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Halmstad University, Sweden

Coordinates: 56°39′51″N 12°52′43″E / 56.66417°N 12.87861°E / 56.66417; 12.87861
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Halmstad University
MottoThe Innovation Driven University
TypePublic University
Established1983
Vice-ChancellorMikael Alexandersson
Academic staff
277 (2013)
Students9 153 (2013)
90 (2013)
Location,
AffiliationsEUA, SUHF, NUAS
Websitewww.hh.se

Halmstad University (Swedish: Högskolan i Halmstad) (HH) is a Higher Education Institute (HEI, Swedish: högskola) in Halmstad, Sweden.It was established in 1983. Halmstad University is a public higher education institution offering bachelor's and master's programs in various fields of studies. In addition, it conducts Ph.D. programs in three fields of research, namely, Information Technology, Innovation Science and Health Science. Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). [1]


Statistics

Halmstad University has more than 9 000 students, including 245 exchange students (2013) and 163 international programme students (2013). The study programs and courses cover more than 50 Bachelor's and Master's programs and 250 single subject courses. These include twelve international master's programmes. The university conducts doctoral programs in Information Technology, Innovation Science and Health Science.

Profile

The university actively takes part in society and community development projects through an extensive programme of cooperative ventures involving the business and public sectors.

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. To promote interaction, the areas of strength are permeated by three distinctive attributes: collaborative outreach, innovation and well-being.[2]

Research Centers and Research groups

  • Halmstad Embedded and Intelligent Systems Research (EIS)
  • Biological and Environmental Systems (BLESS)
  • Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Learning research (CIEL)
  • Centre for Studies of Political Science, Communication and Media (CPKM)
  • Center of research on Welfare, Health and Sport (CVHI)
  • Contexts and Cultural Boundaries (KK)
  • Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design (MTEK)
  • Research on Education and Learning within the School of Teacher Education (FULL)
  • Social Change, Learning and Social Relations (SLSR)

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56°39′51″N 12°52′43″E / 56.66417°N 12.87861°E / 56.66417; 12.87861