Luleå University of Technology
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| Luleå University of Technology | |
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| Luleå tekniska universitet | |
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| Established | 1971, 1997 |
| Type | Public University |
| President | Pia Sandvik Wiklund |
| Staff | 1,600 (2005) |
| Students | 6,600 (FTE, 2008)[1] |
| Doctoral students | 680 (2005) |
| Location | Luleå, Sweden 65°37′05″N 22°08′19″E / 65.617975°N 22.138503°ECoordinates: 65°37′05″N 22°08′19″E / 65.617975°N 22.138503°E |
| Affiliations | EUA, UArctic |
| Website | http://www.ltu.se/ |
Luleå University of Technology or Luleå tekniska universitet is Scandinavia's northernmost university of technology. It has four campuses, located in Luleå (the main campus), Kiruna (space science), Skellefteå (wood technology and computer game engineering) and Piteå (Dep of music and media).
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[edit] History
The university was founded on June 1, 1971 at Porsön in Luleå as Högskoleenheten i Luleå. The name was later changed to Högskolan i Luleå (Luleå University College). In 1997, it was granted university status by the Swedish government, and is since known as Luleå University of Technology.
In 1977 it was merged with the older Teacher's Training College of Luleå and a year later Piteå School of Music (Musikhögskolan i Piteå) was created.
[edit] Students' unions
As of 2005, there are three students' unions at the university, Teknologkåren vid Luleå tekniska univeristet (the Student Association of Engineering at Luleå University of Technology)[2] for students studying towards an engineering or other degree within the field of technology, Piteå Studentkår (the Students' Union in Piteå)[3] and Luleå studentkår (Luleå Students' Union)[4] for most other students.
The unions are divided into sections, each responsible for a somewhat arbitrary number of academic programmes. They are run by a board of eight to ten students for no profit.
Luleå Students Union has the following sections:
- SNS or Statsvetar- och Nationalekonomsektionen for political science and economics
- Pedagogsektionen for teacher education
- SySek or Systemvetarsektionen for systems science
- EkSek or Ekonomsektionen for business administration
- PuSS or Psykologi- und Sociologisektionen for psychiatry and sociology
- JF or Juridiska Föreningen for jurisprudence
- BofS or Bodens Förenade Studenter for students in Boden
- LEKIS or Lärare och Ekonomer i Skellefteå for teaching and business students in Skellefteå
The Student Association of Engineering has the following sections:
- Datasektionen[1] for computer science, space engineering, engineering physics and some other areas
- Geosektionen[2] for civil engineering, rock engineering, chemical engineering, environmental engineering and many other programmes
- Industriell managementsektionen [3] for Industrial Management and Engineering
- Kirunasektionen for students in Kiruna
- Maskinteknologsektionen[4] for mechanical engineering and related programmes
- Skellefteå teknologsektion for engineering students in Skellefteå
- Doktoranderna for PhD students
[edit] Societies
- LUDD, Luleå Academic Computer Society
[edit] Noted alumni
- Stina Honkamaa, CEO Google Sweden
- Adam Dunkels, Ph.D, SICS
- Ulf Henriksson, CEO Invensys
- Esther Jennings, Ph.D, JPL
[edit] See also
- Umeå Institute of Technology
- List of universities in Sweden
- List of forestry universities and colleges
[edit] Notes and References
[edit] External links
- Luleå University of Technology - Official site
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