Stockholm University, founded in 1878, is one of the largest and oldest universities in Scandinavia.
When the institution first opened, it held public lectures in mathematics, physics, chemistry and geology – a tradition that still continues to this day, covering a diverse range of subjects.
Now home to almost 70,000 students, with an intake of 1,400 foreign exchange students annually, the university prides itself on its multicultural environment. Over 80 of its degree programmes are taught in English and Swedish language courses are available to all international students.
Stockholm University is one of Sweden’s pre-eminent centres for research within science, humanities and the social sciences. It is organised across four faculties, comprising 64 academic departments between them, with its main campus located north of the city, in the Frescati area of Stockholm.
Set in the middle of a National City Park – the world’s first – the university describes itself as ‘a campus university in a park environment’. It is surrounded by extensive woodland, flora and fauna, including some 800 species of flowering plants and over 100 species of birds, with the Baltic Sea inlet of Brunnsviken and beaches to its north.
The campus is also famed for its modernist architecture, with buildings designed by the renowned Swedish architects David Helldén, Ralph Erskine and Carl Nyrén. Alongside its notable architecture are many public works of art. A sculpture park on campus includes contributions from artists Marianne and Sivert Lindblom, and Olle Baertling.
Stockholm University boasts a longstanding tradition of openness and innovation. Four of its researchers have previously received Nobel Prizes, while a fifth was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
With the city centre just a metro ride away from the campus, Stockholm students have easy access to all the city’s cultural and commercial amenities. The university’s international exchange arrangements mean study abroad opportunities are plentiful across Europe, as well as in America, at the University of Illinois.
Stockholm University, located in and around Stockholm, is a public institution that was founded in 1878. The Frescati campus, just north of the Stockholm city center in the Royal National City Park, is the Swedish university’s main location. The university has facilities located in central Stockholm as well as Kista Science City. Students from European Union and European Economic Area countries, plus Switzerland, do not pay tuition, but international students from countries outside these areas generally do. Stockholm University does not provide student housing, except to some exchange and scholarship students.
The university’s many departments and centers offer studies in the humanities, law, social sciences, math and physics, chemistry, biology, and earth and environmental sciences. Stockholm University follows a semester-based academic calendar. Both Swedish and English are spoken in the university's classrooms; several bachelor’s programs and around 75 master’s degree programs are taught completely in English. The English-taught master's offerings include programs in banking and finance, management studies and Middle Eastern studies. Swedish language classes are also available for international and exchange students. The university has exchange and research partnerships with schools around the world, including the University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign in the U.S. One of Stockholm University's many research centers and labs is the Baltic Sea Centre, which is focused on marine research and education. The facility’s resources include the Askö Laboratory in the archipelago south of Stockholm as well as a ship that can be used for research at sea.
Stockholm University in the capital of Sweden is characterised by its openness, innovation and collaboration. The university was founded in 1878 with the ambition to reinvent higher education in Sweden.
Education and research are closely linked at the University, which is one of Sweden’s largest establishments of higher education with 30,000 students and 5,000 employees.
Stockholm University has over 65 departments and fifteen research institutes and centres, and offers 75 master’s programmes and three bachelor’s programmes taught in English within science, the humanities, social sciences and law. We also offer Swedish language programmes.
Located in the Royal National City Park of Stockholm, you’ll find the centre of Stockholm with its dynamic city life only a few stops away from the campus area.
Four Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, and the appointment of the world’s first female professor of Mathematics in 1889, mark the university’s proud history.
Our researchers are leading contributors to the development of scientific research and our society, and participate as experts in both scientific and public international bodies; most prominently as members of the Nobel Prize committees who select the Nobel Prize winners each year.
