According to Universityadmissions.se the number of international applicants for master’s degree programs at Swedish universities have increased with 24 % compared to 2011.
The number of students that have paid the application fee has increased with 22 % so the increase is not mainly related to an increase in applicants that are exempt from fees. (Due to EU legislation, students from the EU/EEA, like Swedish students, do not need to pay tuition fees.)
Increasing number of international applications for Swedish mastern's degree programs. Photo: Ulf Lundin
Here’s a list of the top ten countries (with the number of applicants from each country in parenthesis)*:
- Sweden (1330)
- Germany (918)
- China (883)
- Great Britain (807)
- India (755)
- U.S.A. (639)
- Greece (562)
- Iran (531)
- Bangladesh (475)
- Pakistan (425)
And here’s a breakdown over the top ten most popular universities (with the number of applicants in parenthesis):
- Lund University (11449)
- Stockholm University (6724)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology (5534)
- Chalmers University of Technology (5032)
- Uppsala University (4611)
- Linköping University (3905)
- University of Gothenburg (3592)
- Stockholm School of Economics (2169)
- Malmö University (2084)
- Blekinge Institute of Technology (1931)
If you are interested in more detailed statistics, including number of applicants for individual study programs, here is an excel file of the complete list of statistics from The Swedish Agency for Higher Education Services (VHS). We’re all about transparency. 
* The list refers to the number of students that have either paid the application fee or are exempt from application fees. The total number of applicants per country can be found in the excel file above.
