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Heidi Hansson, deputy vice-chancellor, responsible for education
Ingrid Svensson, head, International Office

Internal reference group

An internal reference group was also linked to the project.
Jöns Ahlén, Department for International Cooperation, UHR
Nina Ahlroos, Department for Admissions and Student Information and Euro-
guidance, UHR
Yolanda Brännström, Department for Qualifications Recognition, UHR
Eva Holmestig, Department for Policy Analysis, UHR
Jari Rusanen, Department for International Cooperation/ Department for
Policy Analysis, UHR
Kristin Lohse, Department for International Cooperation, UHR
If you have questions about the project, please contact:
Anders Ahlstrand or Annika Ghafoori
tel: +46 (0)10 470 0459 tel: +46 (0)10 470 0640
[email protected] [email protected]

UHR’s role in internationalisation

The Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) is a Swedish government
agency with many different tasks in the education sector. In the field of
internationalisation, its responsibilities include:

ȇ on behalf of the government, the European Commission and the
Nordic Council of Ministers, coordinating and providing information
about supporting programmes for international cooperation and
exchange in the entire field of education, e.g. Erasmus+. www.uhr.se,
www.utbyten.se
ȇ supporting and developing information exchanges about the European
education system through Eurydice.
ȇ developing an international dimension to study guidance through
Euroguidance.
ȇ recognition of foreign qualifications, the home of ENIC-NARIC Sweden
which provides information about the recognition of qualifications
and credit transfers, and about the Lisbon Recognition Convention.
https://www.uhr.se/bedomning-av-utlandska-utbildningar/enic-naric-
sverige/
ȇ providing information about studying in Sweden and abroad and co-
ordinating admissions for most higher education in Sweden.

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