University of Skövde

University of Skövde (Högskolan i Skövde) is a public higher education institution founded in 1977 in Skövde, Sweden. It offers undergraduate, master's and doctoral programmes across five schools: bioscience, business and enterprise, health sciences, informatics, and engineering. The university is internationally recognised for its game development education — northern Europe's largest — with over 600 students studying game development and close ties to the regional game industry cluster including Coffee Stain Studios, Stunlock Studios, Iron Gate Studio and others. The university is a member of the INGENIUM European University alliance and collaborates with Science Park Skövde and Sweden Game Arena. Skövde was named Student City of the Year 2025 by Sveriges Förenade Studentkårer. The university offers both campus and distance learning, and has degree-awarding powers at first, second and third cycle level.