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The institution credited, Jönköping University, is notable in Sweden for /not/ being a university and skirting the name issue by being named “Jönköping Universi

by toxik 4y ago

The institution credited, Jönköping University, is notable in Sweden for /not/ being a university and skirting the name issue by being named “Jönköping University” in Swedish as well. Make of that what you will but to me it seems like a con. diva-portal.org is not a journal, it is simply a repository of all academic texts from Swedish institutions.

totoglazer 4y ago
I’d love to read more about this. Could you recommend a summary/article?
actionfromafar 4y ago
Right, it's marketing to attract foreign students I believe and bad taste IMHO. But the difference in practice between a college and a university in the US is not clear cut even there. In Sweden the distinction between "högskola" (college, basically) and university is not super clear either. One needs to look at the specific faculty in question to know if it's any good. This goes for all schools.
- larkost 4y ago
  I think the difference between university and college in the US is very clear, it is just not widely known. A college can get you a bachelors degree, a university can confer a doctorate (I always assume masters degrees come along with university, but that is an assumption).
  - fuckstick 4y ago
    That is not the difference between a college and a university as colleges absolutely confer doctorates. So I guess it’s not so well known, is it? https://www.wm.edu/as/computerscience/graduate/phd-programs/index.php https://www.wm.edu/as/computerscience/graduate/phd-programs/... https://www.brynmawr.edu/gsas/phd-programs https://www.brynmawr.edu/gsas/phd-programs
rijoja 4y ago
"Jönköping University (JU), formerly Högskolan i Jönköping, is a non-governmental Swedish university college located in the city Jönköping in Småland, Sweden." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping_University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping_University This has changed apparently. I think SAAB Avionics does a lot of in that general area so there is probably quite a lot of high tech research that goes on there. The difference between a university and a högskola in Sweden for anyone wondering is that they do research at a högskola, i.e. you can get a doctors degree there.

by toxik 4y ago

totoglazer 4y ago

I’d love to read more about this. Could you recommend a summary/article?

actionfromafar 4y ago

Right, it's marketing to attract foreign students I believe and bad taste IMHO. But the difference in practice between a college and a university in the US is not clear cut even there. In Sweden the distinction between "högskola" (college, basically) and university is not super clear either. One needs to look at the specific faculty in question to know if it's any good. This goes for all schools.

larkost 4y ago
I think the difference between university and college in the US is very clear, it is just not widely known. A college can get you a bachelors degree, a university can confer a doctorate (I always assume masters degrees come along with university, but that is an assumption).
- fuckstick 4y ago
  That is not the difference between a college and a university as colleges absolutely confer doctorates. So I guess it’s not so well known, is it? https://www.wm.edu/as/computerscience/graduate/phd-programs/index.php https://www.wm.edu/as/computerscience/graduate/phd-programs/... https://www.brynmawr.edu/gsas/phd-programs https://www.brynmawr.edu/gsas/phd-programs

rijoja 4y ago

"Jönköping University (JU), formerly Högskolan i Jönköping, is a non-governmental Swedish university college located in the city Jönköping in Småland, Sweden." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping_University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping_University This has changed apparently. I think SAAB Avionics does a lot of in that general area so there is probably quite a lot of high tech research that goes on there. The difference between a university and a högskola in Sweden for anyone wondering is that they do research at a högskola, i.e. you can get a doctors degree there.