University of Borås
university in Sweden
The University of Borås (UB), or Högskolan i Borås, is a Swedish university in the city of Borås. As of 2025 it has around 19,500 students and 822 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.
Description
Faculties and location
The University of Borås is a modern university located in the centre of the city. UB has 19,500 students and 822 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), 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).
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