Stockholm University shares a home with Sweden’s capital. With over 70,000 undergraduate and master’s students and 6,000 employees, Stockholm is the largest university in Sweden.
About fourteen hundred members of the student body are international. Over half of the university’s resources are directed towards research and postgraduate studies.
Four professors have won Nobel Prizes in chemistry, while another has received the Nobel Prize for Economics. Poet and Stockholm alumnus Tomas Tranströmer won the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Stockholm University has several agreements with other leading institutions, such as the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University, UNAM in Mexico, St. Petersburg State University, Moscow State University, and Universidad de Buenos Aires. Stockholm University is blessed with park-like scenery, despite its location in one of the cultural capitals of Europe.
Stockholm University has established several field stations, including Askö Laboratory for marine biology, Tarfala for geology, and Tovetorp for zoology.
