Karlstad has enjoyed the reputation of being a friendly and hospitable city for a long time. With the proverbial sun and an expanding and innovative university, Karlstad now ranks as one of the best student cities in Sweden.
Every tenth person in Karlstad is a university student. You can tell. In a short time Karlstad has transformed from an ordinary city into a student city offering a wide range of culture, entertainment, sports and shopping.
A degree can be described as proof that you, through your studies, have acquired a certain level of knowledge. When you have completed your studies, you have to apply for your degree certificate.
Your degree certificate details which type of degree you have been awarded, the specific courses included in your degree, the grade you achieved for each course and the dates courses were completed. The degree certificate is in both Swedish and English.
Karlstad has enjoyed the reputation of being a friendly and hospitable city for a long time. With the proverbial sun and an expanding and innovative university, Karlstad now ranks as one of the best student cities in Sweden.
Every tenth person in Karlstad is a university student. You can tell. In a short time, Karlstad has transformed from an ordinary city into a student city offering a wide range of culture, entertainment, sports and shopping.
Digital Internationalisation in Vocational Education (DIVE)
(2021–2023)
The DIVE project had the primary goal of supporting vocational student-teachers in developing and strengthening intercultural competence, English speaking skills, digital competence, and global awareness within the three overarching themes.
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Elin Skau, why did you choose Karlstad Business School?
- I chose it both because I come from Värmland but also because I heard very good things about the school and student life. The Business School has a super nice campus with good connections to the city centre.
What expectations did you have for the Human resource management and working life program - and were they met?
- I had the expectation of gaining a greater and broader understanding of working life and organizations.
At Karlstad University, there is research on polymer solar cells and how these can be made more stable and effective. Recently, a doctoral thesis was presented on how solar cell materials and functions are affected by contact with air and light.
”By now, almost everybody agrees that climate change is real,” says Vanja Blazinic, PhD in physics. ”We need to phase out fossil fuels and transit to renewable energy sources like sun, wind and water.
2024-12-19
The sounding rocket SubOrbital Express-4 which was launched from the Esrange Space Center outside Kiruna contained an experiment module from Karlstad University. The module is about studying how the active layer of organic solar cells forms in microgravity.
– In this project, we were able to conduct experiments in an unmanned rocket, says Jan van Stam, professor of physical chemistry at Karlstad University.
2023-01-03
Perovskite solar cells degrade when exposed to sunlight, which results in decreasing performance over time. A new research project will examine how such solar cells could recover and self-repair at night.
– Electronic components, such as solar cells and LEDs, are made from semiconductor materials, says Ellen Moons, professor of Physics. Such materials form the basis of all electronics, computers, cell phones and screens.
2024-02-08
The need for increased cyber security is growing day by day. As a response, the Swedish government is investing a total of SEK 100 million over the next few years in Cybercampus Sweden, which has now opened with an inauguration at KTH. The purpose behind the investment is to strengthen both skills supply and research in cyber security.
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Ulla Manns, professor in Gender Studies, Södertörns högskola
Overall, my research interests are directed towards the relationship between science and society, social movements and historiography, historical memory and historical silence.
Invitation to a Hands-on Seminar of the Interreg CBCC project on“Preparing for the Tsunami of new Cybersecurity Regulations – Protecting Cybersecurity and Fundamental Rights through Risk Management” 5th November 2024 – 13:00-16:00 at Karlstad University, 21E 415A and via Zoom (https://kau-se.zoom.us/j/69177881065) – please register for attending online or in person (see below). A survey that we conducted within the scope of the CBCC (Cross Border Cyber Capacity) Interreg Sw
2025-02-11
You are currently at UC Berkeley in California. What are you doing there?
– Thanks to Fulbright, an exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State, the Jane and Dan Olsson foundation and the Sixten Gemzeus foundation, I have the opportunity to spend a year here and collaborate with researchers at the Department of Linguistics. I arrived in the autumn of 2024 and will stay until July 2025.
Finding a rental apartment can be difficult in Swedish cities and Karlstad as well, so we strongly recommend that you start looking for a place to stay as soon you receive the decision of employment.
Claes Thorén, who defended his doctoral dissertation at Karlstad University in the spring of 2014 now returns to give seminar on his recent research. Since his disputation, he has worked as a researcher and later as a senior lecturer and director of studies at Uppsala University.
2017-03-10
On 13-14 February, Computer Science at Karlstad University co-organized ZEUS 2017, the 9th Central European Workshop on Services and their Composition. The workshop was held at and co-arranged with USI Lugano in Switzerland.
“ZEUS is a very peculiar type of workshop. It is not attached to a conference, as is usual for scientific workshops, and involves no participation fees.
2019-02-12
Michel Gokan Khan, PhD student in Computer Science at Karlstad University, has developed the “NFV-Inspector”, a free and fully open source platform for optimizing the infrastructure of the next generation of 5G networks.
2020-01-22
The issue of procurement is important in terms of making space for new welfare innovations. In a workshop at Karlstad University, DigitalWell process managers inspired students to procure digital solutions for a healthier working environment.
The workshop, a component included in the course Acquisition of Information Systems, was offered to students in the IT Design and Web Developer programmes.
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Karlstad University is an AACSB-accredited institution known for its strong research and high-quality education. Our Business School is recognised for its excellence, and we are also home to the renowned Ingesund School of Music in Arvika, where many famous Swedish musicians have studied.
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"Via the mentorship, the students become part of something bigger, and I would really like to put all of my students in my doctoral hat - they are doing something you can’t really study for.”
Carina Sild Lönroth is born and raised in Malmö. She is a qualified pre-school teacher and worked for ten years at pre-schools before she studied to become a lecturer in teaching and learning and Psychology.
The total number of programme applicants has increased by eight per cent for the autumn semester 2024. There is also a nine per cent increase in first choice applicants.
The Behavioural Science Programme is among the top ten degree programmes at Karlstad University, which is a newly established programme at the university. The programme attracted 873 applicants, of which 116 are first choice applicants.
– It’s very exciting that there’s such a big interest.
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The academic insignia hail from the Middle Ages, and include the doctor’s hat, doctor’s ring, and earlier also a book of privileges, which had disappeared from the ceremonies and had been replaced by the diploma. The handshake has symbolic value; it means ‘be greeted’, and the promotor also says these words during the act. The insignia are proof that a doctoral degree has been conferred.
Session 3A: Ett kritiskt samtal om universitetets villkor
Panel (svenska)
Fredrik Nilsson och Lars Engwall (Uppsala universitet)
Universitetets villkor har stor påverkan på den forskning och utbildning som bedrivs vid våra lärosäten. Även om långsiktighet bör prägla universitetets verksamheter har det visat sig att villkoren för dessa statliga myndigheter snabbt kan förändras.
