Business and Society

The School of Health Sciences has a rich history of engagement with the world. The successful internationalisation is based on a highly committed staff and student body discovering the institutional consequences of thinking globally for disciplinary and curricular structures in all of the existing international research and education programmes.

The school has over 60 partner universities around the world and develops policies and procedures for enhancing the quality in the researcher, teacher and student exchanges, courses, commissioned education and research projects. The school hosts visits of guest researchers and teachers, and encourages ever-widening opportunities for further international research, study, and projects, for students and faculty alike.

International Exchange

The international co-operations of the School of Health Sciences are based on mutual exchange of knowledge and resources within the profile areas of the school. The extensive teacher and student exchange, often with  Linnaeus-Palme funding, is not only contributing to increased knowledge for the students and teachers going abroad but it also means internationalisation at home. The students at the School of Health Sciences encounter exchange students and gain international perspectives  about health, care and social work from guest researchers, teachers and students who are contributing with competence. In many countries a strong development is occurring in the field of health sciences. The school is an attractive co-operation partner and a role model for partners in other countries.

Research

The research is international in its nature and articles are published in internationally renowned journals. The research co-operation in the area of elderly and elderly care has been extensive for a long time, one of many examples is the longitudinal twin research in co-operation with Penn State University in the United States. Later research co-operations concern children with functional disability and quality improvement in healthcare. Today the school has PhD students from the United States, Canada and Poland. The number of international PhD students will increase with the new co-operations that are established. The  PhD education includes a section study with an international partner preferably with a partner university. To build this into the PhD education is unique in Sweden.