Blekinge Institute of Technology

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The Blekinge Institute of Technology is a public, state funded Swedish Institute of technology in Blekinge with 7,200 students and offers about 35 educational programmes in 12 departments at two campuses located in Karlskrona and Karlshamn.BTH was granted university status in technology in 1999. Among a large number of programmes and courses taught in Swedish, BTH offers about 14 Master's programmes in English.The University focuses on applied information technology and sustainable development; additionally also offers programmes in industrial economics, health sciences and spatial planning.Blekinge Institute of Technology is located in the Telecom City area and works closely together with many telecommunications and software companies including Telenor, Ericsson AB and Wireless Independent Provider .OverviewThe following locations host department s of the University in Blekinge: Campus Gräsvik in Karlskrona, from 1989Campus Karlshamn, from 2000The Soft Center Campus in Ronneby existed from 1989 and was integrated in 2010 in the Campus Gräsvik, Karlskrona.The University had been between 2006-2008 included in a strategic alliance with Växjö University and University of Kalmar under the common name of the Academy of the Southeast. The Board, however, decided February 15, 2008 not to join in the fusion the other two parties, which resulted in the founding of Linnaeus University.

"Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, BTH, är en av Sveriges tydligast profilerade högskolor, där IT och innovation för hållbar tillväxt står i fokus. Vi bedriver utbildning och forskning på hög internationell nivå, med fokus på IT som integreras med andra ämnen såsom teknik, fysisk planering, industriell ekonomi, design samt hälsa och vård."