Advanced vocational education and training (KY)
The course may be organised in the form of contract education.
Advanced vocational education and training is a collective term for vocational training in a range of subject areas. Such training is distinguished by close cooperation with representatives of working life who take part in designing the training programmes and fund the workplace training scheme Learning in Working Life, which covers about one third of the total training period. Training programmes are developed on the basis of local and regional initiatives and are thus also important for regional development. Courses of between one and three years' duration leading to an advanced vocational qualification in the trainee's chosen occupational area are aimed at students who have completed upper secondary school and people with a professional background.
Advanced vocational education and training participants are entitled to study support throughout the training period on the same basis as higher education students. Training may be organised by universities or other higher education institutions, municipalities, county councils or private education providers. Funding, in the form of state grants or special funds, may be awarded on application following suitable assessment. The entire course or a part of it may be organised on a contract basis.
The authority responsible for qualified vocational training is the Swedish Agency for Advanced Vocational Education.
