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Top research institutions in Sweden

Uppsala University ranks first in Sweden on research quality in 2022–2025 (#144 worldwide), followed by Karolinska Institutet and Lund University.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionWorld rankTop-10% rateWorksAll time
1Uppsala UniversityUniversity · Uppsala #144 24.8% 10,504 #3
2Karolinska InstitutetUniversity · Stockholm #187 26.3% 8,930 #1
3Lund UniversityUniversity · Lund #234 24.7% 11,699 #2
4Stockholm UniversityUniversity · Stockholm #260 28.8% 6,568 #4
5KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Stockholm #285 23.1% 7,559 #6
6University of GothenburgUniversity · Gothenburg #295 27.3% 8,016 #7
7Chalmers University of TechnologyUniversity · Gothenburg #431 22.2% 5,248 #5
8Linköping UniversityUniversity · Linköping #558 25.1% 5,741 #8
9Karolinska University HospitalHospital / health system · Stockholm #721 24.9% 2,770 #10
10Umeå UniversityUniversity · Umeå #847 25.5% 4,874 #9
11Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesUniversity · Uppsala #966 32.4% 3,198 #11
12Science for Life LaboratoryResearch facility · Stockholm #1,210 33.6% 847 #15
13Luleå University of TechnologyUniversity · Luleå #1,280 23.7% 2,459 #13
14Örebro UniversityUniversity · Örebro #1,708 26.7% 1,946 #16
15Sahlgrenska University HospitalHospital / health system · Gothenburg #1,867 22.4% 1,828 #12
16Linnaeus UniversityUniversity · Vaxjo #1,892 24.5% 2,049 #22
17AlbaNovaResearch facility · Stockholm #2,164 33.4% 295 #18
18Skåne University HospitalHospital / health system · Lund #2,238 21.0% 1,555 #25
19Mälardalen UniversityUniversity · Västerås #2,379 27.9% 1,062 #26
20AstraZeneca (Sweden)Company · Södertälje #2,477 26.4% 508 #19
21Malmö UniversityUniversity · Malmo #2,632 26.4% 1,540 #17
22Bolin Centre for Climate ResearchResearch facility · Stockholm #2,947 36.7% 185 #27
23Karlstad UniversityUniversity · Karlstad #3,102 29.0% 1,264 #33
24Quantum Technologies (Sweden)Company · Uppsala #3,289 21.3% 209 #53
25Jönköping UniversityUniversity · Jönköping #3,830 29.7% 1,040 #34
26Halmstad UniversityUniversity · Halmstad #4,145 28.2% 834 #47
27Thinfilm (Sweden)Company · Linköping #4,515 22.0% 79 #35
28RISE Research Institutes of SwedenInstitution · Gothenburg #4,650 18.8% 1,062 #68
29University of GävleUniversity · Gävle #4,699 30.3% 655 #49
30University WestUniversity · Trollhättan #5,102 30.6% 515 #37
31MAX IV LaboratoryResearch facility · Lund #5,208 14.8% 159 #42
32Wallenberg Wood Science CenterResearch facility · Stockholm #5,258 24.7% 274 #32
33Mid Sweden UniversityUniversity · Sundsvall #5,304 25.8% 1,062 #36
34Nordic Institute for Theoretical PhysicsResearch facility · Stockholm #5,400 33.9% 72 #20
35Stockholm School of EconomicsUniversity · Stockholm #5,509 31.5% 516 #28
36Uppsala University HospitalHospital / health system · Uppsala #5,532 19.5% 710 #14
37Huawei Technologies (Sweden)Company · Stockholm #5,603 29.8% 322 #82
38Södertörn UniversityUniversity · Huddinge #6,166 31.7% 771 #55
39University of BoråsUniversity · Borås #6,369 29.2% 580 #38
40Stockholm Health Care ServicesHospital / health system · Stockholm #6,586 31.2% 380 #104
41Kristianstad UniversityUniversity · Kristianstad #6,699 28.5% 429 #77
42Region Västra GötalandGovernment institution · Vänersborg #6,775 25.1% 433 #98
43European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlGovernment institution · Stockholm #6,864 20.7% 226 #52
44Swedish Museum of Natural HistoryArchive · Stockholm #6,896 26.1% 283 #45
45Dalarna UniversityUniversity · Falun #7,275 27.3% 601 #58
46Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological InstituteFunder · Norrköping #7,508 24.2% 129 #30
47RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden)Company · Stockholm #7,697 31.6% 64 #102
48Blekinge Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Karlskrona #7,892 26.2% 592 #41
49University of SkövdeUniversity · Skövde #8,178 25.1% 421 #63
50Stockholm South General HospitalHospital / health system · Stockholm #8,317 23.9% 372 #48
51Ericsson (Sweden)Company · Kista #8,678 14.4% 688 #31
52Stockholm Resilience CentreUniversity · Stockholm #9,628 45.6% 147 #56
53IVL Swedish Environmental Research InstituteNonprofit · Stockholm #10,079 27.6% 141 #60
54Umeå Plant Science CentreResearch facility · Umeå #10,701 41.8% 115 #59
55Örebro University HospitalHospital / health system · Örebro #10,758 20.7% 221 #44
56Swedish Defence UniversityUniversity · Stockholm #10,937 37.3% 311 #79
57Emerson (Sweden)Company · Karlstad #10,954 11.3% 191 #125
58Danderyds sjukhusHospital / health system · Stockholm #11,449 21.7% 196 #71
59European Spallation SourceResearch facility · Lund #11,491 7.5% 138 #62
60Research Institute of Industrial EconomicsNonprofit · Stockholm #11,591 39.6% 191 #64
61Centre for PalaeogeneticsResearch facility · Stockholm #12,146 35.5% 131 #170
62Statistics SwedenGovernment institution · Örebro #12,411 20.3% 169 #90
63Linköping University HospitalHospital / health system · Linköping #12,838 17.1% 250 #50
64Volvo (Sweden)Company · Gothenburg #12,997 18.1% 250 #51
65Sophiahemmet University CollegeUniversity · Stockholm #13,003 24.1% 104 #161
66Bristol-Myers Squibb (Sweden)Company · Solna #13,547 14.7% 101 #61
67Public Health Agency of SwedenFunder · Solna #13,562 25.3% 93 #109
68Kista Photonics Research CenterResearch facility · Kista #13,689 22.1% 87 #70
69Helsingborgs lasarettHospital / health system · Helsingborg #13,886 22.9% 141 #89
70Scania (Sweden)Company · Södertälje #14,104 20.5% 141 #93
71Institute for Futures StudiesResearch facility · Stockholm #14,134 30.2% 181 #141
72Sachs' Children and Youth HospitalHospital / health system · Stockholm #14,157 27.9% 86 #91
73Stockholm Environment InstituteNonprofit · Stockholm #14,650 45.9% 100 #66
74Göteborgs StadsInstitution · Gothenburg #15,175 11.7% 273 #54
75Sustainable Innovation (Sweden)Company · Stockholm #15,236 19.0% 212 #140
76World Maritime UniversityUniversity · Malmo #15,549 24.5% 280 #169
77Swedish Veterinary AgencyGovernment institution · Uppsala #15,758 23.7% 77 #69
78Health Solutions (Sweden)Company · Stockholm #15,779 20.6% 150 #149
79Swedish Defence Research AgencyFunder · Stockholm #16,001 15.0% 255 #24
80Växjö KommunGovernment institution · Vaxjo #16,012 18.7% 61 #65
81Arctic Research CentreResearch facility · Umeå #16,085 12.8% 105 #134
82Center for Clinical Research DalarnaResearch facility · Falun #16,198 27.5% 110 #167
83Sandvik (Sweden)Company · Stockholm #16,470 11.5% 95 #75
84Stockholm County CouncilGovernment institution · Stockholm #16,517 26.1% 88 #67
85Swedish School of Sport and Health SciencesUniversity · Stockholm #16,826 29.3% 172 #130
86Knowledge FoundationNonprofit · Stockholm #17,057 16.3% 169 #107
87Marie Cederschiöld UniversityUniversity · Stockholm #17,133 24.4% 153 #126
88Ambulance Care (Sweden)Company · Stockholm #17,603 8.2% 165 #179
89Region Jönköpings länFunder · Jönköping #17,831 20.3% 101 #136
90Swedish National Board of Forensic MedicineInstitution · Stockholm #17,974 25.5% 67 #105
91Swedish InstituteGovernment institution · Stockholm #18,091 34.3% 115 #23
92Public Dental Service Västra GötalandHospital / health system · Gothenburg #18,400 21.5% 62 #96
93HUI Research (Sweden)Company · Stockholm #18,498 16.3% 127 #222
94Intelligent Machines (Sweden)Company · Bromma #18,511 18.8% 83 #132
95Landstinget i Kalmar länGovernment institution · Kalmar #19,056 19.4% 68 #116
96Swedish National Road and Transport Research InstituteGovernment institution · Linköping #19,660 21.1% 208 #137
97Hitachi (Sweden)Company · Västerås #19,884 8.7% 119 #263
98Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and EducationResearch facility · Gothenburg #19,954 23.5% 63 #256
99Ryhov Hospital JönköpingHospital / health system · Jönköping #20,014 28.1% 75 #124
100Hallands sjukhus HalmstadHospital / health system · Halmstad #20,557 22.6% 65 #196
101RatioResearch facility · Stockholm #20,588 29.2% 66 #106
102IQ SamhällsbyggnadInstitution · Stockholm #20,653 7.4% 670 #207
103Skaraborg HospitalHospital / health system · Skövde #21,602 14.9% 81 #97
104S:t Eriks ÖgonsjukhusHospital / health system · Stockholm #21,725 7.7% 195 #133
105Swedish Institute of Space PhysicsUniversity · Kiruna #21,989 19.6% 101 #83
106Saint Göran HospitalHospital / health system · Stockholm #22,248 20.3% 103 #120
107Swedish Transport AdministrationGovernment institution · Borlänge #22,314 15.4% 93 #190
108WSP Sverige (Sweden)Company · Stockholm #22,461 12.0% 68 #234
109Dalarna Science ParkInstitution · Borlänge #22,544 12.8% 95 #278
110International Data Group (Sweden)Company · Stockholm #23,193 8.8% 97 #212
111Nordic Africa InstituteResearch facility · Uppsala #23,225 17.4% 132 #214
112Abbott (Sweden)Company · Solna #23,387 2.7% 164 #151
113Vattenfall (Sweden)Company · Stockholm #23,609 11.4% 96 #92
114BAE Systems (Sweden)Company · Örnsköldsvik #24,017 8.3% 118 #86
115National Library of SwedenArchive · Stockholm #24,082 7.8% 97 #146
116University Hospital of UmeåHospital / health system · Umeå #24,307 10.6% 73 #108
117Informa (Sweden)Company · Lund #24,460 16.4% 75 #152
118Autoliv (Sweden)Company · Stockholm #24,476 6.3% 221 #210
119National Institute of Economic ResearchGovernment institution · Stockholm #24,833 15.2% 78 #200
120Vetenskap I SkolanInstitution · Malmo #25,117 5.2% 120 #155
121Forestry Research Institute of SwedenResearch facility · Uppsala #25,685 15.7% 64 #201
122Swedish National BankInstitution · Stockholm #25,784 18.1% 64 #180
123Nobel FoundationNonprofit · Stockholm #26,657 4.8% 134 #46
124Maestro (Sweden)Company · Vaxholm #27,598 4.6% 115 #283
125Swedish Institute for Studies in Education and ResearchUniversity · Stockholm #28,041 0.7% 65 #268

Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Sweden on the quality composite for 2022–2025; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.

Size against quality inside Sweden

The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.

0%20%40%mean 22.1064%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Uppsala University: 11k, 24.8%Karolinska Institutet: 8,930, 26.3%Lund University: 12k, 24.7%Stockholm University: 6,568, 28.8%KTH Royal Institute of Technology: 7,559, 23.1%University of Gothenburg: 8,016, 27.3%Chalmers University of Technology: 5,248, 22.2%Linköping University: 5,741, 25.1%Karolinska University Hospital: 2,770, 24.9%Umeå University: 4,874, 25.5%Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 3,198, 32.4%Science for Life Laboratory: 847, 33.6%Luleå University of Technology: 2,459, 23.7%Örebro University: 1,946, 26.7%Sahlgrenska University Hospital: 1,828, 22.4%Linnaeus University: 2,049, 24.5%AlbaNova: 295, 33.4%Skåne University Hospital: 1,555, 21.0%Mälardalen University: 1,062, 27.9%AstraZeneca (Sweden): 508, 26.4%Malmö University: 1,540, 26.4%Bolin Centre for Climate Research: 185, 36.7%Karlstad University: 1,264, 29.0%Quantum Technologies (Sweden): 209, 21.3%Jönköping University: 1,040, 29.7%Halmstad University: 834, 28.2%Thinfilm (Sweden): 79, 22.0%RISE Research Institutes of Sweden: 1,062, 18.8%University of Gävle: 655, 30.3%University West: 515, 30.6%MAX IV Laboratory: 159, 14.8%Wallenberg Wood Science Center: 274, 24.7%Mid Sweden University: 1,062, 25.8%Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics: 72, 33.9%Stockholm School of Economics: 516, 31.5%Uppsala University Hospital: 710, 19.5%Huawei Technologies (Sweden): 322, 29.8%Södertörn University: 771, 31.7%University of Borås: 580, 29.2%Stockholm Health Care Services: 380, 31.2%Kristianstad University: 429, 28.5%Region Västra Götaland: 433, 25.1%European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: 226, 20.7%Swedish Museum of Natural History: 283, 26.1%Dalarna University: 601, 27.3%Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute: 129, 24.2%RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden): 64, 31.6%Blekinge Institute of Technology: 592, 26.2%University of Skövde: 421, 25.1%Stockholm South General Hospital: 372, 23.9%Ericsson (Sweden): 688, 14.4%Stockholm Resilience Centre: 147, 45.6%IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute: 141, 27.6%Umeå Plant Science Centre: 115, 41.8%Örebro University Hospital: 221, 20.7%Swedish Defence University: 311, 37.3%Emerson (Sweden): 191, 11.3%Danderyds sjukhus: 196, 21.7%European Spallation Source: 138, 7.5%Research Institute of Industrial Economics: 191, 39.6%Centre for Palaeogenetics: 131, 35.5%Statistics Sweden: 169, 20.3%Linköping University Hospital: 250, 17.1%Volvo (Sweden): 250, 18.1%Sophiahemmet University College: 104, 24.1%Bristol-Myers Squibb (Sweden): 101, 14.7%Public Health Agency of Sweden: 93, 25.3%Kista Photonics Research Center: 87, 22.1%Helsingborgs lasarett: 141, 22.9%Scania (Sweden): 141, 20.5%Institute for Futures Studies: 181, 30.2%Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital: 86, 27.9%Stockholm Environment Institute: 100, 45.9%Göteborgs Stads: 273, 11.7%Sustainable Innovation (Sweden): 212, 19.0%World Maritime University: 280, 24.5%Swedish Veterinary Agency: 77, 23.7%Health Solutions (Sweden): 150, 20.6%Swedish Defence Research Agency: 255, 15.0%Växjö Kommun: 61, 18.7%Arctic Research Centre: 105, 12.8%Center for Clinical Research Dalarna: 110, 27.5%Sandvik (Sweden): 95, 11.5%Stockholm County Council: 88, 26.1%Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences: 172, 29.3%Knowledge Foundation: 169, 16.3%Marie Cederschiöld University: 153, 24.4%Ambulance Care (Sweden): 165, 8.2%Region Jönköpings län: 101, 20.3%Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine: 67, 25.5%Swedish Institute: 115, 34.3%Public Dental Service Västra Götaland: 62, 21.5%HUI Research (Sweden): 127, 16.3%Intelligent Machines (Sweden): 83, 18.8%Landstinget i Kalmar län: 68, 19.4%Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute: 208, 21.1%Hitachi (Sweden): 119, 8.7%Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education: 63, 23.5%Ryhov Hospital Jönköping: 75, 28.1%Hallands sjukhus Halmstad: 65, 22.6%Ratio: 66, 29.2%IQ Samhällsbyggnad: 670, 7.4%Skaraborg Hospital: 81, 14.9%S:t Eriks Ögonsjukhus: 195, 7.7%Swedish Institute of Space Physics: 101, 19.6%Saint Göran Hospital: 103, 20.3%Swedish Transport Administration: 93, 15.4%WSP Sverige (Sweden): 68, 12.0%Dalarna Science Park: 95, 12.8%International Data Group (Sweden): 97, 8.8%Nordic Africa Institute: 132, 17.4%Abbott (Sweden): 164, 2.7%Vattenfall (Sweden): 96, 11.4%BAE Systems (Sweden): 118, 8.3%National Library of Sweden: 97, 7.8%University Hospital of Umeå: 73, 10.6%Informa (Sweden): 75, 16.4%Autoliv (Sweden): 221, 6.3%National Institute of Economic Research: 78, 15.2%Vetenskap I Skolan: 120, 5.2%Forestry Research Institute of Sweden: 64, 15.7%Swedish National Bank: 64, 18.1%Nobel Foundation: 134, 4.8%Maestro (Sweden): 115, 4.6%Swedish Institute for Studies in Education and Research: 65, 0.7%Stockholm UniversityKarolinska InstitutetUppsala UniversityLund University
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