Karlstad University
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Karlstad
Karlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. The university, being a former university college
University college
The term "university college" is used in a number of countries to denote college institutions that provide tertiary education but do not have full or independent university status. A university college is often part of a larger university...
(founded 1977) was granted university status in 1999 by the Government of Sweden
Government of Sweden
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. Originally it was a branch of the University of Gothenburg. There are about 50 training programmes, 20 programme extensions and 800 courses within humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
, social studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
, science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, technology
Technology
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, teaching, health care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
and arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
. As of today, it has approximately 12,500 students and 1,200 employees. Its university press
University press
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is named Karlstad University Press
Karlstad University Press
Karlstad University Press is a university press affiliated with Karlstad University in Sweden. It was founded in 2003....
.
Service Research Center (Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
Centrum för tjänsteforskning), or "CTF", at Karlstad University is one of the world's leading research centers focusing on service management and value creation through service.
On March 26 2009 the faculty of Economics, communication and IT formed Karlstad Business School (Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
Handelshögskolan vid Karlstads universitet) as a brand of their educational programmes in the business related areas.
Karlstad University has two a capella groups, Sällskapet CMB and Söt Likör. Many students live at the nearby student accommodation facilities called Unionen and Campus Futurum.
The motto of the University is Sapere aude
Sapere aude
Sapere aude is a Latin phrase meaning "dare to be wise", or more precisely "dare to know". Originally used by Horace, it is a common motto for universities and other institutions, after becoming closely associated with The Enlightenment by Immanuel Kant in his seminal essay, What is Enlightenment?...
(Dare to know).
Organization
- Faculty of Economics, Communication and IT
- Working Life Science
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Business Administration
- Information Systems and Project management
- Media and Communication Studies
- Economics
- Psychology
- Law
- Statistics
- Faculty of Technology and Science
- Biomedical Science
- Biomedical Laboratory Science
- Construction Engineering
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mathematics
- Materials Engineering
- Environmental and Energy Systems
- Geo-Science
- Faculty of Social and Life Sciences
- Biology
- Public Health Science
- Geography
- History
- Public Health Care Administration
- Sports Science
- Human Geography
- Environmental Science
- Nursing Science
- Oral Health
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Political Science
- Tourism Studies
- Faculty of Arts and Education
- English
- Film Studies
- French
- Gender Studies
- History of Ideas
- Visual Arts
- Comparative Literature
- Music (Ingesund College of MusicIngesund College of MusicIngesund College of Music is located in Arvika in the Swedish province of Värmland. It is the music department of Karlstad University....
) - Music Therapy (Ingesund College of MusicIngesund College of MusicIngesund College of Music is located in Arvika in the Swedish province of Värmland. It is the music department of Karlstad University....
) - Pedagogy
- Religious Studies and Theology
- Spanish
- Special Education
- Swedish Language and Literature
- Swedish as a Second Language
- Swedish Language
- German
- Public Health Science (www.kau.se/phs)
Notable people
- Stefan HolmStefan HolmStefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...
(b. 1976), retired SwedishSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
high jumper, works at Karlstad University today.