 in Sweden, we hope to be more adventurous in challenging the established and exploring the unknown.

Our ambition is to contribute to the 

 at international, regional and individual levels. Thanks to our openness, creativity and multidisciplinarity, we have already attained a significant level of academic achievement. All our education and research is underpinned by a close dialogue with private companies and public organisations. Not least, we can also offer one of the most inspirational university environments in the country.

The sun is the symbol of the University. The sun provides light and represents life, warmth and energy, It is associated with enlightenment and growth, just like 

 of Karlstad University is to provide broad-based, multidisciplinary programmes for students in Sweden and visiting students from abroad while developing strong areas of research.

The University is located on one campus offering a modern and stimulating environment. The architecturally inspiring library lies at the heart of the campus providing a much-appreciated study environment for about 12,500 students. In 2009, a new exciting building, Vänern, was inaugurated which reflects our high ambitions for education and research. The University also has a campus in Arvika, about 90 km from Karlstad, where the Ingesund School of Music with its 300 students is located.

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In many organizations, a project led work form today is the normal way of working, in others project led work is becoming more and more common as a method to develop the business. There are projects of many different kinds, such as developing products, marketing offers, streamlining operations, delivering large customer orders, a reorganization or implementing events. Project management cuts across industries and professional roles and is about collaborating people in all kinds of modern professional environments.

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Master Program (One Year) in Project Management

Do you want to become an accountant, financial manager or controller? In that case, a study Program in Business Administration, specialising in Accounting and Control, could be perfect for you. With a masters in Accounting and Control from Karlstad Business School at Karlstad University, you will have up-to-date knowledge about the latest developments in the field, as well as skills that will make you well-equipped for a future career within both the private and public sectors.

Master Program in Accounting and Control

The Program focuses on Ecology and Conservation and is led by researchers in the Biology department at Karlstad University. It is a Program for those who want to deepen their knowledge and competence in ecology and conservation to prepare for employment or further research. We focus on applied ecology and conservation issues. The Program of study begins with the resilience-based course on Ecosystem Stewardship, that provides an overview of ecosystem services and their management. We follow with a course on applied Ecological Resource Management: The second term starts with an advanced course on Landscape Ecology and finishes with an Advanced Methods course. Students have space for elective courses to sharpen their own focus in the second year of studies. Finally the Masters project is an advanced research project within our extensive research network in Sweden and abroad.

Master Program in Biology: Ecology and Conservation Biology

Bachelor's degree of at least 180 credits, including a degree project of at least 15 credits. A minimum of 90 credits (with at least 30 credits at the G2F level or above) in sociology or academically adjacent subject such as anthropology, working life science, ethnology, gender studies, administrative science, criminology, social psychology, social work, political science or social studies. Upper secondary school level Swedish 3 or B, and English 6 or A, or equivalent.

Master Program in Critical Social Analysis

If you are interested in Economics, the Master's Program in Economics is ideal for you. Here is the chance to specialise further in exciting and current economic issues and get the chance to work with interesting tasks in the public and private sectors. The Master's Program consists of courses in economics (at least 30 ECTS cr) including a degree project of 15 ECTS cr, plus statistics (at least 15 ECTS cr) and elective in other subjects (max. 15 ECTS cr). The mandatory Program courses in economics are: International Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Behavioural Economics, Valuation and the degree project. Optional courses in economics are, for instance: Financial Risk Management, Portfolio Analysis and Economic Growth (each 7.5 ECTS cr). Students' own efforts to unite theory and practice are central to all Program courses.

Master Program in Economics

Bachelor of Arts/Science in Education 180 ECTS credits including degree project 15 ECTS credits, or equivalent qualifications. Upper secondary school level Swedish 3 or B, Swedish as a Second Language 3 or B, or equivalent. Upper secondary school level English 6 or A, or equivalent. Students are free to choose among certain alternative courses, often depending on their choice of specialisation. Students are free to choose any course offered at Karlstad University or at other universities. Courses listed are examples of recommended or frequently chosen courses for a specific Program.

Master Program in Educational Leadership and School Development

Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Pre-School Education of at least 180 credits, including a degree project comprising 15 credits at G2E level. Upper secondary school level Swedish 3 or B, Swedish as a Second Language 3 or B, or equivalent. Upper secondary school level English 6 or B, or equivalent. Equivalence assessment may be made. Students are free to choose among certain alternative courses, often depending on their choice of specialisation.

Master Program in Educational Worr Early Childhood Education and Care

The Master program in English is for you if you wish to develop your skills in understanding, analyzing, and contextualizing cultural expressions or language use in English, one of the globally most influential languages in contemporary life. Are you interested in popular culture and genre literature? Social media? Global English literature or communication? Language learning? This program offers opportunities to immerse yourself in these topics and more.

Master Program in English: Linguistic Specialisation

Master Program in English: Literary Specialisation

Who can communicate what where? How are different places represented in the media, and what are the results? How do different media affect people's sense of place and belonging, and what happens to the distinctions between the private and the public when new technologies are introduced? What are the social consequences of our increasingly mobile media consumption and lifestyles? How can different media technologies be used to communicate a place and its importance, for example in tourism and marketing? How are spaces, such as workplaces, homes and public spaces, planned to shape communication processes and media use? Which actors have power over these processes?

Master Program in Geomedia Studies: Media, Mobility and Spatial Planning

Are you interested in deeper and more expansive knowledge about a dynamic, exciting and socially relevant subject? Then the master Program in History is the right choice for you. History has never been more relevant. We are surrounded by fake news and a multitude of media outlets that engage in the contemporary trend of using historical perspectives to legitimise everything from genocide and insurrection to the crafting of individual identities. The need for historical knowledge and the ability to critically evaluate sources will likely increase in several professions.

Master Program in History

The Master Program in Information Systems is a Master´s level, two-year Program with a major in Information Systems, and with an option to complete one's studies after one year obtaining a 1-year Master exam. The Program offers students the opportunity to deepen their knowledge within the Information Systems field and to develop the skills needed to analyse and design e-service architectures across organisational and technical system boundaries. The Program welcomes international students. All instructions and communication will be in English.

Master Program in Information Systems

With a master's degree in innovation and service development, you are able to combine your technical knowledge and skills with understanding of innovation management and business development. The Program offers you an opportunity to develop your engineering knowledge with an understanding of how organisations can create new business opportunities.

Master Program in Innovation and Service Development

A master-level Program in marketing provides an understanding for the role of marketing when an organisation is working towards meeting different needs and challenges in contemporary society and markets. The study Program is an excellent starting point for those who want to work with strategic business issues, market analyses, sales and market communication.

Master Program in Marketing

Would you like to share your passion for music on a global level, working all over the world? With a master’s degree, you will be an excellent musician and soloist with high ambitions. This will bring you opportunities at an international level, and you will have a prominent role wherever you perform. At Ingesund Music School, we offer a calm, scenic environment with considerable access to practice rooms, as well as plenty of recording opportunities. In close collaboration with our three professors of voice, piano and string instruments, you will have great opportunities to develop as a musician, gain deeper artistic knowledge and specialise your craft and your profile. You will also have the opportunity to play in both large and small ensembles such as string orchestras, symphonic orchestras, brass orchestras, vocal ensembles and choirs. Together, we build up your personal brand and profile as an international performer.

Master Program in Music

The Program is conducted as a hybrid education meaning that lectures and assignments take place both at the university and on distance. A specialist nurse has extensive nursing and medical knowledge for a specific health care area. The intensive care nurse observes and assesses patients' physical and mental functions and conditions and initiate and carry out specific medical treatments. Nursing licence issued by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. A Degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (180 credits), including a degree project of 15 credits, a Degree of Bachelor in Nursing (including a degree project of 15 credits), or equivalent qualifications. Professional experience in nursing corresponding to 12 months of full-time work. Swedish 3 or Swedish as a second language 3, and English 6/A. Equivalence assessment can be made.

Master Program in Nursing Specialisation: Intensive Care

The Program is conducted as a hybrid education meaning that lectures and assignments take place both at the university and on distance. A specialist nurse has extensive nursing and medical knowledge in a specific health care area. A primary health care nurse assesses, plans, performs and evaluates the nursing process involving individuals and their experiences of health and ill health, which means identifying illness, symptoms, and functional reduction as well as self-care needs and resources for promoting health and adjustment to a changed life situation.

Master Program in Nursing Specialisation: Public Health Care

Are you interested in being involved in creating a safer and more secure society for future generations? The program risk management in society is based on two focus areas that include prevention and preparatory work against both accidents and large-scale disasters. As a student, you are trained in practical risk management, as it is planned, structured and carried out in different sectors and at different levels in society.

Master Program in Risk Management in Society

Service management plays an increasingly important part of businesses, public agencies and in the wider society. It drives the development of service innovations and service-based business models, which are beneficial for consumers and contribute to a sustainable development. The Master Program in Service Management at Karlstad Business School was developed in collaboration with CTF - Service Research Center - and provides an understanding of the role of services for the development of society, markets and organisations. With a master's degree in Service Management, you have an excellent foundation for a career in management and organisation of service development and service production within both the private and public sectors.

Master Program in Service Management

Degree of Bachelor of at least 180 credits, 90 of which should be in Social Work including an independent project for at least 15 credits, or equivalent academic qualifications. Upper secondary school level Swedish 3 or B, and English 6 or A, or equivalent. Students are free to choose among certain alternative courses, often depending on their choice of specialisation. Students are free to choose any course offered at Karlstad University or at other universities. Courses listed are examples of recommended or frequently chosen courses for a specific Program.

Master Program in Social Work

Degree of Bachelor, Teacher Education Degree, or other professional qualification of at least 180 credits with a major in special education, pedagogy/applied pedagogy, sociology, social work, psychology or speech and language pathology, including a degree project of at least 15 credits. Upper secondary school level English 6/A and Swedish 3/B or Swedish as a Second Language 3/B. Equivalence assessment may be made. Students are free to choose among certain alternative courses, often depending on their choice of specialisation.

Master Program in Special Education

Program in Special Needs Training: Intellectual Disability. Students are free to choose among certain alternative courses, often depending on their choice of specialisation. Students are free to choose any course offered at Karlstad University or at other universities. Courses listed are examples of recommended or frequently chosen courses for a specific Program.

Master Program in Special Needs Training: Intellectual Disability

Would you like to work as a trainer or coach? Or perhaps as a sports consultant or a club or sports director? If so, the whole world would be your workplace. Working with sports and health issues has become an increasingly coveted and in-demand profession globally. This means that you need both broad and in-depth expertise in order to be in demand on the labour market. Are you also interested in some day conducting research in your field, in order to develop sustainable and healthy habits? After graduating from the Master's Program in Sport Science, you are eligible for applying for doctoral studies in your field.

Master Program in Sport Science

Are you interested in developing your teaching and leading subject-specific school development? How to organise and conduct teaching is in focus in this Master's Program in subject-specific education. By placing subject-specific school development at the forefront, this degree Program provides both an opportunity to develop as a teacher, and the tools needed to contribute to the collegial school development at your workplace. The Program is aimed at professional teachers at all stages.

Master Program in Subject-Specific Education

The impact of globalisation and social change will increasingly affect working life structures and conditions in the twenty-first century. This Master level Program provides knowledge of these changes and a critical and analytical approach to them. Students learn to assess current trends in society and in working life. This Program is carried out in collaboration with the University of Gotheburg and the University of Borås. Lectures/seminars can take place at either of these universities or Karlstad University. Some distance learning activities will also be used.

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