NEWS Interest in studying at universities in the summer is increasing again this year. For the country as a whole, the increase is 4.5 per cent, and for Umeå University the increase is 39 per cent. In terms of applications, there are 4,047 more applications this year compared to last year, which is actually the largest increase in the country in terms of applications. In total, 14,447 people have applied to study at Umeå University during the summer.
Cathrine Norberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for education. Foto: Mattias Pettersson
"Summer courses have really become an important part of the university's contribution to both public education and continuing education. Just look at the most popular courses - ”Kreativ skrivande”, ”Introduktion till R”, ”Datanalys med R” and ”Grammatik i det gröna” - and you will see how widespread they are. All these programmes are of course important ingredients in creating a robust society with enlightened citizens, and it's especially gratifying for a linguist to see so many people wanting to further their education in grammar," says Cathrine Norberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for education.
This summer, Umeå University is offering 64 programmes compared to last year's 73 programmes, but is still increasing the number of applications. For the whole country, the number of programmes offered decreased by 7.1 per cent, from 809 programmes to 752 programmes.
Admission decisions will be sent out on 28 April.
More information is available on the UHR website (only in Swedish).