Gotland University College (Swedish: Högskolan på Gotland) is a university college (högskola) located in Visby on Gotland, Sweden.[1] The school is not a full university according to the official Swedish terminology since it is not authorized to issue PhD degrees. In December 2011 a "declaration of intrest" to merge into Uppsala University was signed by both vice-chancellors, aiming for completion during 2012[2][3].
The university college was established in 1998 and is thus one of the youngest institutions of higher education in Sweden. It has around 4 300 registered students, many of them part-time and distance students.[4] The main building which used to be an old Whiskey distillery is located in the central part of Visby, between the city marina and the Almedalen park. The Rindi Student Union, which organises the students, has its own building, called Rindi-borgen.
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Each year at the start of June, a grand event called Gotland Game Awards (GGA) is held. Here the students belonging to the university college are allowed to show off games[5] and movies[6] that they have produced during the past year. Among the guests are recent PhD Candidate Mirjam Eladhari,[7] game design guru and PhD Ernest W. Adams,[8] alumni[9] as well as national and international professionals.[10] These combined with the populace of Gotland, makes GGA one of the biggest and best game and CG related award ceremonies in Europe n desmond.