Mälardalen University College

Mälardalen University (Swedish: Mälardalens högskola), or MDH, is a university college (högskola) located in Västerås and Eskilstuna, Sweden.[1] It has 15,000 students and around 900 employees, of which 87 are professors, 479 teachers, and 218 doctoral students. [2] Mälardalen University is the world's first environmentally certified school according to the international standard ISO 14001.

Mälardalen University
Mälardalens högskola
TypePublic
Established1977
PresidentPaul Pettersson
Administrative staff
900
Students16 000 (FTE)
Location
Västerås (main campus) and Eskilstuna
,
Sweden
CampusUrban
ColorsOrange and White
Websitehttps://mdh.se

Research

The University has six different research specialisations: educational sciences and mathematics, embedded systems, future energy, health and welfare, industrial economics and management, and innovation and product realisation.

Education

The University have education in economics, health and welfare, teacher education and technology as well as artistic education in classical music and opera. Education at the research level is given within a dozen subjects.


Organization

Mälardalen University is organized into four schools:

  • School of Health, Care and Social Welfare
  • School of Education, Culture and Communication
  • School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology
  • School of Innovation, Design and Engineering

See also
  • List of universities in Sweden

References
  1. List of higher education institutions Archived 24 May 2012 at Archive.today, Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
  2. http://www.mdh.se/hogskolan

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