Umeå University
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Umeå
- Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport...
in the mid-northern region of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
's present borders.
During the seventies the university became known as the "red university" due to a large number of student strikes and a large share of left-wing politically active students. Since then conditions have normalised and Umeå University now has over 15,500 full-time students, including master students. It has more than 4,000 employees, including 332 full professors.
Internationally, the university is known for research relating to the genome of the Populus
Poplar
Populus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar , aspen, and cottonwood....
tree (Life sciences), contributions to the Gleason problem and function space
Function space
In mathematics, a function space is a set of functions of a given kind from a set X to a set Y. It is called a space because in many applications it is a topological space, a vector space, or both.-Examples:...
s on fractals (mathematics) and its school of industrial design which gives degree programs in English open to students from all of the world. It is also the one of largest providers of distance education courses in the Nordic countries.
Organization
Umeå University has four faculties and nine campus schools, with additional campuses in the cities of SkellefteåSkellefteå
-Industry:*Boliden AB, a big mining and smelting company*Alimak*Natural User Interface Technologies AB - NUITEQ, a promising emerging technology start-up company-Sports:*Skellefteå AIK, an ice hockey team in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien....
and Örnsköldsvik
Örnsköldsvik
Örnsköldsvik is a locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 28,617 inhabitants in 2005.Its natural harbour and archipelago is in the Gulf of Bothnia and the northern boundaries of the High Coast area. It is well known as an exporter of paper products...
. The total number of students enlisted to some of the 50 different study programs and 800 separate courses exceeds 29,000.
The University today has four faculties, listed below in alphabetic order:
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Umeå University has nine Campus Schools, listed below in alphabetical order:
- Umeå Institute of DesignUmeå Institute of DesignThe Umeå Institute of Design, UID, is an institute within Umeå University. UID opened in 1989 and is designed and equipped solely for the teaching of industrial design, transportation design, and interaction design...
- is a college within the Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University. The Institute opened in 1989 and is designed and equipped solely for the teaching of industrial design. The Umeå Institute of Design is known around the world for its high academic standards. It's the only Swedish school on BusinessWeeks top 60 list of design school in the world.
- Umeå Institute of TechnologyUmeå Institute of TechnologyThe Umeå Institute of Technology or Tekniska högskolan i Umeå is part of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University. The Institute offers a wide range of study programmes, some of them not to be found in any other part of Sweden. Research in engineering is gradually being expanded...
- is part of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University. The Institute offers a wide range of study programmes, some of them not to be found in any other part of Sweden. Research in engineering is gradually being expanded. The faculty's traditionally strong position in natural sciences form a base on which new technology research is built. The Institute is a member of CDIOCDIOThe CDIO™ INITIATIVE is an innovative educational framework for producing the next generation of engineers. The framework provides students with an education stressing engineering fundamentals set in the context of Conceiving — Designing — Implementing — Operating real-world systems and products...
.
- Umeå School of ArchitectureUmeå School of ArchitectureUmeå School of Architecture was founded in 2009 as the fourth academic school i Sweden to provide a professional degree in architecture. It is part of Umeå University...
- opens autumn 2009, and will grow to be an internationally orientated laboratory of architectural development, pursuing education on different levels as well as research. Umeå will obtain 250 study seats in the 5-year Architectural programme.
- Umeå School of BusinessUmeå School of BusinessThe Umeå School of Business, USBE, or Handelshögskolan i Umeå, is a collegiate business school at Umeå University in the north of Sweden. About 2000 students currently study at USBE. The School offers four Bachelor programs, seven Master's degree programs, EMBA-Prague program and doctoral programs...
- aka: USBE, is one of Sweden's four EQUISEquisEquis may refer to:*European Quality Improvement System an international system of assessment and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration run by the European Foundation for Management Development....
accredited business schools, about 2,000 students currently studies at USBE. The School offers four Bachelor programs, seven Master's degrees programs, EMBA-Prague program and doctoral programs. The International atmosphere is important to the school and offers one Bachelor program (International Business program), all Master's programs, and all doctoral programs entirely in English.
- Umeå School of EducationUmeå School of EducationUmeå School of Education is a newly formed college of education tied to Umeå University. It replaced the old education faculty that before 2008/2009 offered all teacher training at the university....
- aka: USE, was inaugurated in January 2009 to replace the former Faculty of Teacher Education.
- Umeå School of Fine ArtsAcademy of Fine Arts, Umeåthumb|right|272px|EntranceThe Academy of Fine Arts at Umeå University is a Swedish art school. It was founded in 1987 in a former factory by the river of Uman. Every year 12 new students are accepted to the school, and a total of 60 students currently study at the Academy...
- was started in 1987 in a former factory next to the UmeälvenUme RiverThe Ume River is one of the main rivers in northern Sweden. It is around long, and flows in a south-eastern direction from its source, the lake Överuman by the Norwegian border within the Scandinavian mountain range. For large parts, the European route E12, also known as Blå Vägen , follows its...
river. Every year 12 new students are accepted to the school. A total of 60 people are studying at the Academy.
- Umeå Sport Sciences Centre
- Umeå University School of Restaurant and Culinary Arts
Research Centers
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- Center for Disability Research
- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Physics
- Center for Sports Science (UCIV)
- Center for Educational Technology (CUT)
- Center for Environmental Research (CMF)
- Center for Evaluation Research (UCER)
- Center for Fish and Wildlife Research (CFW)
- Center for Population Studies (CBS)
- Center for Principal Development
- Center for Regional Science (Cerum)
- Center for Sami Research (Cesam)
- Center for Teaching and Learning (UPC)
- Center for Values Education (VGC) (at 30 June 2005, the unit was dissolved)
- Center for the Studies of Science and Values
- High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N)
- Umeå Center for Interaction Technology (UCIT)
- Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging(UFBI)
- Umeå Centre for Global Health ResearchUmeå Centre for Global Health ResearchThe is a Centre of Excellence within Umeå University in Northern Sweden. The Centre operates within the university’s , and is led by a steering group chaired by a principal investigator....
(CGH)] - Umeå Center for Molecular Medicine (UCMM)
- Umeå Center for Molecular Pathogenes (UCMP)
- Umeå Life Science Center - ULSC
- Umeå Marine Sciences Center (UMF)
- Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre (UMERC)
- Umeå Plant Science Center (UPSC)
- Universitetspedagogiskt centrum (UPC)
- Demografic Data Base (DDB)
- BildMuseet
- Center for Women's Studies
- HumlabHUMlabHUMlab is an interdisciplinary digital lab at Umeå University in the north east of Sweden. Its organization was founded in 1997 and it opened as a functioning digital space in 2000. It has been the venue for numerous conferences, workshops and seminars dealing with issues surrounding digital media,...
- Transportation Research (Trum)
- Umeå Transgene Core Facility (UTCF)
- VRlab
- Intelligent Vehicles for Off-Road - IFOR
Norrlands University Hospital
- Norrland's University HospitalNorrland's University Hospital- External links :*...
, is the main hospital and research center for medical care and medicine in northern Sweden. It is one of five schools for medicine and dental medicine in Sweden.
Faculty
- Ronny Ambjörnsson, former Professor of History of Science and Ideas (1981–2001)
- Linda Bergkvist, digital artist at HUMlabHUMlabHUMlab is an interdisciplinary digital lab at Umeå University in the north east of Sweden. Its organization was founded in 1997 and it opened as a functioning digital space in 2000. It has been the venue for numerous conferences, workshops and seminars dealing with issues surrounding digital media,...
- Tomas Blomqvist, Professor in Management
- Jan Bodin, professor in Marketing
- Mathias DahlgrenMathias DahlgrenMathias Dahlgren is a Swedish chef, who won the culinary championship Bocuse d'Or in 1997.Four times selected the Swedish Chef of the Year, Dahlgren ran the Stockholm restaurant Bon Lloc, which had one Michelin star, from 1996 to 2005. In 2007 he opened the restaurant Mathias Dahlgren in the...
, associate Professor with the Umeå University School of Restaurant and Culinary Arts - Claes-Christian Elert
- Gunnar Eriksson, former Professor of History of Science and Ideas (1970–1981)
- Henrik Grönberg
- Kristo IvanovKristo IvanovKristo Ivanov is a Swedish-Brazilian information scientist and systems scientist of ethnic Bulgarian origin. He is professor emeritus at the Department of informatics of Umeå University in Sweden.-Biography:...
Professor emeritus of Informatics (1984–2002) - Lars Lindbergh, Dean at USBE (2007–)
- Karl-Gustaf Löfgren, Professor in Economics, member of Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesRoyal Swedish Academy of SciencesThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...
- Agneta MarellAgneta MarellAgneta Marell is Professor in Business Administration and since 2010 Deputy vice-chancellor for external relations and innovation at Umeå University in northern Sweden....
, former Dean at USBE (2004–2007) - Stellan Nilsson, Professor in Financial Accounting, Auditing and Financial Analysis
- Tõnu PuuTõnu PuuTõnu Puu , is a Swedish economist of Estonian descent. He is the Professor of Economics at Umeå University.-Personal:Tõnu Puu took refuge from Estonia to Sweden upon the Soviet invasion in 1944, with parents and one sister...
, Professor of Economics - Marcus SamuelssonMarcus SamuelssonMarcus Samuelsson is a Swedish chef and co-owner of Aquavit restaurant in New York City and C-House Restaurant, located in the Affinia Hotel in Chicago.-Early life and career:...
, associate Professor with the Umeå University School of Restaurant and Culinary Arts - Lennart Stenflo, Professor of Physics
- Mike StottMike StottMike Stott is currently Professor of Interaction Design at Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden. He is an industrial designer trained at Leeds College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London where he graduated with a Masters degree in 1968....
- Håkan Wiberg
- Sverker Sörlin, Professor
Honorary doctorates
- Bertil AnderssonBertil AnderssonBertil Andersson is the third President of Nanyang Technological University . He assumed the appointment on 1 July 2011 and was inaugurated on 25 July 2011....
- Chief Executive of the European Science Foundation - C. West ChurchmanC. West ChurchmanCharles West Churchman was an American philosopher and systems scientist, who was Professor at the School of Business Administration and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of California, Berkeley...
- Christopher Martin Dobson
- Kerstin EkmanKerstin EkmanKerstin Lillemor Ekman is a Swedish novelist.Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels but later went on to psychological and social themes...
- Anders Englund
- Christer FuglesangChrister FuglesangDr. Arne Christer Fuglesang is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on December 10, 2006, at 01:47 GMT, making him the first Swedish citizen in space....
, first Swedish citizen in space - Robert H. Haveman, Professor
- Lars HeikenstenLars HeikenstenLars Johan Heikensten, born 13 September 1950, is a former Governor of Sveriges Riksbank and Doctor of Economics. He is currently executive director of the Nobel Foundation....
, frm. Governor of the Swedish - Roger JowellRoger JowellSir Roger Mark Jowell, CBE is a British social statistician and academic.-Early life:He was born in South Africa, and was active there in left-wing politics....
- Carl KempeCarl KempeJohan Carl Kempe was leader of the Swedish pulp and paper industry Mo och Domsjö AB and involved in several other companies in the large economic sphere of the Kempe family. He was also a silver medalist in tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.Carl Kempe was born in Stockholm, son of...
, Swedish businessman - Roger D. KornbergRoger D. KornbergRoger David Kornberg is an American biochemist and professor of structural biology at Stanford University School of Medicine.Kornberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2006 for his studies of the process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to RNA, "the molecular basis of...
, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2006 - Rita M. Kelly
- John Loughlin, Professor of Politics
- Jean-Pierre Mach
- Sverker OlofssonSverker OlofssonSverker Olofsson , is a Swedish TV-personality. He has led the consumer show Plus since 1987 on SVT, and is one of their most well-known faces, appearing in a series of advertisements for SVT and was in 2006 a part of the Swedish election survey called Karavanen. He has also appeared on the...
- P. N. Ramachandran Nair
- Bernhard Swynghedauw
- Tom TravesTom TravesThomas Donald "Tom" Traves is a Canadian academic professor and administrator. He has been the 10th President of Dalhousie University since 1995.-Biography:...
- President of Dalhousie UniversityDalhousie UniversityDalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at... - Beom Jun Kim - Professor in Sungkyunkwan UniversitySungkyunkwan UniversitySungkyunkwan University is a private university in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea. The university has two campuses: the Humanities and Social Sciences campus in Myeongnyun Dong, Jongno-gu in central Seoul, and the Natural Sciences Campus in Cheoncheon Dong, Jangan Gu, Suwon...
External links
- Umeå University - Official website
- Umeå Institute of Design - Official website
- Umeå school of Business and Economics - Official website
- Umeå International School of Public Health - Official website