A unique meeting place for exchange and development
Photo: Mikkel Örstedholm.
The Swedish Defence University is the institution for those with an interest and commitment to security and peace, and for those who wish to combine practice and theory in an environment characterised by diversity and curiosity. Our programmes and courses are of the highest academic quality while also being closely connected to professional practice.
With us, you will gain the tools and knowledge to prepare you for working life – perhaps as an analyst, officer, diplomat, manager and leader, security expert, or crisis manager. A small university can offer great advantages. Here, you are not just one among many.
The encounter between students and teachers, between the civilian and the military, and between the academic and the practical creates exciting opportunities for exchange and development.
Subjects
Below you will find our fields of study for international students together with a brief description of each.
We have four International Master's Programmes within the subjects below and we offer a few stand-alone courses in English that allow you to work towards a Bachelor’s degree.
Our subjects
International operational law
Genocide, biological warfare, torture. Where is the limit of state sovereignty, and in which situations must the international community act? International law regulates when and how states...
Political science
Political science is about politics, power, and democracy. When you study political science with a specialisation in crisis, management and security with us, you will learn theories and conc...
Systems science for defence and security
Systems science for defence and security is a subject at the intersection of the social sciences and engineering, examining how both technical and social components affect the systems used f...
War studies
War studies can only be studied at the Swedish Defence University, where it is the main subject in our officer education. The subject concerns war, warfare, and the exercise of military powe...
