Blekinge Technical University

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Blekinge Tekniska Högskola
founding 1989
Sponsorship state
place Karlskrona and Karlshamn ; Sweden
Rector Mats Viberg
Students 3,819 (full-time students)
111 doctoral students (2010)
Employee 550
including professors 225
Website www.bth.se

The Technical University of Blekinge ( Swedish : Blekinge Tekniska Högskola , English : Blekinge Institute of Technology ) - BTH for short - is a state-owned Swedish university in Blekinge län with campuses in Karlskrona and Karlshamn with over 3,819 full-time students (2009). It was founded in 1989. The university has university rights for the technical departments. The university has been climate neutral since September 1, 2008.

BTH is a member of the European University Association , the European Society for Engineering Education and the Association of Technical Universities in Scandinavia (NORDTEK).

campus

The university has two (formerly three) campuses:

  • Gräsvik Campus in Karlskrona, since 1989
  • Campus Karlshamn, since autumn 2000
  • The Soft Center Campus in Ronneby was opened in 1989 and was integrated into the Gräsvik Karlskrona campus in 2010.

Together with the University of Växjö and the University of Kalmar, the university was involved in a strategic project from 2006 to 2008 to establish a Southeast Academy . On February 15, 2008, the university management decided not to merge with the other two universities, which led to the establishment of Linnaeus University .

Departments

The BTH is divided into the following departments:

  • Computer science
  • Electrical engineering
  • Health sciences
  • Management and business administration
  • mechanical engineering
  • Spatial planning

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Universitet & Högskolor Högskoleverkets årsrapport 2010 ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hsv.se
  2. Blekinge Institute of Technology - Facts and Figures ( Memento of the original dated June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bth.se

Coordinates: 56 ° 10 '53 "  N , 15 ° 35' 26"  E