This is Mälardalen University

1. This is Mälardalen University

2. MDH in figures 1977 Mälardalen University is founded 51programmes 1 000courses 13 000students 900employees 71professors 151 international agreements in 40 countries 385 new businesses through Idélab since the start in 1999 79percent of the students get a job within one year after their degree

3. Two campuses:Eskilstuna and Västerås • One hour from Stockholm. • 139,000 people have chosen to live in Västerås, which makes it Sweden’s sixth biggest city. • Eskilstuna, which celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2009, has 98,000 inhabitants. • Modern campuses near the city centre of Eskilstuna and Västerås. Västerås Stockholm Eskilstuna

4. Focus on value and benefit

5. A co-productive university • MDH has a long tradition and history of close cooperation with society and works strategically. • We offer contract education that is important for continuing professional development in the region. • Ericsson, ABB and Volvo are some of Sweden’s largest companies that in various ways have chosen to cooperate with MDH.

6. Six established research areas • Health and Welfare • Embedded Systems • Industrial Economics and Organisation along with Work Life Studies • Innovation and Product Realisation • Environment, Energy and Resource Optimisation • Education Studies

7. Strong research generates solutions • Close cooperation with research-intensive companies such as ABB, Volvo and Ericsson, but also with municipalities and county councils. • MDH has had third-cycle education with degree-awarding powers in Technology since 2001 and in Health and Welfare since 2012. • Technical research with cutting edge expertise, e.g. through Mälardalen Real-Time Research Centre (MRTC).

8. 65 programmes, 1 000 courses • We offer education within the following areas: • Management Education • Health and Welfare • Teacher Education • Engineering and Technology

9. A good life as a student • Creative study environment • Idélab • Guaranteed accomodation • Free travel between the campuses • Mälardalen Studentunion • International atmosphere • Eskilstuna och Västerås elected the best student cities in Sweden 2012

10. An international university • Agreements with universities in countries such as Thailand, The Netherlands, China, France and Tanzania. • Mälardalen International Master Academy - MIMA gathers MDH:s ten English language Master’s programmes. • Close cooperation with the Ministry of Health in Thailand in the third-cycle education.

11. Environmentally certified • The first university in the world to be environmentally certified. • The first higher education institution in Sweden to be work environment certified.

12. School of Health, Care and Social Welfare • New research education in the field of Health and Welfare (started fall 2012). • A centre for Health and Welfare Sciences in the western Mälardalen region in Sweden. 3 000 Students 1 600 Full time equivalents 200 Employees

13. Subject areas of the School • Caring Science with specialisation in Nursing • Health Care Education • Medicine • Psychology • Physiotherapy • Public Health Sciences • Social Work • Sociology • Work Life Studies

14. Organisation • Dean of School – Maria Müllersdorf • Head of School Administration – Madeleine Scherlin • Vice Dean of School – Per Andersson Roland Svensson • Director of Studies  – Per Andersson Agneta Brav • Director of Research– Christine Gustafsson • Coordinator for Third-cycle Studies – Anne Carnwall

15. Education – First cycle (undergraduate) In Swedish Behavioral and Social Sciences, 180-210 Credits Nursing Programme, 180 Credits Physiotherapy Programme, 180 Credits Programme on Public Health, 180 Credits The Social Work Programme, 210 Credits

16. Education – Second cycle (graduate) In English • Master’s Programme in Health and Welfare (starts autumn 2015) • A one-year supplementary programme in International Health, Thailand In Swedish • Master Program in Leadership and Work Life Studies, 60 Credits • Midwifery programme, 90 Credits • Specialist Nurse Education with focus on Anaesthetic Care, 60 Credits • Specialist Nurse Education with focus on Primary Health Care, 75 Credits • Specialist Nurse Education with focus on Intensive Care, 60 Credits • Specialist Nurse Education with focus on Psychiatric Care, 60 Credits

17. Research in Health and Welfare Main research areas • Health and Welfare in Multicultural Working Life • ICU CHILD • Individual-centered research milieu • Innovation and Implementation • Old people´s health and welfare Research Programmes in the area of Health and Welfare • Doctoral Studies in Health and Welfare • Doctoral Studies in Working Life Studies Competence 12 Professors 70 Senior Lectures of which 20 are Docents 40 Doctoral Students

18. Internationalisation We offer following in English: • Research Programme in the area of Health and Welfare, started in autumn 2012 • Master’s Programme in Health and Welfare (starts autumn 2015) • Supplementary course package in International Health, Thailand • Double Degree Bilingual Nursing Program (DDNP): One study year at MDH for Thai nurse students • International courses in at first- as well as second-cycle level(in Sweden)

19. Contact us! • hvv@mdh.se • Västerås: +46-21 - 10 13 00 • Eskilstuna: +46-16 - 15 36 00 • Read more at: www.mdh.se/hvv

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