Örebro University ( sv, Örebro universitet) is a state

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Örebro Örebro ( , ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers in ...

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. The university has its roots in the Örebro campus of

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in opera ...

, which became an independent state

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in 1977, Örebro University College (''Högskolan i Örebro''). The university college also incorporated three other existing educational institutions in Örebro: the teaching seminar, the sports college (founded in 1966) and the social work college (founded 1967). Örebro University College was granted the privileges of a university by the

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in 1999, becoming the 12th university in Sweden. On 30 March 2010 the university was granted the right to award medical degrees in collaboration with

Örebro University Hospital Örebro University Hospital (Swedish: ''Universitetssjukhuset Örebro'', ''USÖ'') is a university hospital in Örebro, Sweden. The hospital is operated by Örebro County Council and took its current name in 2000, having previously been called Ör ...

, making it the 7th medical school in Sweden. The law programme at Örebro University is one of Sweden's most popular programmes (number 10 in 2018, with more than 4,800 applicants).

History

In 1967,

established a branch in Örebro, the College of Social Sciences. In 1977, Örebro University College was established through a merger of the Uppsala University branch in Örebro, the Preschool Teaching Seminary, and the College of Physical Education and Sport Science, and the College of Social Sciences. In 1999, the university college was granted the status of a

by the

and opened by Prime Minister

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on 6 February 1999.Historik
, Örebro University, updated 8 December 2010

Rankings

Örebro University is ranked in the 401-500 band in the

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world ranking. The university’s place is 403. Örebro University is ranked number 84 on the Times Higher Education’s list of the best young universities in the world. This list includes only universities established less than 50 years ago.

Faculties

* Faculty of Business, Science and Engineering * Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences * Faculty of Medicine and Health

Schools

*School of Business *School of Health Sciences * School of Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Meal Science *School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences *School of Law, Psychology and Social work *School of Medical Sciences *School of Music, Theatre and Art *School of Science and Technology

Vice-Chancellors

*Thore Hammarland (1977–1978) *Stefan Björklund (1978–1982) *Anders Stening (1983–1989) *Ingemar Lind (1990–1999) *Janerik Gidlund (1999–2008) *Jens Schollin (2008–2016) *Johan Schnürer (2016–present)

Notable people

Alumni

* Lars Adaktusson,

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* Stefan Borsch, vocalist, Vikingarna (1973–1979) * Johan Dennelind, CEO,

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, politics editor, ''

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'' *

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, Member of Parliament, Centre Party *

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, Ukrainian journalist, teacher *

Mats Jansson Mats Jansson (born 1951, in Kolsva, Sweden) is a Swedish businessperson. He was Chief Executive Officer of SAS Group from 2007 to 2010.

, CEO,

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(2007–2010) *

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, Minister for Employment *

Ulrika Knape Ulrika Margareta Knape-Lindberg (née ''Knape'' on 26 April 1955) is a retired Swedish diver. She competed in the 10 m platform and 3 m springboard at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won one gold and two silver medals. In 1972–1974 she was nam ...

, Olympic medalist in

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(1972 and 1976) *

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, television host *

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(1996–2006) * Ali Sadeghian, musician, singer, songwriter, and actor *

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, Minister for Employment, Member of Parliament,

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* Sten Tolgfors, Minister for Defense and Foreign Trade, Member of Parliament,

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, television and radio host *

Sven-Göran Eriksson Sven-Göran Eriksson (; born 5 February 1948) is a Swedish football manager and former player. After an unassuming playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between 1977 and 2001, winning 18 ...

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* Marika Domanski Lyfors, coach of the Swedish women's national football team (1996–2005)

Faculty

Anna G. Jónasdóttir Anna Guðrún Jónasdóttir (born 2 December 1942) is an Icelandic political science, political scientist and gender studies academic. She is Professor Emerita at the Center for Feminist Social Studies at Örebro University and co-director of the ...

, political science, gender studies;

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* Fuat Deniz,

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, killed on campus on 13 December 2007"Stabbed lecturer dies"
'' The Local'', 13 December 2007.

Gallery

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Grythyttan Grythyttan is a urban areas of Sweden, locality situated in Hällefors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 891 inhabitants in 2010. It is located between two lakes, Torrvarpen and Sör-Älgen. It is chiefly known in Sweden for the Grythyttan ...

References

External links

Örebro University
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Orebro University Universities in Sweden Örebro Educational institutions established in 1977 Buildings and structures in Örebro 1977 establishments in Sweden