CSN Lund - Sweden (Swedish National Student Assistance Board) for study grants
Swedish citizen that attends a long-term language course can have the possibilty to apply for financial study assistance at the National Board of Student Aid (CSN ? Centrala Studiest?s N?nden) if they meet the following requirements:
- the language school is approved by the Swedish educational authorities (link al nostro CSN riconoscimento in PDF )
- the language course has a minimum duration of 13 weeks and a maximum duration of 45 weeks
- the language course consists of at least 20 hours/week to qualify as full-time
- the language course finishes with a test or exam that shows whether you pass or fail the course.
- you are present in at least 80% of the classes
- you learn a European language in Europe
- the grant is a fixed amount of SEK 594 per week (in 2005).
- The student loan varies depending on the country in which the language course takes place. In general no more than SEK 1,350 a week.
If you are going to study a non-academic language course, you must have basic qualifications. Basic qualifications mean that you must have the upper secondary education that is necessary to be accepted to a higher education in Sweden.
If you apply for student aid for a language course you should submit the language forms together with your application for student aid: Italian 5513.
Csn accepts a language form filled in by our school as proof of admission ( link al nostro modulo in PDF ) For more information and an application form you may visit the official CSN website : http://www.csn.se
