| Stockholm University | |
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| Stockholms universitet | |
| Established | 1878 |
| Type | Public |
| Admin. staff | c. 5,100 |
| Students | 64,000 (all categories)[1] |
| Doctoral students | 1,900 |
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Campus | urban |
| Affiliations | European University Association |
| Website | su.se |
Stockholm University (Swedish: Stockholms universitet) is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. It has over 60,000 students at four faculties, making it one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is also frequently regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world.[2][3] Stockholm University was granted university status in 1960 and is therefore the fourth oldest Swedish university.
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In 1878, the university college Stockholms högskola started its operations with a series of lectures on natural sciences, open to curious citizens (a tradition still upheld by yearly publicly open lectures). Notable in the university's early history is the appointment of Sofia Kovalevskaya to hold a chair in mathematics in 1889, making her the third female professor in Europe. In 1904 the college became an official degree granting institution.
In 1960, it was granted university status, becoming Sweden's fourth state university. The university premises was situated in central Stockholm at Observatorielunden but as enrollment increased, lack of space made it necessary to move. Since 1970 most of the university operations are pursued at the main campus at Frescati north of the city center.
Askö Laboratory (Marine research)
Tarfala (Glaciology and Mountain)
Tjärnö (Marine Biology)
Tovetorp (Ethology)
Tullbotorp (Botany)
Stockholm University School of Business
Bergius Botanic Garden
Manne Siegbahn Laboratory
The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics
Stockholm Center for Marine Research (SMF)
Centre for Transdisciplinary Environmental Research (CTM)
Prior to 2008, Stockholm University had only one student union called "Stockholm University's Student Union" (Stockholm universitets studentkår, SUS). However as of 2008 the computer and system science students[4] and the teacher students have their own, independent, student unions called DISK and "The Teacher's College's Student Union" (Lärarhögskolans studentkår). The law students also have their own student union, as do journalism students (Studentkåren vid JMK).
The future of the Teacher's College's Student Union is however not entirely safe, as Stockholm University's Student Union has declared it will begin talks with the Teacher's College's Student Union on transferring its members to it, as it already has a teacher's division[5] In contrast to common belief DISK does not stand for anything.[6] As a further setback for DISK and the Law Student's Union, the board of Stockholm University has now rejected the applications from DISK and the other unions to have a status of student union in favour of Stockholm University's Student Union. Thus, after the overturn of the mandatory student union membership, the university will only recognize SUS as a representative body for the students.[7]
| ARWU World[9] | 79 |
|---|---|
| ARWU National[10] | 3 |
| QS World[11] | 178 |
| THE World[12] | 129 |
| THE Europe[13] | 41 |
In the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2011, Stockholm University was placed as the 81th overall best university worldwide.[14]
Whereas, in the 2011 QS World University Rankings[15], Stockholm University was ranked 178th overall in the world. Its subject rankings were: 104th in Arts & Humanities, 111th in Life Sciences & Biomedicine, 106th in Natural Sciences, and 100th in Social Sciences.
There are many ways to get to Stockholm University, the main campus Frescati is located near the underground railway station Universitetet metro station, on the red line of the Stockholm Metro. The commuter train line Roslagsbanan also stop close to the main campus, at Universitetet railway station. SL buses can also be used to get to the campus.
The Computer Science campus, Kista, also is close to an underground station called Kista. It is also located close to the pendeltåg station Helenelund, only 1-2 stops (depending on bus line) from the bus station Torsnäsgatan located next to the campus area. The Teacher Students campus is located next to the underground station Thorildsplan.
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