Swedish

Noun

högskola c

1. college (university); university college; an institution of higher education teaching undergraduates, but does not in general have the rights to issue graduate degrees, except for specified fields.

Declension

Usage notes

• In practice, the term is also retained in some names of universities even after they were given permission to issue graduate degrees. See also the entry högskola in English Wikipedia.

Derived terms

• folkhögskola
• handelshögskola
• högskoleförordning
• högskolelag
• högskolepoäng
• högskolestudent
• teknisk högskola