# Bridging Programme for Teachers Educated Abroad

**Source**: https://www.su.se/english/education/course-catalogue/education-subjects/teacher-training/bridging-programme-for-teachers-educated-abroad
**Parent**: https://www.su.se/english/education/course-catalogue/education-subjects

Teaching is one of the most important occupations in society. The government commissioned Bridging Programme for Teachers Educated Abroad is a shorter path for people who already have a teacher’s degree. It prepares you to be a certified teacher in Sweden. The teaching language is Swedish.

## Subject description

In order to study the Bridging Programme for Teachers Educated Abroad, you must have a preschool teacher’s degree, a teacher’s degree or another degree in a subject in the Swedish school.

In the bridging programme you study courses that are required to get a teacher’s certification in Sweden. If you already have a Swedish teacher or preschool teacher certification, you can study to know more about the Swedish school system and to be certified in additional subjects.

### The programme orientations are:

- Preschool Teacher
- Compulsory School Teacher (year F-6)
- Compulsory School Teacher in Leisure-Time Centre (year F-6)
- Subject Teacher (year 7-9 and Secondary School)

### Qualification Requirements

- Swedish as a second language 3 or equivalent (Secondary School level of Swedish)
- A completed foreign post-secondary teacher’s degree or another degree in a Swedish school subject
- That the supplemental studies required are 120 hp/ECTS or less

Each orientation have other requirements.

Try our quiz ULV-kompassen to see if you may qualify:

Try ULV-kompassen (in Swedish)

[On website for the Bridging Programme for Teachers Educated (ULV), you can read about the other qualifications (in Swedish)](https://www.su.se/utbildning/l%C3%A4rarutbildningar/vidareutbildning/utl%C3%A4ndska-l%C3%A4rares-vidareutbildning-vid-stockholms-universitet-1.544266)

## Career opportunities

As a certified teacher, you will receive better pay and better working conditions. With the education, you will be well-prepared to teach and feel more secure in your role as a teacher and in relationship to your pupils and their parents.

## Courses and programmes

Courses and programmes within the subject area.

### **Course at bachelor's level**

### **Course at master's level**

In the Bridging Programme for Teachers Educated Abroad every student receives a individual study plan. You do not have to apply to its separate courses.

Application to the Bridging Programme for Teachers Educated Abroad is done on the website.

[Go to the application](https://www.su.se/utbildning/l%C3%A4rarutbildningar/vidareutbildning/utl%C3%A4ndska-l%C3%A4rares-vidareutbildning-vid-stockholms-universitet-1.544266)

## Degree

You can study for a Swedish teacher or preschool teacher's degree or following a recommendation by The National Agency for Education (Skolverket).

If you study for a degree, you receive the degree from Stockholm University. Then you apply for a teaching certificate at The National Agency for Education (Skolverket).

If you follow the recommendation from The National Agency for Education, you receive a certificate from the university. This you send to submit to The National Agency for Education (Skolverket) when you apply for a teaching certificate.

[Information about teaching certification on The National Agency for Education (Skolverket)](https://www.skolverket.se/regler-och-ansvar/lararlegitimation-och-forskollararlegitimation/certification-for-teachers-and-preschool-teachers-with-a-foreign-teaching-degree)

## Research

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## Contact

[Find contact information on the website for Bridging Programme for Teachers Educated Abroad (ULV) (in Swedish)](https://www.su.se/utbildning/l%C3%A4rarutbildningar/vidareutbildning/utl%C3%A4ndska-l%C3%A4rares-vidareutbildning-vid-stockholms-universitet-1.544266?open-collapse-boxes=contact-555666777#anchor-contact-555666777)

## Area of interest

[Teacher Training](https://www.su.se/english/education/course-catalogue/education-subjects/teacher-training)