Courses for exchange students

Students that are required to obtain a residence permit must be admitted to full-time studies in order to obtain a residence permit for studies in Sweden by the Swedish Migration Agency. However, the requirement of studying full-time is valid for all exchange students.

At Örebro University, it is most common to study courses consecutively, i.e. one course after another. As an exchange student, you are expected to study full-time - 30 ECTS credits per semester. You can choose from all courses in the course catalogue for exchange students, as long as you meet the prerequisites.

Selecting courses

When selecting courses, please make sure that you are eligible for your chosen courses, choose a minimum of 30 ECTS and a maximum of 45 ECTS, cover all study periods and do not exceed the workload of 150%.

Study levels

The courses offered in English for our exchange students are at first cycle (Bachelor's level) and second cycle (Master's level).

Credits and grades

Courses are credited in ECTS (European Credit Transfer System). 1.5 credits represent one week of completed full-time studies of 40 hours, including lectures, classes, contact hours, assignments and independent study. Individual courses are generally 7.5 credits (five-week courses in a single subject area).

Grades are given from A - F
A – excellent / B – very good / C – good / D – satisfactory / E – sufficient / F – fail

Guide to a correct course selection

The most important thing is that you must be eligible for your chosen courses. It is your responsibility to upload all necessary transcripts during the application process so that our study advisors can assess whether you meet the entry requirements.

You can find the prerequisites for each course on its respective page by clicking on the small plus sign under "When is the course offered?"

As an exchange student at Örebro University you can choose from all courses in the course catalogue for exchange students, as long as you meet the prerequisites.

The entry requirements for each course are binding and should not be considered as recommendations.

As an exchange student at Örebro University you are expected to study full-time (30 ECTS) per semester it is therefore not possible to apply for less than 30 ECTS in order to receive your Letter of Acceptance. You may enroll in a maximum of 45 credits per semester. You need to choose 30 ECTS, regardless of the requirements at your home university.

Please observe! Non-EU/EEA citizens must be admitted to full-time studies (30 ECTS), in order to obtain a residence permit for studies in Sweden by the Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket).

Expection! If you are a studet that does not need to obtain a residence permit you may choose 28.5 ECTS.

The semester is divided into four study periods of five weeks each and you do need to make sure that you cover all study period. Covering all study period is even necessary to be eligible for our insurance StudentIN, which includes home insurance mandatory for staying in our student apartments.

AUTUMN 2025	SPRING 2026
Study period 1: week 36-40 Study period 2: week 41-45 Study period 3: week 46-50 Study period 4: week 51-03	Study period 1: week 04-08 Study period 2: week 09-13 Study period 3: week 14-18 Study period 4: week 19-23

Courses are given at a different study pace.

100% pace of study equals full-time studies, i.e. 7.5 credits over 5 weeks
50% pace of study equals half-time studies, i.e. 7.5 credits over 10 weeks
25% pace of study equals part-time studies, i.e. 7.5 credits over 20 weeks

You can chose a maximum of 150% workload per study period which equals to one full-time course and one half-time course. It is not possible to combine two full-time courses per study period.

Example 1 - Acceptable: Acceptable: Four 7.5 credit courses, each with a 5 week duration (100 % or full-time pace of study), one after the other

Example 2 - Acceptable: Two 7.5 credit courses, each with a 5 week duration (100 % or full-time pace of study), one after the other, followed by two 7.5 credit courses, each with a 10 week duration (50% or part-time pace of study for each course) taken in parallel.

Example 3 - Acceptabel: Two 7.5 credit courses, each with a 5 week duration (100 % or full-time pace of study), one after the other, combined with a 10 week duration (50% or part-time pace of study for each course) taken in parallel

Example 4 - Non-acceptable: Two 7.5 credit courses each with a 5 week duration (100 % full-time pace of study) at the same time, i.e. in parallel.

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