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
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
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 University’s highest decision-making body is the
board. The University’s managing director and highest
authority is the Vice Chancellor, Lennart Olausson.
PROGRAMMES AND COURSES
• 2008–2009: 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
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
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
SCHOOL OF TEACHER
EDUCATION
Programmes
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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
FACULTY OF ODONTOLOGY
Programmes:
• Dentistry (5 years)
• Dental Technology (3
years)
• Dental Hygiene (2 years)
SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
Subjects
• Construction Studies
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Computer Science
• Physics
• Design
• Machine Technology
• Graphics
• Electrotechnology and Automation
• Image analysis
RESEARCH AT MALMÖ UNIVERSITY
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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)
RESEARCH AREAS
Humanities and Social Sciences
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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
RESEARCH AREAS
Medicine
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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
RESEARCH AREAS
Technology and natural science
• Materials Science
• Applied mathematics
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Malmö University’s 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)
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 tomorrow’s 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
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
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
LIBRARY AND IT
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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
INTERNATIONALISATION
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International Partner Universities
Agreements with more than 110 universities in 28 countries around the world
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Two-year international master programme on migration
Cooperation with universities in Germany, Portugal and Italy
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Øresundsuniversitetet
A collaboration involving 12 institutions of higher education in the Øresund Region,
150 000 students, 6 500 postgraduate students and 14 000 researchers
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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.
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Linneaus-Palme Programme
Teacher and student exchange with universities in the developing world.
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International Network of Universities (INU)
13 universities in eight countries co-working in research and education.
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Marie Curie
Stimulates research exchange in the EU.
MALMÖ UNIVERSITY IN MALMÖ
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Sweden’s 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
1230 km
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
University’s 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
MALMÖ UNIVERSITY IN MALMÖ
University Hospital MAS:
11: Faculty of Odontology
12: Faculty of Health and
Society
www.mah.se