16 - Sweden - Educational/vocational guidance, education/employment links
According to the Higher Education Ordinance, students must have access
to course counsellors and careers guidance. Universities and university
colleges must ensure that prospective students are able to obtain the
information they need about the university or university college.
Information on admission, rules for application, eligibility and
selection must be available. At the larger universities and university
colleges there are normally special units to deal with student
questions as well as study counsellors, whilst at smaller university
colleges there is usually a specific person with responsibility for
providing study and guidance counselling.
The universities and
university colleges are obliged to plan and dimension the education
according to the demands of the labour market.
There is no state
regulated link between higher education institutions and employers,
however labour market days are organised by institutions of higher
education at least once a year. Often these involve cooperation between
student organisations and the unit for student questions and
counselling. Here the students describe their education and companies
present their activities. In the education visiting professors and
consulting teachers provide possibilities to integrate an external
perspective into the programme.
Many courses include a
compulsory period of practical experience at a relevant workplace, e.g.
engineering, teaching and health science programmes.
Eurydice - the information network on education in Europe
Date: 2009
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