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...

Art Tours at SSE

Do you want to know more about the art at SSE? Join our open Tuesday Tours - every first Tuesday of each month - or book a student lead tour for a group. Open for all: students, faculty, staff and...

Literary Agenda

Sign up to the Literary Agenda 2024/2025. Literary Agenda is the school's reading project, and gives SSE students the opportunity to participate in book circles and author’s talks. You will belong to...

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