Ersta Sk?ndal Br?cke University College (Swedish: Ersta Sk?ndal Br?cke h?gskola) is a private Swedish institution for higher education and research. The university college has departments for education in nursing, social work, church music, theology and psychotherapy as well as research within the field of social science, welfare rights, health care science and ethics, palliative care, diaconal research, organizational and worklife ethics and psychotherapy research.