List of universities in Sweden

The Swedish higher education system differentiates between universitet and högskola (college or university college). 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.


Public Universities


The order of precedence is based on their year of establishment as a university. 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 -  Finland, the University of Tartu - Estonia, and the University of Greifswald -  Germany.

University	Established as a university
Uppsala University	1477
Lund University	1666
University of Gothenburg	1954
Stockholm University	1960
Karolinska Institutet	1965
Umeå University	1965
Royal Institute of Technology	1970
Linköping University	1975
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	1977
Luleå University of Technology	1997
Karlstad University	1999
Örebro University	1999
Mid Sweden University	2005
Linnaeus University	2010

Public universities 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.

Högskola	Established (as högskola)
University of Borås	1977
Malmö University	1998
Dalarna University	1977
University West	1990
Halmstad University	1983
Mälardalen University	1977
Blekinge Institute of Technology	1989
Kristianstad University	1977
Skövde University	1977
Gävle University	1977
Gotland University	1998