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Swedish for Trained Professionals

Are you a trained professional from another country? Do you want to learn Swedish quickly to start working within your profession? Then you can study Swedish for professionals, sfx.

About Swedish for Trained Professionals

Swedish for professionals is a course focusing on developing competency in professional language.

You will undertake the course with peers from the same profession to learn Swedish and acquire general knowledge about how your profession works in Sweden.

The aim of the course is to develop your Swedish language skills to enable you to apply for a professional licence to practice in Sweden.

Course levels are dependant on your current level of Swedish. Sfi (Swedish for immigrants) and sva (Swedish as second language, the equivalent to secondary school and high school) are both included in sfx.

In addition to Swedish, you will undertake an orientation course focused on your profession.

Next course

New courses start every 10 weeks and applications are accepted continously.

Available courses in Swedish for Trained Professionals

Two courses in Swedish for Trained Professionals are available in Uppsala.

If you are trained as a medical doctor, nurse, pharmacist, dentist, physiotherapist or medical analyst and want to continue to work within your profession in Sweden you can apply to study sfm.

Swedish for Medical Professionals, sfm, is a course suitable for those who have received a medical degree from another country other than Sweden.

The aim of the course is to develop your Swedish language skills to enable you to apply for a professional licence from the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen).

About the course

  • This is a full-time course with weekday (Monday-Friday) classes at the school in Uppsala. The course is not offered as a distance course.
  • The course is free of charge.
  • Befory you apply for sfm you need to be registered on the standard course of Swedish for immigrants,sfi.
  • Apply to Swedish for immigrants, sfi
  • You must reside in Uppsala or a municipality nearby.
  • This is not a medical qualification. You will mainly be studying Swedish, with an orientation course about the Swedish health care system and professions.
  • If you received your education outside of the EU, your qualifications must be verified from the Socialstyrelsen.
    Apply for assessment on the Socialstyrelsens webpage
    Qualifications obtained within the EU or EEA are approved.

Note: Please be advised that meeting the requirements does not guarantee admission to SFM.

Application

Download Application SFM – Swedish for medical staff (PDF, 237 KB)

Application must be sent via e-mail or post.

If you hold a teaching degree from your home country, and/or have worked as a teacher you can apply to study Swedish for teachers, sfp.

Swedish for teachers, sfp, is an education suitable for those who currently hold a teaching degree, a preschool teaching degree or a recognised academic qualification in a subject taught in Swedish schools, and/or have worked as a teacher.

The course is focused on your profession and a first step towards applying for a teacher certification in Sweden, from the Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket).

About the course

  • This is a full-time course with weekday (Monday-Friday) classes at the school in Uppsala. The course is not offered as a distance course.
  • The course is free of charge.
  • Before you apply for sfp you need to be registered on the standard course of Swedish for immigrants, sfi.
    Apply to Swedish for immigrants, sfi.
  • You must reside in Uppsala or a municipality nearby.
  • This is not a professional qualification. You will mainly be studying Swedish, with an orientation course about the Swedish school system and professions.
  • You can apply for SFP if you hold a teaching degree, a preschool teaching degree or a recognised academic qualification in a subject taught in Swedish schools, and/or have worked as a teacher for children under the age of 18.
  • You need to have your foreign qualifications evaluated by the Swedish Council for Higher Education.
    Recognition of foreign qualifications - Swedish Council for Higher Education

Note: Please be advised that meeting the requirements does not guarantee admission to SFP.

After this course you will have the requested level of Swedish (Svenska som andraspråk 3) to apply for the teacher certification (lärarlegitimation) from Skolverket according to their regulations.

Application

Download Application sfp – Swedish for teachers (PDF, 235 KB)

Application must be sent via e-mail or post.

Contact sfx

E-mail:
sfx@uppsala.se

Post:
SFX Uppsala, Utbildnings- och jobbcenter Boländerna, 753 75 Uppsala

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