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Programmes and courses designed with industry in mind, attracts students from all over the world to Trollhättan, Sweden.
The application by the STARS EU Alliance to become a European University has been approved by the European Union. The decision was made by the European Commission on Monday, July 3. The total funding for the Alliance amounts to 12,4 Million Euros.
In June, celebrations were held at University West. All the students who finished their studies were congratulated and celebrated in a two day Graduation Ceremony.
For the first time ever, one of the world's leading conferences on thermal spraying with liquid feedstock is being held outside North America. University West will be the host when researchers and global industry players meet at the Thermal Spray of Suspensions & Soluti...
If you are researching the superalloy 718, the international conference "Superalloys 718 & Derivatives" is a must. This year, Joel Andersson, Professor of Materials Science at University West, has the role of chairman of the conference. “It feels great and honorable to...
Already at a young age, Paul Kah's strong interest in welding technology was aroused. Today, Paul is a professor of welding technology and program director at the Department of Engineering at the University of the West. Here he researches, among other things, how lithiu...
A new assignment allocated to Fredriksons Verkstads AB involved a number of welding challenges. “A good partnership with University West and suppliers meant that we could focus on the right welding technology and ventured to invest in new equipment and a new factory,” s...
Technological developments and digitalisation are increasingly shaping society and also the world of education. A new thesis from University West provides a description of how teaching with social robots can be done and how the role of the teacher is affected, making th...
University West is admitting 932 new international students for autumn 2023. This is a record increase of over 50 percent compared to last year and is the second largest increase in Sweden.
The welding equipment runs at high pressure when the university's research engineers weld field stoves at the Production Technology Centre. Industrial companies in the region sponsor the material and this spring around 90 stoves will be sent to Ukraine. “It feels good t...
Within a few years, the manufacturing industry will be able to skip time-consuming programming every time a new product goes into production. Mattias Bennulf’s research brings brand new opportunities for industries to rapidly transform their automated production process...
4,468 international master's students want to study at University West in the fall of 2023. This is a new record number and an increase of over 20 percent compared to last year’s numbers.
Successful research on additive manufacturing using laser and wire will now be further developed in the new SESAM project. In collaboration with five industrial partners, researchers at University West will fine-tune parts of the technology for duplex stainless steel, a...
Linda developing materials for future aero engine manufacturing lighter components, less material and lower costs. These are just some of the benefits that the aerospace industry will gain if they succeed in replacing conventional manufacturing techniques with powder be...
Using powder bed-based additive manufacturing (AM) to build hydrogen-powered space rocket components could save a great deal of material, time and money. In the H2RAM* research project, due to start at the end of the year, University West researchers and GKN Aerospace p...