Malm university

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THIS IS MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

• Founded in 1998
• Approximately 22 000 students
• 1 300 staff
• Five multidisciplinary Schools/Faculties
• Turnover 1 billion SEK/year
• Located in the metropolitan Öresund region of 3.5
  million inhabitants
• 12 buildings located in two Malmö city districts,
  total space is approx.140 000 m2

The ten largest universities in Sweden 1.
University of Gothenburg 2. Stockholm
University 3. Lund University 4. Uppsala
University 5. Linköping University 6. Umeå
University 7. KTH, The Royal Institute of
Technology 8. Malmö University 9. Örebro
University 10. Mid-Sweden University based on
the number of students
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CHARACTERISTICS OF MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

• Many programmes directed towards professional
  career training
• Cooperation with the surrounding community is key
  in research and learning at the University
• Broad-minded organisational structure with
  multidisciplinary Schools and Faculties
• Excellence in widened recruitment
• Areas of emphasis
• Gender
• Environment
• Migration and Ethnicity

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HIGHER EDUCATION IN SWEDEN

• The Swedish state is responsible for running the
  colleges and universities. Högskoleverket, The
  National Agency for Higher Education, oversees
  government decisions.
• Swedish students attending a college or
  university may apply for student aid
  (studiemedel) from CSN, the Swedish agency in
  charge of financial aid for studies and home
  equipment loans. Student aid includes grants and
  loans of approximately 800 euro/month for a
  maximum of six years. 412 000 students had
  student aid in 2007.
• Malmö Universitys highest decision-making body
  is the board. The Universitys managing director
  and highest authority is the Vice Chancellor,
  Lennart Olausson.

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PROGRAMMES AND COURSES

• 20082009 90 degree programmes, 500
  courses.
• Areas of study and research
• Faculty of Health and Society
• Faculty of Odontology
• School of Teacher Education
• School of Culture and Society
• School of Technology

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FACULTY OF HEALTH AND SOCIETY

• Programmes
• Biomedical Laboratory Science
• Nursing Science
• Social Pedagogy with the Elderly
• Social Work, several specialisations
• Public Health
• Master of Materials Science
• Master of Sexology

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SCHOOL OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY

• Four departments, one centre
• International Migration and Ethnic Relations
  (IMER)
• Global Political Studies
• Urban Studies
• Arts and Communication (K3)
• Centre for Widening Participation

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SCHOOL OF TEACHER EDUCATION

• Programmes
• Teaching Certification
• Special Education (remedial teaching)
• University Diploma of Education for the Upper
  Secondary School (Theory and Practice of
  Teaching)
• Bachelor of Education in Career Counselling
• Bachelor of Education for the Compulsory School
  (Theory and Practice of Teaching)
• Masters of Education for the Upper Secondary
  School (Theory and Practice of Teaching)
• Sports Science Programme
• Natural Science Preparatory Course

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FACULTY OF ODONTOLOGY

• Programmes
• Dentistry (5 years)
• Dental Technology (3 years)
• Dental Hygiene (2 years)

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SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY

• Subjects
• Construction Studies
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Computer Science
• Physics
• Design
• Machine Technology
• Graphics
• Electrotechnology and Automation
• Image analysis

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RESEARCH AT MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

• Close connection to the surrounding community
• Multidisciplinary
• Tradition of medical research
• Research established since the 1940s (Faculty of
  Odontology)
• More than 200 active doctoral students, 720
  lecturers (42 senior lecturers), 50 professors
  (37 are women)
• Revenue (2007) 157 million SEK (54 grants)

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RESEARCH AREAS

• Humanities and Social Sciences
• History studies
• Sports science
• International Migration and Ethnic Relations
• Interaction design
• Culture, language, and media
• Didactics in natural science, mathematics and
  technology
• Education
• Social work
• Urban studies
• Political studies
• Didactics in early childhood, teaching, education

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RESEARCH AREAS

• Medicine
• Biomaterials and reconstructive dental care
• Biomedical laboratory science / biomedical
  technology
• Diagnostics and prediction
• Oral public health
• Oral ecology
• Orofacial malfunction and pain
• Caring/nursing science
• Health and society / public health science

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RESEARCH AREAS

• Technology and natural science
• Materials Science
• Applied mathematics

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RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

• Malmö Universitys multi-disciplinary research
  institutes
• Biofilms Research Center for Biointerfaces
• Research by Profession (CPR)
• Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration,
  Diversity and Welfare (MIM)
• Center for Applied Worklife Science (CTA)

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STRATEGIES OF RESEARCH three fields, eight
profiles

• Contemporary studies with profiles in New Media,
  Urban studies sustainable cities and processes
  of global change, and Sports in transition
• Learning for tomorrows society research
  foundations in the teaching profession with a
  profile in Education science
• Health and welfare with three profiles in Oral
  health, Biofilm and Biomedical technology, and
  Social health and medicine

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STUDENTS

• Approximately 22 000 students
• Average age 24,7 years
• Approximately 60 from Malmö, 20 from Skåne och
  20 from the rest of Sweden
• 300 incoming exchange students per year
• Active recruitment policy targets a wide student
  base, especially from non-academic backgrounds
• 92,7 of the Malmö University graduates were
  employed in 2006
• More than 60 of students are women

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THE THIRD MISSION - COOPERATION WITH THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITY

• Examples of cooperation
• The Mentoring Programme Nightingale
• Courses, seminars, evaluations,and partnerships
  for companies, public administration and
  organisations
• Regional Development Centre (RUC) comprehensive
  contract teaching at the School of Education
• Reduced-cost dental care and public awareness
  about oral health serving the multicultural city
  of Malmö
• Learning in a multicultural community context
• Entrepreneurship

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LIBRARY AND IT

• Four libraries at the University
• Integration of library and IT services
• The Orkanen Library housed in an award-winning
  building
• Support education and research with electronic
  resources
• Student computer training
• Helpdesk
• User-controlled Collections of books and
  databases developed in cooperation with the
  Schools and Faculties

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INTERNATIONALISATION

• International Partner UniversitiesAgreements
  with more than 110 universities in 28 countries
  around the world
• Two-year international master programme on
  migrationCooperation with universities in
  Germany, Portugal and Italy
• ØresundsuniversitetetA collaboration involving
  12 institutions of higher education in the
  Øresund Region, 150 000 students, 6 500
  postgraduate students and 14 000 researchers
• Internationalisation at Home
• Provides all students at Malmö University with
  an international and intercultural dimension
  during their studies. Took this initiative to
  European network with 120 participants.
• Linneaus-Palme Programme
• Teacher and student exchange with universities
  in the developing world.
• International Network of Universities (INU)
• 13 universities in eight countries co-working in
  research and education.
• Marie Curie
• Stimulates research exchange in the EU.

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MALMÖ UNIVERSITY IN MALMÖ

• Swedens third largest city
• 270,000 residents
• 164 nationalities
• Linked to Copenhagen via the Öresund Bridge
• Invites everyone to a huge week-long music and
  cultural festival each August (Malmöfestivalen)
• Malmö has long been an industrial city, but has
  undergone many changes and is now transitioning
  to a city of knowledge and entrepreneurship

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1230 km
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MALMÖ UNIVERSITY IN MALMÖ

• University Island
• School of Technology 9, 10
• Teacher Education 1, 2
• Orkanen Library 1
• Administration 3, 4
• The Students Union 4
• Admission Office, Career Guidance Counselors, the
  International Office, the Student Health Services
  and the Universitys priests and pastors 5
• School of Culture and Society 6
• IMER 6, 7
• Communication and Culture (K3) 8
• Global Political Studies 6
• Urban Studies 9

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MALMÖ UNIVERSITY IN MALMÖ

• University Hospital MAS
• 11 Faculty of Odontology
• 12 Faculty of Health and Society

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