Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap
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The Department of Health Sciences comprises the disciplines Public Health Science, Nursing, and Oral Health.
Objectives
The Department of Health Sciences conducts high quality education and research in a health promoting working environment for students as well as staff.
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Outgoing StudentsIf you travel abroad as a student or trainee from Karlstad University and are registered via the International Office you are covered by the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet) Student UT insurance. You are covered around the clock for the whole period abroad in the country in which you are studying / training.
Final report - conclusions from PilotSTEP
Background
The PilotSTEP project was started in the fall of 2017 as a result of our participation in iSTEP – a one week institute that convenes teams of teacher educators from around the world to observe teacher education at Stanford.
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The world needs more engineers: People with a passion for technological evolution and a continuous drive to create innovations for products, choice of materials, production and design, not to mention for the great challenges of energy supply and the environment. The next generation of engineers can look forward to an exciting professional life.
At Karlstad University we value problem-solving and make sure that students encounter real projects.
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.
Teaching is one of the worlds most important professions. Throughout history knowledge has been transferred from generation to generation.
We develop our education programmes to keep pace with educational revisions and are pleased with the good reputation that teacher education at Karlstad University has always enjoyed.
Schools and preschools in Sweden are culturally diverse arenas, with more than a quarter of children in Sweden having immigrant backgrounds (Statistiska Centralbyrån, 2017). The Swedish preschool curriculum acknowledges the importance of responsivity to culturally and linguistically diverse children and families. Thus, graduate teachers need to be equipped to work children and families from ethnically and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Karlstad University has a collaboration with a dwelling company called KBAB.
This company can provide living quarters near the university to our foreign students. Please read more here:
KBAB - Foreign students
Kombinerad ECHA och igMCG konferens 16-18 juni 2025
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There are good opportunities to read summer courses, practical courses, courses or entire semesters at other universities within the framework of your study program.
Read more about studies abroad at Karlstad University's pages for International Studies International studies [in Swedish only].
Karlstad Business School has good experience of student exchanges with the University of Mannheim in Germany.
You can study advanced modern mathematics (both pure and applied) by enrolling in a research education programme that can lead to a licentiate thesis and/or a doctoral thesis in mathematics.
Here are the answers to the most common questions about exchange studies.
How do I get in contact with the International Office?You are welcome to come and meet us at our visiting times at the International Office (Building 1B) on Thursdays between 13:00 and 14:30.
Forskarskolan om särskilt begåvade barn
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GiftED doctoral students
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Other Nordic doctoral students researching gifted education
Most courses conclude with a written on-campus examination designed to test your knowledge. Other forms of examination include take-home exams, laboratory sessions, seminars, and written assignments. For more information about these forms, please contact the subject directly. Prior registration is always required for a written on-campus examination.
Upcoming courses2024-09-06 - 2024-11-14 (English). Register here no later than August 30Course descriptionTarget groupThis is a good course to start with if you do not have any courses in higher education pedagogy. The course is primarily aimed at new teachers at Karlstad University, but the course is focused on practical teaching, and therefore suitable for teachers with extensive experience as well. This course is also suitable for doctoral students who will teach.Extent80 hours.
The Research Group for Culture Studies, KuFo, invites interested researchers to take part, with or without presentation, in the workshop Satire as Perspective on the Contemporary.
The workshop will take place on Wednesday 17 October 2018, 10.15-17.30, in Minerva, Building 12, at Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.
The workshop is interdisciplinary, and is intended for researchers who engage with satire from different perspectives.
Satire
Satire can be regarded as
Cormac McCarthy, author of novels such as Blood Meridian, Cities of the Plain, and The Road, is the subject of a new dissertation from Karlstad University. Fredrik Svensson highlights neglected aspects of a decades-long authorship that has produced a considerable number of novels, plays, and screenplays.
McCarthy’s oeuvre spans over five decades, from the 1960s to the early 2000s, and includes ten novels.
2019-12-12
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.
2021-11-23
Fredrik Wikström is a newly appointed professor of Energy and Environmental Technology. He conducts research on how packaging can contribute to a sustainable development where less food is wasted. In recent years, this research has been praised and received attention in the media.
Fredrik Wikström holds a Degree of Bachelor of Science in Physics at Uppsala University and received his PhD in Systems Ecology from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
2022-09-07
To make our society more sustainable, we need to reduce the carbon footprint of scalable products. This means that it is not enough to invent a new “green” technology. We also need to create a market for it, know how to expand this market, help users of green technology and other important stakeholders to see the environmental, financial and societal benefits in this new market.
Socialt arbete
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Organized uncertainty in elderly care: About quality, conditions for resistance, and staff's willingness to stayWe face a significant social policy challenge as the demand for elderly care is expected to increase sharply, while there is a shortage of trained workforce in elderly care. Studies have shown that working conditions in elderly care have deficiencies that worsen over time, associated with high sick leave and high staff turnover.
Socialt arbete
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Girls in homelessness. Living conditions, senses of belonging and senses of home The aim of the project is to contribute knowledge about girls' own experiences of living in homelessness, through an ethnographic study with 15-24-year-old girls, with focus on their living conditions, and senses of belonging and home.
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.
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.
2024-04-29
Anna-Britt Coe focuses her research on the relationship between activism and everyday life, and is a new professor in Sociology at Karlstad University since March 1st.
“Common for sociological research here at the university is the focus on everyday life, which is unique in Sweden,” says Anna-Britt Coe.
Anna-Britt Coe is a professor of Sociology and researches the relationship between activism and everyday life, demonstrating how these two are more integrated than we pre
