The IT branch has a great need to recruit employees, and students on IT programmes therefore have good chances of finding attractive employment after finishing their studies. What is important to employees and how does that correspond to what the branch has to offer?
On 21 September, a little more than 100 IT students and around 20 business representatives met for the annual IT dinner of the Snits network that links industry and IT students.
2016-10-12
Martin Blom, researcher within Computer Science at Karlstad University visited a class of high school students at Thoréns Business School 30 October to answer the question – what is Science?
- Science is the chase for truth, says Martin Blom. To find the truth and the answers to specific questions which we search the truth about we use sceintific methods.
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.
Karlstad University is currently dealing with a situation that has received a lot of media attention. It is, of course, in the interest of the university to ensure a safe environment for our teachers and students, but any measure we take must comply with our regulations.
In brief, the situation involves an online activist with an explicitly right-wing nationalist agenda who has been admitted to a course in intercultural studies with a focus on racism.
2011-10-25
... Ph D student from EBS Business School, Germany, who will be visiting us for the next seven weeks to meet our researchers, and to work with experiments in our Consumer Lab.
Tabea is working at the EBS Business School, which is located in Rheingau, close to Frankfurt, Germany.
2023-04-05
Nordtrad is a folk music conference for students and teachers in higher music education from the Nordic and Baltic countries. The conference is arranged every year in rotation by different host schools, and in 2023 Ingesund School of Music is the proud organizer.
During the week, students from seven different countries are invited to participate in lectures, workshops, concerts, field trips, jam sessions and fellowship.
Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Stuttgart (Duale Hochschule Baden Württemberg in German and DHBW for short) visited us during a couple of days to discuss future Erasmus exchanges for our students studying ERP and Economy and Webb and Multimedia.
On the 24th and 25th of May professors Kai Holzweißig and Thomas Kessel from DHBW visited the Information System department to get acquainted with the department before future Erasmus exchanges.
Karlstad Business School provides education and research in among other areas responsible leadership and sustainable working life and organisation. As part of an international context of knowledge, Karlstad Business School has signed The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).
We have received information that there is an ongoing phishing campaign targeting students.
We therefore urge you to be extra cautious when receiving emails with links and instructions to click on these links to log in with your username and password. Always use the links on kau.se when logging in to, for example, Canvas and My Kau, and not links provided in emails.
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Mariia is a multidisciplinary researcher and artist from Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia, currently living and working in Japan. She earned a Ph.D. from Chiba University Graduate School of Horticulture, transitioning from environmental science and her life as ecologist to the field of landscape participatory planning, discovering greenery's social and cultural sides.
– The gaming industry is enormous today, and we give students a unique insight into game development with a focus on agile projects and the role of the game producer, says course coordinator John Johansson, lecturer in Business Administration at Karlstad Business School.
The course Game Producer Perspectives on Game Development is part of a larger educational package for those who want to become game producers – essentially project managers within the gaming in
2020-05-12
Users make heavy demands on cloud-based services such as Dropbox, Spotify, and Netflix. With the existing technologies, however, users experience notable service disruption, especially when they move. Kyoomars Alizadeh Noghani, who recently completed his Ph.D.
2025-10-01
Sofia Wijkmark grew up in Skara, where she studied the humanities programme at upper secondary school. Following graduation, she studied Spanish at the University of Skövde, University of Gothenburg and Universidad de Alcalá, as well as comparative literature and Swedish language at Karlstad University. She completed her PhD in comparative literature at Karlstad University in 2009, and has remained faithful to Värmland ever since.
“My research has two main strands.
In addition to the Karlstad University and Swedish Institute scholarships, students can explore various other opportunities that may suit their needs and academic profile.
The Uddeholms 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.
This scholarship is made possible through the generous support of Uddeholms AB. Uddeholms is a leading manufacturer of tool steel for industrial tools.
Ho, ho, ho Carl Utbult, songwriter and producer, as well as a teacher at Ingesund. It's that time of the year again; you have been the supervisor for the first-year students in the music production program as they wrote and produced this year's Christmas song together in the regular songwriting course.
IN-dagen is a job fair created by the students themselves. It aims to attract students who study natural and technology science. The fair is hosted by the studentunions :
CRR, IDIOT, LINDA, SEKE, ESTIEM, KNAS, LIGIST, BAMSE, Engineers without borders.
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Many companies that employ people with a degree from the master's program in computer science think that the former students at Karlstad University are well prepared for working life. Here are some voices from the business world.
TietoEVRY
- A master's degree in computer science provides a very stable foundation to stand on and the new parts of network and security feel tailored to our assignments, says Lars von Wachenfeldt, director at TietoEVRY in Karlstad.
Karlstad University houses a Clinical Training Centre (KTC), where students have the opportunity to prepare for practical placements and their future professions. As research field, Nursing rests on an academic and clinical foundation.
Four students on the Master of Science in Engineering programme helped to develop Dysconnect, an app with podcast dramas that enhance the listening experience through interactive effects. The app was presented for the first time to the public at a cultural festival in Scotland over the weekend.
Hello there Martin Wahlberg, student and app developer! You have just come home from a cultural festival in Scotland.
The Karlstad University Global Scholarship provides a 50% tuition-fee reduction for outstanding students from outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland who are admitted to a master’s degree programme at Karlstad University.
About Karlstad University Global ScholarshipThe Karlstad University Global Scholarship is aimed at top academic students from outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland who are required to pay tuition fees.The scholarship covers 50% of the tuition fee for eligible m
