Whether you are flying into Stockholm, Gothenburg, Oslo or even Copenhagen, you will find good connections to Karlstad by train, bus, or domestic flights. Karlstad University’s main campus is located just a few kilometers east of the city centre. The easiest way to get here is by bus or bike, but you can also take the train or travel by car.
Whether you are flying into Stockholm, Gothenburg, Oslo or even Copenhagen, you will find good connections to Karlstad by train, bus, or domestic flights. Karlstad University’s main campus is located just a few kilometers east of the city centre. The easiest way to get here is by bus or bike, but you can also take the train or travel by car.
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Whether you are flying into Stockholm, Gothenburg, Oslo or even Copenhagen, you will find good connections to Karlstad by train, bus, or domestic flights. Karlstad University’s main campus is located just a few kilometers east of the city centre. The easiest way to get here is by bus or bike, but you can also take the train or travel by car.
The alumna of the month has made a super quick career from graduation in 2012 to a position of head consultant at Adeccotoday. She discovered what she wanted to study when working at McDonald’s. Meet Elizabeth Eriksson.
Name: Elizabeth Eriksson
Age: 28
Family: Cohabitant
Field of study: Human Resources Management and Working Life
Profession: Head consultant at Adecco
Working at McDonald’s, Elizabeth realised what her ambition was.
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The University Library is organized in six areas of activity.
Research and Publishing support
The library's research and publishing support provides support and resources to researchers and doctoral students throughout the entire research process.
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Cheating is a breach of regulations that Karlstad University takes very seriously. Every year students are warned or suspended for attempts to deceive the examiner.
This information is addressed to students at Karlstad University to inform them about cheating, its definition, consequences, and how to avoid it.Cheating is a form of fraudulent deception and ultimately cheaters deceive themselves.
The Centre for Societal Risk Research (CSR) is a research centre at Karlstad University specialising in society’s understanding and management of risks in a world where risk and security issues are becoming increasingly complex and vital.
CSR is a research centre that creates and shares knowledge about societal risks and the role of society in relation to these risks.
Exposure during pregnancy's first trimester to mixtures of suspected endocrine disrupting chemicals found in consumer products is related to lower IQ in children after age 7, according to a study by researchers at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Karlstad University, Sweden, published Environment International in October.
2025-05-26
Children in lower primary school gain more knowledge about bodily integrity, boundaries and safety after working with the school programme “Respect! My body!” (Stopp! Min kropp!). These are the findings of a recent study that was conducted by researchers at Karlstad University, commissioned by Save the Children.
The school programme “Respect!
Programmet för hösten är preliminärt. Senaste uppdatering 2015-11-23.
Seminarieunderlag skickas vanligtvis ut på forskargruppens och institutionens maillistor en vecka före seminariet. Intressenter som inte nås av maillistorna får gärna kontakta oss.
Augusti
13-14 aug – KuFo. Möte under ISLIs uppstartsdagar.
September
Ons 2 sept, 13.15-14.30, 12B 545 – Eng ling.
The Swedish Research Council has conducted a review of physics research conducted at Karlstad University and 11 other higher education institutions.
2020-12-07
Karlstad Business School has been a member of AACSB since 2010, which is about a systematic approach to development and change, learning as well as collaboration and external engagement. Now the review for accreditation is approaching.
Offering high-quality education, research and collaboration has always been the aim of Karlstad Business School.
2013-05-24
How do we do when we search for information on the web, how do we navigate, and what catches our attention? Students from the IT-Design and Web and Multimedia programs are looking into these questions.
2016-02-25
If you are interested in the connection between computers and humans, the master's program in computer science is for you. Jonathan Magnusson, doctoral student in computer science at Karlstad University, talks about his experiences of an education that in principle guarantees jobs.
The step to higher education was not far for Jonathan Magnusson.
A compilation of the number of applicants to Swedish higher education institutions show that half of the ten most popular programmes at Karlstad University are taught at Karlstad Business School.
The Law Programme
The Programme in Business and Economics
Study Programme in IT, Project Management and ERP Systems
Real Estate Management
Human Resource Management and Working Life
The list speaks for itself.
2024-08-07
What applies in an agreement with a digital influencer and how honest are people in surveys that then guide how companies act? These were two of the questions during the School of Business Day at Karlstad University.
Cecilia Tisell, Director General of the Swedish Consumer Agency, and lawyer Emy Gustavsson lectured on the complex jungle that today’s digital consumers are exposed to.
2025-05-09
Two projects led by researchers at Karlstad University have through MIRAI been granted seed funding, which will provide our researchers with opportunities for international collaboration and increased mobility.
MIRAI, with support from STINT, announced funding to support research collaborations between the member universities in Japan and Sweden. The aim is to develop new and existing collaborations through innovative projects.
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Kemal, what did you study during your time at Karlstad Business School?
- I have a Degree of Master in Corporate Finance and Accounting, and a Degree of Bachelor in Mathematics, Business Administration and Economics, specialising in Financial Analysis.
Why did you choose to study at Karlstad Business School?
- It was important to me to study at a university with a good balance between theory and practical application of the knowledge.
I want to start by thanking all of you for doing such a fantastic job throughout the year. I hope you will have the opportunity to relax, recharge your batteries and enjoy some well-earned time off.
Last time I wrote about my first impressions of Karlstad University and how I view our development going forward.
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What is your current line of work?
- I am a project manager at Attityd, an analytics company in Karlstad. In addition to my work as a project manager, which includes the planning of surveys and evaluations, I work with analyses that develop or support organisations in processes of change. At the moment, one of my most common work tasks is to evaluate and monitor several structural funds, both in the private sector and in the public sector.
Descriptions of research in progress at the Centre for Research on Sustainable Societal Transformation, CRS
SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORSAvit Bhowmik and Moa Tunström are involved in the international project Alliance of Regional Innovation Ecosystems Based on Smart Sustainable Specialisation Strategies (ARIES4), funded by Erasmus+. Within the framework of the project, they have worked with indicators for sustainable regional development.
The Cultural Practice of Immigrant Filmmaking
(Swedish Research Council, 2013-2015)
Researchers: John Sundholm, Karlstad University, Lars Gustaf Andersson, Lund University.
Immigration to Sweden increased during the 1970s, and many of them were forced into exile. Some of them already were established filmmakers, others were amateurs, albeit with an interest in film. What united them was that they were all strangers in Sweden and that they tried to find their way in a new cultural situation.
Being able to trust that systems are operating correctly is of utmost importance for system operations. How systems are deemed trustworthy or not is a multifaceted and complex topic, with factors such as security, privacy, reliability, transparency, and assurance to name a few. There is a growing awareness of the important role security plays in network services.
