Sweden

• Governmental membership
  Sweden has been a Governmental Member of EQAR since April 2023.

  Map: EHEA countries by governmental membership

• General information on higher education

  Higher education and research in Sweden take place at state universities (universitet) and state university colleges (högskolor). All higher education is offered by public-sector HEIs or by independent education providers that have been granted degree-awarding powers. 

• National external quality assurance requirements

  The Swedish higher education institutions are evaluated by the Swedish Higher Education Authority. 

  • Institutional review of HEIs' quality assurance processes (audit)
    

  • Programme evaluations
    

• EHEA key commitment

  Fully aligned with the ESG

  A fully functioning quality assurance system is in operation nationwide, in which all higher education institutions are subject to regular external quality assurance by an agency that has successfully demonstrated compliance with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the EHEA (ESG) through registration on EQAR

  Map: implementation of the EHEA key commitment

• Cross-border quality assurance

  Not recognising foreign agencies as part of the national external QA requirements

  Map: recognition of cross-border quality assurance

• European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes

  European Approach not available to higher education institutions

  
  

  Map: availability of the European Approach for QA of Joint Programmes

• Permalink
  https://data.deqar.eu/country/166
• Further information

  • ENIC NARIC

  • Ministry responsible for higher education (Utbildningsdepartementet)

  • Sweden - European Higher Education Area

  • Laws and regulations that apply to HE in Sweden

Registered agencies operating in Sweden