Education and collaboration
BTH works actively to collaborate with the surrounding society and to be a driving force at both regional and national level. Through this collaboration, the university strengthens its role and position, with the aim of also becoming a leader at international level.
Collaboration model
BTH strives to create complete educational and research environments in close collaboration with the surrounding community. This connection is crucial to ensure that the programs have a strong research connection and that the research is relevant to society. The majority of BTH's research is conducted in close collaboration with external actors.
BTH's collaboration model
The collaboration model provides an overall description of how BTH works strategically with:
- Partnerships: Long-term collaborations with companies, authorities and organizations.
- Collaboration activities: Practical collaborations that strengthen education and research.
- Collaboration platforms: Structures and arenas for dialog and development together with external actors.
The perspective of collaboration in education
Collaboration is a central part of BTH's education and a key to creating mutual benefit between the university and the surrounding society. The definition, purpose and concrete examples of how collaboration is integrated into education are described below.
Legal basis: The task of higher education institutions is to collaborate with the surrounding society for mutual exchange and to work to ensure that the knowledge and skills available at the university benefit society (HL 1992:1434, Chapter 1, Section 2).
Definition: Collaboration means an interactive process that creates mutual benefit for both the university and its partners and is integrated into the university's core activities.
Purpose : At BTH, collaboration with industry and other parts of the surrounding society contributes to increased relevance, attractiveness and quality in education and research, and enables effective utilization of the university's knowledge assets.
Realization: Collaboration in education can be realized through student projects anchored in external parties' concrete issues, degree projects based on external assignments and credit-bearing student internships (for example, internships). Representatives from external parties can advantageously be involved in the supervision of degree projects, in guest lectures, as mentors, as external representatives in program committees, or as hourly employed guest teachers.