Humanities and Social Sciences is the university's largest faculty with more than 600 employees and doctoral students, who educate and meet more than 13,000 students. The faculty's activities are organized into seven departments for education and research, which include the School of Business and the Ingesund Academy of Music. In addition, there are several research centers, forums, institutes and research groups.
Karlstad Business School has degrees in business administration, economics, law, informatics, work science, project management and statistics. The School of Business, Economics and Law runs nine programs at the undergraduate level and ten programs at the advanced level. There is a close collaboration with working life and an international exchange. Research is also conducted within the subjects and within the Center for Service Research, CTF.
Ingesund School of Music is located on Karlstad University's second campus in Arvika. At Ingesund School of Music music teachers, musicians and music producers are trained in the beautiful environment of Kyrkviken. Ingesund School of Music is also Värmland's largest concert organizer.
The faculty's largest research groups are CTF, Service Research Center, Geomedia, Kufo, the Research Group for Cultural Studies and Rose, Research on Subject-specific Education. Research is also conducted in several research groups and multidisciplinary networks as well as in each subject.
