Blekinge Institute of Technology
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola | |
Type | Public Research University |
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Established | 1989 |
Vice-Chancellor | Mats Viberg |
Academic staff | 276 (2017) |
Administrative staff | 174 (2017) |
Students | 5,900 (2020) |
Location | Karlskrona and Karlshamn , , |
Campus | Urban, 2 campuses |
Website | http://www.bth.se |
BTH is a member of EUA - European Universities Association |
The Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH; Swedish: Blekinge Tekniska Högskola) is a public, state funded Swedish institute of technology in Blekinge[1] with 5,900 students (part-time, full-time) and offers about 30 educational programmes[2] in 11 departments at two campuses located in Karlskrona and Karlshamn.
BTH was granted university status in engineering in 1999. Among the many programmes and courses taught in Swedish, BTH offers 12 Master's programmes in English.
The university focuses on ICT information technology and sustainable development; additionally also offers programmes in industrial economics, health sciences and spatial planning.
Blekinge Institute of Technology is located in the Telecom City[3] area and works with telecommunications and software companies including Telenor, Ericsson AB and Wireless Independent Provider (WIP).
Campuses
The university has two Campuses in Blekinge:
- Campus Gräsvik in Karlskrona, from 1989
- Campus Karlshamn, from 2000
The Soft Center Campus in Ronneby existed from 1989 and was integrated in 2010 in the Campus Gräsvik, Karlskrona.
The university had been between 2006 and 2008 included in a strategic alliance with
Blekinge Institute of Technology is a member of the European University Association, the European Society of Engineering Education and the Association of Technical Universities in Scandinavia (NORDTEK).[citation needed]
Academics
Applied Information Technology
The institute offers Bachelor, Master and PhD programmes oriented towards applied
- Claes Wohlin,[6]
- Nail H. Ibragimov, widely[citation needed] regarded as one of the world's foremost experts in the field of symmetry analysis of differential equations.[7]
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Sustainable Development
The Institute uniquely offers two Masters programs
The latest (2008) report from the Engineering Education for Sustainable Development Observatory (
Through a planning grant from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), BTH and NJU explored the possibilities for cooperation in the field of sustainable development.
See also
- ESDP-Network
- List of colleges and universities in Sweden
References
- Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, accessed 2010-11-22
- ^ "Fakta om BTH". Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ^ "Telecom City". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
- ^ "School of Computing Research Ranking". Archived from the original on 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ^ "School of Computing". Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ^ "Awards and visibility". Archived from the original on 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
- ^ "Nail H. Ibragimov Homepage". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
- ^ European Master on Software Engineering Archived July 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sustainability Education at BTH". Archived from the original on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ^ "GENERAL CURRICULUM FOR EDUCATION AT RESEARCH LEVEL IN STRATEGIC SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - 2013-05-16" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ^ Circle Plan of Action Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "BTH top ranked regarding Sustainable Development". Archived from the original on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2013-05-07.