A Higher Education Diploma is a basic qualification in higher education that comprises 120 credits, equivalent to two years of full-time study.

• 60 credits in a main field of study (e.g. Business Administration, Sociology or Environmental Science). These credits must include an independent project/essay worth at least 7.5 credits.
• The remaining 60 credits are optional courses in any subject.

A Bachelor’s degree is a three-year undergraduate degree comprising 180 credits.

• 90 credits in a main field of study with progressive specialisation in a subject such as Political Science, History or Psychology.
• These 90 credits must include an independent project/essay (degree project) of at least 15 credits.
• The remaining 90 credits are optional courses.

A Bachelor’s degree is a three-year undergraduate degree comprising 180 credits, which is six semesters of full-time study.

This degree requires:

• 90 credits in the main field of study – Business Law or Public Law – with progressive specialisation, including an independent essay/project (degree project) worth at least 15 credits.
• 90 credits of courses in the field of law

A Bachelor’s degree in Business and Economics is a three-year undergraduate degree comprising 180 credits. It combines courses in Business Studies and Economics.

Building your degree requires:

• Main field of study: 90 credits in Business Studies or Economics, with progressive specialisation, including an independent project/essay (degree project) worth at least 15 credits. So that courses in Business Studies do not overlap, the head of subject recommends that courses at A and B levels are studied at the same higher education institution.
• 30 credits in Economics (if Business Studies is the main field of study) or Business Studies (if Economics is the main field of study).
• 30 credits in a subject related to economics, or:
  - two subjects related to Economics, each worth a total of 15 credits.
  Subjects related to economics that are offered at Södertörn University are: Statistics, Commercial Law, Informatics, Logistics, Business Law, Tax Law, Entrepreneurship.
• 30 credits of optional courses.

A one-year Master’s degree comprises 60 credits. It builds upon a previous Bachelor’s degree and provides deeper knowledge in a main field of study.

Building your one-year Master’s degree requires:

• 30 credits of specialised courses in the main field of study at Master’s level, including an independent essay (degree project) worth at least 15 credits.
• 30 credits of optional courses/any subject, at Master’s level.

Of the total credits in a one-year Master’s degree, a maximum of 15 credits can come from Bachelor’s level courses.

A one-year Master’s degree comprises 60 credits. It builds on a previous Bachelor’s degree and provides deeper knowledge in a main field of study.

Building your one-year Master’s degree requires:

• Specialised courses in the main field of study at Master’s level, including an independent essay (degree project) worth at least 15 credits.
• Courses in the field of law at Master’s level, 30 credits

A one-year Master’s degree in Business and Economics comprises 60 credits. It builds on a previous Bachelor’s degree in Economics with a specialisation in Business Studies or Economics and provides in-depth knowledge in the subject.

Building your one-year Master’s degree requires:

• Courses in the main field of study at Master’s level (60 credits), including an independent essay/project in the main field of study worth at least 15 credits.

Of the total credits in a one-year Master’s degree, a maximum of 15 credits can come from Bachelor’s level courses.

A one-year Master’s degree in Political Science comprises 60 credits. It is aimed at people who have a previous degree in Political Science or Economics, and who want to deepen their knowledge of the subject.

Building your one-year Master’s degree in Political Science requires:

• Completed Bachelor’s degree including: 90 credits in Political Science or Economics, 30 credits in Economics (if Political Science is the main field of study) or 30 credits in Political Science (if Economics is the main field of study), 30 credits in Business Studies, Public Administration, Geography, Statistics, Law or Global Development Studies and 30 credits of optional courses.
• Courses in the main field of study (Political Science or Economics) at Master’s level (60 credits), including an independent essay/project in the main field of study worth at least 15 credits.

Of the total credits in a one-year Master’s degree, a maximum of 15 credits can come from Bachelor’s level courses.

A two-year Master’s degree comprises 120 credits. It builds on a previous Bachelor’s degree and provides deeper knowledge in a main field of study.

Building your two-year Master’s degree requires:

• Completed Bachelor’s degree
• Specialised courses in the main field of study worth 60 credits at Master’s level, including an independent project (dissertation) of at least 30 credits, or of at least 15 credits if an independent project of at least 15 credits
  has already been completed at Master’s level in the main field of study.
• 60 credits of optional courses/any subject, at Master’s level.

Of the total credits in a two-year Master’s degree, a maximum of 30 credits can come from Bachelor’s level courses.

A two-year Master’s degree in Business and Economics comprises 120 credits. It provides in-depth knowledge in Business Studies or Economics and is provides further education for people who already have a Bachelor’s degree in Business or Economics.

• 60 credits in the main field of study (Business Studies or Economics) at Master’s level, including an independent project (dissertation) of at least 30 credits, or of at least 15 credits if an independent project of at least 15 credits has already been completed at Master’s level in the main field of study.

A licentiate degree is awarded after the doctoral student has completed a programme of 120 credits in a subject in which doctoral education is offered, or after the doctoral student has completed one part (comprising at least 120 credits) of a programme intended to conclude with the award of a PhD, if the university decides that such a licentiate degree can be awarded.

For a Degree of Licentiate the doctoral student must have been awarded a pass grade for a research thesis of at least 60 credits.

A Degree of Doctor is awarded after the doctoral student has completed a programme of 240 credits in a subject in which doctoral education is offered.

For a doctoral degree, the doctoral student must have been awarded a pass grade for a documented research project (doctoral thesis) worth at least 120 credits.