Sharp fall in new doctoral students after foreign fees

By Jan Petter Myklebust. While the amount of external research income for Swedish universities increased significantly in 2013, the number of new doctoral students fell by 800 to 3,100 – a whopping 20% drop – following the introduction of tuition fees for students from outside Europe three years ago.
Even so, foreigners accounted for 24% of new students admitted to Swedish higher education institutions last year, according to annual statistics compiled by the Swedish Higher Education Authority. Read more...