Completing the Matriculation Examination
The Matriculation Examination Board (YTL) is responsible for the implementation of the matriculation examination. Detailed regulations can be found on the YTL website. The schedules and exam dates for the matriculation examination can be most easily found on the YTL website.
The exam tasks are based on the mandatory and nationally advanced courses of the subjects. Some of the exam tasks in general subjects cross subject boundaries. Only students who have completed all the mandatory courses of the examination subjects and received grades for them before the exam are allowed to participate in the written exams of the matriculation examination.
The matriculation examination is held twice a year, in autumn and spring. The candidate can spread the examination over a maximum of three consecutive sessions, for example, in the autumn of the 3rd year, the spring of the 3rd year, and the autumn of the 4th year.
A failed exam can be retaken three times during the next three examination sessions. A passed exam can be retaken as many times as desired.
Registration for the spring examination takes place in November and for the autumn examination in May. Examination fees are invoiced after registration. Check the exam fees from YTL website. For compulsory education students, taking five matriculation exams is free of charge.
If the candidate has dyslexia, a hearing impairment, or another reason that affects participation in the exams, a report must be obtained, and the appropriate certificates must be submitted to the school office when registering for the examination. The special needs teacher at the upper secondary school assists in preparing the reports.
The matriculation examination is entirely digital. It is taken on the student's own laptop. The laptop is brought to the exam room on the morning of the exam. Practical instructions for exam days are given to students in the matriculation candidate information sessions before each autumn and spring examination session. The latest information material is at the top of this page.
Structure of the Matriculation Examination
Students who started their matriculation examination in the spring 2022 examination session or later must take at least five exams in the matriculation examination, which consist of the mother tongue and literature exam (1) and at least three exams chosen by the candidate from the group (2-3-4) that includes the mathematics, Swedish, foreign language, and general subject exams.
The candidate decides which fifth (5) exam to take, for example, another general subject exam or another foreign language.
At least one of the exams must be a more demanding A-level exam, usually either advanced English or advanced mathematics.
In the renewed five-subject matriculation examination, we still recommend that students also take a sixth matriculation exam.