A good result on the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test, known as Högskoleprovet, increases the chances of getting into popular education programs, with around 100,000 people devoting the day to taking it each year. However, Sveriges Ingenjörer, the Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers, contends that the test is not a reliable way to sift out the best future civil engineers. According to Sveriges Ingenjörer, the mathematics tested on the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test is at too basic a level for engineering education requirements.
The group suggests that universities and colleges should shrink the group admitted via the test. It is unclear how many civil engineering students are currently admitted this way or what specific changes to admission criteria Sveriges Ingenjörer proposes. Universities and colleges currently use the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test for engineering admissions, but the evidence supporting the claim that the test's mathematics is too basic for engineering education has not been detailed.
Alternative admission methods recommended by Sveriges Ingenjörer remain unspecified.