Mälardalen University
Swedish university college
Mälardalen University (Swedish: Mälardalens universitet), or MDU, is a Swedish university located in Västerås and Eskilstuna, Sweden.[1] It has 16,000 students and around 1000 employees, of which 91 are professors, 504 teachers, and 244 doctoral students.[2] Mälardalen University is the world's first environmentally certified school according to the international standard ISO 14001.
In December 2020, the Löfven government proposed that the university has received university status from 1 January 2022.[3]
Research
The university has six different research specialisations: educational sciences and mathematics, embedded systems, future energy, health and welfare, industrial economics and management, and innovation and product realisation.
Education
The university has education in economics, health and welfare, teacher education, and engineering, as well as art education in classical music and opera. Education at the research level is given within a dozen subjects.
Organization
Mälardalen University is organized into four schools:
- School of Health, Care and Social Welfare
- School of Education, Culture, and Communication
- School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology
- School of Innovation, Design, and Engineering
See also
References
- ^ List of higher education institutions Archived 24 May 2012 at archive.today, Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
- ^ "MDU årsredovisning 2023" (PDF). mdu.se. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Mälardalens universitet stärker forskningen i Sverige". 14 December 2020.
External links
- Official website
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