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Handelshögskolan vid Karlstads universitet Karlstad Business School. Vision. Karlstad Business School is the leading European business school with a service innovation perspective.
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Handelshögskolan vid Karlstads universitet Karlstad Business School
Vision Karlstad Business School is the leading European business school with a service innovation perspective. We take an active part in society and have good relations with business. We link education and research in an international environment. A degree from Karlstad Business School represents excellent academic credentials and the skills to apply them.
Sweden A countryof opportunities
Geography Big country, sparsely populated Karlstad
Higher education and research Large investments securing future success
The Nobel Prize The most noble of prizes
The city of Karlstad • 84 000 residents • Culture, sports, entertainment • Close to nature • Good communications (near Oslo, Stockholm, Gothenburg) • Business life and shopping See the film about Karlstad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shyk_RS-Apo&feature=player_embedded
Karlstad University • Teacher college 1840 • University college 1977 • Inaugurated as a university in 1999 with research funding from the Government • Karlstad Business School founded in 2009 • 12 500 students • 270 doctoral students • 1 200 employees
Karlstad Business School - Facts and Figures • Number of Students: 2000 • International students: 320 • Disciplines: Business Administration, Economics, Information Systems, Law, Statistics, Tourism Studies and Working Life Science • Research: CTF- The Service Research Centre, Business Administration, Economics, Information Systems, Law, Tourism Studies and Working Life Science
History • 1968 Education in Business Administration and Economics starts in Karlstad, a branch of the University of Gothenburg • 1977 Karlstad University College is founded • 1986 CTF – The Service Research Centre is founded and the Karlstad model for research is established • 1989 The Karlstad University vision is adopted • 1999 Karlstad University is inaugurated • 2009 Karlstad Business School is founded
Undergraduate programmes (first cycle, all in Swedish) • Business and Economics • HR Management & Working Life • IT-Design • Mathematics, Business Administration & Economics • Jurisprudence with specialization in Business Law or Public Law • Real Estate Management • Tourism
Master programmes (second cycle) • Accounting and Control (one/twoyears) • Service Management (one/twoyears) • Marketing (one/twoyears) • Economics (oneyear) • Industrial Management (twoyears) • Law (oneyear, Swedish) • Tax Law & Economics (oneyear, Swedish) • Working Life Science (oneyear, Swedish)
Research • Service Research Center • The Service and Market Oriented Transport Research Group • Working Life Science • Economics • Marketing • Accounting and Control • Statistics • Tourism • Law • Information systems
Research examples • Tourism and regional development • E-business • Health economy • The labour market • Tax law and branding properties • Gender, working life and the labour market • Budget control • Service marketing • Wavelet – Analysis of Time Series
International cooperation • Thailand • China • Norway • Finland • Germany • France • Spain • Austria
Cooperation with private and public sectors • Partnerships • Trainee programmes • Mentors • Breakfast meetings • Degree projects, thesis database • Career Fairs • Karlstad Business School Day