Facts in numbers
Stockholm University has 33,600 students (full-time equivalents), 1,200 doctoral students, and 5,400 members of staff. Below you will find even more facts for the year 2025.
Education
Revenues for first- and second cycle education: 2.8 billion SEK
Total number of registered students*: 45170 (63 % women)
Total number of full-time equivalent students**: 32267 (63 % women)
Annual performance equivalent SU: 25314**
*Students with a first or continued registration for a course that Stockholm University offered Spring semester 2025. Source: Swedish Higher Education Authority.
**does not include contracted courses, contract education or education that complements completed foreign education
Full-time students
Human Science: 29188
Faculty of Humanities: 10200
Faculty of Law: 2927
Faculty of Social Sciences: 16061
Science: 3439
Degrees awarded
Degrees awarded at the Bachelor's and Master's levels: 7137
General qualifications at the Bachelor's level: 3081
General qualification at the Master's level: 1647
Professional qualifications: 2409
International student exchange
Incoming students: 1688
Outgoing students: 968
Number of active exchange agreements: just over 1000 across 50 countries
Active doctoral students
Active doctoral students: 1224 (56 % women)
Degrees awarded
Doctoral degrees: 233
Licentiate degrees: 25
Staff
Total number of employees: 5401
Full-time employees: 4725
Professors: 561 (37% women)
Finance
Total revenue: 6.5 billion SEK
Government funding: 62 %
Grants (external funding): 28 %
Fees and other contributions or revenues: 10 %
Distribution of revenue by area of operation:
Revenues for first- and second-cycle education: 40 %
Revenues for research and third-cycle education: 60 %
Facilities
Costs: 1,000 million SEK
Annual report
The Annual report is the government's tool for following up developments at Stockholm University during the past year. The figures above are taken from the Annual report 2025.
Last updated: 2026-02-18
Source: Office of the President (MCW)