Blekinge Institute of Technology
| Blekinge Institute of Technology | |
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| Blekinge Tekniska Högskola | |
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| Established | 1989 |
| Rector | Ursula Hass |
| Academic staff | 535 |
| Students | 3,800 (FTE, 2008) |
| Location | Karlskrona and Karlshamn, Blekinge, Sweden |
| Campus | Urban and Rural |
| Website | http://www.bth.se |
| BTH is a member of EUA - European Universities Association | |
The Blekinge Institute of Technology (Swedish: Blekinge Tekniska Högskola) (BTH) is a public, state funded Swedish Institute of technology in Blekinge[1] with more than 8,000 students (part-time, full-time) and offers 350 courses in 40 educational programmes[2] in five schools at two campuses located in Karlskrona and Karlshamn.
The institute focuses on applied information technology and sustainable development; additionally also offers programs in management, economy, health, planning, social science and the humanities.
Blekinge Institute of Technology is located in the Telecom City[3] area and works closely together with many telecommunications and software companies including Telenor, Ericsson AB and Wireless Independent Provider (WIP).
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[edit] Overview
The following locations host departments of the University in Blekinge:
- Campus Gräsvik in Karlskrona, from 1989
- Campus Karlshamn, from autumn 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 2006-2008 included in a strategic alliance with Växjö University and University of Kalmar under the common name of the Academy of the Southeast. The Board, however, decided February 15, 2008 not to join in the fusion the other two parties, which resulted in the founding of Linnaeus University.
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).
[edit] Applied Information Technology
The Institute offers a wide range of Bachelor, Master and PhD programs oriented towards applied Informatics. The School of Computing has been ranked 6th in Systems and Software Engineering research.[4] Admission to graduate programs is among the most competitive in Sweden due to having the highest number of international applicants.[5] The faculty of the School of Computing consists of 11 full professors and 50 PhD students, among those are high profile researchers such as
- Claes Wohlin,[6]
- Nail H. Ibragimov, widely regarded as one of the world's foremost experts in the field of symmetry analysis of differential equations.[7]
A European Master on Software Engineering program is given in collaboration with Technical University of Madrid (Spain), University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy).[8]
[edit] Sustainable Development
Blekinge Institute of Technology contributed significantly to the development of Strategic Sustainable Development (SSD), a strategic approach to sustainable development. Leading figures of the Scandinavian sustainability movement, such as Karl-Henrik Robèrt, teach and research at the Institute. In cooperation with Lund University the Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE) was established in 2004. Today CIRCLE is the largest national research Centre of Excellence by the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems.[9]
[edit] Academics
[edit] Schools
- School of Computing
- School of Engineering
- School of Health Science
- School of Management
- School of Planning and Media Design
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Blekinge Institute of Technology – Official Site
[edit] References
- ^ List of higher education institutions, Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, accessed 2010-11-22
- ^ Fakta om BTH
- ^ Telecom City
- ^ School of Computing Research Ranking
- ^ School of Computing
- ^ Awards and visibility
- ^ Nail H. Ibragimov Homepage
- ^ European Master on Software Engineering
- ^ Circle Plan of Action
Coordinates: 56°10′53″N 15°35′26″E / 56.18139°N 15.59056°E
