of an International Baccalaureate.

The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education may otherwise issue regulations on the credit value of grades from Europaskolan (European baccalaureate) and programmes leading to the award of an International Baccalaureate and also how grades of this kind awarded after 31 December 2002 shall be evaluated.

Allocation of places on the basis of grades

Qualification Group:
I. applicants with

• grades from upper-secondary school, and
• grades from adult education if at least two-thirds of the upper-secondary credits have been attained in adult education at upper-secondary level.

II. applicants with  

• grades from upper-secondary school combined with grades from adult education at upper-secondary level or combined with grades from tests in the upper-secondary school or corresponding schools by those who are not pupils there, if the grades attained in adult education or from tests in the upper-secondary school or corresponding schools either together or separately constitute less than two-thirds of the upper-secondary credits , and
• grades from upper-secondary school or adult education at upper-secondary level combined with certificates pursuant to the Ordinance on Access Programmes for Qualification for Higher Education (2007:432) or combined with documented study results from folk high schools.

Folk High School Group:
Applicants with progress reports from folk high schools.

2. Once places have been allocated to the respective categories, the number of places in each qualification group shall be allocated in proportion to the number of qualified applicants in Group I and in Group II. The number of places in Group II shall then be reduced by one-third. This proportion shall be added to Group I.

Grade tariffs

Applicants with final school grades from complete or specifically arranged programmes in the upper-secondary school

Numerical values

4. Grades included in a complete programme in the upper-secondary school shall be ascribed the following numerical values:

Course values

When calculating course values, grades from a course included in a complete programme from the upper-secondary school shall be replaced by a grade attained by the applicant for the same course or a corresponding one if the latter is higher and comprises the same number of upper-secondary credits.

Aggregate course values and grade average

The grade average shall be given to two decimal places.

Grades from qualifying courses

Grades that do not refer to qualifying courses and that do not form part of a complete programme shall not be assessed as laid down in 4 and 5 above.

Credit increments

A maximum of two and a half (2.5) credit increments are added to the grade average, of which no more than one (1.0) credit increment may refer to the courses earning credit increments pursuant to (j) and (k) below.

The following credit increments are provided by grades from weighted courses:

a) the grade of Pass or higher in Modern Languages, stage 3, earns a credit increment of one half (0.5)

b) the grade of Pass or higher in Modern Languages, stage 4, earns a credit increment of one half (0.5) if the applicant is also entitled to a credit increment pursuant to (a)

c) the grade of Pass or higher in Modern Languages, stage 4, earns a credit increment of one (1.0) if the applicant is not entitled to credit increments pursuant to (a) or (b)

d) the grade of Pass or higher in Modern Languages, stage 5, earns a credit increment of one half (0.5) if the applicant is entitled to credit increments pursuant to (b) or (c)

e) the grade of Pass or higher in Modern Languages, stage 2, in an additional language earns a credit increment of one half (0.5) if the applicant is entitled to credit increments pursuant to (b)
or (c) and has not already been awarded a credit increment pursuant to (d) or (e)

f) the grade of Pass or higher in English B earns a credit increment of one half (0.5)

g) the grade of Pass or higher in English C earns a credit increment of one half (0.5)

h) the grade of Pass or higher in course in the subject of mathematics from a course above the level required by the specific entry requirements as laid down in Sections 8—11  of Chapter 7 or, if no such requirements have been specified, the level above that specified pursuant to
Section 5 of Chapter 7 as a general entry requirement earns a credit increment of one half (0.5)

i) the grade of Pass or higher in course in the subject of mathematics from a course above the level specified in (h) earns a credit increment of one half (0.5)

j) the grade of Pass or higher in a course earning credit increments that comprises at least 100 upper-secondary credits and that is listed as a field specific entry requirement earns a credit increment of one half (0.5)

k) the grade of Pass or higher in a course earning credit increments that comprises at least 50 upper-secondary credits earns a credit increment of one quarter (0.25) if the applicant has not already been awarded one half (0.5) of a credit increment pursuant to (k)

Högskoleverket (Swedish National Agency for Higher Education) may issue regulations on how grades awarded to those who began upper-secondary programmes
with the course specifications that were introduced in the autumn of 2000 shall earn credit increments.

Applicants with final grades from adult education at upper-secondary level

In order to calculate a grade average the aggregate course value shall be divided by the number of upper-secondary credits included in the final grades, however no less than 2,350.

The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education may issue regulations on how grades awarded to those who began adult education at upper-secondary level with the course specifications that were introduced 1 July 2001 shall earn credit increments. Enacted (2009:1519).