Founded in 1990 as the College of Trollhättan and Uddevalla. Campus moved to Trollhättan in 2008
13,000 enrolled students annually. 5,100 full-time.
750/715 employees (researchers, teaching staff and administrative staff)
Four departments: Engineering Science, Health Science, School of Business, Economics and IT, Social and Behavioural Studies.
Highlights
Profile Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Has the distinguished task of developing WIL from the Swedish government: High and increasing number of applicants
Wide recruitment: Highest level in Sweden of students with a non-academic background
High level of employment after graduation: At top level in Sweden with 87 percent of the graduated students established in the labor market one year after exam.
High level of external funding of research: Over 50 percent of the total amount
Phd Eduation in Work integrated learning (55 doctoral students) and Production technology (35 doctoral students)
Cooperation with other universities: 135 partner universities, and about 30 countries worldwide
WIL at University West
Long-standing member of WACE
Work Integrated Learning (WIL) defines everything we do as a university
Conducts nationally and internationally recognized education within the field of WIL, from Bachelor to PhD level
Unique doctoral program within WIL
Quality assurance system for WIL in education
A long history of conducting practice-oriented research closely together with all types of partners in society
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