An online activist with nationalist, extreme right-wing views is currently enrolled in the course Intercultural studies: race and whiteness in Sweden. The person is very active on social media, where he posts derogatory comments about the course, the students in the course and the course director. The university and its management strongly disagree with his actions on social media.
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Karlstad Business School arranges meetings between students and future employers. Breakfast meetings, internship, field trips, degree thesis and writing projects are some examples of such opportunities.
The Breakfast meetings are mostly in Swedish, but international students are welcome to join.
This year’s SNITS dinner at Karlstad University was more than fully booked, not surprisingly since employment in the IT industry was on the table – a mouth-watering dish which tempted both businesses and students.
On 19 September, 130 students from the different IT study programmes at the university gathered to meet representatives from eleven local businesses in the IT industry.
2022-01-18
The border between Sweden and Norway presents a number of legal challenges. Students enrolled in the law programme have come a long way in mapping potential issues.
What are the police authorised to do on each side of the border between Sweden and Norway? What are the differences between the legislations of the two countries?
Every year, the Karlstad business school spring ball is organized for graduate students. Project leader for the spring ball is a graduate students in collaboration with Karlstad business school.
The project group for 2019 year's spring ball: Albert Holmer, William Nygren, Madeleine Ahlberg, Mia Lindqvist, Walter Magnusson och Amanda Hjert.
Roughly 50 students and professionals in the IT industry met at this year's kick-off meeting for the mentoring program on 19 February. Expectations in the air among both novices as mentors.
Katarina Groth, a teacher of informatics, holding this year's mentoring program. She informed about the framework and gave tips for a successful mentor-mentee relationship.
- Being a mentor is to be an interested and good listener and be open to sharing their experiences.
2024-11-04
On Wednesday, October 30, the computer science department hosted a thesis project fair to help establish connections between students who have applied for thesis projects for the spring and potential sponsors.
11 companies and organizations participated along with around 40 students.
"It was great to see so many people come and want to participate.
Drivhuset helps students realize their ideas by offering education, networks and coaching. The first Drivhuset started in Karlstad and is now active in 14 places throughout Sweden.
Drivhuset (The Greenhouse) supports students at the University on their way to a viable enterprise. The goal is to create a positive attitude to entrepreneurship and get more students interested in realizing their ideas.
Sammankonst is a creative relay involving students of dance and music production at Karlstad University and the Ingesund School of Music. This year’s performance is inspired by the River Klarälven and will be presented on five occasions, Friday and Saturday!
It is a long-standing tradition for dance students and music production students to co-create a public project based on their own creative forms of expression.
2014-09-02
Ph. D student in Psychology at CTF. You just came back from Bonn, Germany, what did you do there?
- I participated in a doctoral course on decision making at Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective.
Interesting, can you tell us more about the course?
- In the course we studied how to create and test models on how we think when we make decisions.
Are you curious to know with who you will be studying? With Goin', you can reach out to other future students and start building a community even before you arrive at Karlstad University!
What is Goin'?Goin’ is a social network for new international students at Karlstad University.
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.
Collaboration is an intrinsic part of the education and research at Karlstad University. Our doors are open for a wide variety of collaborations and engagements with researchers, teachers and students.
The university's function is to develop knowledge about life, society and the world, and to spread this knowledge to the surrounding world.
Karlstad Business School has signed a partnership agreement with Github – an online Community and subsidiary of Microsoft – to offer students and teaching staff the opportunity to cooperate and contribute to different IT projects without cost.
Revision control of source code is very important in all development and management of systems. GIT is a system for revision control developed by the Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
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We want to develop and challenge the students’ creative and pedagogical capacities by providing access to new findings in current research, culture and societal development and by emphasising quality and creativity as features in their future careers.
Beautiful surroundings, playing a lot, artistically-focused environment, camaraderie, many concerts, committed teachers, student influence.
Doctoral student in Media and Communication Studies, NODE
Joanne, tell us about your background
- I am originally from China. At the Communication University of China, I studied documentary filmmaking and broadcast journalism.
Our physical environment – the way it looks and functions both inside and outside – matters a lot for the university to attract students and employees.
The document Campusplan 2040 points out the long-term direction for the university’s physical environment. The plan has been created as a collaboration project between the university and Akademiska hus.
2019-02-13
Imagine if someone would tell you that your child’s wellbeing, quality of life, physical health, and school performance could increase if their car travels were replaced by independent travel. This is a rather daring statement but in fact, research from different countries and continents show that this is actually the case.
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Johan Samuelsson grew up on a farm outside of Mariestad in Västergötland. In the mid 1990-s, he graduated with a teacher education degree from Karlstad University with a specialisation in history and religious studies.
Karlstad University continues to strengthen its cooperation with external partners. Recently a letter of intent was signed on student cooperation with Uddeholm, a world-leading supplier of tool steel.
”Parts of Uddeholm’s world-leading research and development are located in Värmland.
Karlstad has a long-standing reputation as an open and friendly city. Famously symbolised by the sun, Karlstad is ranked as one of the country’s top cities for students and is home to a growing and innovative university.
In Karlstad, one in ten residents is a student at the University. And it shows. In a short period of time, Karlstad has transformed into a truly student-friendly city, boasting ample opportunity to enjoy culture, entertainment, sports, and shopping.
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Renee McDonald has lived most of her life in Texas, United States. She is one of three children of working-class parents. She had a 10-year career as a software and systems developer, attending night classes along the way to work toward a college degree. Realizing she enjoyed the field of psychology, she returned to college full time and then went to graduate school to obtain a PhD in clinical psychology.
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Below you log in to Canvas* via different links depending on whether you are a student, an employee at Karlstad University, an employee at another higher education institution, or belong to the group of other users.
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The Löfbergs International Programme Scholarship provides a tuition-fee reduction of 100 000 SEK for outstanding students from countries outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland who are admitted to an eligible bachelor’s or master’s programme at Karlstad University. The scholarship is primarily intended for students from Colombia.
The agreement gives Karlstad Business School students the opportunity to apply for exchange studies at National Taipei University, an institution specialised in law, business, the social sciences, and the humanities.
