Linnaeus University (LNU) ( sv, Linnéuniversitetet) is a state
university
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...
in the Swedish historical province (''landskap'')
Småland
Småland () is a historical province () in southern Sweden.
Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means ''Small Lands''. The Latinized fo ...
, with two campuses located in
Växjö
Växjö ( ) is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 70,489 inhabitants (2019) out of a municipal population of 95,995 (2021). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of Kronoberg County ...
and
Kalmar
Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 36,392 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...
respectively. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by a merger of former Växjö University and Kalmar University (''Högskolan i Kalmar''), and is named in honour of the Swedish botanist
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
.
History
Växjö University began as a local department of
Lund University
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion [university college
In a number of countries, a university college is a college institution that provides tertiary education but does not have full or independent university status. A university college is often part of a larger university. The precise usage varies ...]
in 1970, and was granted full university status in 1999.
Kalmar University was similarly a university college, founded in 1977. Though not a university by the Swedish definition, it had been entitled to issue doctoral degrees in the natural sciences since 1999.
Logo
The university's logo is a stylized tree. The origin is a drawing made by the Swedish scientist
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
taken from his 1725 publication ''Örtabok''. While the tree is said to be a symbol for the month of May and to represent the power of growth, it also symbolize the university's ambition to be a global university with the region as its base and the world as its arena.
Faculties and schools
Faculties
*Faculty of arts and humanities.
*Faculty of health and life sciences.
*Faculty of social sciences.
*Faculty of technology.
*School of business and economics.
*Board of teacher education.
Departments
* Department of Accounting and Logistics
* Department of Biology and Environmental Science
* Department of Building Technology
* Department of Built Environment and Energy Technology
* Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences
* Department of Computer Science and Media Technology
* Department of Design
* Department of Economics and Statistics
* Department of Education and Teachers' Practice
* Department of Film and Literature
* Department of Forestry and Wood Technology
* Department of Health and Caring Sciences
* Department of Informatics
* Department of Languages
* Department of Marketing
* Department of Mathematics
* Department of Mechanical Engineering
* Department of Media and Journalism
* Department of Medicine and Optometry
* Department of Music and Art
* Department of Organisation and Entrepreneurship
* Department of Pedagogy and Learning
* Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering
* Department of Political Science
* Department of Psychology
* Department of Social Studies
* Department of Social Work
* Department of Sport Science
* Department of Swedish
* Kalmar Maritime Academy
Other institutes
* Institute for Further Education of Journalists
* Institute of Police Education
* Centre for Gender Studies
* Centre for School Development and Educational Leadership
University Administration
* Communications Office
* Executive Office
* Finance Office
* IT Office
* Office of External Relations
* Office of Facilities Management and Services
* Office of Human Resources
* Office of Student Affairs
* University Library
Campus
There are two campuses, one in
Växjö
Växjö ( ) is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 70,489 inhabitants (2019) out of a municipal population of 95,995 (2021). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of Kronoberg County ...
and one in
Kalmar
Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 36,392 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...
.
Kalmar
The Department of Biology and Environmental Science in Kalmar has special competence in the area of life, health and the environment. The School offers Master’s programmes.
Växjö
The campus is located just outside Växjö city center. It was designed in the American campus style, meaning that all teaching premises are within walking distance. The campus borders a nature conservation area.
There are 3,700 student apartments and dorm rooms on the university campus housing approximately 4,600-5,200 students. A part of the university campus is dedicated to the Videum Science Park. The park gives space to over 100 companies, thus being in close proximity with the university and encouraging innovation and research.
Teaching premises and accommodation stand side by side on the campus. There are also restaurants, cafés, bars, a sports centre and a variety of service facilities. The campus offers a safe, relaxed environment despite the high level of activity. It is bordered by meadows, a nature conservation area, a lake with bird-watching towers, and
Teleborg Castle.
Department of Biology and Environmental Science
The Department of Biology and Environmental Science is part of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. Scientists working at the department are involved in research and teaching activities in Biology, Biomedical Science, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Food Science and Environmental Science. Most of the research laboratories and classes are operated in Kalmar. It offers seven Bachelor programs (in Swedish) and four Master programs.
A non-comprehensive list of the research group operating with the school include:
*
Applied biochemistry research group (Prof. Sten Ohlson)
*
Bioorganic and Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory (Prof.
Ian A. Nicholls)
*
Nutrient sensing and phosphate transport in ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae''. Biochemistry Research Group (Prof. Bengt Persson)
*
Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Group
Computation is any type of arithmetic or non-arithmetic calculation that follows a well-defined model (e.g., an algorithm).
Mechanical or electronic devices (or, historically, people) that perform computations are known as ''computers''. An espe ...
(Dr. Ran Friedman)
*
Environmental Engineering and Recovery Department
A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale f ...
(Prof. William Hogland)
*
Marine Ecology Research Group
Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean.
Marine or marines may refer to:
Ocean
* Maritime (disambiguation)
* Marine art
* Marine biology
* Marine debris
* Marine habitats
* Marine life
* Marine pollution
Militar ...
(Prof. Edna Graneli)
*
Plant Biochemistry/Plant Biotechnology Research Group
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
(Prof.Peter Brodelius)
*
Virology Research Group
Virology is the scientific study of biological viruses. It is a subfield of microbiology that focuses on their detection, structure, classification and evolution, their methods of infection and exploitation of host cells for reproduction, th ...
(Prof. Michael Lindberg)
*
Zoonotic Ecology Research Group
A zoonosis (; plural zoonoses) or zoonotic disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by a pathogen (an infectious agent, such as a bacterium, virus, parasite or prion) that has jumped from a non-human (usually a vertebrate) to a human. ...
(Dr. Jonas Waldenström)
Notable alumni
*
Rolph Payet
Rolph Antoine Payet FRGS (born 4 August 1968) is an international policy expert, researcher and speaker on environment, climate and island issues, and was the first President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Seychelles. He was Minister of E ...
- Seychellois Cabinet Minister
*
Malik Bendjelloul
Malik Bendjelloul (14 September 1977 – 13 May 2014) was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and former child actor.Rohter, Larry (20 July 2012)Retrieved 26 February 2013.[Searching for Sugar Man
''Searching for Sugar Man'' is a 2012 documentary film about a South African cultural phenomenon, written and directed by Malik Bendjelloul, which details the efforts in the late 1990s of two Cape Town fans, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman and Craig ...]
''
*
Andriy Tsaplienko, Ukrainian journalist
See also
*
List of universities in Sweden
This list of universities in Sweden is based on the Higher Education Ordinance of 1993 (as amended until January 2006). With few exceptions, all higher education in Sweden is publicly funded.
The Swedish higher education system differentiates ...
References
External links
Linnaeus University- official site
VIS- official site
{{authority control
Linnaeus University
Linnaeus University (LNU) ( sv, Linnéuniversitetet) is a state university in the Swedish historical province (''landskap'') Småland, with two campuses located in Växjö and Kalmar respectively. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 b ...