University of Gävle

Högskolan i Gävle (University of Gävle) is a Swedish higher education institution in Gävle. Its campus lies next to the Gävle River and the Boulogner Forest, a few minutes from the city centre, with all programmes gathered in one place. The university is part of EU GREEN, an alliance of nine higher education institutions in nine European countries, Spain among them.

It offers about 60 first-cycle and second-cycle study programmes, plus freestanding courses in the humanities, social and natural sciences and technology, on campus or online. Programmes train, among others, teachers, nurses, social workers, economists, engineers, estate agents, surveyors and human resources specialists; they include an applied criminology programme and a five-year Master of Science in engineering. Some programmes are taught in English.

The university has degree-awarding powers for third-cycle (doctoral) qualifications in eleven subjects, such as Energy Systems, Geospatial Information Science and Occupational Health Sciences. Its interdisciplinary research focuses on four strategic areas: Health Promoting Work, Innovative Learning, Intelligent Industry and Urban Sustainability.