This practice comprises initiatives with the aim of integrating individuals with foreign degrees into the Swedish higher education system and labour market. For instance, the Government has allocated resources for complementary education, aimed at immigrants with higher education qualifications and degrees  in law, medicine, nursing, dentistry and teacher education from a third country who need complementary education so as to engage in professional activities in Sweden.

A large portion of the complementary education for academics with foreign degrees, provided by Swedish HEIs, is financed by special resources, which the Government allocates within so called 'integration bids'. For the budget year 2014, approximately SEK 70 million have been allocated for complementary education in law, teacher training, nurse training, medicine and dentistry.