Educational mission: FREE

Education should create freedom and liberate the individual. This is the inspiration behind our educational mission: FREE. Here you'll find more information about what FREE really means in practice and how it is implemented at SSE.

SSE’s FREE model is reshaping business education with culture at its core

Through the introduction of the FREE model, the Stockholm School of Economics has redefined modern business education by integrating culture, empathy and critical thinking into fact-based...

The FREE acronym

At the Stockholm School of Economics, we see education as an emancipatory activity. It’s about opening doors—to knowledge, to opportunities, and to new ways of thinking.

Free in practice

One way that SSE implements FREE into our learning and work environment is through our initiatives – Art, Tech and Sport – and the Literary Agenda. The initiatives are co-created by the SSE community – students, faculty, alumni and partners – and are embedded into the daily experience through our art walks and classrooms, inspirational seminars, physical activities and discussions.

SSE Initiatives

Education and knowledge development are processes involving not only the mind but also the body and the soul. That is why we have created the three SSE Initiatives - Art, Sport and Tech. The...

Permanent collection

The Permanent Collection at SSE is spread throughout the school and consists of works by both Swedish and international artists.

Literary Agenda

The Literary Agenda has for six years given SSE students the opportunity to participate in book circles and author’s talks led by faculty, staff and PhD students. We read seven selected books a year....

An education from SSE gives you an analytical toolbox that is valuable no matter in what type of career you end up. By learning the basics of a broad range of topics in business and economics, combined with the opportunity to specialize during the third year of the bachelor’s program or during the master program’s, the knowledge you gain is both deep and wide – all in a setting that is highly intellectually stimulating.

David

SSE Alumnus