Mälardalen 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 215 doctoral students.[2] Mälardalen University is the world's first environmentally certified school according to the international standard ISO 14001.

Mälardalen University
Mälardalens universitet
Mälardalen College
TypePublic
Established1977
PresidentPaul Pettersson
Administrative staff
900
Students16 000 (FTE)
Location
Västerås (main campus) and Eskilstuna
,
Sweden
CampusUrban
ColorsOrange and White   
Websitehttps://mdu.se

In December 2020, the Löfven government proposed that the university should receive 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
  1. List of higher education institutions Archived 24 May 2012 at archive.today, Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
  2. "MDH fakta årsredovisning nyckeltal | Mälardalens högskola". mdh.se. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. "Mälardalens universitet stärker forskningen i Sverige". 14 December 2020.

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