Retrain in Sweden on 80% of your salary

No, and the reason is simple and final. Omställningsstudiestöd can only be used for education in Sweden that carries the right to studiemedel, meaning högskola, yrkeshögskola, komvux and folkhögskola, or for education financed by an omställningsorganisation. CSN says it in one sentence: "Studier utomlands ger inte rätt till omställningsstudiestöd." Code Labs Academy is a German provider and sits outside the Swedish student finance system, and our AZAV certification is a German quality certification with no standing at CSN. We say this plainly rather than softening it, because an application takes months to prepare and the refusal only arrives afterwards. If you meet the conditions the support is absolutely worth using, at a Swedish institution. If you want to study with us, the routes that actually work are employer funding, study leave combined with your own financing, or a shorter course.

Distance learning in itself is not the obstacle. If you study remotely at a Swedish institution that carries the right to studiemedel, the education qualifies exactly as an on-campus programme would. What closes the door is where the provider sits, not how the teaching is delivered: studies abroad do not give the right to omställningsstudiestöd. Regular studiemedel is a separate benefit and can in some cases be used within the EU and EEA, but there the education has to be approved by UHR or CSN, which requires state recognition in the provider's own country and a Swedish equivalent that carries studiemedel rights. Our bootcamps do not hold that approval. And do not confuse AZAV with Swedish approval: the certification has legal effect in the German system and none at all in the Swedish one.

Ask for the reason in writing first, because refusals fall into distinct types with different answers. If you failed the establishment or currency condition, the decision is arithmetic on your worked months, so it is worth checking that CSN captured every employment you have had. If the finding is that the education does not strengthen your labour-market position, the weight sits in the yttrande, which makes the conversation with your adviser at the omställningsorganisation more important than the form itself. If the refusal is that the education is not an eligible form of education, there is nothing to argue, and you change either the education or the funding route. CSN decides each application individually and approval is never automatic. The decision letter sets out how it can be reviewed or appealed, and you follow that route as described there. A refusal is not the end of the retraining either: employer funding, study leave with your own financing, and a shorter course alongside your job are all still open.

No. This is one of the most common misunderstandings about the scheme. If your employer has a kollektivavtal, your yttrande comes from your omställningsorganisation, for example TRR, TSL, Omställningsfonden, Trygghetsstiftelsen or TRS. If there is no collective agreement, Kammarkollegiet issues the yttrande instead and you apply on the same terms otherwise. The yttrande is mandatory in both cases, so whichever route applies to you, start that part early. If you do not know which organisation covers you, ask HR or your union: it is usually settled the same day.

Yes, and for many people that is the most realistic version of the plan. Study intensity can go down to 20%, which stretches your weeks across more calendar time instead of burning through them in a year. Exactly how your intensity, your weeks and your amount are calculated is for CSN to determine in your individual case, so take that arithmetic to them rather than to a table on a website. If part-time study alongside work is what you are planning, it is also worth asking how much training you actually need to buy. Alongside our live bootcamps, Code Labs Academy has a growing catalogue of shorter self-paced courses with a scheduled instructor meeting every week, at a considerably lower fee. The catalogue changes weekly, so see the current course catalogue.

Three different things that get described as one. Omställningsstudiestöd is money: 80% of your previous salary up to the cap, with an optional loan on top, but only for Swedish studiemedel-eligible education or education bought by an omställningsorganisation. Tjänstledighet för studier is not money at all, it is employment protection: the right to be away from work and return with your terms intact, and it covers any structured education with no condition on the provider or the country, including a course with us. Ordinary studiemedel is a grant and loan at a lower level, and requires the education to be approved by UHR or CSN. The practical conclusion if you want to study with us is short: you can get the leave, you cannot get the CSN money, and you cover the fee through your employer or through interest-free instalments paid directly to us.