If your business needs skilled personnel with university-level qualifications, you’re looking in the right place – Skåne hosts a large pool of young, well-educated people.
If your business needs skilled personnel with university-level qualifications, you’re looking in the right place – Skåne hosts a large pool of young, well-educated people.
Sweden’s southernmost region is a knowledge hub thanks to a mix of smart planning and geographic good fortune. The universities of Lund, Malmö and Kristianstad produce thousands of graduates annually and many hundreds of researchers.
Lund University, which is Scandinavia's largest campus for research and higher education, ranks in the top 100 of universities globally, according to a Times Higher Education survey in 2018 .
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is close to Malmö and Lund, and the World Maritime University is in Malmö.
These institutions work closely with their counterparts on the Danish side of the Greater Copenhagen region to comprise a vibrant research-oriented infrastructure with a bank of gifted students and postgraduates.
Altogether, the region has a combined total of 135,000 students, 12 universities and 10,000 scientists.
Game expertise
The digital games industry is serious business nowadays. With a population of just 320,000, Skåne's commercial capital Malmö has become a world powerhouse for games, producing global blockbusters like Pet Rescue Saga, Pinout, Smashhit, Tom Clancy's The Division and the upcoming Avatar games.
Ask Skåne's game studios for the secret of their success and they pinpoint local access to talented developers with specialist training as the number one reason for their growth. Skåne is home to one of the world's top ranked game development and design schools, The Game Assembly, according to The Rookies. Skåne is an attractive region for international developers to relocate to. In fact, 40% of the approximately 1000 game developers in the region come from abroad.
World leading research
This expertise extends across other fields. Skåne has transformed its economy in recent decades from heavy industry to knowledge-based sectors within life sciences, cleantech, software and other high-tech sectors. Access to skilled, qualified workers has made this possible.
The region leads the world in both marine and water biology and orthopaedics research, and is a force in civil engineering, environmental sciences, ergonomics, ear nose and throat medicine and nuclear physics.
Employee calibre and skills levels are unrivalled. Sweden "beats other countries at just about everything," according to a 2017 global study by the World Economic Forum.
Read the article "Why Sweden beats other countries at just about everything"
A high employment rate, strong level of female workforce participation and non-hierarchical management style are all key ingredients. Together a strong work ethic and creative mindset they create a winning combination.
Take a look at this short video to know more about living and working in the life science sector in the Greater Copenhagen region, comprising Skåne in Southern Sweden and eastern Denmark:
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