Key features
Qualification: Yrkeshögskoleexamen
Qualification in English: Higher Vocational Education Diploma
Educational level: Post-secondary Vocational Education
NQF level: 5
EQF level: 5
Nominal length/workload: At least one year of full-time studies/ at least 200 HVE-credits.
Work-based learning: Work-based learning is not mandatory but recommended.
Access requirement: Upper secondary education diploma or equivalent. Training providers may also require specific upper secondary course credits or relevant work experience.
Access to further studies: Graduating from this programme does not provide learners with access to any further progression pathways. The graduates normally enter the labour market.
Programmes and mode of education
Students can choose a HVE programme in 16 different fields. Programmes leading to a Higher Vocational Education Diploma (Yrkeshögskoleexamen) consist of at least one year of full-time study, but most are between one and three years.
Learners need to pass all courses, accumulate at least 200 HVE‑credits (Higher Vocational Education credits/ Yrkeshögskolepoäng), and complete a diploma project to obtain the qualification.
HVE programmes combine classroom-based theory with practical training at workplaces, known as Workplace-based Learning (Lärande i arbete, LIA). While LIA is not a compulsory component in programmes leading to a Higher Vocational Diploma, it is generally included in most cases.
All current programmes offered within Higher Vocational Education (Yrkeshögskolan) are listed at https://www.yrkeshogskolan.se/
Diploma/Certificate provided
Examensbevis (The diploma/certificate is only issued in Swedish by the VET provider).
If all parts of the programme are not passed, a course certificate (utbildningsbevis) is issued instead.
Certificate Supplement
For every higher vocational education programme that leads to a national diploma, the education provider must produce a Europass Certificate Supplement in both Swedish and English, following the template from the Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education (Myndigheten för yrkeshögskolan), and attach it to the diploma.