Business and economics at Stockholm University is highly ranked in Sweden. Photo: Niklas Björling

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:

1. Lund University
2. Stockholm University
3. Linköping University
4. Uppsala University
5. 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:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Stanford University
3. Harvard University
4. University of California, Berkeley
5. 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.

Further reading: 

Applicants for economics increase by 16 percent