The Stockholm School of Economics is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along with PhD- and Executive education programs. 

SSE’s Master program in Finance is ranked no.18 worldwide as of 2018. The Masters in Management program is ranked no. 7 worldwide by the Financial Times. QS ranks SSE no.26 among universities in the field of economics worldwide. The school is the only privately funded university in Sweden.

Academics

Admission

For Master programmes, applicants have to have a GMAT score of over 600 and a TOEFL iBT score of over 100 in order to be considered suitable for applying. In the academic year 2012/2013 the university received 3261 applications for the four Masters programmes which it offered at the time. Therefore, the according acceptance rate would have been low.

Grading

SSE uses a 5-grading scale which includes the following, Excellent (5.0), Very Good 4.0), Good (3.5), Pass (3.0) and Fail (0.0). A Grade Point Average (GPA) is giving between 3.0 and 5.0. There is also a possibility to obtain an award, Outstanding Achievement, which implies that the student gets at least Excellent as final grade, and that it’s the first time the student are taking the course. The person responsible for the course have the opportunity to award up to 10 % of the students with Outstanding Achievement. The award does not impact the calculation of the student’s Grade Point Average (GPA). Furthermore, the 10 percent of students with the highest GPA in the BSc programmes who complete the studies on time, that is, no later than three years after they were enrolled, receive the President’s list award. Completion of studies on time entails having completed all courses in connection with the examination retake period in August at the latest. 

Programmes

Stockholm School of Economics offers the following programmes:

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Business and Economics
• Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Retail Management
• Master of Science (MSc) in Finance
• Master of Science (MSc) in Business & Management
• Master of Science (MSc) in Accounting, Valuation & Financial Management
• Master of Science (MSc) in Economics
• Master of Science (MSc) in International Business
• Doctoral (PhD) Programme with three specializations (Business Administration, Economics, Finance)
• MBA Program (offered in executive format)

The educational programmes are all conducted in English since fall 2020. 

Bachelor’s programmes

SSE Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics

The Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics is a three-year program (180 ECTS credits). The BSc in Business and Economics is a program designed for students with an interest in a broad business education, including subjects as economics, finance, accounting, marketing, management, entrepreneurship, data analytics, business law and strategy. The program makes you eligible to study a MSc at the Stockholm School of Economics or another university in Sweden or abroad. Yearly, roughly 300 students are enrolled in the BE programme.

SSE Bachelor of Science in Retail Management

The Bachelor of Science in Retail Management is a three-year program (180 ECTS credits). The BSc in Retail Management is a specialised program focused mainly on retailing. During the third year of the program students are taking an Applied retail track where theory and practice are combined. BSc in Retail Management makes you eligible to most of the MSc programmes at SSE and also other MSc programmes in Sweden or abroad. Compared to SSE’s Business and Economics programme the Retail Management programme offers fewer student places, 60 opposed to 300. 

Master’s programmes

SSE Master of Science in Business and Management

The Master of Science in Business and Management is a two-year program (120 ECTS credits). There are offered three specializations: International Business (CEMS), Management and Marketing & Media Management. Within their specialization, students write a Master’s thesis worth 30 ECTS credits.

SSE Master of Science in Economics

The MSc in Economics is a program designed for students with a background in economics or business. As well as the other master programs it is a two-year program with 120 ECTS. There are offered two specializations: Applied Economic Analysis and International Economics.

SSE Master of Science in Finance

The MSc in Finance is a program designed for students with a background in finance or business. As well as the other master programs it is a two-year program with 120 ECTS. There are offered two specializations: Corporate Finance and Investment management. 

SSE Master of Science in International Business

The MSc in International Business is a two-year program targeting students who see the world as their home and is fully integrated with CEMS MIM. The current CEMS Club Board is represented by Martina Mariani, Sebastian Schaaf and Julia Gerwien. The MSc Program in International Business takes part in the FT Masters in Management ranking. The latest ranking placed the program 7th out of 100 participating top international business schools.

SSE Master of Science in Accounting, Valuation, and Financial Management

The MSc in Accounting, Valuation, and Financial Management is also a two-year program (120 ECTS). After a core of four courses in the first semester, students are allowed to choose between a limited number of courses in the second semester. In the third semester, students may apply for an exchange program, an executive trainee program, or free choice of electives. In the fourth and final semester, students work in pairs on a thesis. Students may also apply for a double degree with a CEMS Msc in International Management degree.

MBA programme

SSE Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Executive Format

The SSE EMBA program was launched in 2001. Since 2001, the year the Financial Times began its Executive MBA ranking, the SSE Executive MBA has been the first in the Nordic league. Worldwide its average rank in the last three years was 56.

PhD programmes

SSE PhD in Business Administration, Economics, Finance

The SSE PhD Program was launched more than 60 years ago and has graduated more than 500 PhDs. There are three separate PhD programs at SSE:

• Business Administration 
• Economics 
• Finance