The Ministry of Education and Research is responsible for the Government’s education, research and youth policy. The Ministry works on issues including school performance, conditions for teachers, study financing and living conditions for young people.

The council is a public agency in the field of higher education responsible i.a. for admissions to higher education, information about study programmes, mobility and recognition of foreign qualifications.

UKÄ evaluates the quality of higher education and research, analyses the development, is responsible for official statistics about higher education and monitors compliance with laws and regulations among universities and university colleges.

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.

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.

Skolverket - The National Agency for Education

is the central administrative authority for the public school system, publicly organised preschooling, school-age childcare and for adult education.

Learn about Sweden and discover Sweden´s higher education institutions.

Search for courses in all Swedish higher education institutions.

Introduction to Higher Education, Study levels and degrees, Application process, What´s it like to study in Sweden, Information for asylum seekers etc.

In the online version of the 2018 status report you can easily search for specific data, copy texts and figures and print pages or create your own pdf.

Swedish Higher Education Authority evaluate the quality of higher education and research. It is vital for students, employers and society at large that all Swedish higher education and research are of high quality. Four separate evaluations form a national system for quality assurance.

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.

This page contains a list of higher education institutions that participate in quality assurance reviews, have been granted degree-awarding powers and are officially recognised.

Swedish Council for Higher Education lists non-recognized higher education institutions in Sweden.

The Swedish Council for Higher Education evaluates foreign qualifications in order to provide support for people looking for work in Sweden, people who wish to continue studying, or for employers who wish to employ someone with foreign qualifications.

Short information in different languages is also available here.

This portal is for everyone who is new to Sweden and wants to find information about Swedish society quickly and easily.

The Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) evaluates foreign qualifications in order to provide support for people looking for work in Sweden, people who wish to continue studying. The credential evaluation carried out by UHR aims to describe the foreign qualification in a recognition statement that can be used for these purposes. Here you can find everything you need to know about applying for an evaluation of your foreign qualification. Information is available in Arabic, Farsi and other languages.

If you do not have any documentation of all or part of your foreign higher education, (academic or post-secondary vocational education), you can apply to UHR for a background paper instead of a recognition statement.