Motto You create reality Type Public university Budget SEK466 million Phone +46 500 44 80 00 Color Ruby | Motto in English "You create reality" Established 1977 (1977) Chairman Urban Wass Total enrollment 8,676 (2015) | |
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Address University College, 541, Högskolevägen 28, 541 45 Skövde, Sweden Undergraduate tuition and fees International tuition: 102,500 SEK (2011) Similar University of Borås, University College West, Halmstad University - Sweden, Dalarna University, Linnaeus University Profiles | ||
The University of Skövde (in Swedish: Högskolan i Skövde, HIS) is a state university in Skövde, Sweden. The University of Skövde was granted university status in 1983 and is now an academic institution with general and specialised educational programmes in topics like Business, Health, and Computer game design. Research, education, and PhD training at the university are divided on four schools; Bioscience, Business, Health and Education, Engineering Science, and Informatics. The university has approximately 9,000 students (4,000 FTE) in 50 undergraduate and 10 graduate programmes.
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History
The foundation for the university was laid in the 1970's by and act of the Swedish Parliament. The university was established in 1977. In its first year, the university offered 300 educational places. University status was achieved in 1983. The university moved to new premises in the mid 1980's in order to accommodate for a growing student body. The new campus was housed in the former Swedish Army T 2 Regiment barracks in central Skövde. In the following decade, new buildings were added to the campus as the university grew in student count and the integration of the, until then, separate School of Health Sciences (Swedish: Hälsohögskolan) as the Institute for Health Sciences. In later years, the university has established itself as a modern higher education institution with programmes video game development, bioinformatics, and data science. Something that has contributed to establishing Skövde and the university as a hub for Swedish computer game development with initiatives like Sweden Game Arena, and for research and development in IT with initiatives like the start-up incubator Gothia Science Park, considered to be an interface for science and local business.
Administration
The university is a government agency under the Swedish Ministry of Education and Research. The Vice-Chancellor serves as the agency head and is supported by the university board which is responsible for making sure that the agency performs according to official decisions.
Schools
The university's operational activities are organised into five thematic institutions:
Research Centres
The university's research is conducted by research centres and groups spread out over the five schools (above):
Departments
The University's administration consists of eight departments:
Rankings
In a quality assessment study of Swedish higher education conducted by the Swedish Higher Education Authority, the university ranked seventh in Sweden.