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# Departments and centres

**Source**: https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/contact/departments-and-centres
**Parent**: https://www.su.se/english/education

Education and research are conducted at Stockholm University within departments, centres and institutes.

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- [Departments](#h-Departments)
- [Centres within departments](#h-Centreswithindepartments)
- [University-wide centre](#h-Universitywidecentre)
- [National science centre](#h-Nationalsciencecentre)
- [Contact](#h-Contact)

## Departments

There are 51 departments, centres and institutes which answer directly to the boards of human science and science, or the faculty boards.

### [Departments − Human Science Academic Area](#svid12_3041c8b199371e9055b35b)

#### Faculty of Humanities

[Website for the Faculty of Humanities](https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/organisation/faculties/faculty-of-humanities)

Departments:

[Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-archaeology-and-classical-studies)

[Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-asian-and-middle-eastern-studies)

[Department of English](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-english)

[Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-ethnology-history-of-religions-and-gender-studies)

[Department of History](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-history)

[Department of Culture and Aesthetics](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-culture-and-aesthetics)

[Department of Linguistics](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-linguistics)

[Department of Media Studies](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-media-studies)

[Department of Philosophy](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-philosophy)

[Department of Romance Studies and Classics](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-romance-studies-and-classics)

[Department of Slavic and Baltic Studies, Finnish, Dutch and German](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-slavic-and-baltic-studies-finnish-dutch-and-german)

[Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-swedish-language-and-multilingualism)

[Department of Teaching and Learning](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-teaching-and-learning)

#### Other within Faculty of Humanities

[Accelerator](https://acceleratorsu.art/en/frontpage/)

#### Faculty of Law

[Website for the Faculty of Law](https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/organisation/faculties/faculty-of-law)

Departments:

[Department of Law](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-law)

#### Faculty of Social Sciences

[Website for the Faculty of Social Sciences](https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/organisation/faculties/faculty-of-social-sciences)

Departments:

[Department of Computer and Systems Sciences](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-computer-and-systems-sciences)

[Department of Child and Youth Studies](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-child-and-youth-studies)

[Department of Criminology](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-criminology)

[Department of Economic History and International Relations](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-economic-history-and-international-relations)

[Department of Economics](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-economics)

[Department of Education](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-education)

[Department of Human Geography](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-human-geography)

[Department of Political Science](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-political-science)

[Department of Psychology](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-psychology)

[Department of Public Health Sciences](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-public-health-sciences)

[Department of Social Anthropology](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-social-anthropology)

[Department of Social Work](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-social-work)

[Department of Sociology](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-sociology "Department of Sociology")

[Department of Special Education](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-special-education)

[Department of Statistics](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-statistics)

[Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/institute-for-international-economic-studies)

[Stockholm Business School](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/stockholm-business-school)

[Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/swedish-institute-for-social-research)

### [Departments − Science Academic Area](#svid12_3041c8b199371e9055b381)

#### Faculty of Science

[Website for the Faculty of Science](https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/organisation/faculties/faculty-of-science)

#### Mathematics-Physics Section

[Department of Astronomy](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-astronomy)

[Department of Mathematics](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-mathematics)

[Department of Meteorology (MISU)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-meteorology)

[Department of Physics](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-physics)

#### Chemistry Section

[Chemistry Section](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/chemistry-section)

[Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (DBB)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-biochemistry-and-biophysics)

[Department of Chemistry](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-chemistry)

#### Biology Section

[Department of Biology Education (BIG)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-biology-education)

[Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute (MBW)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-molecular-biosciences-the-wenner-gren-institute)

[Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-ecology-environment-and-plant-sciences)

[Department of Zoology](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-zoology)

#### Section for Earth and Environmental Sciences

[Department of Environmental Science](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-environmental-science)

[Department of Geological Sciences](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-geological-sciences)

[Department of Physical Geography](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-physical-geography)

#### Centres and institutes within science

[Bergius Botanic Garden](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/bergius-botanic-garden)

[Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA)](http://www.nordita.org/)

[Stockholm Resilience Centre](http://www.stockholmresilience.org/)

[Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/stockholm-university-baltic-sea-centre)

## Centres within departments

Within the University, there exist centers, including institutes and field stations, which organisationally belong to an institution. These units are often integrative research environments, involving several subjects and institutions, as well as third parties, but can also be specialised research institutes.

### [Centres − Human Science Academic Area](#svid12_3041c8b199371e9055b397)

#### Faculty of Humanities

[Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace](http://stockholmcentre.org/)

[Centre for Research on Bilingualism](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/centre-for-research-on-bilingualism)

[Centre for Logic, Language, and Mind (CLLAM)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-philosophy/about-the-department/centres-and-other-units/cllam)

[Centre for Maritime Studies (CEMAS)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/centre-for-maritime-studies)

[Centre for Medieval Studies](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/centre-for-medieval-studies)

[Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies (TÖI)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/institute-for-interpreting-and-translation-studies)

[Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies (NILAS)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/nordic-institute-of-latin-american-studies)

[National Centre for Swedish as a Second Language](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/the-national-centre-for-swedish-as-a-second-language)

[Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre (SUBIC)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/subic---stockholm-university-brain-imaging-centre)

#### Faculty of Law

[Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (SCCL)](http://www.sccl.se/?lang=en)

[Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice (SCILJ)](https://sccl.se/en/)

[Stockholm Centre for the Rights of the Child](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/stockholm-centre-for-the-rights-of-the-child) (SCRC)

[Stockholm Environmental Law and Policy Centre](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/stockholm-environmental-law-and-policy-centre)

[Swedish Law and Informatics Research Institute](https://irilaw.org/)

[Institute for Social Private Law](https://www.socialcivilratt.se/en/home/)

[Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM)](https://www.ifim.se/)

[Institute of European Law](http://www.institutetforeuropeiskratt.se/)

#### Faculty of Social Sciences

[Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-public-health-sciences/about-the-department/centres-and-other-units/centre-for-health-equity-studies---chess)

[Center for Monetary Policy and Financial Stability (CeMoF)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/center-for-monetary-policy-and-financial-stability)

[Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-public-health-sciences/about-the-department/centres-and-other-units/centre-for-social-research-on-alcohol-and-drugs---sorad)

[Centre for the Studies of Children´s Culture](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/centre-for-the-studies-of-childrens-culture)

[Hans Blix Centre for the History of International Relations (HBC)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/hans-blix-centre)

[Institute for Turkish Studies](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/institute-for-turkish-studies)

[Stockholm Center for Global Asia](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/stockholm-center-for-global-asia)

[Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (SCORE)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/stockholm-centre-for-organizational-research---score)

[Spider Center](http://spidercenter.org/)

[Stockholm University Psychology Clinic](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-psychology/about-the-department/about-us#StockholmUniversityPsychologyClinic)

#### Interdisciplinary center

[Stockholm Center on Global Governance, SCGG](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/stockholm-center-on-global-governance)

### [Centres − Science Academic Area](#svid12_3041c8b199371e9055b3b5)

[Askö Laboratory](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/stockholm-university-baltic-sea-centre/infrastructure/asko-laboratory)

[Astrobiology Centre at Stockholm University](http://abc.geo.su.se/)

[Baltic Nest Institute](https://www.su.se/english/research/research-catalogue/research-groups/f/baltic-nest-institute)

[Bolin Centre for Climate Research](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/bolin-centre-for-climate-research)

[Institute for Solar Physics (ISP)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/institute-for-solar-physics)

[International Meteorological Institute in Stockholm (IMI)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/the-international-meteorological-institute-in-stockholm)

[National Resource Center for Chemistry Teachers](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/the-national-resource-center-for-chemistry-teachers)

[Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO)](https://www.navarinoneo.com/)

[Platform for Local And Transitioned Eating (PLATE)](https://plateresearch.org/english)

[Stockholm Mathematics centre (SMC)](https://www.math-stockholm.se/en)

[Stockholm University Center for Circular and Sustainable Systems (SUCCeSS)](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/stockholm-university-center-for-circular-and-sustainable-systems---success)

[Stockholm University Centre for Radiation Protection Research ( CRPR)](https://www.crpr-su.se/)

[The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmo Particle Physics at Stockholm University](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/oskar-klein-centre)

[Tarfala Research Station](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/tarfala-research-station)

[Tovetorp Research Station](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/tovetorp-research-station)

## University-wide centre

### Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching

[Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/centre-for-the-advancement-of-university-teaching)

## National science centre

[SciLifeLab](https://www.scilifelab.se/) is a national resource of unique technologies and expertise available to life scientists

Photo: Ingmarie Andersson

## Contact

Please click on the website link if you have questions to the departments or centers.

Last updated: 2026-01-30

Source: Senior Management Team (SF)

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