Södertörn University is situated about 15 km south of the city centre of Stockholm. It is a medium sized university in Sweden with 11 000 students in 72 programmes and 250 courses and with 100 doctoral students. It has almost 900 employees and more than 60 % of the teaching staff has doctoral degrees. The turnover exceeds 80 million euro.

Södertörn University combines interesting subjects to make engaging and often unique degrees. It conducts education and research in the humanities, social sciences, technology and natural science and offer teacher education with an intercultural profile. Research into the Baltic region and Eastern Europe forms a knowledge environment that is among the best in the world.

The University is characterised by a strong belief in the ability to think freely and critically and the desire to produce new knowledge and contemporary innovation. Research and education take place in close cooperation between academia, business and the surrounding community. Internationalisation runs through all the University's activities and is a natural element of all research and education. Södertörn University has more than 90 partner universities in other countries.