List of universities in Sweden - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This list of universities
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

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
Högskola
A university college denotes an independent institution in Sweden and Norway that provides tertiary education and in limited cases also quaternary education...

(college or university college

University college

The term "university college" is used in a number of countries to denote college institutions that provide tertiary education but do not have full or independent university status. A university college is often part of a larger university...

). 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 universites still call themselves högskola in Swedish, mainly older specialised institutions in engineering and medicine ( for instance Royal Institute of Technology

Royal Institute of Technology

The Royal Institute of Technology is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH was founded in 1827 as Sweden's first polytechnic and is one of Scandinavia's largest institutions of higher education in technology. KTH accounts for one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education...

is called "Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan"). Also, both proper universities and högskolor translate their official names to "university" in English, where in the later 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

Uppsala University

Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...

(est. 1477) and Lund University

Lund University

Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...

(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

University of Helsinki

The University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...

(1640, Finland

Finland

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), the University of Tartu

University of Tartu

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(1632, Estonia

Estonia

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), and the University of Greifswald (est. 1456, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, fief held by Sweden

Swedish Pomerania

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1631–1806, Swedish 1806-1815).

University	Established as a university	First establishment	Student population (FTE Full-time equivalent Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization... , 2009)	Research grants (2009, in billion SEK Swedish krona The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value... )
Uppsala University Uppsala University Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...	1477	1477	20,450	3.265
Lund University Lund University Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...	1666	1666	26,650	3.975
University of Gothenburg	1954	1891	24,900	2.999
Stockholm University Stockholm University Stockholm University is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. It has over 28,000 students at four faculties, making it one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is also frequently regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world...	1960	1878	28,200	2.203
Karolinska Institutet Karolinska Institutet Karolinska institutet is a medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area, Sweden, and one of Europe's largest medical universities...	1965	1810	5,500	4.027
Umeå University Umeå University Umeå University is a university in Umeå in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present borders....	1965	1965	15,850	1.977
Royal Institute of Technology Royal Institute of Technology The Royal Institute of Technology is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH was founded in 1827 as Sweden's first polytechnic and is one of Scandinavia's largest institutions of higher education in technology. KTH accounts for one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education...	1970	1827	11,950	2.033
Linköping University Linköping University Linköping University is a state university in Linköping, Sweden. Linköping University was granted full university status in 1975 and is now one of Sweden's larger academic institutions. Education, research and PhD training are the mission of four faculties: Arts and Sciences, Educational...	1975	1969	17,200	1.516
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences or Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet is a university in Sweden. Although its head office is located in Ultuna, Uppsala, the university has several campuses in different parts of Sweden, the other main facilities being Alnarp in Lomma Municipality, Skara,...	1977	1775	3,600	1.812
Luleå University of Technology Luleå University of Technology Luleå University of Technology or Luleå tekniska universitet of Sweden is Scandinavia's northernmost university of technology. It has four campuses, located in Luleå , Kiruna , Skellefteå and Piteå .-History:The university was founded on 1 June 1971 at Porsön in Luleå as...	1997	1971	6,350	0.711
Karlstad University Karlstad University Karlstad University is a state university in Karlstad, Sweden. The university, being a former university college was granted university status in 1999 by the Government of Sweden. Originally it was a branch of the University of Gothenburg...	1999	1977	7,750	0.303
Örebro University Örebro University Örebro University is a state university in Örebro, Sweden.University-level education in Örebro started in 1960s, when Uppsala University started to give some courses in Örebro. On the basis of these activities, an independent högskola was created in 1977 under the name Högskolan i Örebro...	1999	1977	8,600	0.342
Mid Sweden University Mid Sweden University Mid Sweden University is a Swedish state university located in the region around the geographical center of Sweden, with three campuses in the cities of Östersund, Sundsvall and Härnösand.-History:...	2005	1993	7,600	0.333
Linnaeus University Linnaeus University Linnaeus University is a public university in the Småland region of Sweden. It has two campuses, one in Växjö and one in Kalmar. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by a merger of former Växjö University and Kalmar University College , and has been named in honour of Carl Linnaeus.-...	2010	1977	15,000	--

Public university colleges

A Högskola (university college) is an instutition of higher education, similar to a university but typically smaller. Unlike a full university, a högskola cannot award a doctoral degree (PhD) in all academic fields. The government may grant a högskola the right to award PhDs in a few specific fields. Most of them have agreement with other universities to conduct joint doctoral programs. Some of the public högskolor are:

Högskola	Established (as högskola)
University of Borås University of Borås University of Borås is a university college in Borås, Sweden.The University of Borås has six departments. It manages education in Library and Information Studies, Business and Informatics, Fashion and Textile Studies, Behavioural and Education Sciences, Engineering and Health Sciences...	1977
Malmö University	1998
Dalarna University	1977
University West University West The University College West is a university college in the west of Sweden, located in the city Trollhättan. Before 2005, the college was called University College of Trollhättan/Uddevalla and was located both in Trollhättan and Vänersborg, but all study programmes were re-located to new...	1990
Halmstad University	1973
Mälardalen University Mälardalen University Mälardalen University College , or MdH, is a university college located in Västerås and Eskilstuna, Sweden. It has 13,000 students and over 1,000 employees, of which around 40 are professors...	1977
Blekinge Institute of Technology Blekinge Institute of Technology The Blekinge Institute of Technology is a public, state funded Swedish Institute of technology in Blekinge with more than 8,000 students and offers 350 courses in 40 educational programmes in five schools at two campuses located in Karlskrona and Karlshamn.The institute focuses on applied...	1989
Kristianstad University	1977
Skövde University	1977
Gävle University	1977
Gotland University	1998

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

Chalmers University of Technology

Chalmers University of Technology , is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.-History:...

in Gothenburg, Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm School of Economics

The Stockholm School of Economics or Handelshögskolan i Stockholm is one of Northern Europe's leading business schools. Its Masters in Management program is ranked no. 2 in Northern Europe and no. 13 in Europe by the Financial Times...

and Jönköping University Foundation.

THE-QS

Ranking list according to the THE–QS World University Rankings:

Institution	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology , is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.-History:... (Chalmers tekniska högskola)	110	166	147	197	162	198	204
University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs universitet)	NR	190	NR	NR	NR	185	183
Karolinska Institutet Karolinska Institutet Karolinska institutet is a medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area, Sweden, and one of Europe's largest medical universities... (Karolinska Institute)	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	43
Lund University Lund University Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities... (Lunds universitet)	171	180	122	106	88	67	72
Royal Institute of Technology Royal Institute of Technology The Royal Institute of Technology is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH was founded in 1827 as Sweden's first polytechnic and is one of Scandinavia's largest institutions of higher education in technology. KTH accounts for one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education... (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan)	122	196	172	192	173	174	150
Stockholm University Stockholm University Stockholm University is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. It has over 28,000 students at four faculties, making it one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is also frequently regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world... (Stockholms universitet)	139	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	129
Uppsala University Uppsala University Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of... (Uppsala universitet)	140	180	111	71	63	75	62

ARWU

Ranking list according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities

Academic Ranking of World Universities

The Academic Ranking of World Universities , commonly known as the Shanghai ranking, is a publication that was founded and compiled by the Shanghai Jiaotong University to rank universities globally. The rankings have been conducted since 2003 and updated annually...

University	2003 Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2003 This is the 2003 Academic Ranking of World Universities list of the top 100 universities in the world.-Top 10:...	2004 Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2004 This is the 2004 Academic Ranking of World Universities list of the top 100 universities in the world.-Top 100:...	2005 Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2005 This is the 2005 Academic Ranking of World Universities list of the top 100 universities in the world.-Top 100:...	2006 Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2006 This is the 2006 Academic Ranking of World Universities list of the top 100 universities in the world.-Top 100:...	2007 Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2007 This is the 2007 Academic Ranking of World Universities list of the top 100 universities in the world.-Top 100:...	2008 Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2008 This is the 2008 Academic Ranking of World Universities list of the top 100 universities in the world.-Top 100:...	2009 Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2009 This is the 2009 Academic Ranking of World Universities list of the top 10 universities in the world.-Top 10:-Asia & Australia:-Europe:-North America:...
Uppsala University Uppsala University Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...	59	74	74	65	66	71	76
Lund University Lund University Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...	93	92	92	90	97	97	1000
University of Gothenburg
Stockholm University Stockholm University Stockholm University is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. It has over 28,000 students at four faculties, making it one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is also frequently regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world...	1000	97	97	84	86	86	88
Karolinska Institutet Karolinska Institutet Karolinska institutet is a medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area, Sweden, and one of Europe's largest medical universities...	39	46	46	48	53	51	50

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