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University West
University West ( sv, Högskolan Väst) is a university college (Scandinavia), university college (''högskola'') located in Trollhättan, in southwestern Sweden. University West was initially called University College of Trollhättan/Uddevalla ( sv, Högskolan i Trollhättan/Uddevalla) and had three campuses, in Trollhättan, Uddevalla and Vänersborg. In 2008 all activities were relocated to new facilities in Trollhättan. University West offers bachelor's (first cycle), master's (second cycle) and doctoral (third cycle) programmes within a variety of fields like IT, economics and management, health studies, education and engineering. In 2020 there were 27 first cycle programmes and 17 second and third cycle programmes. As of 2021 there are 13,000 students enrolled and the university employs more than 700 people, including more than 60 professors. Work-integrated learning in education and research University West implements work-integrated learning (WIL) in its education an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Högskolan
A university college (Swedish: ''högskola''; Norwegian: ''høyskole'', ''høgskole'' or ''høgskule''; Danish: ''professionshøjskole''; literally meaning "high school" and "professional high school") in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland is an independent institution that provides tertiary education (bachelor's and master's degrees) and quaternary education (PhD). Most of these institutions traditionally had an emphasis on less academic and more vocational programmes such as teacher or nursing education as well as shorter technical education; historically, these institutions were somewhat similar to a Fachhochschule in Germany and to a Polytechnic (United Kingdom), Polytechnic in the United Kingdom. The term is also used for some specialized universities. Today, the distinction between university colleges and universities is of less importance in Sweden and Norway. In Denmark, university colleges grant non-academic degrees, but these may in some cases give access to further educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |