For IB diplomas 2021 and later

Find out what IB courses are equivalent to Swedish courses in order to meet specific entry requirements for application to bachelor's courses and programmes.

Meeting the general entry requirements

You can meet the general entry requirements for bachelor's studies in Sweden with an International Baccalaureate Diploma that lists subjects taken. A Non-regular IB Diploma is also accepted.

Meeting the English requirement

You can meet the English requirement with:

• For English 6/English Level 2 - English B, SL with language of instruction other than English
• For English 7/English Level 3 - English A1, A2 HL and SL; English B, HL; or English B, SL with English as the language of instruction

You can also show you meet the English language requirement through certain university studies, or an internationally approved English test.

Find out more at English language requirements.

Specific entry requirements

Some courses and programmes have general and specific entry requirements. You can find out what is required at the course/programme description page at the university's website. You can access this page in the search results and, if you've applied for the course, in your application on My pages.

IB courses that are equivalent to Swedish courses

Once you know what courses are needed to meet the specific entry requirements, the next step is to see what IB courses are equivalent to those Swedish courses.

A minimum grade of 4 is required for the course to fulfill the specific entry requirement.

Exceptions to grade 4

Grade 3 can be accepted in the following subjects at Higher Level:

• Biology
• Chemisty
• Physics

A Grade 3 can be accepted for some courses at a lower level for the following:

• Mathematics: applications and interpretation HL and Mathematics: analysis and approaches HL are equivalent to Matematik 4/Matematik fortsättning nivå 2.
• Mathematics: analysis and approaches SL is equivalent to Matematik 3c/Matematik fortsättning nivå 1c.
• Mathematics: applications and interpretation SL is eqivalent to Matematik 2a/Matematik nivå 2a.