Higher Vocational Education

Higher Vocational Education (HVE) in Sweden: Advanced Skills Shaped by Work and Employers

Known locally as Yrkeshögskola, this Swedish choice connects occupational learning with practical workplace experience.

In Sweden, Higher Vocational Education (HVE), locally known as Yrkeshögskola, is designed around the skills needed in the labour market. Its programmes bring together advanced occupational learning, close links with employers and practical workplace experience. That combination gives learners considering a vocational route a clear connection to working life. The schools associated with HVE provide local starting points for understanding where this form of education is offered across Sweden.

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yrkeshogskola

Higher Vocational Education (HVE)

257 schools

Sweden

Swedish higher vocational education designed around labour-market skill needs. Programmes combine advanced occupational learning with close links to employers and practical workplace experience.

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Higher Vocational Education (HVE) schools in Sweden

The schools listed here are associated with Higher Vocational Education (HVE), the Swedish education option designed around labour-market skill needs. Review each institution individually to compare its name, location, and supplied description without assuming that the education is delivered in the same way at every school.

257 schools found

Västerås Yrkeshögskola

Västerås, Sweden

Västerås Yrkeshögskola develops vocational higher education with programmes shaped together with working life.

Higher Vocational Education (HVE)

Västerbergslagens utbildningsförbund - Miljö

Ludvika, Sweden

A vocational higher education provider in Ludvika with an environmental profile.

Higher Vocational Education (HVE)

Västerbergslagens utbildningsförbund - Teknik

Ludvika, Sweden

A vocational higher education provider in Ludvika focused on technical training within Västerbergslagens utbildningsförbund.

Higher Vocational Education (HVE)

Västra Götalands läns landsting, Biologiska Yrkeshögskolan - BYS

Skövde, Sweden

A vocational college specializing in green industries with training sites across Angered, Axevalla, Svenljunga, and Skara.

Higher Vocational Education (HVE)

Vetlanda kommun Vetlanda Lärcentrum

Vetlanda, Sweden

A municipal adult education hub providing vocational, gymnasial, and basic level courses.

Higher Vocational Education (HVE)

Vilhelmina kommun, Vilhelmina Lärcentrum

Vilhelmina, Sweden

Regional vocational hub offering specialized training in wind power, process technology, and heavy vehicle operation.

Higher Vocational Education (HVE)

VuxAcademy AB

Sundbyberg, Sweden

A vocational higher education provider based in Sundbyberg, included as a Yrkeshögskola.

Higher Vocational Education (HVE)

Wången Aktiebolag

Alsen, Sweden

Alsen's higher vocational education provider includes Wången Aktiebolag.

Higher Vocational Education (HVE)

Xe Drix AB

Växjö, Sweden

A higher vocational education provider in Växjö with a business-organized institutional identity.

Higher Vocational Education (HVE)

Xenter Yrkeshögskola

Tumba, Sweden

Vocational training across media, administration, pedagogy, and technology featuring professional lab environments and industry-integrated internships.

Higher Vocational Education (HVE)

YH Akademin AB

Falun, Sweden

A higher vocational education provider based in Falun.

Higher Vocational Education (HVE)

YH Akademin(Marknad)

Falun, Sweden

A higher vocational education provider established in Falun.

Higher Vocational Education (HVE)
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