Facts in numbers

Stockholm University has 30,400 students (full-time equivalents), 1,300 doctoral students, and 5,400 members of staff. Below you will find even more facts for the year 2024.

Education

Revenues for first- and second cycle education: 2.6 billion SEK

Total number of registered students*: 41,451 (63 % women)
Total number of full-time equivalent students**: 30,393 (63 % women)
Annual performance equivalent SU: 23,408

*Students with a first or continued registration for a course that Stockholm University offered Spring semester 2024. Source: Swedish Higher Education Authority.

**does not include contracted courses, contract education or education that complements completed foreign education

Full-time students

Human Science: 27,210

Faculty of Humanities: 9,487
Faculty of Law: 2,771
Faculty of Social Sciences: 14,952

Science: 3,170

Degrees awarded

Degrees awarded at the Bachelor's and Master's levels: 6,835

General qualifications at the Bachelor's level: 2,943
General qualification at the Master's level: 1,491
Professional qualifications: 2,401

International student exchange

Incoming students: 1,658
Outgoing students: 932
Number of active exchange agreements: just over 1000 across 50 countries

Active doctoral students

Active doctoral students: 1,258 (55 % women)

Degrees awarded

Doctoral degrees: 213
Licentiate degrees: 30

Staff

Total number of employees: 5,459
Full-time employees: 4,744
Professors: 532 (35% women)

Finance

Total revenue: 6.5 billion SEK
Government funding: 61 %
Grants (external funding): 29 %
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: 1,005 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 2024.