As of the fall semester of 2023, Stockholm University was the largest university in Sweden in terms of registered students. 37,000 students were registered at the university in the Swedish capital. The University of Gothenburg was the second largest, followed by Uppsala University. 383,000 students were registered at universities and other higher education institutions in Sweden in 2023. Stockholm University is ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. High share of the population with higher education degrees A high number of the Swedish population has a higher education. This goes especially for women, where almost 30 percent has a post-secondary education of three years or more. The share of men with this is just below 20 percent. Long tradition of state financial aid Swedish residents who are studying can apply for student grants, and loans with a low interest rate. Over 200,000 students in Sweden received both subsidies and loans in 2021. Furthermore, students in Sweden do not have to pay tuition fees.

UGU stands for "Evaluation Through Follow-up" and is one of the country's largest research study in the field of education, the country's largest survey of schools. As part of the national evaluation of the school, our study contributes with nationally representative data that can be linked to other databases. Researchers in psychology, economics, political science and pedagogy use our longitudinal data to know more about the Swedish school system and the labour market.

Today, UGU's working group consists of 10 people who work to varying degrees with the management, planning and development of the study. Metadata is available as codebooks on the website and increases the accessibility of data for interested researchers. Metadata increases the searchability and reuse of data in accordance with the FAIR principles.

The data set within the UGU project constitutes a valuable resource for the research community and for the education of students at different levels. Data are available on request for researchers and doctoral students at Swedish and foreign universities and colleges. There are restrictions on delivery to countries outside the EU. Inquiries about the data set are made by contacting the datamanager via email or telephone. Disclosure of data takes place after a formal request by filling in a user agreement. The agreement must be accompanied by a description of the project and a list of desired variables.