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Umeå University

Research university in Umeå, northern Sweden; four programmes taught in English: industrial design, life science, business and architecture.

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In English
4 programmes
City
Umeå
Next deadline
15 Apr 2027

Deadlines

  1. 15 April 2027

    Second round closes, and rankings lock
    April round closes
    Hard deadline
    Details

    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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  2. 23 April 2027

    April round: proof of EU/EEA citizenship (fee exemption) due
    Hard deadline
    Details

    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 (10 more)
  1. 16 October 2026

    January round opens, 13:00 CET
    Diploma holders only
    DetailsSource
  2. 15 January 2027

    January round closes
    Hard deadlineDiploma holders only
    DetailsSource
  3. 1 February 2027

    January round: documents and proof of EU/EEA citizenship due
    Hard deadlineDiploma holders only
    DetailsSource
  4. 15 March 2027

    April round opens (EU/EEA): the round for May 2027 IB candidates
    DetailsSource
  5. 8 April 2027

    First round bachelor results published
    Diploma holders only
    Details

    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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  6. 21 June 2027

    Second round supporting documents
    Hard deadline
    Details

    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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  7. 5 July 2027

    April round: final IB results due via the IB Result Service (recipient code UHR)
    Hard deadline
    Details

    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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  8. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    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. 9 July 2027

    Second round results published
    Details

    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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  10. 16 July 2027

    April round: reply to your offer or lose the place
    Hard deadline
    Details

    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.

Every date in Sweden

What you could study here

Free for EU/EEA citizens.

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

University Admissions says a student still finishing the IB must not apply in January; for 2027 only Architecture has an April round so far, so you cannot apply yet to…

All 3 notes
  • University Admissions says a student still finishing the IB must not apply in January; for 2027 only Architecture has an April round so far, so you cannot apply yet to Life Science or Business.
  • In 2026 International Business and Economics also ran an April round (UMU-P1214); none is published for 2027 yet.
  • Industrial Design is the exception: apply in January (work samples by 1 February 2027) and prove entry by 21 June 2027. May IB results come in early July, so ask UmU first.

Sources

  1. Umeå University — Bachelor's programmes (list block: 4 programmes, bachelor's level, English) — checked 2026-09-26
  2. Umeå University — Key dates and deadlines (autumn 2027; programmes only open in the 2nd round) — checked 2026-09-26
  3. Umeå University — Bachelor Programme in Industrial Design (autumn 2027 occasion, UMU-G1510) — checked 2026-09-26
  4. Umeå Institute of Design — BFA Admission & Selection (2027 dates, work samples) — checked 2026-09-26
  5. Umeå University — Bachelor of Science Programme in Life Science (autumn 2027: international round only, UMU-G1506; 'The online application opens 16 October 2026 at 13:00 CET') — checked 2026-09-26
  6. Umeå University — International Business and Economics Programme (autumn 2027: international round only, UMU-G1214; autumn 2026 also second round, UMU-P1214) — checked 2026-09-26
  7. Umeå University — Architecture Programme (autumn 2026 occasion, UMU-P1592) — checked 2026-09-26
  8. University Admissions — Autumn semester 2027 key dates — checked 2026-09-26
  9. University Admissions — IB studies: which round, IB Result Service — checked 2026-09-26
  10. Antagning.se — Särskild behörighet, IB-examen 2021 och framåt — checked 2026-09-26
  11. UHR admission statistics HT2026, UMU-P1506 Life Science, national round (BI 19.61 at selection 2) — checked 2026-09-30
  12. UHR admission statistics HT2026, UMU-P1214 International Business and Economics, national round (BI 16.29 at selection 2) — checked 2026-09-30
  13. UHR admission statistics HT2026, UMU-P1592 Architecture, national round (BI 17.66 at selection 2) — checked 2026-09-30