Admission for exchange students

An exchange student is a student that is presently registered at a university that has an exchange agreement with the university of Borås. If you are interested in our educational programmes and  are not an exchange student you can apply as a freemover. 

Application deadlines

Autumn semester: 1 May (30 March for Health Sciences)
Spring semester: 1 November (30 September for Health Sciences)

Please respect the application deadline. If we receive your application after the 1st of May/ 1st of November you will only be granted admission if there are study places available and you fulfill the entrance qualifications.

Application process

1. We kindly ask the international coordinator or equivalent at our partner universities to nominate the students that have been selected to spend a study period at the University of Borås. Please nominate the students directly in our on-line application system before April 15/October 15.
2. Once you have submitted the nomination form, the international coordinator at the hosting academic school at the University of Borås may accept or reject the nominated students. If a student is rejected the nomination will have the status "denied". If a student is accepted a user account will be automatically created for the student and he or she may start the application. Furthermore, the nomination will have the status "OK".
3. The student will receive an e-mail with a link to the on-line application as well as a user-name and password. The student can change the password and the system can generate a new password if the student forgets it.
4. Students will be asked for personal details, which semester and courses they apply for. The student should upload a Transcript of Record and other documents required depending on the choice of courses. When the application has been filled in it must be submitted electronically in TransIT before May 1/November 1. Students will receive an e-mail to confirm receipt of the online application.
5. The international coordinator at the hosting academic school at the University of Borås will check that the incoming student fulfills the prerequisites for the courses. Students will be informed if they are accepted two to three weeks after the application deadline.
6. If successful the student will receive an admission letter by e-mail to come to the University of Borås as an exchange student. Students applying for a visa will receive the invitation with a stamp and a signature by post as well.
7. Information about accommodation will be sent out separately by the international coordinator at the Library and Learning resources at the University of Borås.  

Please observe that the student must submit the application  before November 1 for spring semester and May 1 for autumn semester.

If you have questions about the possibility to obtain a degree please contact the degree certification officers

If you have any questions about the application process, contact exchangeboras@hb.se