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| Motto | Sapere aude |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1977; 49 years ago (1977) as college, 1999; 27 years ago (1999) as university |
| Rector | Jerker Moodysson |
Academic staff | 830 |
Administrative staff | 360 |
| Students | 18,000 (2023) |
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| Location | ,, 59°24′21″N13°34′54″E / 59.40583°N 13.58167°E /59.40583; 13.58167 |
| Website | www.kau.se |
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Karlstad University (SwedishKarlstads universitet) is a stateuniversity inKarlstad,Sweden. It was originally established as the Karlstad campus of theUniversity of Gothenburg in 1967, and this campus became an independentuniversity college in 1977 which was granted full university status in 1999 by theGovernment of Sweden. The university has about 40 educational programmes, 30 programme extensions and 900 courses withinhumanities,social studies,science,technology,teaching,health care andarts. As of today, it has approximately 16,000 students and 1,200 employees.[1] Itsuniversity press is namedKarlstad University Press. The currentRector is Jerker Moodysson.
CTF Service Research Center (SwedishCentrum för tjänsteforskning) at Karlstad University is one of the world's leading research centers focusing on service management and value creation through service.
On March 26, 2009, the faculty of Economics, communication and IT formedKarlstad Business School (SwedishHandelshögskolan vid Karlstads universitet) as a brand of their educational programmes in the business related areas.
Karlstad University has two a cappella groups, Sällskapet CMB and Söt Likör. Many students live at the nearby student accommodation facilities called Unionen and Campus Futurum.
Themotto of the university isSapere aude (Dare to know).
Institutions of higher education issuing teaching degrees are obliged to have a board with responsibility for the teacher education programmes. The Faculty Board for Teacher Education is also responsible for educational research.
At Karlstad University there is a business school situated with focus on a service perspective.Karlstad Business School has seven disciplines and has a deep interest in economics and business.CTF Service Research Center conducts world leading research with a focus on value creation through service.
The Ingesund School of Music is part of Karlstad University and the Department of Artistic Studies. It is situated in the beautiful Arvika area in mid-Sweden. The school offers music teacher education, music studies, and sound engineering.
Karlstad University has a new and environmentally friendly way of heating and cooling the university's buildings. The initiative is one of the largest in a campus area in Europe, making Karlstad University almost self-sufficient for heat and cold.
With the new plant, Karlstad University will produce virtually all its heat and cooling locally. This will happen via 270 drilled holes, 200 meters down to the ground. And the environmental benefits are many, among other things, carbon dioxide emissions are radically reduced and energy consumption for heating and cooling buildings can fall by about 70 percent.
The investment means that the current district heating is replaced and that heat can instead be supplied byheat pump technology. During the summer, heat is stored in the ground and then taken up during the winter.
There is no other campus in Europe with a comprehensive geo-energy plant in this size, says Birgitta Hohlfält, Regional Director of Akademiska Hus Väst.[2][3]
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