<p>I'm a student from south Kurdistan (north Iraq) looking forward to study in Sweden.I did graduate from high school around a month ago with a score of 97%.I want to study Pharmacy or Medicine,and had a few questions</p>
<p>1)Does college cost money for non Sweden citizens?
2)Does Sweden accept students from Iraq?
3)If a college agrees to accept me do I have to retry High school in Sweden again?
4)How do I apply for a college?
5)How much does a simple living cost?</p>
<p>First of all, I think any college in the world would seriously consider you just because of your background. I’m not from Sweden so I wouldn’t know specifics, but I can make some reasonable guesses.</p>
<p>First of all, Sweden has both Colleges (högskola) and Universities (universitet). It seems that Universities have the major research programs and a wider array of studies, while Colleges are focused on certain specific areas. This wikipedia page has a list of schools: [List</a> of universities in Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Sweden]List”>List of universities and colleges in Sweden - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>1: After doing some research, it appears that international students do have to pay tuition. However, I’m sure they take into account how much you can afford, as well as your situation. I would be very surprised if you had to pay anything at all.</p>
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<li><p>I’m sure that Swedish schools would love the opportunity to have you at their school. So yes.</p></li>
<li><p>I seriously doubt that you will have to redo your high school studies in Sweden. More likely they would have you take some sort of placement test, if necessary at all.</p></li>
<li><p>Online is probably the best way to apply. Go to the websites of schools you are interested in, and they will have an online application process. Of course, many of these websites will be in Swedish, but they should have English translations.</p></li>
<li><p>This I would not know. It would depend on your housing situation, the cost of living in whatever city the school is in, and a bunch of other factors.</p></li>
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<p>Good luck with your search and application process, and feel free to ask any other questions you may have!</p>
<p>Those people are either ignorant or, well, let’s just say they’re ignorant. Schools who accept international students want diversity, and I can’t imagine there’s a whole lot of new Iraqi college students every year, making you a hot commodity. Out of curiosity, what is your situation there?</p>
<p>thanks for your replys @Hawkwings I live in the Kurdistan region in north Iraq,the security is good no terrorists at all,but most other thinks are bad,electricity,water,not many places for young people to go…etc.
And I don’t mind learning Swedish but I heard that college now costs money for non citizens does any one know how much?and I’m not sure if they accept an Iraqi degree of high school,that would mean I would have to repeat high school again.If any one has any info about that please let me know </p>
<p>As far as i know it is still free. Contact the university(s) you’re interested in and ask them, they are used to these sorts of questions and will be more than happy to oblige.</p>
<p>Is Sweden the only country you’re thinking of? Denmark and Norway are also free i believe, and i know the Norwegian government offer a very generous scholarship called the Quota Scheme to students from poor/developing countries. In all three however you would be expected to spend a foundation year learning the language… you say you’d be up for that, but it would entail a lot of hard work.</p>
<p>Does your sister study or work there? It certainly is expensive visiting there, but if you work there your salary is huge… so it doesns’t seem that expensive.</p>
<p>I’m from Sweden and living 10km from the academic heart of Sweden, Lund.</p>
<p>I was also admitted to Lund University to study a B.A. in Economics.</p>
<p>1)Does college cost money for non Sweden citizens?
2)Does Sweden accept students from Iraq?
3)If a college agrees to accept me do I have to retry High school in Sweden again?
4)How do I apply for a college?
5)How much does a simple living cost</p>
<p>1) I don’t think there will be a tuition as education is free in Sweden.
2) Yes, schools accept foreign students.
3) First of all, in Sweden there’s almost only universities (no colleges). Secondly, no you will not have to redo high school. However, you will need to learn Swedish (some course material is in Swedish and some lectures are too, or many of them) <a href=“http://www.lu.se/lund-university[/url]”>http://www.lu.se/lund-university</a>
4) If I’m correct you will have to apply through studera.nu (the Swedish equivalence of the American commonapp.org or the Brittish ucas.co.uk). Here’s the link to the site in English: <a href=“https://www.studera.nu/studera/1374.html[/url]”>https://www.studera.nu/studera/1374.html</a>
5) Simple living is quite a wide term. I don’t know if you are eligible to apply to student financial aid through CSN but you could get 671 Swedish crowns in grants each studying week, and 1350 SEK each week in loan. </p>
<p>Housing costs depends how you live. The dorms is presumably the cheapest choice. But I will warn you that the waitinglists for housing in Lund are long, very LONG.</p>
<p>@SamualUK my sister is a doctor there.I have altho a brother in Sweden who is a doctor too and he was the one who advised me to study abroad. @reptil Thanksssssssssssssssssssssssssss for ur effort :)</p>
<p>If you had the chance to become a Pharmacist or a Dentist or a Doctor which one would you choose?why?
what is the average salary of every of them in European countries</p>
<p>Dont be a doctor. Sorry, i just think people who want to be doctors for the money aren’t committed enough to their work or patients. Dentists and pharmacists have seriously some of the most boring jobs you can imagine.</p>
<p>Do what interests you, not what brings home the most £$! You will regret it if you only chase money.</p>
<p>My problem is that I don’t really like any collages,the only category I like is IT which is very hard to find a job in case I stay in Iraq or if I study somewhere else and come back to Iraq.That is my current problem I can’t decide for a collage and in my opinion $ is important while choosing a career.isn’t it?</p>
<p>Dont give up on something you want to do before you’ve even tried.</p>
<p>Money is important to an extent, but dentistry, medicine and pharmacy are all very demanding careers and are not to be attempted unless you are passionate about them.</p>
<p>i m doin o levels and hav one year after this to gradute from o levels or high school.
can any of u plz tell me some gud colleges for business course in sweden</p>
<p>Tuition is also free in Finland (at least for residents and for visiting students, I am not sure about international degree students, but I am pretty sure it is). Like Sweden, the cost of living is pretty high, though. You can study IT there. You can also study in English, you do not need to learn Finnish or Swedish (although you can also attend classes in those two languages if you speak them).</p>
<p>Look at the University of Helsinki’s web site, they have a lot of good information.</p>
.a lot of people tell me that its hard to be taken in an European collage just because I’m from Iraq.</p>
and in my opinion $ is important while choosing a career.isn’t it?</p>