University of Skövde
58°23′40″N 13°51′15″E / 58.39453°N 13.85412°E
Högskolan i Skövde | ||
Vice-Chancellor Muriel Beser Hugosson | | |
Academic staff | 310 | |
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Administrative staff | 524 | |
Students | 4000(FTE, 2015)[1] | |
68[2] | ||
Location | , | |
Campus | Urban | |
Colours | Ruby and sapphire | |
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.
History
The foundation for the university was laid in the 1970s by an act of the
Organisation
Administration
The university is a
Schools
The university's operational activities are organised into five thematic institutions:[4]
- The School of Bioscience
- The School of Business
- The School of Health and Education
- The School of Engineering Science
- The School of Informatics
Research Centres
The university's research is conducted by research centres and groups spread out over the five schools (above):
- Systems Biology
- Retailing and International Business
- Strategic Entrepreneurship
- Followership and Organizational resilience
- Knowledge and Innovation Management
- Professional Accounting Practices and Sustainability
- Virtual Engineering
- Health and Ageing
- Physical Activity, IT and Health
- Woman Child Family
- Distributed Real-Time Systems
- Information Systems
- Interaction Lab
- Media, Technology and Culture
- Skövde Artificial Intelligence Lab
Departments
The university's administration consists of eight departments:
- External Relations and Communication Office
- Academic Affairs Student Support Office
- University Library
- Estates and Facilities Office
- Finance Office
- Human Resources Office
- IT Services Office
- Executive Office
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]
Vice-Chancellors
- 1983-2001 Lars-Erik Johansson
- 2001-2010 Leif Larsson
- 2010-2016 Sigbritt Karlsson[13]
- 2017-2022 Lars Niklasson
- 2023- Muriel Beser Hugosson
Notable alumni
- Darko Šarović (Track & Field athlete)
- Niklas Åkerblad (artist)
- Coffee Stain Studios (video game studio)
See also
- List of universities in Sweden
References
- ^ a b "Facts - University of Skövde". Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
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- ^ a b "Schools - University of Skövde". Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ "History - University - University of Skövde".
- ^ "Health and Education - University of Skövde". Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ "Digital Narration - Game and Cultural Heritage - Master's programme 60 ECTS - University of Skövde". Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ "Serious Games University of Skövde - University of Skövde". Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ "Bioinformatics University of Skövde - University of Skövde". Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ "Data Science 120 ECTS - University of Skövde". Archived from the original on 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ "Resultatsök - Sök utbildningskvalitet".
- ^ "Quality assessment - University of Skövde". Archived from the original on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ "President Sigbritt Karlsson". KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
External links
- The University of Skövde - Official site