List of universities in Sweden

This list of universities 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 Swedish higher education system differentiates between universitet and högskola (university and university college respectively). The universities are research-oriented and may award bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees in all academic fields, whereas the högskolor usually are more focused on applied sciences, and only have limited rights granting doctor's degrees. Note, however, that some universities still call themselves högskola in Swedish, mainly older specialised institutions in engineering and medicine (for instance Royal Institute of Technology is called "Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan"). Also, both proper universities and högskolor translate their official names to "university" in English, where in the latter case "university college" would be more correct.

Public universities

The order of precedence is based on their year of establishment as a university. Only Uppsala University (est. 1477[1]) and Lund University (est. 1666[2]) were actually founded as universities, whereas all the other universities were raised from högskola (university college) status to the higher university status after they had been founded.

Two universities founded under Swedish rule, the University of Tartu from 1632 (now in Estonia) and the Royal Academy of Turku from 1640 (later established as University of Helsinki, now in Finland), as well as the University of Greifswald from 1456 (now in Germany but a fief held by Sweden 1631–1806, Swedish 1806-1815), are excluded from the list.

University Established as a university First establishment Student population
(FTE, 2013)[3] 		Research grants
(2013, in billion SEK)[4]
Uppsala University 1477 1477 18,347 4.112
Lund University 1666 1425 23,539 4.874
University of Gothenburg 1954 1891 21,121 3.446
Stockholm University 1960 1878 22,434 2.633
Karolinska Institutet 1965 1810 5,641 4.805
Umeå University 1965 1965 13,389 2.336
Royal Institute of Technology 1970 1827 10,544 2.836
Linköping University 1975 1969 15,252 1.892
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 1977 1775 3,515 2.083
Luleå University of Technology 1997 1971 6,509 0.857
Karlstad University 1999 1977 6,717 0.341
Örebro University 1999 1977 7,581 0.364
Mid Sweden University 2005 1993 5,946 0.371
Linnaeus University 2010 1977 11,663 0.435

Public university colleges

A Högskola (= university college or college in English) is an institution of higher education, similar to a university but typically smaller. Unlike a full university, a högskola has limitations in awarding doctoral degrees (PhD). The Swedish government has granted the right to some högskola to award PhDs in some specific fields. Most of the 'högskola' have agreements with bigger universities to conduct joint doctoral programs. The public 'högskola' are:

Högskola Established (as högskola)
University of Borås 1977
Malmö University College 1998
Dalarna University College 1977
University College West 1990
Halmstad University 1983
Mälardalen University College 1977
Blekinge Institute of Technology 1989
Kristianstad University College 1977
University of Skövde 1977
Swedish National Defence College 2008
Stockholm University of the Arts 2014
Södertörn University 1996
Royal College of Music, Stockholm 1771
Royal Institute of Art 1735
University College of Arts, Crafts and Design 1844
Gävle University College 1977

Gotland University College (1998 - 2013) was a "högskola" that has now merged with Uppsala university, becoming the Gotland campus of Uppsala university.

Private universities and högskolor

There are three private institutions of higher education with the right to give post graduate degrees, namely Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Stockholm School of Economics and Jönköping University Foundation.[5]

Rankings

THE-QS

Ranking list according to the THE–QS World University Rankings (with the highest ranked for that year marked in blue):

Institution 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Chalmers University of Technology (Chalmers tekniska högskola)110166147197162198-202223202
University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs universitet)-190--258185-184193205
Linköping University (Linköpings universitet)---371----340331
Lund University (Lunds universitet)1711801221068867-867167
Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan)122196172192173174-180142118
Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet)139--246239215-178171170
Uppsala University (Uppsala universitet)140180111716375-83 8179
Umeå University (Umeå universitet)----299318-273297289

ARWU

Ranking list according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities:

University 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Uppsala University597474656671766667737360
Lund University939292909797101104109114112125
University of Gothenburg156201190206228242257212203196195163
Stockholm University-9797848686887981818278
Karolinska Institutet394646485351504244424447
Umeå University-248252253256256252249247274289298

In relation to their population size, Switzerland (first) and Sweden (second) are the two countries with the highest number of universities among the 100 best of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (2014-2015).[6]

See also

Notes and references

External links

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