Swedish govt has introduced tuition fee to Non EU applicants starting Autumn 2011. The application deadline to swedish universities has already passed. Statistics show massive decline in applications to swedish universities. According to the Swedish Agency for Higher Education Services (Verket för högskoleservice, VHS), which coordinates the admissions process for colleges and universities, the number of applicants for master's programmes fell sharply by 73 percent compared with 2010.
Separately, the number of people who applied for international courses dropped by 86 percent compared with last year.
This fall in international applications was expected. Since sweden introduced almost 14000 euros per year for science and technology degree programs and 8000 euros per year for arts and humanities degree programs.