Halmstad University, Sweden
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| Motto | The Innovation Driven University |
|---|---|
| Type | Public University |
| Established | 1983 |
| Vice-Chancellor | Mikael Alexandersson |
Academic staff | 291 (2014) |
Administrative staff | 596 (2014) |
| Students | 8,889 (2014) |
| 97 (2014) | |
| Location | Halmstad, Sweden |
| Affiliations | EUA, SUHF, NUAS |
| Website | www.hh.se |
Halmstad University or Halmstad University College[1] (Swedish: Högskolan i Halmstad) (HH) is a University college (Swedish: högskola) in Halmstad, Sweden. It was established in 1983. Halmstad University is a public higher education institution offering bachelor's and master's programmes in various fields of studies. In addition, it conducts Ph.D. programmes in three fields of research, namely, Information Technology, Innovation Science and Health Science.[2]
Statistics
Halmstad University has 8,889 students, 50 professors and 97 research students (2014). The study programmes and courses cover 40 degree programmes and 200 single subject courses. The university conducts doctoral programmes in Information Technology, Innovation Science and Health Science.[3]
Profile
Halmstad university actively takes part in society and community development projects through an extensive programme of cooperative ventures involving the business and public sectors. In 2013, the university adopted a profile which is summed up in the following vision statement: "Halmstad University prepares people for the future by creating values, driving innovation and developing society."[4]
Halmstad University's educational profile is made up of three interwoven areas of strength which can be summarised as the development and study of organisations, products and quality of life. This is based on the three main research areas of the university: Innovation Science, Information Technology and Health Science.[5]
Schools
Halmstad university is organised into the following 4 schools (called "academies" in Swedish):[6]
- School of Business, Engineering and Science
- School of Health and Welfare
- School of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Information Technology
Research Centres and Research Groups
The research at Halmstad university is organised into the following 8 research centres:[7]
- Biological and Environmental Systems Research (BLESS)
- Centre for Social Analysis (CESAM)
- Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Learning research (CIEL)
- Center of research on Welfare, Health and Sport (CVHI)
- Halmstad Embedded and Intelligent Systems Research (EIS)
- Research on Education and Learning within the School of Teacher Education (FULL)
- Contexts and Cultural Boundaries (KK)
- Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design (MTEK)
References
- ↑ Though Högskolan i Halmstad itself uses the translation "Halmstad University" it should be noted that Universitets- och högskolerådet (UHR; the Swedish Council for Higher Education), a central government agency, uses the translation "Halmstad University College" in its list of "Recognised higher education institutions in Sweden"
- ↑ http://www.hh.se/english/discover/discoverouruniversity.9285.html
- ↑ http://www.hh.se/english/discover/discoverouruniversity/halmstaduniversityinnumbers.8971.html
- ↑ http://www.hh.se/english/discover/discoverouruniversity/visionstatement.9286.html
- ↑ http://www.hh.se/english/discover/discoverouruniversity.9285.html
- ↑ http://www.hh.se/english/discover/organisation/schools.1534_en.html
- ↑ http://www.hh.se/english/research/researchcentresandgroups.325_en.html
External links
- Högskolan i Halmstad - Official site
Coordinates: 56°39′51″N 12°52′43″E / 56.66417°N 12.87861°E