Mälardalen University (Swedish: ''Mälardalens universitet''), or MDU, is a Swedish
university
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located in
Västerås
Västerås () is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 158,653, over 100,000 mo ...
and
Eskilstuna
Eskilstuna () is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. The city of Eskilstuna had 69,948 inhabitants in 2020, with a total population of 107,806 inhabitants in Eskilstuna municipality ...
, Sweden. It has 18,000 students and around 1000 employees, of which 91 are
professor
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s, 504 teachers, and 244 doctoral students. Mälardalen University is the world's first environmentally certified school according to the international standard
ISO 14001
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.
In December 2020, the
Löfven government proposed that the university has received university status from 1 January 2022.
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
*
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 differentiate ...
References
External links
Official website
Educational institutions established in 1977
Mälardalen University College
Buildings and structures in Västerås
Buildings and structures in Södermanland County
Education in Västerås
1977 establishments in Sweden
Education in Södermanland County
20th-century establishments in Västmanland County
20th-century establishments in Södermanland County
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