University of Borås explained

University of Borås
Native Name:	Högskolan i Borås
Established:	1977
Type:	public
City:	Borås
Country:	Sweden
Students:	19 000 (Annual report 2023)
Academic Staff:	497 (49 professors, 2023)
Doctoral:	90 (2023)
Total Staff:	828 (2023), 497 lecturers (58 % PhD)
Vice Chancellor:	Mats Tinnsten^[1]
Affiliations:	EUA

The University of Borås (UB), or Högskolan i Borås, is a Swedish university in the city of Borås. As of 2023 it has around 19,000 students and 828 staff. The Swedish School of Library and Information Science and Swedish School of Textiles are part of the university. Along with Borås' reputation as a textile city, the university is known for its fashion and management programs, as being some of the best in the world.^[2]

Description

Faculties and location

The University of Borås is a modern university located in the centre of the city. UB has 19,000 students and 828 employees.

The university is organised within four faculties: Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business, Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT and Faculty of Police Work.

The university offers courses and study programmes within the areas of: Library and Information Science (at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science^[3]), Business and Informatics, Fashion and Textile Studies, Behavioural and Education Sciences, Engineering and Health Sciences, Police Work.

Research is organised in six areas: Business and IT, The Human Perspective in Care, Library and Information Science, Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, Educational Work and Textiles and Fashion (design and general). The university is entitled to award doctoral degrees within four of these areas: Library and Information Science, Resource Recovery, The Human Perspective in Care and Textiles and Fashion (design and general).

The University of Borås is a member of the European University Association, EUA, which represents and supports higher education institutions in 46 countries.

Organised under the University of Borås is also Science Park Borås, which is a national leader in sustainability and consumption. https://scienceparkboras.se/

History

The University of Borås was founded through the Swedish Higher Education reform of 1977. At that time, two educational programmes were already in place: the preschool seminar (founded in 1966) and the Librarian College (established 1972).

Timeline

1866 – Technical School of Weaving is founded
1936 – Technical School of Weaving becomes the Textile Institute
1940 – West Sweden's College of Nursing is formed
1966 – The Preschool Teacher Seminary is founded in Borås
1970 – University courses from Gothenburg University are relocated to Borås
1972 – The Swedish School of Library and Information Science is established in Borås
1977 – University of Borås is founded.
1980 – Business and IT courses begin
1982 – The Textile Institute is nationalised and becomes The Swedish School of Textiles
1989 – Engineering programme begins
1991 – The municipal hand weaving training becomes a part of the university
1995 – The university is authorised to confer one-year master's degrees
1996 – Professorship in Library and Information Science is established
1999 – The regional College of Nursing (Vårdhögskolan) becomes a school at the University of Borås
2000 – First Professorial Inauguration
2004 – The university's new library opens
2007 – The university is authorised to provide master-level education
2010 – The university is authorised to provide research-level education in Library and Information Science, Resource Recovery and Textiles and Fashion (design and general)
2011 – The university is certified to ISO 14001
2013 – The Swedish School of Textiles moves to the new Textile Fashion Centre
2014 – The first Conferment of Doctoral Degrees
2014 – Reorganization consisting of a change from six departments (schools) to three faculties: Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business, Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare and Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT
2015 – The university has a full range of Master's programmes
2016 – The university is authorised to provide research-level education in The Human Perspective in Care
2021 – The university establishes the Faulty of Police Work

Faculties

Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business
Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare
Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT
Faculty of Police Work

Vice-Chancellor

Ulf Dittmer (1977–1977)
Nils-Bertil Faxén (1977–1989)
Anders Fransson (1989–2001)
Said Irandoust (2001–2005)
Lena Nordholm (2006–2011)
Björn Brorström (2011–2018)
Mats Tinnsten (2019–)

Notes and References

Web site: Mats Tinnsten . Högskolan i Borås . 10 March 2021.
Web site: About the University of Borås . Högskolan i Borås . 7 March 2024 . 7 March 2024.
Web site: Library and Information Science . Högskolan i Borås . 7 March 2024 . 7 March 2024.