Government agencies
Each ministry is responsible for a number of government agencies tasked with applying the laws and carrying out the activities decided on by the Riksdag and the Government.
The state is a significant owner of enterprises in Sweden. The state business portfolio contains of 49 wholly or partly owned enterprises, two of which are listed. In addition, two business foundations and one EU company are administered. In total, these enterprises employ approximately 163 000 people.
Government agencies
Total 293 hits.
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Higher Education Appeals Board (Överklagandenämnden för högskolan)
The Higher Education Appeals Board is the public authority responsible for hearing appeals against decisions made in the higher education sector and in the sector for post-secondary vocational education and training. The Higher Education Appeals Board is the final appeal body and its decisions may not be challenged.
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National Board of Appeal for Student Aid (Överklagandenämnden för studiestöd)
The National Board of Appeal for Student Aid is a government authority whose main task is to examine appeals against decisions by the The Swedish Board of Student Finance (CSN) on granting and reclaiming student finance.
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Örebro University (Örebro universitet)
The university provides education and research in humanities, law, social science, science, technology, health care, medicine, education, music and sport science. The university offers approximately 600 courses, 60 undergraduate programmes and 20 postgraduate programmes. For international students Örebro University offers a number of Master programmes that are taught in English.
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The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet)
The Swedish Research Council is a public agency under the authority of the Ministry of Education and Research. The Swedish Research Council has a leading role in developing Swedish research of the highest scientific quality, thereby contributing to the development of society.
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Uppsala University (Uppsala universitet)
Uppsala University has 2,000 individual courses and 140 programs.
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The Swedish Council for Higher Education (Universitets- och högskolerådet)
The Swedish Council for Higher Education is a government agency with many different tasks in the education sector. One of their main focus areas is higher education.
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Umeå University (Umeå Universitet)
Umeå University conducts education at the undergraduate and graduate level in education fields of humanities, law, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, nursing, dentistry, medicine, teaching, design, art, music, and sports.
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Södertörn University (Södertörns högskola)
Södertörn University offers courses and programmes in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Technology, as well as teacher education with an intercultural profile. Research at Södertörn University covers many different disciplines and areas. There are high quality, creative research environments in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Education Studies.
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Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet)
At Stockholm University more than 70,000 students, 1,800 doctoral students and 5,000 staff are active within science, the humanities, law and social sciences.
