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University of Gothenburg
A city-centre university of 58,000 students in Gothenburg; English bachelor's from business and IR to music, opera and craft.
- In English
- 11 programmes
- City
- Gothenburg
- Apply via
- Universityadmissions.se
- Next deadline
- 15 Apr 2027
Deadlines
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15 April 2027
Second round closes, and rankings lockApril round closesHard deadlineDetails
The round University Admissions tells a May 2027 IB candidate to use. Many English-taught programmes are no longer open in it, so check your programme is before you plan on it.
Also the final ranking day: the order you put your choices in on this date is the order that is used. The fee-exemption date (23 April), the document date (21 June) and the deadline for your IB results (5 July) are entries of their own.
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23 April 2027
April round: proof of EU/EEA citizenship (fee exemption) dueHard deadlineDetails
Eight days after the application deadline. An application whose fee exemption is not documented is not processed.
Eight days after you apply, and easy to miss because it lands after the part that feels like the deadline. As an EU/EEA citizen you are exempt from the application fee and from tuition, but you must document that exemption by this date; non-EU/EEA applicants pay the fee by the same date. An application whose exemption is not documented is not processed.
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All dates for this school (11 more)
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16 October 2026
January round opens (only if you already hold your IB Diploma)Details
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15 January 2027
January round closes (only if you already hold your IB Diploma)Hard deadlineDetails
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1 February 2027
First round — supporting documents, and your proof of fee exemptionHard deadlineDiploma holders onlyDetails
Also the deadline to document EU/EEA/Swiss citizenship for fee exemption. Five months before IB results are published, which is the problem to solve early rather than in January.
One day, three things. As an EU/EEA citizen you pay no application fee and no tuition, but you do not get the exemption automatically — you have to document your EU/EEA citizenship by this date, and University Admissions handles that on the same deadline it uses to collect the fee from everyone else. All supporting materials are due the same day.
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15 March 2027
April round opens (EU/EEA): the round for May 2027 IB candidatesDetails
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8 April 2027
First round bachelor results publishedDiploma holders onlyDetails
Bachelor's results. Master's results come a week earlier, on 1 April. If you applied in this round at all, this is your day.
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21 June 2027
Second round supporting documentsHard deadlineDetails
Everything except the IB results themselves, which have until 5 July.
The general document deadline for the second round. It is not the date for your IB results: University Admissions gives IB students completing their studies this spring until 5 July 2027 for that (next entry). Anything else you need - an ID copy, other transcripts - goes in by 21 June, and University Admissions asks you to upload documents you already have with the application.
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5 July 2027
April round: final IB results due via the IB Result Service (recipient code UHR)Hard deadlineDetails
University Admissions gives IB/EB students completing their studies this spring until 5 July. Your coordinator releases your results through the IB Result Service. IB results day is expected just after this date, so ask University Admissions now how a late result is handled.
Published on the autumn 2027 key-dates page: applicants completing an IB/EB programme this spring "have until 5 July to submit documentation of your completed upper secondary studies". For a May 2027 Diploma that means your coordinator releasing your results to recipient code "UHR" through the IB Result Service. IB results day is expected just after this date, so ask University Admissions now how a late result is handled.
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6 July 2027*
IB results releasedDetails
After every first-round date. In the second round University Admissions wants your IB results by 5 July, so ask them how a late result is handled; second-round results come on 9 July.
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9 July 2027
Second round results publishedApril round resultsDetails
The first notification of selection results for the round a May 2027 IB candidate actually uses. What you must do next has its own entry, one week later, and it is the date on this page most worth putting in a calendar now.
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16 July 2027
April round: reply to your offer or lose the placeHard deadlineDetails
You have seven days from the 9 July notification to reply, and a place you do not reply to is a place you lose — including a place you have been offered while still waiting on a higher choice. Set this one before you apply, not after you are offered.
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* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.
What you could study here
Software Engineering and Management
BSc · 3 yrs
Maths AA at grade 3, or AI at 4 (AI HL at 3).
Contemporary Traditions in Music
BFA · 3 yrs
Admission test decides; only in the January round (16 Oct–15 Jan), which needs the Diploma in hand.
Opera
BFA · 3 yrs
Admission test decides; only in the January round (December 2026 to January 2027), which needs the Diploma in hand.
Music, with a specialization in Classical Performance
BMus · 3 yrs
Admission test decides; only in the January round (16 Oct–15 Jan), which needs the Diploma in hand.
Music, with a specialization in Improvisation Performance
BMus · 3 yrs
Admission test decides; only in the January round (16 Oct–15 Jan), which needs the Diploma in hand.
Craft with Specialisation in Crafting Futures
BFA · 3 yrs · Dals Långed
Work samples and an interview decide; only in the January round (16 Oct–15 Jan), which needs the Diploma in hand.
Metal Art
BFA · 3 yrs · Dals Långed
Work samples and an interview decide; only in the January round (16 Oct–15 Jan), which needs the Diploma in hand.
Wood Oriented Furniture Design
BFA · 3 yrs · Dals Långed
Work samples and an interview decide; only in the January round (16 Oct–15 Jan), which needs the Diploma in hand.
What it asks of IB students
No IB page of its own; the national rules apply. A full IB Diploma gives general entry, and IB English meets English 6. Subjects count at grade 4 (3 at HL Biology, Chemistry, Physics).
Where it says so
Worth knowing
Business and Economics, Computer Science and AI, International Relations and Software Engineering also take applications from 15 March to 15 April 2027, the round for May IB candidates.
All 3 notes
- Business and Economics, Computer Science and AI, International Relations and Software Engineering also take applications from 15 March to 15 April 2027, the round for May IB candidates.
- The music and craft programmes run only in the January round, which is not for students still finishing the IB; for 2026 Contemporary Traditions wanted proof of general entry by 26 January.
- The three craft BFAs are taught at Campus Steneby in Dals Långed, 170 km north of Gothenburg; Metal Art takes six to eight students a year.
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- GU — Apply for Contemporary Traditions in Music ('Last day to provide documentation … general entry requirements: 26 January 2026') — checked 2026-09-26
- University of Gothenburg — Bachelor's programs (international) — checked 2026-09-25
- GU — Business and Economics (Autumn 2027, both rounds) — checked 2026-09-25
- GU — Computer Science and AI (Autumn 2027) — checked 2026-09-25
- GU — International Relations (Autumn 2027) — checked 2026-09-25
- GU — Software Engineering and Management (Autumn 2027) — checked 2026-09-25
- GU — Classical Music (Autumn 2027) — checked 2026-09-25
- GU — Improvisation Performance (Autumn 2027) — checked 2026-09-25
- GU — Contemporary Traditions in Music (Autumn 2027) — checked 2026-09-25
- GU — Opera (next application period December 2026 – January 2027) — checked 2026-09-25
- GU — Crafting Futures (Autumn 2027) — checked 2026-09-25
- GU — Metal Art (Autumn 2027) — checked 2026-09-25
- GU — Wood Oriented Furniture Design (Autumn 2027) — checked 2026-09-25
- University Admissions — Autumn semester 2027 key dates — checked 2026-09-25
- University Admissions — IB studies: which round, IB Result Service — checked 2026-09-25
- University Admissions — For IB diplomas 2021 and later — checked 2026-09-25
- Antagning.se — Särskild behörighet, IB-examen 2021 och framåt (subject-by-subject table) — checked 2026-09-25
- UHR admission statistics HT2026, GU-81001 Business and Economics, April round (BI 20.42 at selection 2) — checked 2026-09-30
- UHR admission statistics HT2026, GU-72007 International Relations, April round (BI 20.73 at selection 2) — checked 2026-09-30
- UHR admission statistics HT2026, GU-86001 Software Engineering and Management, April round (BI 19.48 at selection 2) — checked 2026-09-30
- Antagning.se: räkna ut ditt meritvärde, IB diploma 2021 and later (10–20 table plus up to 2.5 merit points; group BI) — checked 2026-09-30
- Antagning.se: du prövas i betygsurvalet, IB diploma (selection groups BI and BII) — checked 2026-09-30
- University of Gothenburg: facts and figures — checked 2026-09-30