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The homepage provides link lists and addresses of educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools and international schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link „country resources“ with general information about the country.

The aim of Studera is to provide prospective Swedish students with relevant information about higher education opportunities, as well as information about careers and postgraduate studies. For non-Swedes the English homepage offers links to websites on international admission to Swedish higher education.

The Association was founded in 1995. Members are over 40 universities and university colleges in Sweden. The association aims at safeguarding the external interests of the institutions and at strengthening their internal co-operation. It co-operates with the European University Association (EUA), the Nordiska universitetssamarbetet (NUS) and the International Association of Universities (IAU). The Association organises conferences and seminars to discuss questions of education. Publications and the newsletter are available only in Swedish. There are links to all member institutions.

The Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education is responsible for all matters concerning Higher Vocational Education (HVE) in Sweden. It analyses labour market demands for qualified workforce, decides which vocational programmes are to be provided as HVE and allocates public funding to education providers. It also monitors and audit education quality and outcome.

saco (a trade union confederation for academic professions) informs about the procedure for validating skills and recognising foreign university degrees in Sweden.

SIRIS is an information system that informs about important aspects of the Swedish education system. It presents on school level educational statistics, inspection reports, reports of the schools and communities on quality assurance, expenditure and promotion in the education sector as well as a section on tools for statistical analysis.

The STINT Foundation was established in 1994 by the government. The mandate is to support the internationalisation of Swedish research and higher education and has two main components: to enhance the quality of Swedish research and higher education and to advance Sweden´s relations with other nations, culturally, economically and scientifically. The homepage links to information about STINT, scholarships and grants, EU framework programmes, The Swedish School of Advanced Asia Pacific Studies and information on PhD studies abroad.

Skolinspektionen (Swedish Schools Inspectorate) supervises schools in Sweden from pre-school to adult eduation. It verifies that the municipality or the independent school complies with the laws and regulations and monitors its quality and results. The website contains information for schools as well as for parents. Reduced information is available in several foreign languages.

This UNESCO POLICY BRIEF ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, May 2002, informs on reforms undertaken in early childhood education and care in Sweden since this area of responsibility has been handed over in 1996 from the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs to the Ministry of Education and Science.

The IIE is one of the few institutes in the Nordic countries specializing in international and comparative education in a multi-cultural and multi- disciplinary research environment. The website offers presentations of research projects and networks as well as the education programmes and courses at the institute.