Government agencies
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The National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools (Specialpedagogiska skolmyndigheten)
The National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools (SPSM in Swedish) task is to ensure that children, young people and adults – regardless of functional ability – have adequate conditions to fulfil their educational goals. This is done through special needs support, education in special needs schools, accessible teaching materials and government funding.
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The Swedish Institute for Educational Research (Skolforskningsinstitutet)
The Swedish Institute for Educational Research is a government agency that helps to provide teachers and other professionals in preschools, primary/secondary schools and adult education with reliable conditions for the planning, execution and evaluation of the teaching process, with the support of working methods and practices with a firm scientific basis. The objective of the Swedish Institute for Educational Research is to promote and encourage students’ learning and development, and to improve their learning outcomes.
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Same Education Board (Sameskolstyrelsen)
The task of the Sami Education Board is to provide Sami children with a Sami-oriented education and to contribute to preserving and developing the Sami language and the Sami culture. This education is offered at Sami schools and in integrated Sami education at municipal compulsory schools. The Sami Education Board is the governing body for the Sami schools and associated activities. The Sami Education Board is also to promote and develop material for teaching. In addition, it is to provide information about Sami schools and Sami education in the national school system.
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Swedish National Space Board (Rymdstyrelsen)
The Swedish National Space Board, SNSB, is responsible for national and international activities relating to space and remote sensing, primarily research and development.
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Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (Polarforskningssekretariatet)
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is a government agency that promotes and co-ordinates Swedish polar research. This includes to follow and plan research and development, as well as to organise and lead research expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
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Mälardalen University (Mälardalens högskola)
At Mälardalen University, the many study programmes on offer fall within four educational areas: economics, health and welfare, teacher education, and engineering. The university focus on research that generates useful solutions for the development of society and offer research studies in Engineering and Technology as well as Health and Welfare.
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Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education (Myndigheten för yrkeshögskolan)
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education is responsible for Higher Vocational Education in Sweden (HVE) and the key function is to ensure that HVE programmes meet the labour market's needs for qualified workforce.
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Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society (Myndigheten för ungdoms- och civilsamhällesfrågor)
The Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society is a government agency that works to ensure that young people have access to influence and welfare. The agency also support the government in issues relating to civil society policy.
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Mid Sweden University (Mittuniversitetet)
Mid Sweden University offers a wide range of courses and programmes within Social sciences, Media, Nursing, Teacher training, Information technology, Natural sciences and Technology, as well as other subjects within the Humanities. Most of the research is conducted in cooperation with the surrounding society.
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Malmö University (Malmö universitet)
Malmö University has more than 100 programmes and 350 courses on offer. The university conducts multi-disciplinary research to meet the challenges of the future. The goal is that research should contribute to the development of a sustainable society.
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Luleå University of Technology (Luleå tekniska universitet)
Luleå University provides education at undergraduate and graduate level in engineering, economics, social science, language, arts, music, media, theater and care. Research at the university is for the most part applied research and is conducted in close collaboration with international and national companies.
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Linköping University (Linköpings universitet)
Linköping University is one of Sweden’s larger academic institutions and among those that offer the largest number of professional degree programmes, in fields such as medicine, education, business, economics and engineering. Research is conducted within a variety of disciplines, with strong internationally recognised research environments, e.g. materials science, information technology and disability studies.
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Linnaeus University (Linnéuniversitetet)
Linnaeus University is one of Sweden's newest higher education institutions. The university was formed when the University of Kalmar and Växjö University merged in 2010. Linnaeus University is located in Kalmar and Växjö. They have approximately 31,000 students in 150 degree programmes and 2,500 single-subject courses.
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Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan)
KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm is the largest and oldest technical university in Sweden. There are a total of more than 12 000 full-time students, some 2 000 PhD students and approximately 3,700 full-time employees.
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Royal College of Music in Stockholm (Kungl. Musikhögskolan i Stockholm)
At the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, you will meet other students and skilled teachers involved in a wide variety of disciplines: classical music, Nordic folk music, music from other cultures, jazz, improvisation, composition, conducting, music and media technology, and various forms of music education.
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Royal Institute of Art (Kungl. Konsthögskolan)
The Royal Institute of Art offers both undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Fine Arts and postgraduate studies in Architecture.
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National Library of Sweden (Kungl. biblioteket)
The National Library of Sweden has been collecting virtually everything printed in Sweden or in Swedish since 1661. They also collect TV and radio programs, movies and videos distributed in Sweden, Swedish music and computer games.
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Konstfack - University College of Arts, Crafts and Design
Konstfack is the largest university college of arts, crafts and design in Sweden. Each year, almost 1000 students are enrolled in Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes, Teacher Education programmes and Professional courses.
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Karolinska institutet (KI)
Approximately 6,000 full-time students are taking educational and single subject courses at Bachelor and Master levels at Karolinska Institutet. Research at Karolinska Institutet spans the entire medical field, from basic experimental research to patient-oriented and nursing research.
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Karlstad University (Karlstads universitet)
Karlstad university offers a broad range of educational opportunities and consists of 80 % degree programmes and 20 % subject-specific degree courses or freestanding courses. In addition, the university offers a great number of general education courses. The university train professional musicians and dancers and have added professional degree programmes in psychology, jurisprudence, pharmacy and physiotherapy.