Gävle University College (Swedish: Högskolan i Gävle) is a university college (högskola) located in Gävle, Sweden.[1] It uses the name "University of Gävle" in English, although it is officially a 'University College'. The University was established in 1977 and is currently organized into three academies.[2][3]
The university offers the Swedish version of Bachelor's and Master's degrees, as well as the corresponding professional degrees. The University's postgraduate education at the Ph.D level is through the KTH research school, a collaboration between the University and the Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm. Currently the KTH research school is directed by Professor Christer Sjostrom with several professorships specializing in different subjects including geographic information systems or GeoInformatics. In June 2010, the University of Gävle was granted the right to award a PhD degree in the area of "Byggd Miljö" or Built Environment.[4][5]