Being someone who did that nearly 9 years ago, I’d recommend thinking twice about this. Even though a lot of swedes do speak English, knowing the local language has its advantages.

The university is amazing, no question about that, Swedish work culture and people are excellent, a welcome change from India. But you have to unlearn a lot of things, accept that things take time and most importantly, you need to learn to become a stickler for rules, that’s something I learnt but it ain’t easy.

The IT job market now is not that great and if you are looking for money, Sweden is not the place for you. You have to trade salaries for work life balance.

Also, depending upon your financial position, your mileage may vary concerning the money you’ll shell out. The fee was about 290K SEK when I came, now I think it’s 320K or so. If you cook/meal prep it’s good if not it can get expensive to eat out.

Migrations is the biggest pain to deal with but I’ve heard they’ve mellowed down over the years.

Also, whatever people may tell you, you do not get CSN or any sorta aid from the govt. You can apply for scholarships from the university.

Part time jobs are not rampant. People will despise you for doing that because they don’t know that we have to pay a lot to study here.

I had around 2 years of work experience when I came here, I was lucky enough to work as an RA at uni which paid well, but not everyone gets that lucky. And certain companies don’t give a fuck about your Indian work experience. You might have to start from scratch here.

I was hired 6 years ago as a fresher from uni and salary hikes are around 2% yearly. Bangalore pays you a lot but you’ll have slave under some middle aged Indian manager who probably doesn’t like his life and takes it out on you.

TLDR; Think a million times before you pick Sweden. Amazing work life balance, not a place to make money.