Sweden
National Information Centre(s)
(No. of Centres: 2)
Högskoleverket (HSV) [ENIC-NARIC Sweden]
Swedish National Agency for Higher Education [ENIC-NARIC Sweden]
P.O. Box 7851
SE – 103 99 Stockholm, Sweden
Visiting address:
Luntmakargatan 13, Stockholm
Phone: + 46 8 5630 8500
Fax: + 46 8 5630 8650
E-mail: hsv@hsv.se
Web site(s):
http://www.hsv.se/
Contact person:
Lars Petersson, Head of Department
Other Information Service
Swedish Institute
Skeppsbron 2
PO Box 7434
SE - 103 91 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone: +46 8 453 78 00
Fax: +46 8 20 72 48
E-mail: si@si.se
Web site(s):
http://www.si.se/English/
National Education Bodies
Official name:
Högskoleverket
Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
Högskoleverket (Swedish National Agency for Higher Education) is the public authority that oversees higher education institutions (HEIs) in Sweden.
Link(s):
English, Swedish: http://www.hsv.se/2.539a949110f3d5914ec800056285.html
Official name:
Skolverket
The Swedish National Agency for Education
The Swedish National Agency for Education is the central administrative authority for the Swedish public school system for children, young people and adults, as well as for preschool activities and child care for school children.
Link(s):
Swedish, English: http://www.skolverket.se/
Official name:
Utbildningsdepartementet
Ministry of Education and Research
Link(s):
English, Swedish: http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2063
Official name:
Myndigheten för Yrkeshögskolan
The National Agency of Higher Vocational Education
the National Agency for Higher Vocational Education is responsible for all publicly funded courses in vocational higher education throughout the country, coordinates and supports a national network for validation, serves as the national coordinator for EQF.
Link(s):
English: http://www.yhmyndigheten.se/english
Swedish: http://www.yhmyndigheten.se/
System of Education
Skolverket: The Swedish School System
Link(s):
Swedish, English: http://www.skolverket.se/
University Education
Higher Education in Sweden
Swedish Universities and University Colleges, Short version of Annual Report 2009 [PDF document]
Link(s):
English: http://www.hsv.se/download/18.211928b51239dbb43167ffe973/0923R.pdf
Study in Sweden
Link(s):
English: http://www.studyinsweden.se/
English: https://www.studera.nu/studera/1374.html
Quality Assurance
Swedish National Sgency for Higher Education
It is the task of Högskoleverket (Swedish National Agency for Higher Education) to review the quality of higher education
Link(s):
English: http://www.hsv.se/qualityassurance.4.28afa2dc11bdcdc55748000777.html
Post-secondary Non-university Education
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education is a governmental agency located in Västerås and Hässleholm. It administrates government grants and supervises all Higher Vocational Education in Sweden.
Link(s):
Swedish: http://www.yhmyndigheten.se/
Recognized Higher Education Institutions
Link(s):
Swedish, English: http://www.hsv.se/highereducationinsweden/highereducationinstitutionsheis/listofhighereducationinstitutions.4.28afa2dc11bdcdc557480002332.html
Searchable database: Degree awarding powers
Link(s):
Swedish: http://www.hsv.se/kvalitet/kvalitetssakring/examensratt/sokexamensratter.4.539a949110f3d5914ec800062372.html
Policies and Procedures for the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications
Qualification recognition
Högskoleverket (Swedish National Agency for Higher Education) is the public agency responsible for recognising qualifications from abroad.
Link(s):
English: http://www.hsv.se/recognitionofinternationalqualifications.4.28afa2dc11bdcdc557480002032.html
Swedish: http://www.hsv.se/utlandskutbildning/bedomningavutbildning.4.539a949110f3d5914ec800057796.html
Qualifications Framework
Framework
NQF
The national qualifications framework presents an overview of the higher education system in Sweden. It contains a description of the higher education sector, the structure of study programmes and qualifications, the admissions process, the quality assurance system and the process for recognising qualifications from abroad.
Link(s):
English: http://www.hsv.se/download/18.7b18d0f311f4a3995d57ffe2425/National-qualification-framework.pdf
Self Evaluation Report
No link is available at this timeDiploma Supplement Information
Organisation responsible for the implementation of the DS
Högskoleverket
Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
Swedish National Agency for Higher Education<br>
P.O. Box 7851
SE-103 99 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: + 46 8 5630 8668
Fax: + 46 8 5630 8650
E-mail: hsv@hsv.se
Link: Swedish, English
Additional information
Diploma Supplement has been mandatory since 1 January 2003 for all state higher education institutions. Since 1 July 2007 the Diploma Supplement is also mandatory for third cycle degrees. The Diploma Supplement is automatically issued in English.
The Swedish template follows the template recommended by the UNESCO/Council of Europe/European Commission.
Information on DS (legislation, template, chart, etc)
Information on Diploma Supplemen. Swedish template.
The information is in Swedish and the template in English.
Link(s):
Swedish/English: http://www.hsv.se/download/18.1db453f212664e532507ffe629/vad-ar-diploma-supplement.pdf
Chart of national higher education structure
Link(s):
English: http://www.hsv.se/download/18.1b5d7151142bc5ae1180001304/the_swed_high_system.pdf
Verified: 28. juuni 2010. a.
Total number of records: 18