Karlstad University (
Swedish Karlstads universitet) is a state
university in
Karlstad,
Sweden. The university, being a former
university college (founded 1977) was granted university status in 1999 by the
Government of Sweden. Originally it was a branch of the
University of Gothenburg. There are about 50 training programmes, 20 programme extensions and 800 courses within
humanities,
social studies,
science,
technology,
teaching,
health care and
arts. As of today, it has approximately 12,500 students and 1,200 employees. Its
university press is named
Karlstad University Press.