University West
Trollhättan
University West in Trollhättan is a university that offers education collaborating with work-life in a modern study environment. Their profile is Work Integrated Learning, WIL. The university's focus is that knowledge and development are best created in the meeting between academia and the outside world.
ATTRACTIVE AND MODERN STUDY ENVIRONMENT
University West has approximately 13,000 students and 730 employees. The campus is centrally located in Trollhättan and is built based on the student's needs. The open spaces create meeting places between students, teachers and working life.
Education collaborating with work-life
The university offers study programmes, second cycle programmes and a variety of courses in computing and IT, economy and leadership, health and care, teachers and languages, media, the individual and society as well as technology.
It offers work-related education and collaboration with society and business. Through Högskolan Väst's profile - Work Integrated Learning, WIL - students gain experience of working life already during their education.
University West is commissioned by the government to develop the pedagogy around WIL. An example of WIL in education is Cooperative Education (Co-op) where the studies are interspersed with periods of paid work.
APPLICABLE RESEARCH
Research is conducted in the areas of technology, social sciences, health and health sciences and the humanities. University West's priority research areas are work integrated learning, child and youth studies and production technology.
University West has recently established the research environment Primus, which, via the KK Foundation's program "KK Environment", will develop strong research and education in technology and learning. Primus ultimately aims to strengthen Swedish industry.
An important interdisciplinary field of research is work-integrated learning. There is a strong connection between research at the university and undergraduate programs. University West has received entitlement to award two third-cycle qualifications in the areas Production Engineering and Work Integrated Learning (WIL).
