Swedish Board for Study Support What is CSN

Swedish Board for Study Support

What is CSN?

CSN is the Swedish Government authority in charge of financial aid for studies - examines the right to financial aid for studies - pays out financial aid - manages repayment of loan

CSN has approximately 900 employees Head office in Sundsvall 11 local offices throughout Sweden 4 Text från dialogen vid start

What kind of funding can CSN offer? Grant 704 SEK per week of study Loan 1772 SEK per week of study Extra loan for additional expenses - for studies abroad 553 SEK per week - tuition - round trip ticket - insurance 5 Text från dialogen vid start

Limitations - 240 weeks (post secondary) studies Example: For a four year Bachelor program (semester plan) = 136 weeks - Amount of loan for tuition (maximum 344 000 SEK) 6 Text från dialogen vid start

What kind of students study abroad? - Language studies - Foreign exchange - Free-movers 7 Text från dialogen vid start

Academic year 2015/2016 - 28721 Swedish students studying abroad with financial support from CSN - 108 countries 8 Text från dialogen vid start

Top 20 language schools 2015/2016 9 School Country Speakeasy Language School ISI Language School EF Int School of English Sorbonne Die Deutschule Kai Japanese Language School EF Int School of English Nihongo Center Inter Cultural Inst of Japan Don Quijote Barcelona EF Int School of English EF International School of Spanish GLS Campus Berlin Accord Ec de langues Yoshida Inst of Japanese Language ARC Academy Kyoto Enforex Barcelona ARC Academy Osaka EF Ec Int de Francais Lexis Korea Spain Japan Great Britain France Germany Japan Great Britain Japan Spain USA Spain Germany France Japan Spain Japan France South Korea Text från dialogen vid start Amount of students 146 81 70 69 64 64 43 41 39 37 34 33 33 31 30 28 28 27 27 27

School Top 20 schools 2015/2016 Santa Monica Coll Medical Univ of Gdansk Santa Barbara City Coll Riga Stradins Univ Handelshöjskolen CPH Wroclaw Medical Univ Copenhagen Univ Nanyang Technological Univ of Glasgow Griffith Univ of Technology Sydney Univ of Edinburgh Kgl Danske Kunstakademi Univ Coll London Univ of Aberdeen Nat Univ of Singapore Berkeley Coll King's Coll London Univ of Varmia and Masuria Univ of Med and Pharm Iuliu Hati 10 Text från dialogen vid start Country USA Poland USA Latvia Denmark Poland Denmark Singapore Great Britain Australia Great Britain Denmark Great Britain Singapore USA Great Britain Poland Romania Amount of students 523 441 435 345 336 242 239 226 177 173 159 158 153 142 138 136 135 120 118

Application process – start to finish - www. csn. se - loggin with electronic identification - submit documents - sign application using electronic identification 11 Text från dialogen vid start

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