2010 05 04
Sweden

• Founded in 1998
• 25 000 students
• 1 400 staff
• Five interdisciplinary faculties
Faculty of Culture and Society
Faculty of Health and Society
Faculty of Odontology
Faculty of Education and Society
School of Technology
• Turnover 125 million €
Located in the Öresund region which has a population of 3.5 million people
MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

CHARACTERISTICS
Young, innovative, full of new ideas
Programmes directed towards professional training
Research and learning in close cooperation with the surrounding community
Interdisciplinary Faculties
Excellence in widened recruitment
MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

• 25 000 students
• 2/3 of our students are female
• 1/3 have a non-Swedish background
• Are often from a nonacademic home
• Average age of 25 years
• Are employed in their field of study after graduation (92% at
2008)
MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

RESEARCH PROFILES
Biological Interfaces
Health and Social Conditions
– A life course perspective
Migration profile
New media
Oral Health
Science of Education
Sports in transition
Urban studies
MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

www.mah.se/english
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• The Faculty of Education and Society is one of the largest faculties within Malmö
University
• About 6,500 students
• Teacher education for all the stages of the school system, from pre-school to upper secondary school, as well as degrees in
Careers counselling and Sports sciences.
MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

Culture,
Language and Media
Individual and Society
School
Development and
Leadership
Sports
Sciences
Nature,
Environment and Society
Children,
Youth and
Society
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

Profession-oriented subject studies;
Courses where subjects studies and studies in subject-based teaching and learning are integrated
Similar basic competence for all teachers;
Core education courses
Close cooperation between schools and school of teacher education;
School-placement courses in relevant subjects and position
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

Courses in core education
• history of the school system, its organisation and conditions as well as fundamental democratic values and human rights
• syllabus theory and subject-based teaching and learning
• development, learning and special needs education
• social relationships, conflict management and leadership
• theory of knowledge and research methodology
• assessing and analysing learning and development, and
• evaluation and development processes.
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
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Bachelor of Arts in Early Years Education
(3,5 years)
• 120 credits in the field of early years education including an independent project
• 60 credits core education subjects
• 30 credits relevant placement in a pre-school
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
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Bachelor of Arts in Primary Education with a specialisation in Extended School Teaching
(3years)
• 60 credits in the field of extended school education including an independent project
• 30 credits in one practical or aesthetic subject
• 60 credits core education subjects
• 30 credits relevant school-placement
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
2010 05 04

Master of Arts in Primary Education (4 years) with a specialisation in teaching in pre-scool class and grades 1-3 of the compulsory school
• 30 credits each in Swedish and Mathematics,
15 credits each in English, Social Science subjects,
Natural Science subjects and Technology.
• 30 credits independent project in one of the subjects
• 60 credits core education subjects
• 30 credits relevant school-placement
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
2010 05 04

Master of Arts in Primary Education (4 years) with a specialisation in teaching in grades 4-6 of the compulsory school
• 30 credits each in Swedish, Mathematics and English
• 30 credits in either Social Science subjects,
Natural Science subjects and Technology or one Practical or Aesthetic subject.
• 30 credits independent project in one of the subjects
• 60 credits core education subjects
• 30 credits relevant school-placement
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
2010 05 04

Master of Arts/Science in Secondary
Education (4,5 years) with a specialisation in teaching in grades 7-9 of the compulsory school
90 credits in a relevant subject or subject area including independent projects
45 credits each in two other subjects
60 credits core education subjects
30 credits relevant school-placement
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
2010 05 04

Master of Arts/Science in Secondary
Education (5 years) with a specialisation in teaching in the upper secondary school
120 credits in a relevant subject or subject area including independent projects
90 credits one other subject
60 credits core education subjects
30 credits relevant school-placement
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
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Diploma in Vocational Education (1,5 year)
Studies in a vocational subject is required to enter
• 60 credits core education subjects
• 30 credits relevant school-placement
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
2010 05 04

Postgraduate Diploma in Special
Needs Training (1,5 years) with specialisation in:
• the development of language, writing and reading,
• mathematical development,
• deafness and hearing disabilities,
• visual disabilities,
• serious language disabilities, and
• learning disabilities.
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
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