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Thousands apply to Sweden's most popular business and economics programme

students in a big hall

Studying business and economics in Lund continues to attract strong interest, with this year's admissions confirming the popularity of LUSEM's bachelor's programmes.

According to the latest admissions statistics from the Swedish Council for Higher Education, LUSEM's Bachelor's Programme in Business and Economics (Ekonomie kandidatprogrammet) attracted 5 111 eligible applicants, making it Sweden's most popular business and economics BSc programme and the fifth most applied-to higher education programme in the country, across all disciplines. The figures refer to applications to Swedish universities and Swedish-taught bachelor's programmes in business and economics.

Competition for places remains high. In the second admissions round, 300 students were admitted to the programme.

LUSEM offers four bachelor's programmes. Two are taught in Swedish: the Bachelor's Programme in Business and Economics and the Bachelor's Programme in Information Systems. Two are taught in English: the BSc in International Business and the BSc in Economy and Society.


This is a shortened English version of the original news article. You can read the full article in Swedish via the link below.
Tusentals sökte Ekonomihögskolans kandidatprogram – ehl.lu.se