Qualifying Education in Swedish: Academic and professional language use, 30 credits

Behörighetsgivande kurs i svenska: akademiskt och professionellt språkbruk, 30 hp

761G36

Course starting semester

Main field of study

No main field of study

Course level

First cycle

Course type

Single subject course

Examiner

Ioanna Zengler, Per Simfors

Course coordinator

Ioanna Zengler

Director of studies or equivalent

Ioanna Zengler

Contact

Possible deviation from course syllabus/programme syllabus

Course description

This course is in the second application round, intended for Nordic and EU/EEA citizens or long-term residents.

This course is part of a selection of courses with the aim to make students eligible and prepare them for university studies with Swedish as the language of instruction. To take this course you need to already know Swedish at the B2 level (CEFR). It finishes at the C1 level.

Each course is applied for separately, and you choose what courses you apply for based on your previous knowledge of Swedish.

This course is intended to be studied in conjunction with:

Intensive Introductory Course in Swedish (requires A1 level Swedish according to the CEFR-scale when you start).

Qualifying Course in Swedish (requires A2 level Swedish according to the CEFR-scale when you start).

Suggestion on how to apply:

Apply for Intensive Introductory Course in Swedish and Qualifying Course in Swedish for your first semester of studies. While you are studying your first semester, you apply for Qualifying Course in Swedish: academic and professional language.

The Intensive introductory course in Swedish starts at the beginning of August, autumn semester, or in the beginning of January, spring semester.

If you apply for theIntensive Introductory Course in Swedish and the Qualifying Course in Swedish the same semester, you need to pass the Intensive Introductory Course to continue to the Qualifying Course in Swedish.

If you apply direct for the Qualifying Course: academic and professional language you must pass an entrance test to show B2 level (CEFR). The entrance test consists of two parts – one oral exam and one writing exam. You must pass both parts to be qualified to study the Qualifying Course: academic and professional language. The test is done in December or in May every term. The oral exam is done at distance in Zoom and the other part at Campus Valla, Linköping, for one day.

It is an intensive full-time course. During the second semester students should acquire an academic and professional knowledge of Swedish as well as gaining familiarity with Swedish society and the Swedish educational system. They should acquire a rapidly progressing knowledge of grammar as well as an expanded vocabulary.

When you have completed the second semester of the Qualifying Course in Swedish, you will fulfill the general requirements in Swedish and Civics for University Studies in Sweden.

Application procedure

Make sure that you meet with the admission requirements for the course.
Check the information on application procedure and documentation for the undergraduate level, at www.universityadmissions.se.
Apply at www.universityadmissions.se.
Submit all documentation to University admissions in Sweden, following the instructions on www.universityadmissions.se.

ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary

Course offered for		Semester	Weeks	Language	Campus	ECV
Single subject course (Full-time, Day-time)		Autumn 2025	202534-202603	Swedish	Linköping, Valla

Main field of study

No main field of study

Course level

First cycle

Advancement level

G1F

Entry requirements

General entry requirements for undergraduate studies
English corresponding to the level of English in Swedish upper secondary education (Engelska 6)
25 ECTS credits passed from Qualifying education in Swedish, 30 ECTS credits or equivalent
or
passed admissions test or equivalent
Exemption from Swedish

Examination

If special circumstances prevail, and if it is possible with consideration of the nature of the compulsory component, the examiner may decide to replace the compulsory component with another equivalent component.

If the LiU coordinator for students with disabilities has granted a student the right to an adapted examination for a written examination in an examination hall, the student has the right to it.

If the coordinator has recommended for the student an adapted examination or alternative form of examination, the examiner may grant this if the examiner assesses that it is possible, based on consideration of the course objectives.

An examiner may also decide that an adapted examination or alternative form of examination if the examiner assessed that special circumstances prevail, and the examiner assesses that it is possible while maintaining the objectives of the course.

Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course twice are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.

Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades.

Grades

Three-grade scale, U, G, VG

Other information

Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus.

The course is conducted in such a way that there are equal opportunities with regard to sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation and age.

If special circumstances prevail, the vice-chancellor may in a special decision specify the preconditions for temporary deviations from this course syllabus, and delegate the right to take such decisions.

Department

Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

Code	Name	Scope	Grading scale
MUN4	Oral exam 4	1 credits	U, G, VG
MUN5	Oral exam 5	3 credits	U, G, VG
MRE1	Oral presentation 1	2 credits	U, G, VG
TEX2	Text 2	4 credits	U, G, VG
SKÖ2	Literature 2	3 credits	U, G, VG
LÄS3	Reading comprehension 3	2 credits	U, G, VG
LÄS4	Reading comprehension 4	2 credits	U, G, VG
UPS2	Essay 2	2 credits	U, G, VG
UPS3	Essay 3	3 credits	U, G, VG
SHH1	Civics	3 credits	U, G, VG
RAP1	Report	3 credits	U, G, VG
SEM1	Seminar	2 credits	U, G, VG

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