This list of universities and colleges in Sweden is based on the Higher Education Ordinance of 1993 (as amended until January 2006). With few exceptions, all higher education in Sweden is publicly funded. The listing includes the officially recognised independent higher education institutions that operate under contract with the Swedish Ministry of Education, Research and Culture. Independent programme providers are not included.
The Swedish higher education system differentiates universities (Swedish: universitet) and colleges (Swedish: högskola).
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Universities
State universities
Universities have the right to award the academic degrees of bachelor, master and doctor. They carry out extensive research in a variety of academic disciplines and contribute new knowledge to the world of science.
The order of precedence is based on their year of establishment as a university. Only Uppsala University (est. 1477) and Lund University (est. 1666) were actually founded as universities, whereas all the other universities were raised from högskola (college) status to the higher university status after they had been founded.
A number of formerly Swedish universities are now located in other countries and are not included in this list, e.g. the University of Helsinki (1640, Finland), the University of Tartu (1632, Estonia), and the University of Greifswald (est. 1456, Germany, Swedish from 1631–1815).
| University | Established as a university | First establishment | Student population (FTE, 2008)[1] |
Research grants (2007, in million SEK)[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uppsala University | 1477 | 1477 | 19,900 | 2,889 |
| Lund University | 1666 | 1666 | 24,600 | 3,403 |
| University of Gothenburg | 1954 | 1891 | 24,100 | 2,512 |
| Stockholm University | 1960 | 1878 | 22,400 | 1,844 |
| Karolinska Institutet | 1965 | 1810 | 5,500 | 3,243 |
| Umeå University | 1965 | 1965 | 15,600 | 1,626 |
| Royal Institute of Technology | 1970 | 1827 | 11,700 | 1,785 |
| Linköping University | 1975 | 1969 | 16,900 | 1,259 |
| Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | 1977 | 1977 | 3,600 | 1,669 |
| Luleå University of Technology | 1997 | 1971 | 6,600 | 628 |
| Karlstad University | 1999 | 1977 | 7,600 | 279 |
| Växjö University | 1999 | 1977 | 7,300 | 215 |
| Örebro University | 1999 | 1977 | 8,300 | 271 |
| Mid Sweden University | 2005 | 1993 | 6,900 | 264 |
| Linnaeus University | 2010 | 2010 | 15,000 | -- |
Independent institutions
Chalmers University of Technology in an independent university founded in 1829 in Gothenburg.
Colleges
In contrast to the above-mentioned universities, the Swedish colleges (Swedish: högskola) usually do not carry out much research on their own, nor do they usually have the right to award Doctor's degrees. The translation into English by the Swedes is often "university college" or simply "university", but this may be misleading as they are neither colleges of another university nor a proper university by Swedish definitions. Some of the colleges listed here offer courses only in a certain academic discipline such as business or music, and hence do not cover the whole spectrum of academia. Some former colleges have been raised to university status in the past by the Swedish government and are now listed above.
Awarding doctoral degrees
| College | Location | Subject area |
|---|---|---|
| Blekinge College of Technology | Karlskrona, Ronneby, Karlshamn | Engineering |
| Kalmar College | Kalmar | Natural sciences |
| Mälardalen College | Västerås and Eskilstuna | Engineering |
| Stockholm School of Economics | Stockholm | Business and Economics |
| Malmö College | Malmö | Medicine |
| Jönköping International Business School | Jönköping | Business and Economics |
| Jönköping University Foundation | Jönköping |
Awarding Bachelor's and Master's degrees
| College | Location |
|---|---|
| Södertörn College | Huddinge |
| Stockholm Institute of Education | Stockholm |
| Stockholm College of Physical Education and Sports | Stockholm |
| Borås College | Borås |
| Dalarna College | Falun and Borlänge |
| Gävle College | Gävle |
| Gotland College | Visby |
| Halmstad College | Halmstad |
| Kristianstad College | Kristianstad |
| Skövde College | Skövde |
| University West | Trollhättan, Uddevalla and Vänersborg |
Art Colleges
The art colleges are usually a relatively independent part of a university. They award undergraduate degrees, but also conduct research and development in the arts.
| Academy | Location |
|---|---|
| School of Design and Crafts (U of Gothenburg) | Gothenburg |
| Dramatiska Institutet - University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre | Stockholm |
| Konstfack - University College of Arts, Crafts and Design | Stockholm |
| Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting | Stockholm |
| Operahögskolan - University College of Opera | Stockholm |
| GOArt - Göteborg Organ Art Center | Gothenburg |
| School of Photography and Film (U of Gothenburg) | Gothenburg |
| Royal College of Music in Stockholm | Stockholm |
| University College of Dance | Stockholm |
| Valand School of Fine Arts (U of Gothenburg) | Gothenburg |
The universities of Karlstad, Luleå and Örebro and the university college of Malmö have their own Music Academies. Five academies of great public recognition but without legal status of their own are found at the University of Gothenburg, where the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts is in charge of the Valand School of Fine Arts, the School of Design and Crafts, the School of Theatre and Opera, the School of Music and Musicology and the School of Photography and Film. Certain other universities and university colleges also offer individual courses and/or programmes within the Arts sector.
Medical schools and university hospitals
There are six medical schools in Sweden, each associated with a university and a university hospital. Often, their division (faculty) of the respective university also includes a nursing school, physiotherapy and/or other health-related professional training programmes.
| University (Medical school) | Hospital |
|---|---|
| University of Gothenburg (Sahlgrenska Academy) | Sahlgrenska University Hospital |
| Karolinska Institutet | Karolinska University Hospital |
| Linköping University (Faculty of Health Sciences) | Linköping University Hospital |
| Lund University (Faculty of Medicine) | Lund University Hospital and Malmö University Hospital |
| Umeå University (Faculty of Medicine) | Norrland's University Hospital |
| Uppsala University (Faculty of Medicine) | Uppsala University Hospital |
Örebro University has no faculty of medicine of its own, but Örebro University Hospital is in the process of building a research and education institute.
International rankings
THE–QS World University Rankings
Ranking list according to the THE–QS World University Rankings:
| Institution | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Lund (Lunds Universitet) | 171 | 180 | 122 | 106 | 88 | 67 |
| University of Uppsala (Uppsala Universitet) | 140 | 180 | 111 | 71 | 63 | 75 |
| Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan) | 122 | 196 | 172 | 192 | 173 | 174 |
| University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs Universitet) | NR | 190 | NR | NR | NR | 185 |
| Chalmers University of Technology (Chalmers Tekniska Högskola) | 110 | 166 | 147 | 197 | 162 | 198 |
| University of Stockholm (Stockholms Universitet) | 139 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Sources
See also
- Education in Sweden
- Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
- Swedish National Board of Student Aid
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test
- Government agencies in Sweden
- Other lists
References
External links
- SUNET University Catalog
- Association of Swedish Higher Education
- Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
- Study in Sweden
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