University of Borås
Encyclopedia
University of Borås is a university college (högskola) in Borås
, Sweden
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The University of Borås has six departments. It manages education in Library and Information Studies, Business and Informatics, Fashion and Textile Studies, Behavioural and Education Sciences, Engineering and Health Sciences. The campus is located in the centre of the city and has about 6,400 full-time students and 650 employees.
The University of Borås has the front edge on several exciting research projects, among other things 'Waste Refinery' and 'Smart textiles' which are preferential research and development areas in the region. Cloth which changes colours when the mobile phone rings, garments which measure muscular frequency and curtains which become lights in the dark are just a few examples of smart textiles. Furthermore, the graduates get jobs unusually fast. The fact is that the University of Borås year after year is placed in the top when the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
investigates the employment situation.
The University of Borås offers degrees in Industrial Biotechnology, Resource Recovery, economics, IT, teaching, engineering, nursing and is also the main place educational place for librarians in Sweden. Doctoral degrees are awarded in that field (Library and Information Science) as well as in Resource Recovery. Due to the city's long history in textile industry, the school also has a good textile and fashion department. The textile department is situated in an old textile plant, and as a consequence have access to industrial machines for weaving or creating textiles. The University of Borås further offers courses in business law, design and management.
Yes to awarding doctoral degrees, 30th June 2010
Borås
Borås is a locality and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 63,441 inhabitants in 2005.- Geography :Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the railway between Gothenburg and Kalmar, and is often considered the Swedish city gaining the...
, 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....
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The University of Borås has six departments. It manages education in Library and Information Studies, Business and Informatics, Fashion and Textile Studies, Behavioural and Education Sciences, Engineering and Health Sciences. The campus is located in the centre of the city and has about 6,400 full-time students and 650 employees.
The University of Borås has the front edge on several exciting research projects, among other things 'Waste Refinery' and 'Smart textiles' which are preferential research and development areas in the region. Cloth which changes colours when the mobile phone rings, garments which measure muscular frequency and curtains which become lights in the dark are just a few examples of smart textiles. Furthermore, the graduates get jobs unusually fast. The fact is that the University of Borås year after year is placed in the top when the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, or Högskoleverket is a Swedish government agency. It is in charge of inspecting and promoting higher education sector activities, through follow-up and evalutation of higher education, quality assessment, initiatives for updating teaching methods...
investigates the employment situation.
The University of Borås offers degrees in Industrial Biotechnology, Resource Recovery, economics, IT, teaching, engineering, nursing and is also the main place educational place for librarians in Sweden. Doctoral degrees are awarded in that field (Library and Information Science) as well as in Resource Recovery. Due to the city's long history in textile industry, the school also has a good textile and fashion department. The textile department is situated in an old textile plant, and as a consequence have access to industrial machines for weaving or creating textiles. The University of Borås further offers courses in business law, design and management.
History
The University of Borås was founded through the Swedish Higher Education reform of 1977. At that time, two educational programmes were already in place: The preschool seminar (based 1966) and the Librarian College (established 1972).Timeline
- 1866 Technical school of weaving (Väfskolan) is founded
- 1940 West Sweden's college of nursing is formed
- 1948 Technical school of weaving becomes the Textile institute
- 1966 Förskollärarseminariet in Borås is based
- 1970 University courses from Gothenburg's universities are given in Boråas
- 1972 The Librarian College (Bibliotekshögskolan) is established in Borås
- 1977 The College of Borås is founded. The college has two schools.
- 1980 Business and computer programs starts
- 1982 Textilinstitutet becomes the Textile college within the College of Borås.
- 1989 Engineering training starts
- 1991 The municipal-runt training course in hand weaving becomes a part of the college
- 1995 The college is given the right to issues Master's degrees (magisterexamen)
- 1996 Professorship in libraries' - and information culture is established
- 1999 The regional College of Nursing (Vårdhögskolan) in Borås becomes a department within Borås University College
- 2000 First professor's installation ceremony
- 2004 The University College's new library is inaugurated
- 2010 The National Agency for Higher Education grants the right to award doctoral degrees in Library and Information Science, and Resource Recovery
- 2011 The International Business Engineers study Academic Writing with LG & Emma (added 18/9 to illustrate source criticism).
Yes to awarding doctoral degrees, 30th June 2010
Headmasters
- Ulf Dittmer 1977-1977
- Nils-Bertil Faxén 1977-1989
- Anders Fransson 1989-2001
- Said Irandoust 2001-2005
- Lena Nordholm 2006-
Schools (Institutions) and units
- School of Library and Information Science
- School of Business and Informatics
- School of Engineering
- School of Education and Behavioural Science
- School of Textiles
- School of Health Sciences
- LibraryLibraryIn a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
External links
- http://www.hb.se/ - Official site