Education in Stockholm goes back to 1583, when the small college Collegium Regium Stockholmense was founded in by King John III in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

, Sweden.

History and institutions

Ten years after the opening of Collegium Regium Stockholmense it was shut down with most of its professors transferring to the revived

University of Uppsala Uppsala University (UU) () is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially founded in the 15th century, the university rose to s ...

. Research and higher education in the sciences has an unbroken history since the 18th century, when an incomplete education in medicine was started under the auspices of the Collegium Medicorum (= Collegium medicum) and various research institutions (such as the Stockholm Observatory) were founded by the

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. The medical education was eventually formalized in the form of the

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, founded in 1811. The

Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology (), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technology and is Sweden's largest technical university. Since 2018, KTH consist ...

(''Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan'', or ''KTH'') was founded in 1827 and is currently Scandinavia's largest higher education institute of technology with 13,000 students.

Stockholm University Stockholm University (SU) () is a public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, social ...

was founded in 1878 as a small municipal/private venture, but received university status and part of the state university system in 1960. As of 2020 it has 27,000 students. It has taken over many of the institutions founded by the Academy of Sciences, such as the Observatory, the Swedish Museum of Natural History, and the botanical garden Bergianska trädgården. The Stockholm School of Economics, founded in 1906, is one of few private institutions of higher education in Sweden. In the

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, educational institutions include the

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, which has a history going back to the conservatory founded as part of the

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in 1771 and the Royal University College of Fine Arts, which has a similar historical association with the

Royal Swedish Academy of Arts The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (), commonly called the Royal Academy, is located in Stockholm, Sweden. An independent organization that promotes the development of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other fine arts, it is one of seve ...

and a foundation date of 1735. In 2014 the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts (the continuation of the school of the

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre (, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The theatre has been at its present lo ...

, once attended by

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), the University College of Opera (founded in 1968, but with older roots) and the School of Dance and Circus formed the Stockholm University of the Arts. Other schools include the design school Konstfack, founded in 1844, and the ''

Stockholms Musikpedagogiska Institut Stockholm University College of Music Education (, SMI) is a Swedish University college (Scandinavia), university college in Stockholm which offers higher education in the field of music pedagogy in communal arts and culture schools as well as vo ...

'' (the University College of Music Education). Södertörn University was founded in 1995 as a multidisciplinary university college for southern

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, to balance the many institutions located in the northern part of the region.

Other institutions

Other institutions of higher education in Stockholm include: * Stockholm School of Economics *

* Royal Institute of Art * Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design * MKFC Stockholm College * Södertörn University * Ersta Sköndal University College * Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts * University College of Opera * Stockholm University College of Music Education * School of Dance and Circus *

University College Stockholm The University College Stockholm (), formerly the Stockholm School of Theology (), is an independent school for theology and Human Rights, human rights in Stockholm, Sweden,Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences * Stockholm Institute of Education

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