The Faculty of Law at Stockholm University was founded in 1907 and is the largest law faculty in Sweden. It has approximately 4000 students, 60 researchers with a PhD degrees, 40 professors and 70 Doctoral Students (figures from 2010). The Faculty therefore stands on a strong academic ground and even the undergraduate law programme is much sought after, receiving the highest number of applications compared with any other educations of higher learning in the whole of Sweden.

Stockholm University has been offering the Master programmes for some time now and is able to draw from the wealth of experience gained over the years. In addition, due to the fact that the university is situated in the capital of Sweden, the Faculty is able to utilize the excellent ties it has with practitioners in public administration, the private sector and interest organisations. An integral philosophy of the Faculty has been to integrate a strong academic and scholarly education with the continually evolving practical issues. Therefore, the Master programmes also invite many external legal practitioners to participate in the programmes, which gives our students useful insights into the concrete problems encountered when practicing law.

Finally, students are able to enjoy living in Stockholm as well as take advantage of the close proximity to the other Scandinavian countries. Stockholm itself has about 100 museums, among them the Vasa museum containing the only preserved seventeenth-century ship in the world. Nature is just around the corner with the famous archipelago. If you want to discover the rest of Scandinavia, Stockholm is a good place to start.
 

Edison Bin Liu studied at The Faculty of Law in January 2008-2009 and took a Master in European Intellectual Property Law. Read about his experience in the new general Master's Degree programme catalouge for Stockholm University.