Emerging Destinations for New Generations of Swedish Students Studying Abroad

ABSTRACT

The number of Swedish students temporarily studying in another country to receive a post-secondary education amounts annually to approximately 22, 000 students. The study aims to give some indications of where outbound Swedish students have spent their time and money studying abroad since the turn of the millennium.What are the popular study destinations?What are students looking for? Will their interest in studying abroad change post-COVID-19? The results show that English-speaking countries are attractive to Swedish outbound students. Top destinations are the UK and US. Countries such as Poland, Canada, Switzerland, Japan, the Netherlands, Latvia, South Korea and Singapore are growing in popularity. It is noticeable that big cities attract Swedish outbound students. Large metropoles can offer many prestigious Higher Education Institutions (HEI). Popular cities for Swedish outbound students are London, Copenhagen, Riga, Singapore and Sydney. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.