Type public Doctoral students 57 Phone +46 33 435 40 00 Rector Björn Brorström | Established 1977 Total enrollment 15,000 (2010) Founded 1977 | |
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Motto in English Science for the professions Administrative staff Appr. 700 (2016), 439 lecturers (55 % PhD) Students appr. 12.000 (5.655 full-time, 2016) Address Allégatan 1, 503 32 Borås, Sweden Motto Vetenskap för profession (Science for the professions) Affiliation European University Association Similar University of Skövde, University of Gothenburg, University College West, Halmstad University - Sweden, Linnaeus University Profiles | ||
Introduction day at the university of bor s
The University of Borås (UB) is a Swedish university college in the city of Borås. It was founded in 1977 and has around 13 000 students.
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Faculties and location
The University of Borås is a modern university located in the centre of the city. UB has 13 000 students and 700 employees. Several of our study programmes can only be found here with us and this attracts students from all over Sweden.
As of July 1, 2014 the University is organised within three faculties: Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business, Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare and Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
The University offers courses and study programmes within the areas of: Library and Information Science, Business and Informatics, Fashion and Textile Studies, Behavioural and Education Sciences, Engineering and Health Sciences
Our research is organised in six areas: Business and IT, The Human Perspective in Care, Library and Information Science, Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, Teacher Education and Education Work and Textiles and Fashion (design and general). We are entitled to award doctoral degrees within three of these areas; Library and Information Science, Resource Recovery, The Human Perspective in Care and Textiles and Fashion (design and general).
Together with the business sphere as well as the public sector we manage education and research of high international quality and social relevance. We call it “Science for the professions” and it influences everything that we do. The administrative support at the University is organised within Professional Services.
University of Borås is a member of the European University Association, EUA. EUA represents and supports higher education institutions in 46 countries, providing them with a unique forum to cooperate and keep abreast of the latest trends in higher education and research policies.
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).