About us and what we do
At the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism at Stockholm University we are approxinmately 90 staff members. 70 of them are at the former unit Scandinavian Languages, doing research on and teaching in the subjects Swedish, Swedish as a second language and Scandinavian languages for about 3,000 students every year. We offer two Bachelor's programme and one Master's programme, and approximately 60 courses each semester. (These figures will be updated, since we became a new department on January 1 together with a center and an institute.)
Swedish, Swedish as a second language and Scandinavian languages
We have approximately 1,600 students every year. Out of these, about 800 study Swedish/Swedish as a second language/Scandinavian languages at the basic level, and a handful study at the advanced level. At the department there are approximately 20 doctoral students. Each semester we have 30–40 exchange students.
Programmes in Education
In collaboration with the Department of Language Education we educate 400–600 teacher students in Swedish courses each semester.
Swedish as a foreign language
Swedish as a foreign language is studied by approximately 200 students who need general entry requirements for higher education, and by approximately 500 exchange and guest students from other departments who take shorter courses in Swedish.
Swedish for International Students
Tisus
Tisus (Test In Swedish for University Studies) is taken by approximately 300 students in Sweden every semester, and we also arrange for it to be taken at approximately 70 locations abroad.
Our staff
The department has approx. 6o employees: head of department, directors of studies, administrative staff, professors, researchers, visiting research fellows, doctoral students, research assistants, senior lecturers and lecturers.
Stockholm University
Stockholm University has more than 64,000 students and 5,000 staff members.
Last updated:
January 18, 2013
Page editor:
Pia Nordin
Source: Gunlög Sundberg
