title: Admission to university engineering programs in Sweden: a multipurpose approach.
abstract: This brief article provides a description of some new ideas about admission of university engineering students in Sweden. The current system of admission is based on upper-secondary school grades and the Swedish Scholastic Assessment Test. These measures are used for admission to all higher education. For many reasons, ideas for a new admission model have been proposed. This model includes a sector-oriented admission test, which the universities are supposed to use for different purposes, such as selection, eligibility, diagnostics, and recruitment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Measurement, Umeå University, Sweden. Simon.Wolming@edmeas.umu.se
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wolming
authors.forename: Per-Erik
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Lyrén
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001077:Aptitude Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004522:Educational Status; D004738:Engineering / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D012570:School Admission Criteria / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013548:Sweden; D014495:Universities