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Professional Swedish for Master students

This course in Swedish for Master's students doing their second year at KTH will help you develop your language proficiency to an intermediate level, usable at Swedish places of work.

Eligible students

Fee-paying or scholarship-holding Master's students doing their second year at KTH and with previous studies of basic skills in Swedish (A1+A2).

All students who passed the course Swedish for Advanced Beginners are eligible. Other applicants must take the placement test before applying.

The course is not open to exchange students or to Master's students doing less that four semesters at KTH.

Placement test

For reference: European Common Reference Levels: self-assessment grid

Certificate in Intermediate level of Swedish

Participation is free of charge. The participants will not receive academic credits after completing the course, but a certificate can be issued if the following requirements are fulfilled:

- all assignments and tests passed

- attendance requirement fullfilled

Learning outcomes

The main purpose of the course is to help you develop your Swedish from an elementary level (A2) to at least an intermediate (B1), where you can use the language independently. The focus will be on professional language used in the workplace, thereby helping you find employment and function on the Swedish labour market.

The expected learning outcomes for the course mainly refer to the level B1 according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Course main content

Exercises in understanding and expressing oneself in somewhat more nuanced Swedish. Exercises in pronunciation, prosody and spoken interaction; Conversations, discussions and presentations. Reading of texts within general subject areas. Production of written texts of a personal and everyday character.

Literature

Rivstart Yrkesliv. Recommended reference literature and electronic resources will be listed in the course information or in a similar way.

Schedule fall semester 2026

Nine seminars on Mondays at 15:00-17:00 on KTH Campus with start on September 7. No classes during the exam weeks. Rooms tba.

Application 

APPLICATION AUTUMN 2026

Contact

Mateusz Moszkowicz: matmos@kth.se