Stockholm School of Economics

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Stockholm School of Economics
Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Established	1909
Type	Private University
Rector	Prof. Lars Bergman
Staff	300
Undergraduates	1,900
Doctoral students	230
Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	CEMS, EUA, ICEDR
Website	http://www.sse.edu/

The Stockholm School of Economics or Handelshögskolan i Stockholm is a business school and private university in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1909 to improve business education in Sweden. Controlled by a private trust, it also receives government support.

The school operates a Master of Science program in Business and Economics as well as a full-time MBA program and a Ph.D. program. At this time the school's Master of Science degree is the only degree offered to undergraduate students. The rigor of the program is comparable to other Master's programs in Europe and the United States. Within coming years the school will conform to the Bologna process and offer distinct BA/BS, MSc, and PhD programs.

The most well known scholars of the institution are arguably the economists Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin, who developed the so called Heckscher-Ohlin theory of international trade. Ohlin later received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1977. Heckscher is also known as the founder of economic history as an academic discipline in Sweden.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Alexander Bard
• Soki Choi
• Fredrik Eklund
• Klas Eklund
• Ali Esbati
• Per Krussel
• Erik Lakomaa
• Kristian Luuk
• Ann-Christin Nykvist
• Johan Renck
• Lars E.O. Svensson
• Margaretha af Ugglas
• Anne Wibble
• Mats Qviberg
• Peter Wolodarski

[edit] See also

The main building of the school, designed by Ivar Tengbom and built 1925-1926, is located at Sveavägen in central Stockholm.

• Stockholm school (economics)
• Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
• Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law
• Umeå School of Business USBE
• Lund School of Economics and Management
• List of business schools in Scandinavia

• List of universities in Sweden

[edit] External links

• Stockholm School of Economics - Official site
• SSE MBA - SSE's full-time MBA program
• SSE MBA brochure
• SSE IGP - SSE's International Graduate Program (IGP)