List of universities and colleges 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 many 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 KTH Royal Institute of Technology is called "Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan" and Chalmers University of Technology is called "Chalmers Tekniska Högskola"). 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.

UniversityEstablished as a universityFirst establishmentStudent population
(FTE, 2013)[3]		Research grants
(2013, in billion SEK)[4]
Uppsala University1477147718,3474.112
Lund University1666142523,5394.874
University of Gothenburg1954189121,1213.446
Stockholm University1960187822,4342.633
Karolinska Institutet196518105,6414.805
Umeå University1965196513,3892.336
KTH Royal Institute of Technology1970182710,5442.836
Linköping University1975196915,2521.892
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences197717753,5152.083
Luleå University of Technology199719716,5090.857
Karlstad University199919776,7170.341
Örebro University199919777,5810.364
Mid Sweden University200519935,9460.371
Linnaeus University20101967 (Växjö University) / 1977 (Kalmar University)11,6630.435
Malmö University2018199812,5661.382

Växjö University (1967-2009) was a university that has now merged with Kalmar University (1977-2009), becoming the Linnaeus University in 2010.

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:

HögskolaEstablished (as högskola)
University of Borås1977
Dalarna University College1977
University West1990
Halmstad University1983
Mälardalen University College1977
Blekinge Institute of Technology1989
Kristianstad University1977
University of Skövde1977
Swedish Defence University2008
Stockholm University of the Arts2014
Södertörn University1996
Royal College of Music, Stockholm1771
Royal Institute of Art1735
University of Arts, Crafts and Design1844
Gävle University College1977
  • Gotland University College (1998 - 2013) was a "högskola" that has now merged with Uppsala university, becoming the Gotland campus of Uppsala university.
  • Kalmar University (1977-2009) was a "högskola" that has now merged with Växjö University (1967-2009), becoming the Linnaeus University in 2010.

Private universities and högskolor

There are six 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, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Sophiahemmet University and University College Stockholm (Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm).[5]

Recognised higher education institutions

ARWU

Ranking list according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities:

University200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014
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]

QS World

Ranked Swedish universities on QS World University Rankings (with the highest ranked for that year marked in blue):

Institution 2012[7] 2013[8] 2014[9] 2015[10] 2016[11]
Chalmers University of Technology
(Chalmers tekniska högskola)		 223202175132139
University of Gothenburg
(Göteborgs universitet)		 193205206247264
Linköping University
(Linköpings universitet)		 340331283286282
Lund University
(Lunds universitet)		 7067607073
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
(Kungliga Tekniska högskolan)		 1421181109297
Stockholm University
(Stockholms universitet)		 171170182182196
Uppsala University
(Uppsala universitet)		 81798110298
Umeå University
(Umeå universitet)		 297289267319294

THE World

Ranked Swedish institutes on Times Higher Education World University Rankings (with the highest ranked for that year marked in blue):

Institution 2011[12] 2012[13] 2013[14] 2014[15] 2015[16] 2016[17]
Chalmers University of Technology
(Chalmers tekniska högskola)		 —226-250226-250276-300276-300201-250
University of Gothenburg
(Göteborgs universitet)		 —201-225201-225201-225226-250180
Karolinska Institutet 433242364428
Linköping University
(Linköpings universitet)		 —301-350301-350301-350351-400251-300
Lund University
(Lunds universitet)		 89808212311990
Örebro University
(Örebro universitet)		 —————301-350
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
(Kungliga Tekniska högskolan)		 193187140117126155
Stockholm University
(Stockholms universitet)		 12913111710398136
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
(Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet)		 199—276-300251-275251-275201-250
Uppsala University
(Uppsala universitet)		 147871061119881
Umeå University
(Umeå universitet)		 —201-225251-275301-350351-400251-300
"—" signifies an unranked institute of that year.

THE-QS

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

Institution200420052006200720082009
Chalmers University of Technology (Chalmers tekniska högskola)110166147197162198
University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs universitet)-190--258185
Linköping University (Linköpings universitet)---371--
Lund University (Lunds universitet)1711801221068867
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan)122196172192173174
Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet)139--246239215
Uppsala University (Uppsala universitet)140180111716375
Umeå University (Umeå universitet)----299318

See also

Notes and references
  1. Uppsala University History Archived 14 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. A BRIEF HISTORY Archived 3 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Swedish Higher Education Authority (UK Ämbetet) - Annual report 2014 (Swedish), page 121ff
  4. Swedish Higher Education Authority (UK Ämbetet) - Annual report 2014 (Swedish), page 106ff
  5. Swedish Council for Higher Education."List of recognised higher education institutions in Sweden", 2019-12-04. Retrieved on 2020-08-04.
  6. Rankings: top of the class, The Economist, 28 March 2015 (page visited on 7 April 2015).
  7. "QS World University Rankings 2012-13". Top Universities. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  8. "QS World University Rankings 2013-14". Top Universities. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  9. "QS World University Rankings 2014-15". Top Universities. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  10. "QS World University Rankings 2015-16". Top Universities. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  11. "QS World University Rankings 2016-17". Top Universities. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  12. "THE World University Rankings 2011". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  13. "THE World University Rankings 2012". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  14. "THE World University Rankings 2013". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  15. "THE World University Rankings 2014". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  16. "THE World University Rankings 2015". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  17. "THE World University Rankings 2016". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
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