An agency with many tasks

The Swedish Council for Higher Education, UHR, is a government agency whose responsibilities span across the education sector.

Recognition of qualifications

Laws and regulations

Contact

Due to the ongoing spread of the virus, UHR has decided to stop accepting physical visits at our offices in Stockholm and Visby. You’re welcome to send an email or call us instead. Please be advised the response time can be somewhat longer than usual.

News

Record for spring semester admission
18 March 2020
This spring’s courses and programmes attracted more applicants than any other spring semester. ...
Government authorities recommend distance education
17 March 2020
The Public Health Agency of Sweden recommends that Sweden’s upper secondary schools, municipal ...
Higher education institutions’ work to combat sexual harassment should be supported by research
26 February 2020
Higher education institutions believe that the greatest obstacles in their work against sexual ...
UHR’s 2019 Annual Report
24 February 2020
Digitalisation was a focus area for UHR in 2019. The use of Artificial intelligence in the admi...

Information related to the coronavirus outbreak

The Swedish Council for Higher Education is carefully following the situation as it develops regarding the coronavirus.

What a foreign qualification corresponds to in Sweden

In the Qualifications Assessment Tool you can easily find out what your foreign qualification corresponds to in Sweden.

1,700 entries in the Swedish-English dictionary

UHR's Swedish-English dictionary for higher education includes over 1,700 entries. (Leads to a Swedish page)