högskola

• (archaic) Hög-Skola, höghschola, högschole

Compound of hög (“high”) +‎ skola (“school”). First attested in 1538.^[1]

False friend with English high school.

• IPA^(key): /²høːɡˌskuːla/

högskola c

1. college (university); university college; an institution of higher education that teaches undergraduates, but that does not in general have the rights to issue graduate degrees, except for in specified fields.

• In practice, the term is also retained in some names of universities even after they were given permission to issue graduate degrees. See also the entry högskola in English Wikipedia.

• lågstadium (grades 1-3)
• mellanstadium (grades 4-6)
• högstadium (grades 7-9)
• gymnasium (most commonly grades 10-12)
• universitet

• högskola in Svensk ordbok.