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Administrative departments

Department of Administrative Services

  • Coordinating, monitoring and improving the systems for records management, finance, procurement, facilities management and human resources.
Head of Department, Nina Karlstedt: +46 (0)8 563 085 15
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Department of Higher Education Analysis

  • monitors and follows the development within the higher education sector, primarily at the national level but also internationally,
  • performs government assigned investigations, analysis and evaluations and is the responsible body for higher education statistics in Sweden,
  • responsible for certain issues related to admission to higher education, especially regarding entry requirements and selection criteria for higher education entrants, and
  • responsible for developping the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test for higher education.

Head of Department, Annika Pontén: +46 (0)8 563 087 57
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Department of Communications

  • Presenting comprehensive and unbiased information about higher education studies
  • Motivating young people to study at higher education institutions
  • Spreading information about the results of work undertaken by Swedish National Higher Education.
Head of Department, Eva Ferndahl: +46 (0)8 563 085 86
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Department of Information Technology

  • Procuring, maintaining and improving the information and telephone systems.
Head of Department, Lena Mahlberg: +46 (0)8 563 085 65
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Department of Legal Affairs

  • Inspecting higher education institutions to ensure their compliance with legislation and regulations
  • Providing administrative support and legal expertise to the Board of Appeals and the Suspensions Board
  • Ensuring the legality and quality of Högskoleverket's (Swedish National Agency for Higher Education) regulations.
Head of Department, Christian Sjöstrand: +46 (0)8 563 087 31
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Department of Quality Assurance

  • Evaluating the quality of first, second and third cycle programmes
  • Examining the entitlement to award first and second cycle qualifications
  • Reviewing applications for the entitlement to award third cycle qualifications
  • Developing and spreading information about quality assurance procedures in higher education.
Head of Department Maria Sundkvist +46 (0)8 563 086 93
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Department of Qualifications Recognition

  • Assessing post-secondary qualifications from other countries
  • Assessing whether post-secondary study programmes in other countries are of a sufficiently high standard for Swedish students to be eligible for student finance
  • Supporting higher education institutions with the expertise required to accredit higher educational qualifications from abroad
  • Granting qualified teacher status to teachers trained abroad
  • Applying international directives and conventions regarding the accreditation of qualifications from other countries.
Head of Department, Lars Petersson: +46 (0)8 563 088 23
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Last updated: 2011-12-16
Contact: Lennart Ståhle, Email: firstname.lastname@hsv.se
Swedish National Agency for Higher Education  Visting address: Luntmakargatan 13  Box 7851, 103 99 Stockholm
Phone: 08-563 085 00  Fax: 08-563 085 50  Email: hsv@hsv.se