The Act (2008:290) on Approval of Research Principals to Receive Visiting Researchers is based on the European Council’s “Visiting Researcher Directive” (2005/71/EC). The purpose of the Visiting Researcher Directive is to make it easier for researchers from countries outside the EU or EEA to enter, stay and move around the EU, and for the EU in this way to attract more researchers from the rest of the world.
The law means that the public authority, physical person or legal entity that conducts research activities and plans to receive a researcher from a third country for more than three months must get approval to do so. The Swedish Research Council is the public authority that tries issues relating to approval according to the Ordinance (2008:353) on Approval of Research Principals to Receive Visiting Researchers.
Act (2008:290) on Approval of Research Principals to Receive Visiting Researchers
Ordinance (2008:353) on Approval of Research Principals to Receive Visiting Researchers
The law entails a three-stage procedure
- To receive a visiting researcher, the research principal has to be approved by the Swedish Research Council.
- The research principal (a higher education institution or research institute, for example) and the visiting researcher shall enter into a reception contract that specifies the research project and certain other issues relating to the visiting researcher’s employment and other areas.
- The reception contract forms the basis for the visiting researcher’s application for a residence permit to the Swedish Migration Agency.
Forms for reception contracts and applications for residence permit can be downloaded from the Swedish Migration Agency’s website.
Apply using a form
Our instruction VRFS 2013:1 lists the information you should attach to the application. It also states the amount a visiting researcher must have access to for subsistence. According to the Ordinance (2008:353), it shall correspond to the maximum amount a student may receive as study funding per week according to Chapter 3, Section 11 of the Student Aid Act (1999:1395); that is an amount equal to 5.07 per cent of the base amount for social security purposes, recalculated into a monthly sum.As from 1 April 2014, this amount is 9 700 SEK per month – according to VRFS 2014:1.
Please send the form to us by ordinary post.
List of approved research principals according to Act (2008:290) and Ordinance (2008:353) on Approval of Research Principals to Receive Visiting Researchers.
Applicant | Validity of the decision |
|---|---|
ABB AB | Until further notice |
Accu-Svenska AB | Up to and including 27 January 2024 |
Astra Zeneca AB | Until further notice |
Atlas Antibodies AB | Up to and including 28 january 2026 |
Blekinge tekniska högskola | Until further notice |
Blue4Ever AB | Up to and including 13 March 2024 |
CBI Betonginstitutet AB | Until further notice |
Chalmers tekniska högskola AB | Until further notice |
Double Bond Pharmaceutical AB | Up to and including 2 December 2027 |
Elastisys AB | Up to and including 9 May 2024 |
Epishine AB | Up to and including 13 december 2023 |
Ericsson AB | Until further notice |
Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola AB | Up to and including 4 July 2023 |
European Spallation Source ERIC | Until further notice |
Equa Simulation AB | Up to and including 3 October 2027 |
Försvarshögskolan | Until further notice |
Göteborgs universitet | Until further notice |
Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan | Until further notice |
Hot Disk AB | Up to and including 11 January 2028 |
Hälsohögskolan i Jönköping AB | Until further notice |
Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Until further notice |
Högskolan Dalarna | Until further notice |
Högskolan i Borås | Until further notice |
Högskolan i Gävle | Until further notice |
Högskolan I Halmstad | Until further notice |
Högskolan i Skövde | Until further notice |
Högskolan Kristianstad | Until further notice |
Högskolan på Gotland | Until further notice |
Högskolan Väst | Until further notice |
Ilya Pharma AB | Up to and including 3 February 2026 |
Innventia AB | Until further notice |
Institutet för Finansforskning (SIFR) | Until further notice |
Institutet för framtidsstudier | Until further notice |
Institutet för Livsmedel och Bioteknik AB | Until further notice |
Institutet för rymdfysik | Until further notice |
Institutet för Säkerhets- och Utvecklingspolitik | Until further notice |
Internationella Handelshögskolan i Jönköping | Until further notice |
In vitro Plant-tech AB | Up to and including 29 September 2025 |
IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet AB | Until further notice |
Karlstads universitet | Until further notice |
Karolinska institutet | Until further notice |
Konstfack | Until further notice |
Kungl. Konsthögskolan | Until further notice |
Kungl. Tekniska högskolan | Until further notice |
Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien | Until further notice |
Landstinget Blekinge, Blekinge kompetenscentrum | Until further notice |
Landstinget i Uppsala län | Until further notice |
Lavivo AB | Until further notice |
LinkoCare Life Sciences AB | Up to and including 31 October 2024 |
Linköpings universitet | Until further notice |
Linnéuniversitetet | Until further notice |
Ludwiginstitutet för cancerforskning Ltd | Until further notice |
Luleå tekniska universitet | Until further notice |
Lunds universitet | Until further notice |
Mälardalens högskola | Until further notice |
Malmö högskola | Until further notice |
MIP Technologies AB | Until further notice |
Mittuniversitetet | Until further notice |
Modelon AB | Until further notice |
Nanologica AB | Until further notice |
NanOsc AB | Up to and including 17 february 2024 |
Naturhistoriska riksmuseet | Until further notice |
NeuroVive Pharmaceuticals AB | Up to and including 23 May 2023 |
Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Until further notice |
Offspring Biosciences Sweden AB | Up to and including 11 November 2024 |
Pelago Bioscience AB | Up to and including 25 April 2026 |
Prostista Biotechnology AB | Until further notice |
QureTech Bio AB | Up to and including 12 January 2026 |
Qualisys AB | Up to and including 22 November 2026 |
Raoul Wallenberg Institutet | Until further notice |
Red Glead Discovery AB | Up to and including 9 November 2025 |
RISE Energy Technology Center AB | Until further notice |
RISE Interactive Institute AB | Until further notice |
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB | Until further notice |
RISE SICS Västerås AB | Until further notice |
RISE Viktoria | Until further notice |
Rättsmedicinalverket | Until further notice |
Röda Korsets högskola | Until further notice |
S2Medical AB | Up to and including 3 February 2025 |
Saveggy AB | Up to and including 28 September 2026 |
Scandinavian Institute for Policy Studies | Up to and including 6 October 2025 |
Skånes universitetssjukhus | Until further notice |
Skogforsk | Until further notice |
Smittskyddsinstitutet | Until further notice |
Södertörns högskola | Until further notice |
Speximo AB | Up to and including 11 March 2024 |
SpinChem AB | Up to and including 15 November 2026 |
Statens meterologiska och hydrologiska institut (SMHI) | Until further notice |
Statens Musikverk | Until further notice |
Statens väg-och transportforskningsinstitut | Until further notice |
Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt | Until further notice |
Stiftelsen Högskolan i Jönköping | Until further notice |
Stiftelsen Institutet för Näringslivsforskning | Until further notice |
Stiftelsen Stockholm International Peace and Research Institute (SIPRI) | Until further notice |
Stiftelsen The Stockholm Environment Institute | Until further notice |
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) | Until further notice |
Stockholms universitet | Until further notice |
SureCapture Technologies AB | Up to and including 8 march 2027 |
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet | Until further notice |
Swedish Biofuels AB | Up to and including 16 october 2023 |
Swedish Institute of Computer Science AB (SICS) | Until further notice |
Swerea IVF AB | Until further notice |
Swerea KIMAB | Until further notice |
Swerea SICOMP AB | Until further notice |
Swerim AB | Up to and including 22 June 2025 |
Tekniska Högskolan i Jönköping AB | Until further notice |
Theravac Pharmaceuticals AB | Up to and including 27 May 2023 |
Tobii Technology AB | Until further notice |
Totalförsvarets Forskningsinstitut | Until further notice |
Umeå universitet | Until further notice |
| Uppsala universitet | Until further notice |
Utrikespolitiska institutet | Until further notice |
Volvo Technology AB | Until further notice |
WahTsui Biotech AB | Up to and including 11 November 2027 |
WeMeMove AB | Up to and including 7 July 2024 |
World Maritime University | Until further notice |
Ytkemiska Institutet AB | Until further notice |
Örebro läns landsting | Until further notice |
Örebro universitet | Until further notice |
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