In Sweden, Norway and Denmark, a university college (Swedish: högskola; Norwegian Bokmål: høyskole/høgskole; Norwegian Nynorsk: høgskole/høgskule; Danish: professionshøjskole; literally meaning "high school", "professional high school" or "professional college") is an independent institution that provides tertiary education (Bachelor and Master degrees) and in some cases also quaternary education (PhD) to a very limited extent, and that traditionally has its emphasis on less academic and more vocational programmes such as teacher or nursing education as well as shorter technical education. It is somewhat similar to a Fachhochschule in Germany and to a Polytechnic in the United Kingdom.

In Sweden, Norway and Denmark, a university college (Swedish: högskola; Norwegian Bokmål: høyskole/høgskole; Norwegian Nynorsk: høgskole/høgskule; Danish: professionshøjskole; literally meaning "high school", "professional high school" or "professional college") is an independent institution that provides tertiary education (Bachelor and Master degrees) and in some cases also quaternary education (PhD) to a very limited extent, and that traditionally has its emphasis on less academic and more vocational programmes such as teacher or nursing education as well as shorter technical education. It is somewhat similar to a Fachhochschule in Germany and to a Polytechnic in the United Kingdom.