- Dalarna University College
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Coordinates: 60°36′51″N 15°39′12″E / 60.61407°N 15.65324°E
Dalarna University Högskolan Dalarna [[File:Dalarna University´s logotype]] Established 1977 Type Public Vice-Chancellor Marita Hilliges Students 18000 Location Falun and Borlänge, Dalarna, Sweden Campus urban Website http://www.du.se/ 
Front of the main building in Falun.
Campus in Borlänge.Dalarna University (Swedish: Högskolan Dalarna) is a university college (högskola) located in Falun and Borlänge, in Dalarna County, Sweden.[1]
Dalarna University is one of Sweden’s more recent institutions of higher education, established in 1977. It is situated in Dalarna, 200 kilometres north-west of Stockholm.
The college currently has about 18000 students.[2] Approximately half of them study in Falun, the administrative capital of the province, while the rest study in the neighbouring town of Borlänge and via distance education.
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Organisation
The college is divided up into three departments:[3]
- School of Technology and Business Studies
- School of Humanities and Media Studies
- School of Health and Social Sciences
See also
References
- ^ List of higher education institutions, Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, accessed 2010-10-26
- ^ "Facts". Dalarna University College. http://www.du.se/en/About-Hogskolan-Dalarna/Facts/. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ "Organisation". Dalarna University College. http://www.du.se/en/About-Hogskolan-Dalarna/Organisation/. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
External links
Categories:- University colleges in Sweden
- Educational institutions established in 1977
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