A Unique School of Business

SSE is a private university with very little dependence on government support (about 10 percent of total revenue per annum) that trains young and mid-career women and men for leading positions in both the private and public sectors. About 1,900 students are registered in programs at various levels (the Executive Education Programs excluded). SSE research programs rank among the best in the world in areas such as Health Economics, Finance, Business Law and Economics, to name but a few.

Cooperation with the Business Community

SSE was founded in 1909 on the initiative of Swedish business leaders, and the School has maintained close ties with the business community ever since. Many firms are eagerly waiting for the opportunity to participate in SSE's partnership programs, and SSE has no difficulty in recruiting business leaders for its Board of Directors.

International Networks

SSE has earned a reputation for excellence, both here in Sweden and around the world. The School collaborates with several leading institutions of higher education around the world. In 1999, SSE became the first Swedish university to be fully accredited by EQUIS (The European Quality Improvement System). This means that our teaching and research in all fields have been found to meet the most rigorous international criteria.

SSE is the Swedish member institution of CEMS (The Community of European Management Schools). Only one business school in any given country is admitted to CEMS, through which Europe's seventeen leading business schools and approximately sixty multinational corporations collaborate.

SSE is also the only Nordic representative in ICEDR (International Consortium for Executive Development Research), a society comprising the 25 foremost business schools (Harvard University, MIT, Wharton, among others) of business and 40 of the leading corporations (ABB, Deutsche Bank, Unilever, Ericsson to mention a few) in the world.

Executive Education at SSE

SSE Executive Education AB is a subsidiary of SSE that offers open enrollment and customized programs for key personnel in private enterprise and public administration. The idea is to offer development programs of the highest quality and thereby to enhance the competitive strength of firms, organizations and individuals. SSE Executive Education is ranked on Financial Times' list of the world's leading business schools.