There will be a national minute of silence on Tuesday 11 February in honour of the victims of the tragedy in Örebro. Karlstad University will participate.
The initiative of a national minute of silence was declared by the Swedish government, who also urge that flags be flown at half-mast from 09.00 until the moment of silence has ended.
– 4 February will forever mark a dark day in Swedish history.
Doctoral programme in Public Health Science at Karlstad University
Public health science has strong research groups focused on children's lives and health, safety and security, as well as psychosocial working conditions. Several large-scale studies are conducted within these themes, continuously collecting extensive data.
Karlstad Business School was estabished in 2009 as part of Karlstad University, Sweden.
Facts & Figures
3 200 students
150 international students per year
140 employees
150 MSEK annual turnover
9 programmes (first cycle)
9 programmes (second cycle)
270 graduates per year
77% have got a job within six months of graduation
History
1968 Education in Business Administration starts at the then Karlstad branch to Gothenburg University
1977 University Colleg
2019 was an active and successful year for researchers within SMEER. Several large projects have been completed and others started up during the year, including large research grants from the Swedish Research Council, which includes collaboration with researchers from Germany. SMEER researchers have taken great responsibility for teacher education, not least for the initiative towards postgraduate teachers (KPF).
Karlstad Lean Factory® (KLF) is a unique flexible full scale training environment that resembles an industrial factory. It was built with support from the European Regional Development Fund and from Region Värmland (Sweden).
Originally designed and built for Lean Production training of industrial professionals, it is also used in research, education of university students, and as a catalyst for production innovation.
Samverkan
» Forsknings- och innovationssamverkan
» Innovationssamverkan
Society faces great challenges and meeting those challenges requires research, innovation and collaboration. This is where we come in. Four universities – one innovation office. This creates a breadth of ideas and skills that makes Innovation Office Fyrklövern unique.
YOU DO NOT SOLVE SOCIAL CHALLENGES ALONE - WE DO IT TOGETHERFyrklövern has established itself as one of Sweden’s leading innovation offices.
HHK
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» Alumn och partners
» Interviews with alumni
What do you do today?
“I am an assistant auditor at Grant Thornton and work in Karlstad. After graduation, I immediately got a job at PWC in Norrköping. I really felt that it was the right job for me, but my girlfriend was still in Karlstad and a long-distance relationship is not that easy. So I moved back to Karlstad and switched to Grant Thornton. This time it was also easy to find employment because of what I had studied at the Karlstad Business School and my theoretical background.
The transition from high school or the working world to university studies places new demands on your study teqniques. You will be studying more on your own and have more material to tackle. Developing your study teqniques is important to achieve better results at the university. It helps you manage stress, increase learning efficiency, and prepare for your future career.
Bibliotek
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» Kontakt
» Ledning och organisation
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.
Student
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Once you have decided to study, distance is not an obstacle. A number of programmes and courses can be taken from home. Please note that most programmes and courses have some compulsory on-campus meetings at Karlstad University.
Distance courses and programmes typically start with a group introduction on campus. If your course or programme has compulsory on-campus meetings, these may last for one or several days.
During the conferences NOFA 5 in Helsinki and NGM (Nordic Geographers Meeting) in Tallin (May and June 2015 respectively), we invited participants to make contributions in a special issue on geography education in the journal Nordidactica, on the foundation of their conference abstracts and presentations.
The conference sessions on geography and education had a broad thematic spectrum, including practical as well as theoretical aspects of teaching, studying, and learning geography in schools and
Om universitetet
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As of the spring of 2020, there have been some changes in UPE’s range of courses and working strategy regarding competence development for university teachers. The change aims at achieving more flexibility.
It will allow more flexible competence development based on the needs and current work situation of the individual teacher.
On November 30 2020, we changed the library system. On this page you can read more about what the library system Koha means for you as a library user.
Loan periods
We have an automatic system for re-loaning items. This means that you will get a 14 day loan period, and that the item's loan period is automatically renewed as long as no one has reserved the item.
Two CTF articles have been selected as a Highly Commended Paper Award in the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.
Every year the Emerald Literati Network select the most impressive articles from each of their journals from the previous year.
Contract educations are professional development training for working professionals, where the employer pays for the education. We offer education in various areas, such as health, leadership and care and nursing.
The Centre for Research on Sustainable Societal Transformation (CRS) is a cross-disciplinary research centre for research on societal and scientific challenges for the past, present and future.
Activities involve research, doctoral studies and research dissemination, that is, activities that communicate research results to the international research community and utilise research in society.
Advisory board
CRS is led by an advisory board of nine members, including a ch
Doctoral programme in History at Karlstad University.
History is an academic discipline about human beings and society through centuries. The core of historical study of continuity and change at the local, national and international levels is empirical analysis and source critical awareness.
Doctoral programme in Information Systems at Karlstad University.
Information Systems was introduced as an academic discipline at Karlstad University College in 1982 and was approved as a doctoral discipline in connection with the inauguration of Karlstad University in 1999. Research development has since then been based on areas of special interest to researchers and doctoral students.
Student
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Karlstad University applies a number of rules for written exams taken in University examination halls.
The rules help keep examinations as fair as possible. To learn the specifics of the exam you are taking, please ask your teacher or the subject’s administrative office. Here are a few important rules to be aware of before your examination.
Registration
You must sign up to take the exam at least 14 days before the exam date.
That is the question Sara Davoudi has looked into in her doctoral thesis, “What happened with the leviathan of the Public Sector? The challenges of vertical coordination in regional public organizations and its effect on public value”.
Sara Davoudi, PhD in Business Administration, tell us about your research.
- My research is about vertical coordination, which is best described as the communication between public sector actors and the challenges associated with that.
2018-06-18
With the emergence of firms such as Spotify, Uber and Airbnb, the markets related to music, travel and accommodation have lately been under dramatic changes.
The graduate school offers doctoral positions in various subjects and is held together by joint courses and seminars and focuses on practice based research. It aims to develop knowledge of how different content in specific school subjects is transformed in teaching. The Graduate School is a collaboration between Karlstad University, Halmstad University and University West.
Western music history has largely favored male artists, while female and non-binary artists and composers have been largely excluded from historical narratives. This has contributed to musical canons where important voices are missing.
Research and collaboration are an important part of the department's activities. We strive for an interdisciplinary research environment and to be a leader in our specialist areas. We also collaborate with companies, authorities and organizations.
The department carries out a wide range of research projects in a variety of legal disciplines.
