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Umeå universitet

Programmet för litteraturvetenskap och kreativt skrivande

Bachelor's · Umeå · Starts in the autumn

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Admission cutoff

BI
All admitted
HT 2025
BII
All admitted
HT 2025
HP
All admitted
HT 2025

BI is upper-secondary grades and BII grades with completed subjects, both scored up to 22.5. HP is the Swedish national university aptitude test, scored up to 2.0.

Length

180 credits · full time

Application deadline

15 April 2027 (HT 2027)

Place

Umeå

Tuition

None (EU/EEA)

Degree

Bachelor's

How you get in

Everyone who qualified was admitted in the most recent term. Meet the entry requirements and you would have had a place.

This is how the places were divided between the selection groups in HT 2025 (34 admitted):

38%
21%
38%
  • Upper-secondary grades (BI) · 38%
  • Grades with completed subjects (BII) · 3%
  • National aptitude test (HP) · 21%
  • Other selection groups · 38%

What you study

  • Litteraturvetenskap80 %
    • Litteratur i praktiken I
    • Litteratur i praktiken II
    • Litteraturvetenskap och kreativt skrivande A
    • Litteraturvetenskap och kreativt skrivande C
  • Svenska20 %
    • Litteraturvetenskap och kreativt skrivande B

The proportions are measured over the courses the syllabus names. The rest of the programme varies with specialisation and optional courses.

Admission statistics

  • HT 2025

    138 applicants

  • HT 2024

    157 applicants

Eligibility and admission

  • Grundläggande behörighet
  • Apply through antagning.se: HT 2027 by 15 April 2027.