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A group of graduates celebrate their last day at senior high school. Senior high school graduation is a day-long party where the white hat is a must for most. Photo: Johnér

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A Boost to Research and Innovation

For its size, Sweden is one of the world’s leading research nations. Total investment in research and development on a per-capita basis is the highest in the world after Israel. The overall policy of ...

Academia for this day and age — greater freedom for universities and other higher education institutions

The Swedish government wants to increase the freedom of publicly funded universities and other higher education institutions within the framework of the current government agency format. The general r ...

Alfred Nobel

by: Tore Frängsmyr
The Nobel Prizes are internationally recognized as the world’s most prestigious civil honors. But what about the man behind them? Flick through our online book about Alfred Nobel to find out more abou ...

Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus is Sweden's most famous natural scientist. Yet his importance is not confined to the international history of science. As the author of living classics which people still read he can als ...

Challenge Yourself: Study in Sweden

This brochure is a compilation of basic information from each institution about Master’s programmes offered in English at institutions of higher education in Sweden. A few doctoral/postgraduate progra ...

Children in Sweden: Growing up in Sweden

Two million people are under 18 in Sweden. Most of them take for granted free schooling, an active social life, easy access to nature and the internet.

Competing on the basis of quality — tuition fees for foreign student

The Swedish government proposes that higher education be free of charge for Swedish citizens and citizens of an EU/EEA state or Switzerland, and that that citizens from other countries — "third countr ...

Doctoral studies with specialisation and quality

In the bill Doctoral studies with specialisation and quality (2008/09:134), the Government makes proposals concerning the conditions for awarding degrees at doctoral level that are designed to increas ...

Education in Sweden: Lessons for life

The quality of Swedish education has been keenly debated over the past decade. As a result, Sweden has implemented school reforms in recent years to improve results and raise the status of the teachin ...

Focus on knowledge — quality in higher education

The Swedish government proposes changing the direction of the national quality assurance system for higher education institutions to meet the new demands that are based on the goals of greater freedom ...

Freedom and Influence

In “Freedom and influence – abolition of compulsory membership of student unions” (Government Bill 2008/09:154) the Government proposes that the compulsory membership of student unions and student nat ...

From preschool pedagogy to nanotechnology

From preschool and onwards children, young people and adults in Sweden are encouraged to develop their knowledge and think independently. This has created generations of independent, innovative indiv ...
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