The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) or Handelshögskolan i Stockholm (HHS) is a European business school. Its Masters in Management program is ranked no. 17 worldwide by the Financial Times. QS ranks SSE no.26 among in the field of economics worldwide. SSE is a private business school that receives 85% of its financing from private sources.
The School is fully accredited by EQUIS and the school is also a Swedish member institution of CEMS together with universities such as London School of Economics, Tsinghua University, Bocconi University and HEC Paris.
In 2012 the university received 3261 applications for the 150 available places on their Master in Science programs.
SSE offers both bachelors and masters degree programs, MBA and PhD programs as well as providing extensive executive education customized and open programs.
SSE has founded sister organizations in the Baltic states: the SSE Riga in Riga, Latvia, and the SSE Russia in St Petersburg, Russia. It also operates a research institute in Tokyo, Japan; the EIJS (European Institute of Japanese Studies); and a recently founded undergraduate- and research institution; Center for Retailing; geared towards retailing, in Norrtälje, Sweden.
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