The government's budget proposal for 2021 contains just over SEK 1.7 billion for new study places at the country's universities and colleges, which corresponds to approximately 19,000 full-time students.
The list of how the places are to be distributed is now presented.
Educations that can provide jobs
The Government's goal is for more people to be able to study, among other things, short-term training in, among other things, computer and IT, but also training that can provide jobs in health care, school and social care.
"The distribution of places is made on the basis of how the crisis has hit the labor market, but it is also made after a close dialogue with the universities and colleges, so that we know that they have capacity," said Matilda Ernkrans (S), Minister of Higher Education and Research. TT, when the investment in new study places was presented this summer.