Linköping University
Reinventing research and education
Internal issues
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Higher education in Sweden
• 50 higher education institutes
• 14 public universities
• Appr 300,000 full-time students
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Organisation chart for Linköping University
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Fourteen multidisciplinary
departments
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Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL)
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Biomedical Engineering (IMT)
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Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKE)
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Computer and Information Science (IDA)
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Culture and Communication (IKK)
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Electrical Engineering (ISY)
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Management and Engineering (IEI)
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Mathematics (MAI)
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Medical and Health Sciences (IMH)
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Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM)
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Science and Technology (ITN)
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Social and Welfare Studies (ISV)
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Studies of Social Change and Culture (ISAK)
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Themtic Studies (TEMA)
Helen Dannetun,
Vice-chancellor
• Professor of physics
• Vice-chancellor of Linköping University since
2011
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Staff at LiU
Administrative staff 849
23%
Others 50
1%
Academic staff 1514
41%
Technical staff 477
13%
Doctoral students 807
22%
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Recruiting – a big challenge
• Every fourth researcher and teacher will retire
up until 2016
• At the same time, LiU will grow by 20 %
• 500 qualified academics need to be recruited
in the next five years
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Career path at LiU
PhD position
Lecturer
Postdoc
Senior
Lecturer
Associate
Professor
Research
Fellow
Assistant
Lecturer
External recruitment
Promotion to a higher position
based on established requirements
of scientific and pedagogical skills
Professor
www.liu.se