University applications rocket to record high

The number of prospective students seeking places in Swedish universities has increased for the seventh year in a row, reports The Local.

The deadline for registrations expired last Wednesday with the Swedish Council for Higher Education reporting that universities had received 390,000 applications - an increase of 9,500 compared with 2013.

Due to the added demand for places the state body extended the deadline by a day. In the space of 24 hours it received 20,000 more applications for courses due to begin in the autumn. As usual, the universities offering degree programmes in medicine, economics, law and psychology drew the most applicants.
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