Karlstad University
| Karlstads Universitet | |
|---|---|
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| motto | Sapere aude |
| founding | 1999 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Karlstad |
| country |
 Sweden
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| Rector | Johan Sterte |
| Students | about 16,000 |
| Employee | about 1,100 |
| Networks | CGU , IAU |
| Website | www.kau.se |
The Karlstad University ( Swedish : Karlstad universitet ) is a public university in the Swedish city of Karlstad . With around 16,000 students and 1,100 academic employees (2014), it is one of the smaller universities in Scandinavia . The motto of the university is Sapere aude .
The university goes back to the Karlstad University of Applied Sciences (Swedish: Högskolan i Karlstad ) founded in 1977 and received university status in 1999.
Faculties
There are 2 faculties. The Ingesund University of Music ( Swedish : Musikhögskolan Ingesund ) has been part of the humanities faculty since 2002 , although it is located in the town of Arvika , around 80 km west of Karlstad.
Web links
Commons : Karlstad University - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Employees. Retrieved September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Member universities. In: web.gcompostela.org. Compostela Group of Universities, 2019, accessed on September 14, 2019 .
- ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed August 18, 2019 .
Coordinates: 59 ° 24 ′ 21 ″ N , 13 ° 34 ′ 54 ″ E