If you attend our program as a tuition-paying student (that means usually as an international student not from the EU), there are limits on how many courses you can take. Unfortunately, these rules currently differ for SU and KTH courses.

At SU, there is a hard limit of 120 credits (which is also the minimum required). If you were to take a course at SU that would take you over 120 credits, you would be billed for it.

At KTH, there is a grace amount of up to 7.5 credits (for a maximum of 127.5 credits). You can take a course that takes you over 120 credits if

there is no relevant course that would get you to exactly 120 credits, e.g. when you have 118 credits, or
the course you want to take is compulsory at KTH or SU.

If you have 120 hp and all requirements of the degree fulfilled, you cannot take another free course at KTH.

The program directors will help you avoid this, but it is ultimately your responsibility to make sure you don't end up in a situation where you can't graduate without paying extra tuition. For instance, if you have taken 100 credits of courses but haven't registered for your thesis yet (30 credits), you're in trouble. Or if you have taken your allotment of 120 hp including thesis but miss two obligatory courses, or you have taken 121 hp and miss one obligatory 7.5 hp course, you can't graduate on your course allotment.

If you have any questions, please contact one of the program directors at an early stage.