Stockholm University is a center for higher education and research, organized into four faculties: natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, law and teacher training. With more than 50,000 students and over 5,000 employees Stockholm University is one of Sweden's largest educational establishments as well as one of the largest employers in the Stockholm area.
Stockholm College began in 1878 with a series of public lectures on the natural sciences. In 1904, the college became an official degree granting institution and in the following two decades both the Faculties of Law and Humanities were established. In 1960 Stockholm College became a state University and four years later the Faculty of Social Sciences was added.
