Government agencies

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Royal Institute of Art offers both undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Fine Arts and postgraduate studies in Architecture.

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.