Government agencies

The Swedish National Space Board, SNSB, is responsible for national and international activities relating to space and remote sensing, primarily research and development.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.