Economics at Stockholm University is highly ranked
Times Higher Education has presented its world university rankings for 2024. In the field of business and economics, Stockholm University is ranked as number 2 in Sweden.

About the Times Higher Education university ranking
In the field of business and economics, universities are assessed and ranked based on their performance in three disciplines: business and management, accounting and finance, and economics and econometrics.
The top five universities in Sweden for the field are:
- Lund University
- Stockholm University
- Linköping University
- Uppsala University
- University of Gothenburg
In the global university ranking table, business and economics at Stockholm University is placed at number 151–175 out of 801.
American and British universities dominate the top positions:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Stanford University
- Harvard University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Cambridge
Find the lists here:
THE World University Rankings 2024 by subject: business and economics
Applicants for economics increase at Stockholm University
For the spring semester of 2024, there was a 16 percent increase in applicants for economics, equivalent to 430 more people.
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Last updated: November 10, 2023
Source: Department of Economics