Bachelor's programmes
We have nine bachelor's programmes taught in English and open to international applicants. The University of Gothenburg is a perfect institution to start your university education.
Are you interested in an academic education of high quality, strong international focus, and excellent career opportunities? Would you like to help businesses to transform to become more sustainable? Customise your degree through specialisation and elective courses, study one semester abroad and immerse yourself in extracurricular activities at the School. The combined breadth and depth of the Bachelor’s Programme in Business and Economics provides you the knowledge and skills needed to work in many different industries and professional roles.
Global contexts, processes and institutions are playing an increasingly important role for working life as a whole, and for people's everyday lives. At the Bachelor's Programme in International Relations you learn about global challenges, equality and how to manage sustainability issues. In our globalized world where international relations are reshaped and power relations are shifted, the demand for professionals with knowledge of global issues, and competence to analyse international events, have increased. The programme prepare you for a global labour market through proficiency courses with project management, training in conflict resolution and foreign diplomacy. The programme also offers an internship where you get the opportunity to establish contacts and gain work experience.
Software engineers and software managers will have a key role in all aspects of society, from using AI to provide customer service and even financial advice, to developing self-driving cars, to creating apps in the health and biotech sphere. We are among the largest software engineering groups in the world, and our researchers have worldwide impact. Our programme gives you the opportunity to complete collaborative projects, work with partners in industry, and participate in hackathons, gaining the skills necessary to improve the world with software.
Chamber music and instrumental studies are the focus of the Bachelor's programme in classical performance. You will be a part of an international environment characterised by dialogue and openness between students and teachers. The Academy of Music and Drama is located in central Gothenburg, close to the city's most important music institutions. Students participate in close collaborations with, among other institutions, the Gothenburg Opera and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, where a majority of the teachers are also active.
The Bachelor's programme in Music specialising in improvisation is offered for all instruments. This programme caters to students wanting to develop their own style of improvising and their own compositions. Reflection on your creativity and your artistic choices is an important element, and you are encouraged to move towards increasingly independent musical expression and creation.
A programme for musicians with a background in one of the world's traditional music genres. You may also be active within non-Western art music, such as classical Arabic or Indian music, or hybrid forms of these. The programme is taught in English. You should be open-minded and curious about the diversity of genres and experiences that exists in contemporary life. An important element of the programme consists of learning how to address and understand other musical expressions and traditions through ensemble playing and various projects.
As a student on the Metal Art Programme you will explore contemporary metal arts and crafts in different contexts and can delve deeper into your artistic expression and craftsmanship. The 1,200 square meter metal workshop is located in a unique academic environment in Dals Långed, 170 kilometers north of Gothenburg, where you work both at the drawing board and by the workbench. Through lectures, visiting instructors, workshops and field trips, you will gain perspective and inspiration for your work and be able to relate it to theory.
The programme is designed for you if you already have foundational experience in classical singing and want to study to become an opera singer. Vocal training makes up the majority of the curriculum, but dramatic performance and movement also feature prominently. You will study in an international environment at the Academy of Music and Drama, where you will complete at least one drama project per academic year. The programme also involves a great deal of individual coaching in everything you need to prepare for a career as an opera singer. Instruction is given in English.
The Wood Oriented Furniture Design programme is designed for you, who want to work with furniture design using an exploratory and conceptual approach to materials, innovation and sustainable development. In the unique academic environment in Dals Långed, 170 kilometers north of Gothenburg, you work both at the drawing board and by the workbench. Field trips and visits to trade fairs, companies in the industry and to design studios take place continually during the three year programme.
