This list of universities in Sweden is based on the Higher Education Ordinance of 1993 (as amended until January 2006).
With few exceptions, all higher education in Sweden is publicly funded.
The universities are research-oriented and may award Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctor's degrees in many academic fields, whereas the högskolor usually are more focused on applied sciences, and only have limited rights granting doctor's degrees.
Note, however, that some universities still call themselves högskola in Swedish, mainly older specialised institutions in engineering and medicine (for instance KTH Royal Institute of Technology is called "Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan" and Chalmers University of Technology is called "Chalmers Tekniska Högskola").
The order of precedence is based on their year of establishment as a university.