The usability lab is equipped with eye-tracking technology, specially useful to carry out usability testing of webpages and graphical elements of interactive programs. It is also possible to record where a person looks at films and video commercials.
The Eye-tracker monitor available in the lab is manufactured by Tobii Technology, world leader in eye-tracking and eye-control solutions.Tobii Pro Lab is the software system used for controlling the eye-tracking monitor.
Late 2017 saw the emergence of #MeToo, an exceptionally impactful social media-based awareness campaign centered on sexual assault and harassment. Stoking the campaign, both before and during, were a spate of high-profile public statements from prominent public figures – politicians, celebrities, and CEOs – accused of transgressions ranging from inappropriate workplace behavior to outright criminal assault.
Before each new semester, you must apply for the course or courses that you are taking via universityadmissions.se. This applies to all students, including degree programme students.
If you are a degree programme student, you will easily find the courses you need to apply for via My Kau. You can also find your courses manually on universityadmissions.se.
The HR Excellence in Research Award granted by the European Commission is proof that we are successful in creating a stimulating working environment and excellent conditions for our researchers.
Practical placement
Through the practical placement included in different courses in Civics, contacts are established with the schools which receive our students. In courses which include longer periods of practical placement, the cooperation with schools is enhanced through the visits and other personal contacts that are employed to follow and support the students’ development.
Would you like to teach Spanish at the secondary school level?
Spanish can be selected as a first or second subject.
There is a great demand for Spanish teachers in Swedish schools, and your chances to be successful in the job market will increase if you study Spanish with a specialisation in teaching.
At Karlstad University, you can take 90 ECTS credits of Spanish with a specialisation in teaching as part of the Secondary Education Programme: Upper Secondary School, a
Do you want to do a survey? The web-based survey tool can be used by researchers, administrators and students at the C and D level for all types of surveys and studies. The program facilitates the collection and compilation of data.
You create your account by logging in with your KauID.Need help?Questions about the survey and report design, refer to the manual of the program and your supervisor.
This autumn, it's time – we start our new Master Programme in Music. Here, in close collaboration with our three professors in voice, piano and string instruments, you get the opportunity to develop as a musician and deepen your artistic skills, your craft and your id.
You, who aim high in your career and already have a bachelor's degree in music from us or another music school have the opportunity to apply for our master’s program.
2024-05-30
The entrance exams consist of two parts: a first round with online video upload and then if you are considered potentially accepted you are asked to come to Ingesund School of music for second round of main instrument exams as well as music theory exams.
(updated 21 December 2022)
ROUND 1 (VIDEOS)
You should record and upload two videos:
A selected movement of a double bass concerto
A freely chosen piece
You may play with or without accompaniment.
KUFO
» Forskningsprojekt
» Tidigare forskningsprojekt
Racializing Sweden was financed by the Swedish Research Council and conducted by KuFo researcher Tobias Hübinette.
This project aims at analyzing Swedish non-white migrant and minority narratives in the form of novels, literary texts and autobiographies as a way of studying how the authors write about and relate to race, whiteness and Swedishness and articulate new perspectives on and constructions of Swedishness.
Do you have the best entrepreneurial and business idea?The EUNICE Start Cup is a business idea competition where each EUNICE university selects one team to compete in the final in Vaasa, Finland 24-25th of April, in which they pitch their idea in front of a jury.
HHK
» Samverkan
» Samverkan vid HHK
» Alumn och partners
In order to ensure that our educations are well adapted to the needs of the labor market, we regularly follow up the alumni who have graduated from the School of Business and Economics.
During the years 2017-2023, 3065 people graduated from the Business School. Of these, 39 percent were men and 61 percent women.
Ala Sarah Alaqra defended a dissertation in Computer Science on human factors within privacy-enhancing technologies at the end of January, and a few days later Ala began a new employment in Information Systems at the Karlstad Business School.
2023-06-27
Jaime Ortega Gutiérrez, associate professor in Marketing at the University of Seville, has been visiting CTF for three months to get to know CTF and meet with the researchers.
Hello Jaime, can you tell us about your research?
– My research areas include value co-creation, social networking, service innovation, and knowledge management within the service sector specifically in tourism.
The reasons for embarking on a research career are probably as many as there are researchers. A wish to know more is probably a common incentive.
Research programmes at Karlstad University are designed for those who want to achieve expertise in an area of specialisation.
2024-08-30 - 2024-10-11. (English). Register here (Registration closes August 16)Course descriptionTarget GroupTeachers who have started or will start employment as university teachers.The course is also suitable for doctoral students who will teach.Extent30 hoursFor doctoral students, it is suggested that the course includes 1 credit.Learning outcomesAfter the course, the participants should be able to:1. Explain the pros and cons of teaching techniques presented in the course.2.
2024-08-30 - 2024-10-11. (English). Register here (Registration closes August 16)Course descriptionTarget GroupTeachers who have started or will start employment as university teachers.The course is also suitable for doctoral students who will teach.Extent30 hoursFor doctoral students, it is suggested that the course includes 1 credit.Learning outcomesAfter the course, the participants should be able to:1. Explain the pros and cons of teaching techniques presented in the course.2.
All doctoral students are appointed at least two supervisors in connection with their admission to the doctoral programme who will provide help and support during the education period up to the thesis defence and graduation.
SUPERVISION
New doctoral students shall be appointed a main supervisor and at least one assistant supervisor and at least one of them must have completed supervisor training.
Many companies need to start focusing more on the customers to become more innovative and successful. What are the market needs? What does the customer want, and how can we facilitate for the customer?
Samverkan
» Forsknings- och innovationssamverkan
» Innovationssamverkan
CRE8® is a fast-paced method for competing in creative problem solving, with an emphasis on innovation. Three to four interdisciplinary teams of students test their problem-solving abilities and pitched their solutions to a jury. The teams are given real cases from researchers, companies and the public sector.
You may already have noticed how important the personal identity number is in Sweden. You virtually need it for everything ranging from getting an apartment to buying insurance.
