Welcome to Blekinge Institute of Technology!
BTH offers study programmes and single subject courses in first, second and third cycle. More than 7,000 students study at our five schools. Around 40 professors and 100 associate and assistant professors work on our two campuses.
Life on campus is multicultural. We attract students and faculty from many countries in the world. We collaborate in exchange programs and networks with universities in Europe and other parts of the world. We work to be awarded the ECTS-label in Europe next year 2011.
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BTH-ruset 2010
Last year's big success BTH-ruset is back. This year it will be held on Thursday 30 September.
This year the track is about 6 km and start and finish will be outside the new house J.
Start time is 5 pm. Warm up from 4.30 pm.
Follow this link for more information (opens in new window)
MSLS students win an international award on paper and packaging recovery hosted by Net Impact
Congratulations to our recently graduated MSLS students! The team has won a prestigious international competition "International Paper, Staples, and Net Impact Case Competition", aimed at helping to increase paper and packaging recovery rates in the United States. The contest was hosted by the global business network Net Impact.
Andrea Altmann, Wyeth Larson, Matt Lobach, Steve Marshall, and Lea Thuot from the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden won for their plan, which proposed solutions to increase the efficiency of delivery routes and communicate real-time recovery rates for the companies. Some of their innovative ideas included offering discounts to top recyclers and increasing transparency of reporting recovery information.
For the students, the chance to work with the collaborating organizations was perhaps among the most rewarding element of the project. "The competition gave us the opportunity to work with two organizations that are interested in implementing sustainability initiatives into their businesses, as well as make some great connections with the Net Impact network," said Blekinge team member Lea Thuot. "It was a great way to practically apply the theories, frameworks, and methodologies of our Master's program in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability."
Link to the pressrelease on the Impact website (opens in new window)
Link to Net Impact (opens in new window)
Visit from China
Published 2010-06-01
Under the 27th and 28th of May, BTH hosted a delegation from Taizhou university from Zhejiang province which is visiting BTH for the 1st time. The visit was planned by the office for contract training and projects upon the request from Taizhou University in order to find the possible ways of collaboration.
The visit included many successful meeting to represent BTH profile and it different schools and very positive discussions and plans for the near future.
The delegation was headed by Mr. Chen Hao, Chairman of University Council and the welcome dinner was hosted by the vice-Chancellor Ursula Hass and the farewell lunch by the deputy vice-chancellor Anders Hederstierna.
Text: Ihsan Zakri
Picture: Ulrika Wilke
We are moving from Ronneby to Karlskrona
During the summer of 2010 BTH's activities in Ronneby move to Karlskrona, and Campus Gräsvik in Karlskrona then becomes BTH's main campus. The activities in Karlshamn continue as today.
Via the link below, you find information relevant for students who are affected by the move.
Link to substantial information about the move from Ronneby to Karlskrona
Published 14 May 2010
The rebuilding of our campus in Karlskrona is in full progress
The rebuilding of our campus in Karlskrona is in full progress to be ready this summer. In the new campus the buildings will be named by letters instead of numbers (see picture to the left). This mean that for example a room earlier called 3348 will be named C348 instead.
In connection to this we are making new signs for buildings and rooms on campus, indoors as well as outdoors. The implementation of the new signing has already started and will continue until the rebuilding is finished.
The buildings will be named as per below:
A / the new reception building (building 7 according to building plan)
B / currently office building/kanslihuset (building 1 according to building plan)
C / currently eastern wing/östra flygeln (building 3 according to building plan)
D / currently the link/Länken (building 4 according to building plan)
E / currently EXR/International Office (building 30 according to building plan)
F / currently EXR (building 28 according to building plan)
G / currently northern wing/borra flygeln (building 2 according to building plan)
H / currently library (building 5 according to building plan)
J / new building (building 6 according to building plan)
More information about the new campus is available in Swedish here
Community
Community is the name of a new newspaper in English, describing what we do in BTH and our relation to the community around us. The first edition came in early October 2009. In April 2010 we have produced the second edition which you can see below.
In the second edition of Community you meet Nader Asnafi, Head of the School of Engineering at BTH. He talks about BTH being "a key part of the society". You can also read about Elisabeth Rakus-Andersson´s interesting research; fuzzy logic. Joakim Ekberg and Alma Puskar, two of BTH´s marketing representatives desribe their work - travelling around Europe recruiting students.
In this edition of Community you also meet the project manager behind the annual Academic Ceremony at BTH. You also get a glimpse from India in our Guest Column and, of course, a lot more.
Download or order a copy here (opens in same window)
International Applications 
Online application for BTH's programmes for spring 2011 is available on Studera.nu.
Link to Studera.nu (opens in new window)
BTH offers five Master's Programmes starting spring 2011. Information about these programmes are found via this link:
Link to information about BTH's Master's Programmes
Welcome to apply!
International Office
Do you want to get in contact with the International Office of Blekinge Institute of Technology?
Please use the form which is found via this link
In September 2008 Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) became climate neutral.
"As far as we know we are the first in Sweden. Perhaps the first in the world," says Göran Broman, Professor of mechanical engineering, specialising in sustainable product innovation.
