Skellefteå Upper Secondary School has been certified by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association to provide nationally approved sports education in ice hockey. NIU ice hockey is aimed at those who aspire to reach elite level.

Applications open on September 9 when students are in ninth grade and close on December 1. Notification of athletic admission is given gradually, and all applicants will receive notification of athletic admission by January 25, i.e., before the application for program selection must be submitted to the school. The student must then decide on their offers by January 26. Students who do not respond by the deadline forfeit their offers and cannot attend an elite hockey high school.

You can apply for four different options, which do not need to be ranked in order of preference.
The program is worth 400 of the total 2,500 credits required to graduate, and its goal is to give students the opportunity to combine their hockey career with high school studies.

Applying to Skellefteå Elite Sports High School is a two-step process. First, during the fall, you must apply for a sport through the respective sports federation and be accepted. Second, you must apply for a high school program (during the period January-February or during the re-election period April-May). Please note! You must be accepted into a sport for your application to a program at the Elite Sports High School to be valid.

Applications are made online and the application period is between September 1 and December 1. Application documents and other information can be found at: Application & Admission