Price: “In our automation labs, engineering students can test their simulations of a convoy of driverless vehicles, while the industry can test what automation can do for them,” says Niclas Björsell, reader in electronics at University of Gävle. While many other higher education institutions are moving more and more towards mere simulations, University of Gävle has chosen a different path. Here, engineering programmes contain many laboratory elements. This is a conscious choice made partly because the University is strong in measurement technology and partly because there is a demand for testing simulations against reality. “We are keeping our labs and we are almost the only ones in Sweden doing that. Our labs are fantastic resources both when it comes to education and to demonstrate industrial applications,” Niclas Björsell says.