Around SEK 130 000. That is how much a non-European law student will pay for a year of education.
It is almost twice as much as the Swedish state paid for a European student in 2010.
The money will be used to raise the quality of the education – for all students.
All fee-paying students must cover the costs of their own tuition. But when the study fees are settled
according to international standards, the faculty gets more money for the fee-paying students than for
students from Sweden and other countries within the EEA. That money that must go back to the students.
– That’s the big problem with the raised fees. It can be solved by adding money for scholarships, says Richard Stenelo.
Should increase quality
At the Faculty of Law, a part of the raise is based on a desire to create those kinds of scholarship systems.
But even when the scholarship portion has been deducted, a raise for the faculty of nearly SEK 35 000 per
student remains. The faculty will spend that money on quality improvement measures within the programs.
– Above all, we hope to almost double the lecture-time. Moreover, we will recruit qualified lecturers from
other parts of the world, says Christina Moeller, Dean of the Faculty of Law.
“Nothing you can do about it”
The faculty, however, is not allowed to provide additional benefits to the fee-paying students. Therefore,
the quality increases is also benefiting other students.
– There is nothing you can do about it. We have a low state funding for our programs so we do not have any
money to spare. We hope for an increase in grants from the state in the future, says Chris Moeller.
She also claims that the increase in quality will apply to all paying students as well.
– It is important that education has a good reputation, it matters in their resume later.
Translation: Samantha Sunne
