Blekinge Institute of Technology

A YOUNG INSTITUTE

Founded in 1989

One of three independent institutes of technology

Three campuses

THE INSTITUTE´S PROFILE

One of the country’s most distinctly profiled institutes of technology

Applied IT

Sustainable development in industry and society

NEW PROGRAMMES AUTUMN 2008

Security Engineering

Computer Engineering with emphasis on Sound and Image Processing

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, with emphasis on Telecommunication

Marine Technology

Master of Science in Game and Software Engineering

HISTORY

Merges with the Baltic International School of

Public Health

Campus established in Karlshamn

The institute is renamed Blekinge Institute of

Technology

The istitute is founded

University status in engineering

The right to run MSc programmes

The right to award MSc degrees

Lars Haikola becomes Vice-Chancellor

General right to award MSc degrees

University application

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2006

Ursula Hass becomes Vice-

Chancellor

2007

NOT JUST IT

Spatial planning, the humanities, health sciences, management, social sciences

Basic IT expertise

SUCCESS

83 per cent of the students at the institute get an employment directly after graduation.

BESQ, Research Center

Swedish Waterjet Lab has been inaugurated

EDUCATION IN FIGURES

Around 40 undergraduate programmes and 470 single subject courses

3685 full time students

37% of the students are female

1000 international students

16 MSc programmes

Approx 22% of the students take part in internet-based teaching

Natural Sciences2%

Health and Caring Sciences

6% Engineering56%

Humanities6%

Social Sciences and Management

21%

Health Sciences

11%

Medicine

3 %

Natural Sciences

8%

Social Sciences and

Management

15%

Humanities

4 %

Engineering

59 %

GROWING RESEARCH

Engineering is the ”authorised area of research”, in which BTH is entilled to award postgraduate degrees

14 PhD programmes

Collaboration with other universities

26 professors

112 doctoral students registered at BTH

Ph.D. PROGRAMMES

Applied signal processing

Computer science

Computer systems engineering

Digital game development

Interaction design

IT and work practice

Mechanical engineering

Software engineering

Spatial planning

Technoscience studies

Telecommunications

Telecommunication systems

Mathematics and its applications

RESEARCH AREAS

Applied signal processing

Business administration and economics

Caring and nursing science

Computer science

Computer systems engineering

Human work science

Humanities

Digital game development

Interaction design

Mathematics and statistics

Mechanical engineering

Public health science

Software engineering

Spatial planning

Spatial development and planning

Technoscience studies

Telecommunication systems

Radio communication

INTERACTION LEADS TO DEVELOPMENT

One of the most successful universities in Sweden when it comes to collaboration with industry and society

Highest number of employees in ”seed” companies

From stagnation to growth

3000 new jobs

WE ARE WHERE THE COMPANIES ARE

Board of governors

Vice-ChancellorProvost

Pro-Vice-Chancellor

School of Health Science

School of Management

School of Engineering

School of Technoculture, Humanities and

Planning

ALGA

Blekinge College and Vocational School

CTUP

Library

External Relations Office

Administration

OPERATIVE UNITS

MANAGEMENT

SUPPORTINGUNITS

Faculty board

Board of education

Board of staff recruitment & appointment

FINANCING BODIES

Funding bodies include the Foundation for Strategic Research, the EU, NUTEK, VINNOVA, the Swedish Research Council, the KK Foundation and partners in industry

Research is often conducted in the form of projects with industry