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The University of Borås (UB), or Högskolan i Borås, is a Swedish university in the city of Borås. As of 2023 it has around 19,000 students and 828 staff. The Swedish School of Library and Information Science and Swedish School of Textiles are part of the university. Along with Borås' reputation as a textile city, the university is known for its fashion and management programs, as being some of the best in the world.[2]
Högskolan i Borås | |
 | |
| Type | public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1977[citation needed] |
| Vice-Chancellor | Mats Tinnsten[1] |
Academic staff | 497 (49 professors, 2023) |
Total staff | 828 (2023),[2] 497 lecturers (58 % PhD) |
| Students | 19 000 (Annual report 2023)[2] |
| 90 (2023) [clarification needed] | |
| Location | , Sweden |
| Affiliations | EUA |
| Website | hb |
The University of Borås is a modern university located in the centre of the city. UB has 19,000 students and 828 employees.[as of?]
The university is organised within four faculties: Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business, Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT and Faculty of Police Work.
The university offers courses and study programmes within the areas of: Library and Information Science (at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science[3]), Business and Informatics, Fashion and Textile Studies, Behavioural and Education Sciences, Engineering and Health Sciences, Police Work.
Research is organised in six areas: Business and IT, The Human Perspective in Care, Library and Information Science, Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, Educational Work and Textiles and Fashion (design and general). The university is entitled to award doctoral degrees within four of these areas: Library and Information Science, Resource Recovery, The Human Perspective in Care and Textiles and Fashion (design and general).
The University of Borås is a member of the European University Association, EUA, which represents and supports higher education institutions in 46 countries.[when?]
Organised under the University of Borås is also Science Park Borås, which is a national leader in sustainability and consumption.
The University of Borås was founded through the Swedish Higher Education reform of 1977. At that time, two educational programmes were already in place: the preschool seminar (founded in 1966) and the Librarian College (established 1972).
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