Stockholms Tekniska Gymnasium (Stockholm Technical Upper Secondary School) is a

charter school A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located. It is independent in the sense that it operates according to the basic principle of autono ...

that is located in the district of

Östermalm Östermalm (; "Eastern city-borough") is a 2.56 km2 large district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 71,802 inhabitants, it is one of Sweden's most populous and exclusive districts. It is an extremely expensive area, having the highest ho ...

, close to the Stadion metro station in the Swedish capital of

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. The upper secondary school belongs to Thoren Innovation School (TIS) which in turn is a part of Thorengruppen. Before Thorengruppen acquired TIS in 2012, it belonged to Lernia AB. As of 21 August 2014, there are approximately 250 students that are studying in Stockholm at Thoren Innovation School. The school is situated in Löjtnantsgatan 25.

Programs

There are four different types of programs to choose from when someone starts to study in the upper secondary school: * Tech Program * Science Program * IT Program * Creative Program Thoren Innovation School in Stockholm cooperates with several institutions offering tertiary education, including 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 ...

(KTH),

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 ...

(SU) as well as with various types of companies. The upper secondary school was in a period of 8 years, from 2002 to 2010, run by STI and was located on the premises by STI on Östermalm.

Miscellaneous

Every student (as well as employees) receives a

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from the school that they keep until they graduate from Thoren Innovation school, after which the former students will be able to buy the laptop computer from the school for a low price.

References

External links

Official site
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