Dalarna University College ( sv, Högskolan Dalarna) is a public

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(''högskola'') located in

Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabitan ...

and Borlänge, in

Dalarna County Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmar ...

, Sweden. Dalarna University is one of Sweden’s more recent institutions of

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, established in 1977. It is situated in Dalarna, 200 kilometres north-west of the capital Stockholm.

Background

In 2015, the university had 16,344 students, with 11,642 of them studying via

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. The campuses are located in Falun, the administrative capital of the province, and in the neighbouring town of Borlänge. Dalarna University is deemed qualified to award Phd degrees in Microdata Analysis following assessment by The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education. Research in Complex Systems and Microdata Analysis at Borlänge campus is carried out in collaboration with business and industry, and increases the competitiveness for trade, IT, transport and tourism in the region. Research in this subject area accounts for some 35 million SEK at the university. The field has some 50 employed researchers and teachers at the Borlänge campus and on top of that a further 30 doctoral students who are able to complete their education at Dalarna University.

Locus student accommodation

Student accommodation area ''Locus'' is located in Tjärna Ängar, a district in Borlänge designated by Swedish police as a

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, a socially deprived area with a higher crime rate. This makes life insecure for in particular female students who avoid walking alone at night due to persistent harassment. Therefore, the student union recommends relocating the campus to

. In September 2020, the student union criticized the university board for placing

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s in Tjärna Ängar, as foreign students expected to experience Swedish culture and traditions of Dalarna, but instead questioned whether they lived in Sweden at all since they never hear the Swedish language and instead think they live in a segregated neighbourhood. The union criticized that Tjärna Ängar was an area with a very high illiteracy, poverty and unemployment rates and low levels of education compared to other areas of Borlänge and that students had experience thefts, burglaries, stabbings and been harassed. As a result several students moved back to their country of origin or chose to pursue the courses online.

Organisation

There are three schools at the University: * School of Technology and Business Studies * School of Education, Health and Social Studies * School of Humanities and Media Studies

References

External links

Dalarna University
- Official site {{Authority control University colleges in Sweden Educational institutions established in 1977 Buildings and structures in Dalarna County 1977 establishments in Sweden

Background

Locus student accommodation

Organisation

See also

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