Facts about BTH
Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) is a globally attractive knowledge community within applied IT and innovation for sustainable growth.
Ranking
Top Ranked within Sustainable Growth
- BTH is selected as the best university in Sweden within sustainable development
- 3rd best in Europe
Top Ranked in Systems and Software Engineering
- BTH is ranked as number 5 in the world among the top institutions in the field of systems and software engineering of the "Journal of Systems and Software".
Ranked as number 2 in Europe and number 1 in Sweden! - Our professor Claes Wohlin is ranked for the fourth time among the 15 most published researchers in the world in this field.
Education
- About 8,800 registered students (converted to full-time students: approx. 4,200)
- 60 % of the students are studying engineering, 3 % humanities, 20 % social sciences and management, 8 % caring science, 6 % natural sciences and 3 % medicine
- 44 % of the students are female
- Over 40 bachelor study programmes
- Over 20 master study programmes
- Approximately 330 single subject courses
- 1,200 international students
Research
- Engineering is the "authorised area of research" in which BTH is entitled to run Phd study programmes
- Research accounts for one-third of the Institute's activities
- 119 doctoral students are registered within technology
- 12 doctoral students are registered at other academic institutions
- 40 professors
- 14 third-cycle study programmes in engineering
Research studies are carried out in all faculties in co-operation with other universities.
General
- 579 employees
- Turnover: SEK 479 million
The presentation is based on information available by the end of 2011.
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