Karlstad University
Karlstads universitet
UniversityKarlstad, SwedenFounded 197718,700 students (2025)
Overview
Karlstad University is a public institution in Värmland in western Sweden. Higher education in the city goes back to teacher training in the 19th century and a university branch opened in 1967; the institution became a university college in 1977 and gained university status in 1999. Its education and research are organised in two faculties.
Facts
- Founded
- University college in 1977; university status in 1999
- Students
- About 18,700 in first- and second-cycle education, plus 282 doctoral students (2025)
- Employees
- 1,393, of which 69 per cent teaching and research staff (2025)
- Faculties
- Two
- Campus
- Karlstad
Work at Karlstad University
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Sources
- Karlstad University in numbers (data from the annual report for 2025)Karlstad University · accessed 2026-09-05
- History in shortKarlstad University · accessed 2026-09-05
- About the universityKarlstad University · accessed 2026-09-05
- Karlstad UniversityWikipedia · accessed 2026-09-05
Last reviewed 2026-09-05
