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  List of universities in Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This list of Swedish universities and university colleges is based on the Higher Education Ordinance of 1993 (as amended until January 2006).
University qualities are not defined in law or ordinance, but have traditionally included the existence of at least four faculties, considerable undergraduate education as well as an important research activity and quaternary education.
The Faculty of Medicine at Lund University and the university hospitals of Lund and Malmö
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_universities_in_Sweden   (751 words)

  
 SUNET's Web Index: Universities
University College of Halmstad - A young, dynamic university with a friendly study atmosphere situated at the Swedish West Coast.
University College of Music Education in Stockholm - SMI, is an accredited university college with the authority to award university diplomas comprising 80 and 120 credits in music education.
University College of Skövde - Established 1977, is one of the newer and younger universities in Sweden.
katalogen.sunet.se /cat/education/universities   (984 words)

  
 ISEP Institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Karlstad has a lot to offer, from outdoor activities and sports to culture and entertainment.
Profile: Founded in 1971, Luleå University of Technology (LTU) is one of 12 higher education institutions in Sweden with a fully developed research organization.
The university takes an active part in the development of the region and is a national and international center for knowledge.
www.isep.org /nus/sweden   (3411 words)

  
 Education
There is also a university in Karlstad, financed by central government, with 10.000 students.
All the standard subjects on the "gymnasium" curriculum are taught in Karlstad.
The Karlstad University is one of the largest in Sweden outside the traditional university towns.
www.karlstad.se /eng/education.shtml   (114 words)

  
 AU Abroad - Sweden: University of Karlstad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Karlstad, the county town of Värmland, with 80,000 inhabitants, lies at the heart of Scandinavia with Gothenburg, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo within easy reach.
Apart from training teachers, a tradition that dates back 150 years, Karlstad University offers 50 programs and 750 courses in the fields of the humanities, health science, natural science, social science, education and technology.
Unlike many traditional universities, Karlstad University is a one-campus university, characterised by integration and multidisciplinarity.
www.worldcapitals.american.edu /partner/karlstad.cfm   (178 words)

  
 The National Graduate School in Materials Science
The university’s key tasks are to closely integrate research and undergraduate studies, developing multi-disciplinary training and research programmes and working with various players at the regional, national and international level.
The University College of Trollhättan/Uddevalla (HTU) was founded 10 years ago and consists of five different departments, Dept. for studies of Work Economics and Health, Dept. for studies of the Individual and Society, Dept. of Nursing, Dept. of Informatics an Mathematics and the Dept. of Technology.
University of Belfort (France), University of Limoges (France) and University of Achen(Germany).
fy.chalmers.se /~tfybil/nfsmRep.html   (10075 words)

  
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The university includes the former annex of Uppsala University, the School of Social Work and Public Administration, the Training College for Nursery School Teachers, the College of Physical Education and the College for the Training of Music Teachers.
In March 1999, Mälardalen became the first university in the world to be awarded an environmental certificate according to the standards of ISO 14001.
The university is one of the most expansive universities in Sweden today and has the second largest choice of engineering education in Sweden.
www.sa.sdsu.edu /isc/study_abroad/pr__sweden_isep.html   (4307 words)

  
 Central Washington University - Study Abroad & Exchange Programs: Karlstad University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Profile: Karlstad University was founded in 1977 through the amalgamation of Karlstad University College (affiliated to Gothenburg University) and Karlstad Teacher Training College.
The university functions as a hub in the development of the region and as a national and international center for the generation of knowledge.
Karlstad is known as the sun city because of the legend of Sola i Karlstad (sol = sun).
www.cwu.edu /~studyabroad/europe/Sweden/ISEPKarlstadU.html   (1002 words)

  
 Indiana Unversity of Pennsylvania - Office of International Affairs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Profile: Göteborg University was launched through private initiative as a college of higher education in 1891 but, was formally founded in 1954 through the amalgamation of this college with the Medical College which had been established in 1949.
Location: Karlstad, Sweden-Karlstad, city and inland port in southern Sweden, partly on Tingvalla Island, on the northern shore of Lake Vänern, capital of Värmland County.
Karlstad is near the estuary of the Klar River.
www.iup.edu /international/abroad/IUP/sweden.shtm   (329 words)

  
 Space, Haunting, Discourse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The department of English at Karlstad University, Sweden, is organizing an international, multidisciplinary conference with a focus on different relationships between space, haunting and discourse.
The conference organizers will send letters of acceptance on university letterhead paper to session organizers, chairs, and presenters who need letters in order to apply for funding at their home universities or other institutions in their countries.
Karlstad University, Division for Culture and Communication, Department of English, 651 88 Karlstad, Sweden.
www.kk.kau.se /eng/conf/space   (754 words)

  
 DBWorld Message   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bo Edvardsson, Service Research Center, Karlstad University (Wednesday, August 19): Challenges in New Service Development and Value Creation through Service Tracks and Topics The ISD 2005 Conference will be organised in different research tracks and a special industry track with practical workshops according to the conference theme "Bridging the Gap between Academia and Practice".
Karlstad is situated in mid-western Sweden on top of Lake Vanern, one of Europe's largest freshwater lakes.
The inhabitants of Karlstad are proud to have more than 1 800 sunny hours a year, an amount that is in the top positions of the Swedish sun hour's league.
www.cs.wisc.edu /dbworld/messages/2005-06/1118662631.html   (761 words)

  
 Karlstad University, Department of Mathematics
Faculty of Technology and Science at Karlstad University.
Mathematics is a discipline of graduate studies at Karlstad University, with six Ph.D. students.
Undergraduate courses given by the department are included in many different study programmes at the university, and education is also offered as eligible courses for single subject studies.
www.ingvet.kau.se /mat/engindex.html   (90 words)

  
 Innovative win SA National
The Sorbonne however, was the only library to have kept the prestigious collections held by the original University of Paris library, and was given inter-university status; this means that the library is bound by contract to provide access to professors, researchers and students from each of the Parisian institutions which emerged from the original university.
Karlstad University in Sweden has chosen Millennium in an upgrade from its existing Libertas system.
Karlstad University is one of the newer universities in Sweden; it began as a University College in 1977.
www.biblio-tech.com /BTR901/March_2001/inno_2001_03.html   (1352 words)

  
 Memory, Haunting, Discourse/Discourse, Haunting, Memory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The conference on different relationships between discourse, memory and haunting at Karlstad University, Sweden, was a tremendous success thanks to the excellent plenary speakers and the interesting and varied presentations in all the sessions.
We would like to thank the Wenner-Gren Foundations, the Swedish Research Council, the municipality of Karlstad, and the Faculty Board at Karlstad University for their financial support.
Conference organizer: Maria Holmgren Troy, Karlstad University, Division for Culture and Communication, Department of English, 651 88 Karlstad, Sweden.
www.kk.kau.se /eng/conf/memory   (269 words)

  
 Scientific Works
Santilli and his associated at Harvard University in 1978, the XVIII-th workshop of this series is also an informal get-together for qualified participants with a wide scope ranging from advanced pure mathematics, to the frontiers of physics and chemistry toward the ongoing and new industrial applications.
Actually the two poles ought to be prefixed Giga- and Nano- because the difference between the man-second and the Planck second is even greater than the difference between the total cosmic age and the single man-second; the latter of which still remains the measure of everything (Protagoras of Abdera, c:a 480-410 B.C.).
The Karlstad meeting may also be a constructive preparation for this major work, but the limitations are economical since still not sufficient funds have been raised to cover the travel expenses.
www.i-b-r.org /ir00016.htm   (921 words)

  
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Karlstad University is well known for its international activities in Science Education.
Karlstad University is a member of ”Nationella forskarskolan i naturvetenskapernas och teknikens didaktik” (The National School of Research in Didactics of Science and Technology).
Karlstad University has a working group in Science Education: http://www.nature.kau.
www.chemistry.kau.se /chemistryweb/ChemicalSubjects/ChemicalDidactics/Didactics.aspx   (167 words)

  
 UNBSJ International Office : Study Abroad Funding Opportunities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Campus: Karlstad University is one of the newer universities in Sweden.
Karlstad is a cultural and commercial centre, an important industrial city as well as an administrative capital.
Karlstad is easily accessible by road, rail and air.
www.unbsj.ca /international/studyabroad/karlstad.html   (279 words)

  
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Founded in 1977, Karlstad University is one of the newer universities in Sweden.
Karlstad, population 80,000, allows for easy excursions to Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Oslo.
In addition to the urban attractions, Karlstad offers a wide range of outdoor recreational activities - from canoeing and sailing in summer to snowshoeing and skiing in winter.
www.und.nodak.edu /dept/OIP/html/undprograms/sweden.htm   (278 words)

  
 Organisation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Karlstad University has been tasked by the government with conducting undergraduate studies, research and postgraduate studies.
Research at Karlstad University includes both traditional academic disciplines and multidisciplinary scientific profiles.
Among other things, the University has formulated six knowledge area profiles, which have priority in teaching and research: Forests, environment and materials, Communication and services, Learning at school and work, Regional identity and welfare, Gender perspective in society, and Culture and creative art.
www.forskning.se /ForskningsGuiden/viewActorDto.do;jsessionid=C50B54896B9552112AB48758D970B11B?id=69&languageId=2   (129 words)

  
 Case Study: Sustainable Travel to the University - Karlstad, Sweden on the ManagEnergy Website
Karlstad University in Sweden is an expanding university faced with the problem of having too many students, teachers and other staff commuting by car.
The main aim within MOST was to create conditions for students, teachers and other university staff that would enable them to commute to university without being dependant on solo car use.
Costs of this measure, which has become permanent in the meantime, are shared between the university, PT companies and the municipality.
www.managenergy.net /products/R980.htm   (288 words)

  
 Tarptautinių ryšių skyrius informuoja 2001 03 05 nr 65   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Edberg Foundation and Karlstad University in Sweden are organizing a course in Sustainable Development in the Baltic Sea Region, scheduled to take place June 25th - July 6th.
The Edberg Foundation and Karlstad University will reimburse travel expenses to Gdansk for participants from the eastern parts of the Baltic Sea drainage area (Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Ukraine), based on the assumption that these participants will be travelling by the cheapest way possible (e.g.
General entrance requirements for university studies are the required knowledge for the course when it comes to Swedish students.
www.ktu.lt /lt/ktu/trs/nr_65/info.html   (1023 words)

  
 Karlstad Seminar on Studying Forms of Participation
Karlstad University is located outside the center of Karlstad city.
There are several buses that serve the university.
Bus 54 is the university express bus that runs every 12 minutes during the day from the large square in the center of the city and from the bus stop on Drottninggatan.
www.sam.kau.se /stv/ksspa/info   (85 words)

  
 New Tissue Curriculum starts in Karlstad, Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
By focusing specifically on tissue in the Paper Technology curriculum at Karlstad University, it is expected that the university will able to attract young people to the tissue business.
In addition, the university will offer a short course open to employees within the pulp and paper related industry world-wide with an ambition to improve their tissue knowledge.
Discussions are underway between Karlstad University and the supporting companies as to which research areas are to be given priority.
www.metsopaper.com /paper/MPwArticles.nsf/WebWID/WTB-050215-2256F-78832   (499 words)

  
 www.karlstad.se
The university in Karlstad is relatively new and is expanding rapidly.
There is a close co-operation with the university on these issues.
It still shows by the large number of different education offered that Karlstad is an old educational centre.
www.karlstad.se /eng/business_university.shtml   (122 words)

  
 HumanIT
Karlstad University is contributing with a project focusing methodologies for user-centered development of user interfaces and will be an important partner together with Landstinget i Värmland for knowledge transfer as well as for strengthening the cluster formation.
Karlstad University will be granted 1.5 million SEK, and participate in the project together with two other universities.
Karlstad University will be in direct contact with the University of Alberta in Canada.
www.humanit.org /eng/archive/main.html   (3541 words)

  
 Karlstad University, Department of Computer Science - Fischer-Huebner Simone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This project is performed within the EU SOCRATES Curriculum Development Advanced Activity (CDA) Programme, which is coordinated by the University of the Aegean, Prof.
At Karlstad University, I will be the coordinator for a subproject, in which course material for a course on Legal issues in IT-Security will be transformed.
Rassol Raissi) at Karlstad University will use the input material and the eLS software to produce suitbale distance learning material.
www.haup.org /simone   (172 words)

  
 NEMLA Announcements
The department of English at Karlstad University, Sweden, invites session organizers and topics for an international, multidisciplinary conference with a focus on different relationships between space, haunting and discourse.
Plymouth State University seeks a dynamic individual who is committed to working with PSU faculty to create a campus climate that respects and values differences related to age, race, ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation, class, and national origin.
Plymouth State University, located in the scenic heart of the Lakes and White Mountain Region of New Hampshire, is a coeducational, residential university with an enrollment of approximately 4,000 full-time undergraduate students and 2,300 part-time and graduate students.
www.nemla.org /announce.html   (786 words)

  
 Paperloop.com - News•Analysis•Prices•Forecasts•Data•Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Karlstad University's new tissue course is one example of closer ties between paper companies, suppliers and academia
Karlstad Univeristy in Sweden has just successfully completed the first staging of a new course dedicated to an increasingly important and profitable segment of the paper industry: tissue.
Hanarp agrees, citing the fact that university students heading for a career in the paper industry will have the chance to get to know [the participating companies], "And we will be able to give the tasks they work on a more practical 'hands-on industry touch'," as key reasons why Albany International is supporting the program.
www.paperloop.com /db_area/archive/ppi_mag/2005/05/06.html   (1145 words)

  
 POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AT KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Karlstad University has two university-wide, one year postdoctoral appointments available for the period summer/autumn 2005 to autumn 2006.
The applicant is requested to submit a CV, a list of publications, a description of research interests, a brief description of what you would like to work with at Karlstad University and three letters of recommendation.
All application materials can be mailed to Larry Greenberg, Dept of Biology, Karlstad University, S-651 88, Karlstad, Sweden or sent via e-mail to Larry.Greenberg@kau.se.
www.nature.kau.se /postdoc   (352 words)

  
 Program, Vol 35, No 3, July 2001 --- NEWS
Karlstad University is one of the newer universities in Sweden; it started as a University College in 1977.
In January 2002 the new University library will be opened as the University's Learning Resource Centre with around 1,000 seats and 250 computers with Internet connection.
The University joins a growing number of academic institutions in Spain which have installed Innovative's web-based Millennium system at their libraries.
www.aslib.co.uk /program/2001/jul/news02.html   (2026 words)

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