Top Universities in Scandinavian Countries – 2022
The Scandinavian countries offer the highest quality of life and always rank high in happiness and low on crime. For many international students, studying in Scandinavia is a life-changing, highly rewarding experience – and they are sure to receive a notable, world-class education. The four Scandinavian countries – i.e. Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden – are known for their highly advanced educational systems. To add to that many universities in this region offer ‘FREE’ higher education!! That means no tuition fess.
Here are the top universities in this region of the world based on three separate rankings: the Times Higher Education ranking (THE), the QS University World ranking, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities.
University | Country | QS | THE | ARWU |
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University of Copenhagen (KU) | Denmark | 79 | 96 | 30 |
Lund University | Sweden | 87 | 116 | 151 |
KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | 89 | 201 | 201 |
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) | Denmark | 99 | 185 | 151 |
University of Oslo | Norway | 102 | 119 | 61 |
University of Helsinki | Finland | 104 | 101 | 82 |
Aalto University | Finland | 112 | 201 | 301 |
Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | 121 | 251 | 401 |
Uppsala University | Sweden | 124 | 131 | 78 |
Stockholm University | Sweden | 148 | 176 | 74 |
Aarhus University | Denmark | 155 | 104 | 71 |
University of Gothenburg | Sweden | 180 | 185 | 101 |
University of Bergen | Norway | 199 | 201 | 301 |
University of Turku | Finland | 295 | 351 | 301 |
University of Southern Denmark (SDU) | Denmark | 309 | 251 | 301 |
Aalborg University (AAU) | Denmark | 326 | 201 | 301 |
Linköping University | Sweden | 329 | 251 | 301 |
University of Jyväskylä | Finland | 358 | 351 | 701 |
Umeå University | Sweden | 365 | 351 | 401 |
Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway | 369 | 401 | 101 |
While not all universities in the list made it into the global top 100, their academic quality is notable, and you can expect some of the best educational offerings that you can receive around the world. The University of Oslo, for example, has a wide range of research programmes ranging from entrepreneurship to physics, and is known for the Nobel laureates it spawned over the years. As the second oldest university in Denmark, Aarhus University is known as a very international school with a large variety of programs, hosting over 1,000 international students per year in both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Some data sourced from study.eu
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