University College of Gävle
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Gävle University College is a university college (högskola) located in Gävle
, Sweden
. It uses the name "University of Gävle" in English, although it is officially a 'University College'. The University was established in 1977 and is currently organized into three academies.
The university offers the Swedish version of Bachelor's and Master's degrees, as well as the corresponding professional degrees. The University's postgraduate education at the Ph.D level is through the KTH research school, a collaboration between the University and the Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm. Currently the KTH research school is directed by Professor Christer Sjostrom with several professorships specializing in different subjects including geographic information systems or GeoInformatics. In June of 2010, the University of Gävle was granted the right to award a PhD degree in the area of "Byggd Miljö" or Built Environment.
Gävle
Gävle is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 71,033 inhabitants in 12/31 2010. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland , having received its charter in 1446 from Christopher of Bavaria.-History:It is believed that the name Gävle...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It uses the name "University of Gävle" in English, although it is officially a 'University College'. The University was established in 1977 and is currently organized into three academies.
The university offers the Swedish version of Bachelor's and Master's degrees, as well as the corresponding professional degrees. The University's postgraduate education at the Ph.D level is through the KTH research school, a collaboration between the University and the Royal Institute of Technology
Royal Institute of Technology
The Royal Institute of Technology is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH was founded in 1827 as Sweden's first polytechnic and is one of Scandinavia's largest institutions of higher education in technology. KTH accounts for one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education...
Stockholm. Currently the KTH research school is directed by Professor Christer Sjostrom with several professorships specializing in different subjects including geographic information systems or GeoInformatics. In June of 2010, the University of Gävle was granted the right to award a PhD degree in the area of "Byggd Miljö" or Built Environment.
External links
- University of Gävle - Official site