Talk:List of universities and colleges in Sweden

Blekinge Institute of Technology can issue Ph.Ds
The blekinge institue of technology has the rights to award P.h.D degree —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.13.128.89 (talk • contribs) July 12, 2005 at 17:08.

Jönköping University has authority to issue doctoral degrees
Jönköping University (official translation of Högskolan i Jönköping see www.hj.se/eng ) has authority to issue doctoral degrees, at least, in Social Sciences. It's translation into english is also wrong. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 137.120.208.81 (talk • contribs) January 20, 2006 at 19:51.

Total Make Over

 * I've restructured this page according to the official standard set by the Higher Education Ordinance and the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education.
 * I've tried to use the official translations of names, but while the institution prefers Jönköping University it is in fact the University College of Jönköping while the National Agency for Higher Education gives the name of Jönköping University Foundation, and although the institution has its own legal person I am not fully convinced that it can change the name from university college to university by simple vote on the board.
 * The subsections on Institutes of Technology has been removed. There are three main reasons for this. Firstly, there is no clear definition of Institute of Technology, making it very difficulty to draw a line for which institutions to include. Secondly, this is a matter where it is difficult to keep a neutral point of view. (This can be seen by scrutinizing the old list, which includes five of the six major institutes but none of the lesser colleges which, technically, have higher standing as they are recognized in law.) Thirdly, this entry is a list of universities (and university colleges), not a list of faculties and departments. As such, all institutes of technology are included in the list! Given the history of Swedish institutes of technology, I recommend a separate entry on this topic.
 * The subsection on Business Schools has been cut, basically on the same reasons as above. If a separate entry is to be created on Swedish business schools, I recommend that a lot of thought go into the differences between the actual Business Schools (Stockholm Göteborg and Jönköping, but the latter two have been incorporated into the university and university college) and the Business Schools set up as departments of business adminstration and renamed for marketing reasons. The differences in structure, research effort and educational programmes are substantial!
 * The subsection on Veterinary training have been cut, as it gave an erroneous picture of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The latter has been included in the list of universities in consistence with the level of research and education at the institution.
 * The subsection teachers training has also been cut, as there is basically one (1) institution that is still solely used for teachers training. It is also worth noting that the 1977 Higher Education Act forced all other teachers seminars to be incorporated into a university college or university.
 * The subsection on Art Colleges has been kept. Using the same old arguments again, I have removed all departments and schools from the list as they are not universities or university colleges. I have, however, left a reference to certain Music Academies as well as the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts in Gothenburg. The reason for this is that until recently they all had the status of university colleges.
 * Finally, the subsection on Medical Schools. Just as most Institutes of Technology and most Business Schools the Swedish Medical Schools are an integral part of universities and should not be included in this list. There is however one big difference, namely the research that is carried out in university hospitals. Thinking that lists of universities are just as much about research as about education, I have therefore kept the Medical schools in the list. 85.8.2.43 00:57, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Mälardalen
I do believe Mälardalen has been upgraded to a full university as of a year or two ago. I don't want to edit the article through as I'm not 100% sure. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dan1113 (talk • contribs) April 10, 2006 at 06:00.


 * No. Mälardalens högskola is a "högskola", not a university. Although they are working towards becoming a real university. 130.243.240.244 11:23, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * They have applied for being upgraded to a university a couple of times, but their applications have so far always been rejected. (212.247.11.156 (talk) 21:47, 3 August 2008 (UTC))

University ↔ University College ↔ College
The term "university college" seems somewhat confusing to me, because it could mean that it is one of several colleges of one university, and not an entity in itself. To me it makes more sense to call a universitet university and a högskola college. Does anyone agree or disagree with this suggestion? Axt (talk) 13:48, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


 * The official term is "university college", but can easily be confused for being something else. Unfortunately, the word "college" can mean lots of things (partially depending on the dialect of English), so maybe that word should be avoided. Maybe it would be better to use the Swedish "högskola" instead. (212.247.11.156 (talk) 21:09, 1 August 2008 (UTC))


 * That seems to be correct, but the word "university college" is the most confusing of options from my point of view. I think högskola should either be translated to college or used as a Swedish word, but I think (to the average speaker of English) "university college" implies that the högskola is only one of several colleges of a larger university, and not an institution in its own right. Axt (talk) 18:14, 25 October 2008 (UTC)


 * In the United States, colleges do not generally offer graduate degrees, however, the Swedish university colleges" you refer to - I believe they are 1) Malmö University College 2) Mälardalen University College - in fact, do offer graduate study and degrees and I believe should be included with the list of universities. It would be a misrepresentation to leave them out as they are degree-granting institutions... In the United States, if you can get accreditation (even if you can't actually), you can open a university right in the comfort of your own living room. Stevenmitchell (talk) 23:37, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

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Year established as university?
I have some problems in understanding what the year in "Established as a university" refers to for the specialised institutions which don't have "universitet" in their names, namely Karolinska Institutet and the Royal Institute of Technology. Currently it says 1965 for KI and 1970 for KTH, with no references and I'm not aware that anything particular happened in that year at either institution. KI got the right to award (research) doctorates in medicine independently in 1906, and KTH got the corresponding right in engineering in 1927. For Chalmers University of Technology (not in the list since it is private, but "university" doesn't appear in their Swedish name), this right was given in 1937. To me, this seems the most relevant year to use for these institutions - the year of formal equality with "the old universities", as the definition of "university" in Swedish regulations has varied. On the other hand, that line would mean that e.g. Stockholm University College received university status already in 1904 (initially within the natural sciences), despite being named a university in 1960. Perhaps three columns or another type of explanation is needed. Unsourced years with little defined meaning doesn't seem a good idea to me in any case. Tomas e (talk) 17:41, 19 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I think we should stick to the year in which the Swedish parliament/government formally granted/recognised the university status. Anything else could lead to an endless debate. --Axt (talk) 11:25, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

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Splitting proposal
I propose that the section 'Recognised higher education institutions' be split into a separate page called Swedish universities in international rankings. The rankings do not work very well for Swedish universities, and it is strange to present them on the same page. Fitzgunnar (talk) 07:54, 21 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose, if rankings are split it should be into an article of university rankings overall, see the other 'Rankings of universities in (country)' articles. --AlexandraAVX (talk) 17:45, 7 August 2023 (UTC)