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This year's Borås Pride events will be held 26 June–1 July. The University of Borås is once again involved as a bronze partner.

The university is now setting clear frameworks for work travel in order to reach our climate goals. Emissions of greenhouse gases are to be reduced by seven percent annually. The goal is for emissions to be halved...

Using colour in art and design has been a subject of interest and fascination for centuries. You are welcome to attend a public lecture by Marjan Kooroshnia, Associate Professor of Textile Design, where s...

Take the chance to learn about the exciting research on new materials! On 20 June, Associate Professor Pooria Khalili will give an open lecture about natural fibre composites, which ha...

She works with fibres stronger than steel. After many years working in industry, Maria Persson is returning to the Swedish School of Textiles to research advanced textile structures and ...

Technical support systems capable of making complex decisions are on the rise, but so far they have mainly been developed with an emphasis on the capacity of machines to make d...

Gustaf Nelhans, Senior Lecturer at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, has been selected as an expert in the National Library of Sweden’s reference group for work with the government's mis...

The Department of Information Technology at the University of Borås has a lot to celebrate! Both the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth and Region Västra Götaland are granting i...

Smart textiles that can monitor the wearer's health and be used in the home have great potential to benefit society. This is the conclusion made by the Royal Swedish Academy of...

Innovation, collaboration, and… patience! The international conference “Leading the Transition to a Circular Textile Fashion Industry” set the agenda for the continued journey towards a...

On Friday, the university celebrated its Academic Ceremony with pomp and circumstance!

The climate students' (In Swedish Klimatstudenterna) annual ranking has arrived, and the University of Borås is in third place.

Tuser Biswas conducts research that aims to develop modern medical textiles that are good for both the environment and human health. Textiles with antimicrobial properties could reduce the use of antib...

With the research group Language and Literature Didactics (or SPLITT for its Swedish name, Språk- och Litteraturdidaktik), the University of Borås brings together r...

Ever since she became involved in the European network ArcInTexETN, textile artist Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė has played an important role in the university's internationalisation in the field of ...