Almost 50,000 students admitted to the spring semester’s courses and study programmes

The Medicine Programme and the Psychology Programme have the highest merit ratings in all selection groups. Among courses, both Psychology A and Business Studies A are in the top five (see below).

Nationally, 188,881 people have been admitted to at least one course or study programme according to the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR), which has published the results of the second selection round for admissions to the autumn’s courses and study programmes. Compared with last year, this is a decrease nationally by 4.3% or just over 8,500 people.

At Uppsala University, the number of admissions is 49,801, a drop of 1.3%. Campus Gotland has 4,755 admissions, a drop of 4.7% compared with the 2025 spring semester when Campus Gotland had 4,989 admissions after the second selection round.

Note that the statistics for Uppsala University refer to the number of admissions and not the number of admitted individuals, since an individual may be admitted to a number of courses and programmes. Therefore, when comparing with UHR’s statistics, note that they count the number of individuals, not the number of admissions.

Programmes with the highest merit ratings

Applicants with final school grades without supplementary qualifications

1. Medicine Programme (21.72)
2. Psychology Programme (21.51)
3. Law Programme (20.94)
4. Bachelor’s Programme in Business and Economics (20.52)
5. Bachelor’s Programme in Human Resource Management and Working Life (19.90)

Applicants with final school grades with supplementary qualifications

1. Medicine Programme (22.05)
2. Psychology Programme (21.77)
3. Law Programme (21.03)
4. Bachelor's Programme in Business and Economics (20.50)
5. Bachelor's Programme in Social Sciences (20.35)

Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (Högskoleprovet)

1. Medicine Programme (1.75)
2. Psychology Programme (1.60)
3. Bachelor’s Programme in Business and Economics (1.45)
4. Law Programme (1.40)
5. Bachelor’s Programme in Social Sciences (1.35)

Courses with the highest merit ratings

Applicants with final school grades without supplementary qualifications

1. Psychology A (19.69)
2. Economics A (19.64)
3. Business Studies A (19.60)
4. Sociology and Social Psychology A (19.48)
5. Sociology with Orientation towards Work, Organisation and Human Resource Management (18.80)

Applicants with final school grades with supplementary qualifications

1. Rhetoric A (22.13)
2. Sociology with Orientation towards Work, Organisation and Human Resource Management (20.54)
3. Sociology and Social Psychology A (20.45)
4. Business Studies A (20.05)
5. Psychology A (20.00)

Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (Högskoleprovet)

1. Economics A (1.35)
2. Business Studies A (1.30)
3. Statistics A (1.25)
4. Psychology A (1.20)
5. Sociology and Social Psychology A (1.10)

Anders Berndt