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 are translated to "university" in English, where in the latter case, some argue that "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. 1477Uppsala University History ) and Lund University (est. 1666A BRIEF HISTORY ) 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, 2026) Research grants (2013, in billion SEK)Swedish Higher Education Authority (UK Ämbetet) - Annual report 2014 (Swedish), page 106ffUppsala University 1477 1477 29,700 4.112Lund University 1666 1425 31,000 4.874University of Gothenburg 1954 1891 30,309 3.446Stockholm University 1960 1878 33,600 2.633Karolinska Institutet 1965 1810 6,500 4.805Umeå University 1965 1965 17,400 2.336KTH Royal Institute of Technology 1970 1827 15,200 2.836Linköping University 1975 1969 19,896 1.892Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 1977 1775 4,400 2.083Luleå University of Technology 1997 1971 15,100 0.857Karlstad University 1999 1977 18,500 0.341Örebro University 1999 1977 17,000 0.364Mid Sweden University 2005 1993 7,500 0.371Linnaeus University 2010 1967 (Växjö University) / 1977 (Kalmar University) 15,440 0.435Malmö University 2018 1998 12,700 1.382
Public university colleges A Högskola (= university college in English) is an institution of higher education, similar to a university but typically smaller and with PhD-rights in fewer areas. The right to award doctoral degrees is in Sweden given and monitored by the Swedish Higher Education Authority in the same way for universities and university colleges. The public 'högskola' are: Högskola Established (as högskola)Royal Institute of Art 1735Royal College of Music, Stockholm 1771University of Arts, Crafts and Design 1844University of Borås 1977Dalarna University 1977Mälardalen University 1977Kristianstad University 1977University of Skövde 1977Gävle University College 1977Halmstad University 1983Blekinge Institute of Technology 1989University West 1990Södertörn University 1996Swedish Defence University 2008Stockholm University of the Arts 2014
Private universities and högskolor There are seven private institutions of higher education with the right to give post graduate degrees, namely: Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College Johannelund School of Theology in Uppsala Jönköping University Foundation Stockholm School of Economics Sophiahemmet University College University College Stockholm (Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm)Swedish Council for Higher Education."List of recognised higher education institutions in Sweden", 2019-12-04. Retrieved on 2020-08-04.
See also Education in Sweden Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, Swedish National Board of Student Aid Swedish Research Council Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test Open access in Sweden List of universities and colleges by country
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