In 2018, the first version of the Swedish national dual career (DC) guidelines was issuedby the Swedish Sports Confederation to answer the call from the EuropeanUnion’s guidelines on DCs (2012) and to promote a system of DC support acrossSwedish National Sports Universities (RIUs) and Elite Sports-Friendly Universities(EVLs). The policy document was a culturally informed synthesis of current nationaland international DC research, best practice examples across RIUs/EVLs, and in linewith the Swedish strategy for Sports. Since that time, Swedish DC system at universitylevel has been developed, which is seen, for example, in annual educations for DCpractitioners across RIUs/EVLs and national sports federations, as well as in establishingthe role of a DC-coordinator and national standard for DC policy for study flexibilityacross all universities. Alongside this organizational development there has beena rapid increase in DC research. Several reviews (e.g., Stambulova & Wylleman, 2019;Tessitore et al., 2021, Kegelaers et al., 2022) and recent FEPSAC position statement onathletes’ DCs (Stambulova et al., 2024) contribute to development of the EuropeanDC discourse promoting athletes’ striving for DC excellence. Considering the developmentsmade, a national working group of practitioners and DC researchers acrossRIUs/EVLs and officials of the Swedish Sports Confederation met in a series of meetingsduring 2023-2024 to update the Swedish national DC guidelines. The updatedversion outlines the organizational model for RIUs and EVLs centered around developingDC development environments (Storm et al., 2021) and with context-informedand evidence-based guidelines on how to facilitate student-athletes’ (a) academicdevelopment, (b) athletic development, (c) balance between sport, studies, and privatelife, and (d) career transitions. The updated guidelines set a national standardfor DC support in line with recommendations from national (e.g., Linnér, 2021) andinternational DC research (e.g., Stambulova et al., 2024).