North America

Applicants who do not meet the Civics/Social Studies requirements through their high school studies, can fulfill the requirements by:

At least 5 years work experience

To verify this, one or more work certificates must be submitted that shows:

• You have worked for at least five years
• Start- and end date of your employment(s)
• The extent of work expressed in total hours, total days, or percentages of a 1-year full time equivalent
• The certificate(s) must be dated and signed by the employer (for example by a manager or by Human Resources)

At least 30 ECTS completed in higher education in the area of Social Sciences

To verify this, transcript(s) from a recognized higher education institution must be submitted that shows:

• Which courses were taken
• The grades of each course approved
• The transcript(s) must be dated, signed and issued by the school

Meeting the general entry requirements

Alberta High School Diploma

High School Transcript of Achievement

Meeting the specific entry requirements for a programme

The specific entry requirements are Swedish courses that you must have the equivalent of from your previous studies. You can meet the specific entry requirement for the following Swedish courses with these high school courses (minimum grade 50 or better):

Submitting the documents

The documents can be uploaded as scans of the originally issued documents.

Conditional admission

Students in the final year of high school are eligible for Conditional admission if you submit grades for all years of high school up to, and including, the first semester of the final year and study plan for final semester. If conditionally admitted before completion of final year, you would be required to submit your final Diploma and complete transcript as soon as you receive them (but before the official start of the semester). You will need to complete all classes in the study plan and maintain the GPA to keep your admission.

Meeting the general entry requirements

British Columbia Certificate of Graduation

Official transcript of grades

Meeting the specific entry requirements for a programme

The specific entry requirements are Swedish courses that you must have the equivalent of from your previous studies. You can meet the specific entry requirement for the following Swedish courses with these high school courses (minimum grade 50 or better):

Submitting the documents

The documents can be uploaded as scans of the originally issued documents.

Conditional admission

Students in the final year of high school are eligible for Conditional admission if you submit grades for all years of high school up to, and including, the first semester of the final year and study plan for final semester. If conditionally admitted before completion of final year, you would be required to submit your final Diploma and complete transcript as soon as you receive them (but before the official start of the semester). You will need to complete all classes in the study plan and maintain the GPA to keep your admission.

Meeting the general entry requirements

Newfoundland and Labrador High School Graduation Diploma

Official Transcript Senior High School Results

Meeting the specific entry requirements for a programme

The specific entry requirements are Swedish courses that you must have the equivalent of from your previous studies. You can meet the specific entry requirement for the following Swedish courses with these high school courses (minimum grade 50 or better):

Submitting the documents

The documents can be uploaded as scans of the originally issued documents.

Conditional admission

Students in the final year of high school are eligible for Conditional admission if you submit grades for all years of high school up to, and including, the first semester of the final year and study plan for final semester. If conditionally admitted before completion of final year, you would be required to submit your final Diploma and complete transcript as soon as you receive them (but before the official start of the semester). You will need to complete all classes in the study plan and maintain the GPA to keep your admission.

Meeting the general entry requirements

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (minimum 30 credits)

Ontario Student Transcript

Meeting the specific entry requirements for a programme

The specific entry requirements are Swedish courses that you must have the equivalent of from your previous studies. You can meet the specific entry requirement for the following Swedish courses with these high school courses (minimum grade 50 or better):

Submitting the documents

The documents can be uploaded as scans of the originally issued documents.

Conditional admission

Students in the final year of high school are eligible for Conditional admission if you submit grades for all years of high school up to, and including, the first semester of the final year and study plan for final semester. If conditionally admitted before completion of final year, you would be required to submit your final Diploma and complete transcript as soon as you receive them (but before the official start of the semester). You will need to complete all classes in the study plan and maintain the GPA to keep your admission.

Meeting the general entry requirements

Diplom d'Etudes Secondaire (DES) + Releve de notes Examen du Secondaire

Diplome d'Etudes Collegiales (DEC) + Bulletin d'études collégiales

Meeting the specific entry requirements for a programme

The specific entry requirements are Swedish courses that you must have the equivalent of from your previous studies. You can meet the specific entry requirement for the following Swedish courses with these high school courses (minimum grade 60 or better):

Submitting the documents

The documents can be uploaded as scans of the originally issued documents.

Conditional admission

Students in the final year of high school are eligible for Conditional admission if you submit grades for all years of high school up to, and including, the first semester of the final year and study plan for final semester. If conditionally admitted before completion of final year, you would be required to submit your final Diploma and complete transcript as soon as you receive them (but before the official start of the semester). You will need to complete all classes in the study plan and maintain the GPA to keep your admission.

Meeting the general entry requirements

High school diploma (Bachiller)

Official grades for all three high school years

Meeting the specific entry requirements

The specific entry requirements are Swedish courses that you must have the equivalent of from your previous studies.

You can meet the specific entry requirement for the following Swedish courses with these high school courses:

Submitting the documents

The documents can be uploaded as scans of the originally issued documents.

Conditional admission

Students in the final year of high school are eligible for Conditional admission if you submit grades for all years of high school up to, and including, the first semester of the final year.

If conditionally admitted before completion of final year, you would be required to submit your complete grades and diploma (or confirmation of completion stated on the Certificado de estudios) as soon as you receive them (but before the official start of the semester). You will need to maintain your grades to keep your admission.

Meeting the general entry requirements

Diploma de Bachiller + Certificado calificaciones tres últimos años de estudio

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If you have studied your high school in Panama, please apply through www.universityadmissions.se External link, opens in new window. as Jönköping University cannot review high school documents from Panama.

Meeting the general entry requirements

High School Graduation Diploma

Official transcript for all years (9-12)

Meeting the specific entry requirements for a programme

The specific entry requirements are Swedish courses that you must have the equivalent of from your previous studies. You can meet the specific entry requirement for the following Swedish courses with these high school courses:

GED

Please note that the GED examination does not fulfil the English language entry requirement, as it is only equivalent to the Swedish course English 5. GED is also only equivalent to Mathematics 1b, which is not sufficient for any bachelor programmes at Jönköping University.

Submitting the documents

An official transcript from a US or US affiliated international school must be sent directly from your school to our Admissions Office, by post in a sealed envelope or from official school registrar's e-mail (or through Parchment or other third-party supplier) to admissions.office@ju.se. See the postal address in the How to Apply-Guide Opens in new window..

If you have additional college studies you would like to be reviewed for specific subjects, the same process is required to submit academic transcripts from American universities/colleges.

Transcripts from International High Schools operating within the American education system must include information about the accrediting organisation so we can determine whether the school has an accepted regional accreditation in the USA. If this information is not on the transcript, it must be stated on the diploma or separate appendix.

Conditional admission

Students in the final year of high school are eligible for Conditional admission if you submit grades for all years of high school up to, and including, the first semester of the final year and study plan for final semester. If conditionally admitted before completion of final year, you would be required to submit your final Diploma and complete transcript as soon as you receive them (but before the official start of the semester). You will need to complete all classes in the study plan and maintain the GPA to keep your admission.