With the Avans programme, the Knowledge Foundation wants to give the universities the opportunity to develop or fiurther develop degree programmes at second cycle level together with the business sector.
We no longer accept applications for the 2024 call for proposals within the Avans programme.
For Sweden to continue being a competitive country with high innovation skills, the educational offering at the country’s universities and university colleges must be of high quality, have a clear connection to the state-of-the-art, and be relevant to the needs of the labour market. In order to ensure this, the universities and the business sector need to engage through collaboration in needs analysis and development of relevant educational activities.
The specific purpose of the programme Avans is to integrate the academic environment’s research and education activities and to contribute to provision of competence within the business sector.
| Project title | University | Project leader | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development of Second-Cycle MSc Programme in Game Engineering and Interactive Systems | Blekinge Institute of Technology | Veronica Sundstedt | 2024-09-01 | 2026-08-31 |
| IDEAL: Interaction Design Program Expansion and Alignment with Market Needs | Linnaeus University | Mexhid Ferati | 2024-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| Mechanical Engineering Master program in Data-driven Engineering Design | Örebro University | Magnus Löfstrand | 2024-06-03 | 2026-05-29 |
| Strategic Innovation and Design for Sustainability (STRIDES) | Blekinge Institute of Technology | Merlina Missimer | 2024-06-01 | 2026-12-31 |
| Course development: resource recovery - industrial engineering and management | University of Borås | David Eriksson | 2023-08-01 | 2025-05-31 |
| Data driven mechanical engineering | Karlstad University | Anton Tkachuk | 2023-08-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| Education program in Master of Science in Engineering, Building Technology | Linnaeus University | Michael Dorn | 2023-08-15 | 2025-08-14 |
| M-WELD (KK-miljö) | University West | Paul Kah | 2023-03-01 | 2025-02-28 |
