University of Gävle

The University of Gävle has approximately 16 000 students and more than 60 study programmes and second-cycle programmes. 300 freestanding courses are offered in the fields of Humanities, Social and Natural Sciences and Technology.

In July 2004, as the second higher education institute in Sweden, the University of Gävle was environmentally certified according to ISO 14001. This certification comprises education and research in collaboration with the surrounding community. Clearly, we are at the forefront when it comes to working with sustainable development and we are immensely proud of this fact. By means of our interdisciplinary research in four strategic areas – Sustainable Urban Development, Health-Promoting Work, Innovative Learning and Intelligent Industry – the University contributes to the work of tackling many of the challenges our society faces.

Our research is to a large extent conducted within our third-cycle programmes. The University has the right to award third-cycle qualifications in nine subjects that are thematically connected to the strategic research areas. The subjects are:

Occupational health sciences Electronics Energy systems Geospatial information science Industrial engineering and management Indoor environment Applied psychology Social work Nursing science

Through creativity, openness and credibility, we shape a sustainable world in collaboration with the surrounding society. One example is that the business sector, external funders and the University co-finance third-cycle programmes in our graduate schools.