Örebro University ( sv, Örebro universitet) is a state university in Örebro,

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. The university has its roots in the Örebro campus of Uppsala University, which became an independent state university college 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, 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, Uppsala University 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 university by the

and opened by Prime Minister Göran Persson on 6 February 1999.Historik
, Örebro University, updated 8 December 2010

Rankings

Örebro University is ranked in the 401-500 band in the Times Higher Education 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 Lars Göran Peter Adaktusson (born 6 August 1955) is a Swedish politician for the Christian Democrats. He was elected Member of the Riksdag in the 2018 general election. Prior to that, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Early ca ...

, Member of the European Parliament *

Stefan Borsch Stefan Henrik Borsch (born 19 January 1947) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. At first, he sang for Swedish dansband Öijwinds, and from 1973 for the dansband Vikingarna (band), Vikingarna, which he left in 1979. After this, he beg ...

, vocalist,

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(1973–1979) *

Johan Dennelind Johan Eric Dennelind (born 1969) is a Swedish businessman, and a former CEO of du, a United Arab Emirates telecom company, from September 2019 to September 2020. He was previously president and CEO of Telia Company, the dominant telephone comp ...

, CEO, Telia Company *

Lars Joel Eriksson Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was ...

, politics editor, ''

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'' * Fredrick Federley, Member of Parliament, Centre Party *

Nataliya Gumenyuk Nataliya Petrivna Gumenyuk ( uk, Наталія Петрівна Гуменюк; alternate Romanization: Natalia Humeniuk; born 1983) is a Ukrainian journalist who specializes in foreign affairs and conflict reporting, and an author of three books ...

, 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) *

Hans Karlsson Hans Karlsson (born 21 October 1946) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. From 2002 to 2006, he served in the Cabinet of Göran Persson as Minister for Employment in the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications of the Swedish g ...

, Minister for Employment * Ulrika Knape, Olympic medalist in diving (1972 and 1976) * Pernilla Månsson Colt, television host * Göran Persson, Swedish Prime Minister (1996–2006) *

Ali Sadeghian Ali Sadeghian is a Persian-Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He has been living in Sweden since 1984. He studied computer science at Örebro University and has been working as a system engineer since 1991. Ali Sadeghian started pl ...

, musician, singer, songwriter, and actor * Elisabeth Svantesson, Minister for Employment, Member of Parliament, Moderate Party *

Sten Tolgfors Sten Sture Tolgfors (born 17 July 1966 in Forshaga) is a Swedish former politician, public affairs executive and government official who is serving as Governor of Västra Götaland County since 1 September 2022, having been appointed to the pos ...

, Minister for Defense and Foreign Trade, Member of Parliament, Moderate Party * Rickard Olsson, 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 ...

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

Faculty

* Anna G. Jónasdóttir, political science, gender studies;

Professor Emerita ''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person who has been "permitted to retain as an honorary title ...

Fuat Deniz Fuat Deniz ( syr, ܦܘܐܕ ܕܢܝܙ; 24 July 1967 – 13 December 2007) was a Swedish sociologist and writer of Assyrian descent. Until his murder in 2007, he worked as a lecturer in sociology at the Department of Social and Political Sciences at ...

, sociology, 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