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Learn more about our programmes!We strive for excellence in our research and our educational programmes. As a university with renowned research infrastructure and laboratories, the University of Borås is the place for you to deepen your knowledge of sustainability, resource recovery, textiles, informatics, and more.
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The Swedish School of Library and Information Science is Sweden’s most extensive research environment in the subject and conducts research and education with a strong professional connection and international character. Our researchers take on the digital challenges of our time, mostly from the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences.
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With a strong regional anchoring and based on national and international needs, the university conducts research with a focus on Business and IT in the subjects of business administration, informatics, and computer science. Our research is characterised by close collaboration with the business sector and a high proportion of externally funded projects.
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At the University of Borås, we conduct research that leads to solutions that change society for the better. Our research within the area the Human Perspective in Care focuses on the patient and the caregiver. We focus also on patients’ loved ones, students of Caring Science and their learning, and the leadership and organisation of healthcare.
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One of the prerequisites for developing a social and sustainable society is high quality education, from pre-school and primary school to vocational training and higher education.
Educational Work deals with issues of relevance to society in general and education in particular. This area covers pedagogical, general didactic, and subject-based teaching and learning issues. The purpose is to contribute knowledge that better allows us to understand the obstacles that may hinder us from taking advantage of the full potential of education, as well as knowledge in how such obstacles may be overcome and how to develop alternative possibilities.
Our planet faces major climate threats; many of them because we do not take care of the earth’s resources. The Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery (SCRR) is a multidisciplinary research environment that conducts world-leading research, education, and innovation. We improve and develop new methods and processes for material recycling and for refining waste and residual products into energy, materials, feed, and food.
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The area focuses on the subjects of design, textile technology and engineering, and textile management. We conduct research on customised clothing production, circular fashion, the relationship between the body, materials, and movement, as well as dyeing textiles without water, as examples. The researchers at the Swedish School of Textiles address many exciting societal challenges.
2025-02-11
Imagine a handbag or a steering wheel upholstered in leather – but made of artificial leather made from fungi grown from food waste. In a new research project at the University of Borås, the goal is to develop just that in collaboration with industry.
2025-02-07
From January 22 to 24, the National Library of Latvia hosted the kick-off meeting of the project "Empowering Libraries for Rebuilding Ukraine" in the framework of the Swedish Institute Ukraine Cooperation Programme.
2025-02-05
Today, the University of Borås is flying flags at half-mast in response to yesterday’s tragic shooting at Campus Risbergska in Örebro.
2025-02-03
Phosphorus is a necessary nutrient required for all life. However, it is only found in limited quantities in nature. In a new doctoral thesis at the University of Borås, biochar plays a crucial role in developing new methods for recycling and managing this important element.
2025-01-31
Today, only a fraction of all textiles are recycled. Katarina Lindström wants to change that. Her doctoral thesis in Textile Technology at the Swedish School of Textiles contributed unique knowledge about mechanical recycling: which processes and materials give the best results.
At the University of Borås, we cultivate learning, knowledge, and innovation of high quality in an international setting and with significant social relevance. We work together here to impact the future.
