Södertörn University
Södertörns högskola | |
| Type | public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1996 |
| Rector | Gustav Amberg |
| Students | 13,921 (2024) Full Time:7 484 (2024) |
| 100 (2024) | |
| Location | , Sweden 59°13′11″N 17°56′35″E / 59.21970°N 17.94308°E |
| Campus | Flemingsberg |
| Website | www.sh.se |
Södertörn University (Swedish: Södertörns högskola) is a Swedish public higher education institution located in Flemingsberg, in Huddinge Municipality in Stockholm County. The university serves the Södertörn area in southern Greater Stockholm and has approximately 14,000 students enrolled across around 80 programmes and more than 300 courses.
The university offers education and conducts research in the humanities, social sciences, technology, and natural sciences. It also provides teacher education with an intercultural profile and is responsible for delivering the national basic police training programme.
Much of the university’s research focuses on issues related to the Baltic Sea region and Eastern Europe. Within Baltic and East European Studies, Södertörn University hosts a specialised research environment. The Centre for Baltic and East European Studies publishes the multidisciplinary journal Baltic Worlds, which has subscribers in around 50 countries.
Södertörn University has a government mandate to provide teacher education specialising in Romani Chib and Romani culture and history, carried out in close collaboration with the Romani minority.
The university’s main building, Moas båge, inaugurated in 2002, was designed by White Arkitekter and named after the author Moa Martinson.