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Recently there has been a growing interest and concern in students’ well-being. According to the study “Korkeakouluopiskelijoiden terveystutkimus” (2016), one third of university-level students suffer from mental health problems. The Swedish-speaking elementary school tea-cher training program was founded in Helsinki in 2016, but yet there is no research data available. The purpose of this research is to describe the well-being of Swedish-speaking elementary school teacher students using the student well-being model developed by Sout-ter et al. (2014). In this model well-being is divided into seven domains: having, being, rela-ting, thinking, feeling, functioning and striving. I gathered my research material with a qualitative attitude research method, developed in Helsinki University by Vesala & Rantanen (2007). I conducted the research as an online survey in April 2019. The survey was sent via email to all 120 students in the teacher trai-ning program. The survey was successfully completed by 20 students. I analyzed the rese-arch material with a theory-based content analysis. The well-being of the students who participated in my study is essentially very good. The domains of Having, Relating, Feeling and Striving were especially positive. The students were satisfied with the teachers, the learning environment and the teaching. Students felt appreciated by teachers and other students and they felt social cohesion. Mainly positive emotions were felt in the studies and students strove towards goals. Being, Thinking and Functioning were the weakest domains, but still more positive than negative. The principal factors that had a negative effect on well-being were stress and lack of time.