Sustainability in education and research

• We are the leading WIL-university for lifelong learning and sustainable development
• Students are attractive on the labour market, equipped for lifelong learning and a driving force for sustainable development
• Research meets the complex challenges for regional, national and international sustainable social development
    
  Sustainable development is an integral part of the university's activities. Here you can read about the vision, goals and strategies.

Quality in education reports

According to the Higher Education Act and the university's own goals for education, sustainable development should be integrated into all education. The Research and Education Board annually describes how the education programmes integrate sustainability. The quality reports form is presented for the university's management team at the annual strategic discussions on education. 
Here you can find the quality reports.(In Swedish)

Quality in research reports

The university's goal is to contribute to knowledge for sustainable development through research. The Research and Education Board annually describes how the departments research contribute to sustainability. The quality reports form is presented for the university's management team at the annual strategic discussions on research.
Here you can find the quality reports. (In Swedish)

Here you will find courses with a special sustainability profile.

To find research projects with a special focus on sustainability - search on the page for research projects.

The university's research environments also contain more general descriptions of how its research contributes to sustainable social development.

Wexsus

University West is part of the consortium Wexsus, which facilitates collaboration and creates partnerships for sustainable development between academia in West Sweden and other societal actors. Within Wexsus, there is a research network that includes researchers with a particular interest in sustainability issues. To the research network.