Education system Sweden

Diploma	SeQF	EQF	Comparable to	NLQF	EQF
Högskoleförberedande examen: Estetiska programmet	4	4	a HAVO diploma (if the student took mainly profession-oriented subjects, such as photography and sound production); or a VWO (if the student took mainly general education subjects).	4 or 4+	4
Högskoleförberedande examen: Samhällsvetenskapsprogrammet	4	4	a HAVO diploma (if the student took mainly profession-oriented subjects, such as graphic design and music production); or a VWO (if the student took mainly general education subjects).	4 or 4+	4
Högskoleförberedande examen: Teknikprogrammet	4	4	a HAVO diploma (if the student took mainly profession-oriented subjects, such as event technology and applied programming); or a VWO (if the student took mainly general education subjects).	4 or 4+	4
Högskoleförberedande examen: Ekonomiprogrammet	4	4	a VWO diploma	4+	4
Högskoleförberedande examen: Humanistiska programmet	4	4	a VWO diploma	4+	4
Högskoleförberedande examen: Naturvetenskabsprogrammet	4	4	a VWO diploma	4+	4
Yrkeshögskoleexamen	5	-	1 year of HBO	-	-
Kvalificerad yrkeshögskoleexamen	6	-	an associate degree or 2 years of HBO	5	5
Högskoleexamen with 120 ECTS (högskolepoäng)	6	6	an associate degree or 2 years of HBO	5	5
Kandidatexamen (bachelor’s degree)	6	6	an HBO bachelor's degree or a WO bachelor's degree	6	6
Yrkesexamen (professional degree)	6 or 7	6 or 7	usually an HBO master's degree or a WO master's degree, sometimes an HBO bachelor's degree or WO bachelor's degree	6 or 7	6 or 7
Magisterexamen (master’s degree)	7	7	an HBO master's degree or a WO master's degree	7	7
Masterexamen (master’s degree)	7	7	an HBO master's degree or a WO master's degree	7	7

You can find information about the Dutch diplomas on our web pages about the education system in the Netherlands.
You can find more information about how we compare diplomas via Credential evaluation.
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