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Halmstad University, Sweden

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Type
  
Public University

Vice-Chancellor
  
Mikael Alexandersson

Doctoral students
  
102 (2015)

Phone
  
+46 35 16 71 00

Founded
  
1983

Established
  
1983

Administrative staff
  
598 (2015)

Location
  
Halmstad, Sweden

Number of students
  
9,126

Academic staff
  
289 (2015)

Halmstad University, Sweden

Address
  
Kristian IV:s väg 3, 301 18 Halmstad, Sweden

Motto
  
The Innovation Driven University

Similar
  
Linnaeus University, University of Borås, University of Skövde, Kristianstad University, Lund University

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A students life at halmstad university sweden


Halmstad University (Swedish: Högskolan i Halmstad) is a University (Swedish: högskola) in Halmstad, Sweden. It was established in 1983. Halmstad University is a public higher education institution offering bachelor's and master's programmes in various fields of studies. In addition, it conducts Ph.D. programmes in three fields of research, namely, Information Technology, Innovation Science and Health Science.

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Statistics

Halmstad University has 9,126 students, 50 professors and 102 research students (numbers from 2015). The study programmes and courses cover 41 degree programmes and 128 single subject courses. The university conducts doctoral programmes in Information Technology, Innovation Science and Health Science.

Profile

Halmstad university actively takes part in society and community development projects through an extensive programme of cooperative ventures involving the business and public sectors. In 2013, the university adopted a profile which is summed up in the following vision statement: "Halmstad University prepares people for the future by creating values, driving innovation and developing society."

Halmstad University's educational profile is made up of three interwoven areas of strength which can be summarised as the development and study of organisations, products and quality of life. This is based on the three main research areas of the university: Innovation Science, Information Technology and Health Science.

Schools

Halmstad university is organised into the following 4 schools (called "academies" in Swedish):

  • School of Business, Engineering and Science
  • School of Health and Welfare
  • School of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences
  • School of Information Technology
  • Research Centres and Research Groups

    The research at Halmstad university is organised into the following 6 research centres:

  • Biological and Environmental Systems Research (BLESS)
  • Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Learning research (CIEL)
  • Center for Learning, Culture and Society (CLKS)
  • Center of research on Welfare, Health and Sport (CVHI)
  • Halmstad Embedded and Intelligent Systems Research (EIS)
  • Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design (MTEK)
  • References

    Halmstad University, Sweden Wikipedia