List of universities in Sweden
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This article contains a list of Swedish universities and university colleges is based on the Higher Education Ordinance of 1993 (as amended until January 2006).
All higher education in Sweden is publicly funded, but the listing also includes the officially recognized independent higher education institutions that operate under contract with the Swedish Ministry of Education, Research and Culture. Independent programme providers are not included.
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[edit] University or University College
University colleges or högskola conduct important research, but their main operations are within education. This includes the awarding of the Swedish version of the Bachelor's and Master's degrees, as well as the corresponding professional degrees.
Upon application to the Government and following recommendation by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, a university college may, however, be vested with a particular academic discipline (vetenskapsområde). This includes increased state funding for research (fakultetsanslag) as well as the right to offer postgraduate programmes in the specific field, including the awarding of PhD degrees.
University qualities are not defined in law or ordinance, but have traditionally included the existence of at least four faculties, considerable undergraduate education as well as an important research activity and quaternary education. Lately, this has changed, as three university colleges were given the name of university in 1999 together with a fourth college in 2005.
[edit] Universities
In order of precedence, based on their creation as universities. The year they received status as university is shown in brackets. However all universities, except those in Uppsala, Greifswald, Tartu, Turku and Lund, were founded as university colleges. The universities in Tartu and Turku were created when these cities were Swedish but are located in present-day, Estonia and Finland, respectively – the later now in Helsinki. The university in Greifswald was founded in 1456 but did not become Swedish until 1631 and remained Swedish until 1815 when it became part of Prussia.
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences was formed during the Higher Education Reform of 1977, thus meriting a more prominent position amongst its peers. However, because it sorts under the Ministry of Agriculture, it is traditionally placed last in the list. As independent institutions are not mentioned in the Higher Education Ordinance, they take no particular place in the university order of precedence. It is worth mentioning that the order of precedence does not correspond to academic ranking of the institutions, to which both Chalmers University of Technology and the Stockholm School of Economics bear excellent testimony.
| University | Established as a university | Student population | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uppsala University | 1477 | 40,000 | Uppsala |
| Lund University | 1666 | 38,000 | Lund |
| Chalmers University of Technology | 1937 | 10,500 | Gothenburg |
| University of Gothenburg | 1954 | 50,000 | Gothenburg |
| Stockholm University | 1960 | 50,000 | Stockholm |
| Karolinska Institutet | 1965 | 9,000 | Solna |
| Umeå University | 1965 | 28,000 | Umeå |
| Royal Institute of Technology | 1970 | 13,100 | Stockholm |
| Linköping University | 1975 | 26,700 | Linköping |
| Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | 1977 | 4,200 | Uppsala and other |
| Luleå University of Technology | 1997 | 14,300 | Luleå |
| Karlstad University | 1999 | 10,300 | Karlstad |
| Växjö University | 1999 | 14,300 | Växjö |
| Örebro University | 1999 | 14,500 | Örebro |
| Mid Sweden University | 2005 | 15,500 | Östersund, Sundsvall, Härnösand and Örnsköldsvik |
[edit] University Colleges
[edit] Awarding PhD degrees
Lacking an official order of presedence, University Colleges are given in alphabetical order.
| University College | Location | Subject area |
|---|---|---|
| Blekinge Institute of Technology | Karlskrona, Ronneby, Karlshamn | Engineering |
| University College of Kalmar | Kalmar | Natural sciences |
| Mälardalen University College | Västerås and Eskilstuna | Engineering |
| Stockholm School of Economics | Stockholm | Business and Economics |
| Malmö University | Malmö | Medicine |
| Jönköping University Foundation | Jönköping |
[edit] Awarding Bachelor's and Master's degrees
Lacking an official order of presedence, University Colleges are given in alphabetical order.
| University College | Location |
|---|---|
| Södertörn University College | Huddinge |
| Stockholm Institute of Education | Stockholm |
| Stockholm University College of Physical Education and Sports | Stockholm |
| University College of Borås | Borås |
| University College of Dalarna | Falun and Borlänge |
| University College of Gävle | Gävle |
| University College of Gotland | Visby |
| University College of Halmstad | Halmstad |
| University College of Kristianstad | Kristianstad |
| University College of Skövde | Skövde |
| University West | Trollhättan, Uddevalla and Vänersborg |
University West is relocating all its activities to Trollhättan. The process will be concluded by 2008.
[edit] Academies of the Arts
The Academies of the Arts are university colleges awarding undergraduate degrees, but conduct research and development in the arts. Lacking an official order of presedence, the Academies are given in alphabetical order.
| Academy | Location |
|---|---|
| HDK - School of Design and Crafts at Gothenburg University | Gothenburg |
| Dramatiska Institutet - University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre | Stockholm |
| Konstfack - University College of Arts, Crafts and Design | Stockholm |
| National Academy of Mime and Acting | Stockholm |
| Operahögskolan - University College of Opera | Stockholm |
| GOArt - Göteborg Organ Art Center | Gothenburg |
| School of Photography and Film at Gothenburg University | Gothenburg |
| Royal College of Music in Stockholm | Stockholm |
| University College of Dance | Stockholm |
| Valand School of Fine Arts | 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.
[edit] Medical schools and university hospitals
There are six university medical school, each associated with a university hospital. Medical schools are often organized in the same faculties as nursing schools, physiotherapy and 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.
[edit] See also
- Education in Sweden
- Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
- Swedish National Agency for Services to Universities
- Swedish National Board of Student Aid
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test
- Government agencies in Sweden
- Other lists
[edit] External links
- SUNET University Catalog
- Association of Swedish Higher Education
- Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
- Study in Sweden
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