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The School of Information Technology, often referred to as ITE, is one of four Schools at Halmstad University, which together contribute to shaping a strong education and research environment. ITE is especially focused on problem solving for future challenges in informatics and electrical and computer engineering.

In accordance with Halmstad University’s values of a respectful, sustainable and inclusive culture, the Pride flag flies on campus for one week in connection with Halmstad City Pride.

Many innovations created by students at Halmstad University align with the Global Goals to be achieved by 2030. This spring, Iris Nyholm and Clara Olérs Ekman, from the Master’s Programme in Mechanical Engineering, Sustainable Design and Innovation, were among those students who excelled. This by transforming a linear cycle into a circular one for their graduation project. The students received a scholarship from Stena Recycling for their solution.

During spring, another eight of the University’s education programmes were evaluated within the framework of the University’s system for quality assurance and evaluation. The purpose is to develop both the programmes and the system itself. Of this year’s evaluated programmes, three were assessed to be of approved quality, two programmes to be of approved quality with reservations and two programmes to have been of quality under review.

At the end of August each year, Halmstad is filled with new students full of expectations, who will start their studies at Halmstad University. This past weekend, this year's Fresher’s Week ended, where over 1,000 students were welcomed during just over a week full of activities.

Next week, on 6 September, a hearing will be held with three people who have applied for the position as Pro Vice-Chancellor at Halmstad University.

Today, August 24, The King and Queen of Sweden visited Halmstad University as part of their anniversary visit to Halland. A visit to Fab Lab and a presentation of the solar car project Halmstad University Solar Team, HUST, were the main points, as well as the University’s own anniversary.

AI-based face analysis can be used for anything from unlocking your phone to making self-driving vehicles recognise pedestrians in traffic. But the selfie filters on social media and in your phone can make it a lot harder to recognise your identity or even detect the face. As a part of a bigger project initiated by the Swedish Research Council, a group of master’s students and researchers at Halmstad University has developed a method to reverse unwanted effects of these filters.

Again this year, students who wrote the most meritorious theses within the area health innovation at Halmstad University received scholarships from Getinge Sterilization Inc. Six happy students shared a total of SEK 100,000 which they received at the graduation fair, Utexpo, in June.

Society faces a number of challenges in order to secure a good life for future generations. Radical changes are needed – and it is becoming urgent. The challenges also differ from one part of the world to another. It is around these issues that the University’s focus area Smart Cities and Communities (SCC) takes its starting point.