University of Skövde

Coordinates: 58°23′40″N 13°51′15″E / 58.39453°N 13.85412°E / 58.39453; 13.85412

The University of Skövde
Högskolan i Skövde

Logotype of The University of Skövde
Motto You create reality
Motto in English
 "You create reality"
Type Public university
Established 1977 (1977)
Budget SEK466 million[1]
Chairman Urban Wass
Vice-Chancellor Lars Niklasson
Academic staff
 310
Administrative staff
 524
Students 4000(FTE, 2015)[1]
68[2]
Location Sweden Skövde, Sweden
Campus Urban
Colors Ruby
    
Affiliations SUHF
Website www.his.se

The University of Skövde (in Swedish: Högskolan i Skövde, HIS) is a state university in Skövde, Sweden.[3] The University of Skövde was granted university status in 1983 and is now an academic institution with general and specialised educational programmes in topics like Business, Health, Biomedicine and Computer game design. Research, education, and PhD training at the university are divided on four schools; Bioscience, Business, Health and Education, Engineering Science, and Informatics.[4] The university has approximately 9,000 students (4,000 FTE) in 50 undergraduate and 10 graduate programmes.

Main entrance.
The Portalen building housing the school of informatics, Sweden Game Arena, and Gothia Science Park
Buildings E (left) and G (right) at the University of Skövde campus.

History

The foundation for the university was laid in the 1970's by and act of the Swedish Parliament. The university was established in 1977. In its first year, the university offered 300 educational places. University status was achieved in 1983.[5] The university moved to new premises in the mid 1980's in order to accommodate for a growing student body. The new campus was housed in the former Swedish Army T 2 Regiment barracks in central Skövde. In the following decade, new buildings were added to the campus as the university grew in student count and the integration of the, until then, separate School of Health Sciences (Swedish: Hälsohögskolan) as the Institute for Health Sciences.[6] In later years, the university has established itself as a modern higher education institution with programmes video game development,[7][8] bioinformatics,[9] and data science.[10] Something that has contributed to establishing Skövde and the university as a hub for Swedish computer game development with initiatives like Sweden Game Arena, and for research and development in IT with initiatives like the start-up incubator Gothia Science Park, considered to be an interface for science and local business.

Organisation

Administration

The university is a government agency under the Swedish Ministry of Education and Research. The Vice-Chancellor serves as the agency head and is supported by the university board which is responsible for making sure that the agency performs according to official decisions.

The University of Skövde, Building G
Snow-covered campus at the University of Skövde
The University of Skövde, Building E.
G Building at University of Skövde
A rendition of the coat of arms of the University of Skövde

Schools

The university's operational activities are organised into five thematic institutions:[4]

Research Centres

The university's research is conducted by research centres and groups spread out over the five schools (above):

Departments

The University's administration consists of eight departments:

Rankings

In a quality assessment study of Swedish higher education conducted by the Swedish Higher Education Authority, the university ranked seventh in Sweden.[11][12]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 http://his.se/en/about-us/Facts-and-figures/facts/
  2. ↑ http://www.his.se/Global/Omoss/Arsredovisning_2015.pdf
  3. ↑ Swedish National Agency for Higher Education: List of higher education institutions, accessed 2010-08-31
  4. 1 2 http://www.his.se/en/about-us/Facts-and-figures/Organization/Schools/
  5. ↑ http://archive.his.se/english/university/history/index.html
  6. ↑ http://www.his.se/en/Research/Health-and-Education/Health-and-Education/
  7. ↑ http://www.his.se/en/Prospective-student/education/Masters-Studies/Digital-Narration-Game-and-Cultural-Heritage/
  8. ↑ http://www.his.se/en/Prospective-student/education/Masters-Studies/Serious-Games/
  9. ↑ http://www.his.se/en/Prospective-student/education/Masters-Studies/Bioinformatics/
  10. ↑ http://www.his.se/en/Prospective-student/education/Masters-Studies/Data-Science-Masters-programme-120-ECTS/
  11. ↑ http://kvalitet.uka.se/resultatsok.html;jsessionid=2AF8567BC16DC7168566F7BD42FF6DF5?sv.url=12.6da1ffd913828526dc880000&struts.portlet.action=/kvalitet/result
  12. ↑ http://his.se/en/about-us/Facts-and-figures/Quality-assessment/
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