Faculty of Science and Technology

1. Faculty of Science and Technology

2. Breadth and cutting edge • Biology & Molecular Biology • Computing Science • Chemistry • Physics • Mathematics • Engineering • Teacher training • Design • Architecture

3. 3000 full time students 300 PhD students 800 employees 10 departments 3 institutes 707 million SEK in revenues The faculty in numbers

4. Education • Master of Science Programmes in Engineering • Bachelor of Science Programmes in Engineering • Bachelor of Science Programmes • University Diploma Programmes • Pharmacist education programmes • Design programmes • Architecture programmes • Master programmes

5. Institute of Technology • 2000 students • 7 Master of Science Programmes in Engineering • 5 Bachelor of Science Programmes in Engineering • 3 University Diploma Programmes • Intense cooperation with trade and industry

6. Master of Science Programmes in Engineering, 5 years • Biotechnology Engineering • Energy Engineering • Engineering and Management • Interaction Technology and Design Engineering • Computing Science and Engineering • Engineering Physics • Engineering Chemistry

7. Bachelor of Science Programmes in Engineering, 3 years • Civil Engineering • Energy Engineering • ”Engineering Education Online” • Mechanical Engineering • Applied Electronic Engineering

8. University Diploma Programmes, 2 years • Media Production • Computer Networks and Communication Technology • Process Operators • Nature Guiding

9. Bachelor of Science Programmes, 3 years • Biology and Earth Science • Computing Science • Life Science • Physics and Applied Mathematics • Environmental Health

10. Pharmacist education • Bachelor’s programme, 3 years- given on Internet and at a number of places in Sweden and Norway • Master’s programme in Pharmacy, 2 years- starts autumn 2010!

11. Institute of Design • Named one the best design schools in the world by BusinessWeek magazine. • Awarded as ”Centre of Excellence in Higher Education” by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education. • More than 60 % international master students • Educational programmes with distinctive professional ties.

12. Industrial design programmes Bachelor programmes, 3 years • Industrial Design Master programmes, 2 years • Advanced product design • Interaction design • Transport design

13. Umeå School of Architecture • Inaugurated autumn 2009 • A five year Architectural programme with an artistic inclination • Master programme in Sustainable Architecture Production • International profile

14. Master programmes in Science & Technology Maths, Computing Science, Physics & Technology: • Computational Science and Engineering • Computing Science • Robotics and Control • Physics Biology, biotechnology: & chemistry • Ecocatch • Ecology • Geoecology • Molecular Biology • Plant and Forest Biotechnology • Chemistry • Environmental Chemistry

15. Doctoral studies • 300 doctoral students • 39 doctoral degrees • 9 licentiate degrees

16. Example cooperation – education Cooperation with the business community • Degree projects & project courses • Placements • Guest lectures • Educational visits at companies • Teachers & reserchers at companies • Industry-based doctoral students • Industrial Graduate School

17. Example cooperation – education Students solve corporate problems • Students from different engineering programmes cooperate. • They develop a technical solution which is sought after by the business community. • Both students and the business community establish valuable contacts.

18. Staff • 80 professors • 130 senior lectures • 83 subject teachers • 33 postdoctoral research fellows • 89 other teachers • 222 doctoral students • 71 administrators • 130 technicians Total: 815 employees Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, received the Göran Gustafsson-prize in chemistry 2009, the highest national award for scientific research.

19. Prioritized research areas of excellence The Faculty has prioritized three research areas of excellence: • Biological Chemistry • Ecosystem Dynamics • Plant and Forest Biotechnology Umeå University has also designated Applied IT as a strategic area of development.

20. Example of prioritized research area of excellence: Biological Chemistry Antibiotics from the Norwegian Sea • Umeå University and the University of TromsØ cooperate in the search for new antibiotics. • They study extreme organisms from the Norwegian Sea to see if they contain molecules which can be used for new medicines.

21. Example of prioritized research area of excellence: Ecosystem Dynamics Environmental changes affect lakes • LEREC is a research area which gives a comprehensive view of the dynamics in lakes. • The researchers develop models for the ways in which environmental changes affect lakes. • Research of the flow of phosphorus, nitrogen and organic carbon is combined with for instance studies of the effect of size variations in fish populations.

22. Example of prioritized research area of excellence: Plant and Forest Biotechnology Mapping the genes of Swedish spruce • Spruce is ecologically and economically the most important plant in Sweden. • This project will for instance give opportunities to develop gene tests on different characteristics of trees, such as fuel value, frost and disease resistance.

23. Strategic area of development Applied IT • The area includes more than 150 talented researchers and doctoral candidates. • Example of research areas: • industrial IT • robotics and control systems • health care • media signal processing • interaction design

24. Strategic research areas supported by the Government The faculty has the main responsibiltiy for two projects: • Bio4Energy – Energy research • Climate effects of the Baltic Sea – Marine Environment research • Researchers at the faculty are also part of the following areas: • Sustainable use of natural resources • E-science

25. Engineering science recruitment • Umeå University has granted 60 million SEK to develop engineering science. • 32 young researchers will be recruited to strengthen the quality of the Master of Science Programmes in Engineering.

26. Distinguished Young Researchers • Umeå University is supporting young researchers with promising careers in their fields. • 26 out of 70 researchers who was granted the award work at the Faculty of Science and Technology. • The Department of Physics was notable in receiving a total number of eight grants.

27. Example cooperation – research Splendid cooperation • The Department of Physics and the company Siemens cooperate to develop laser-based measuring instruments. • The sensitive instruments can measure low percentage of pollutants in discharge emissions and exhaust gases.

28. Example cooperation – research Technologies for future vehicles • IFOR – Intelligent Off-Road Vehicles – has the goal to create intelligent off-road vehicles for forestry, mining and agriculture. • It’s a cooperation beteween SLU – the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, and a number of companies, for instance Komatsu Forest, BAE Systems Hägglunds and LKAB.

29. Organization

30. Departments • Applied Physics and Electronics • Chemistry • Computing Science • Ecology and Environmental Science • Institute of Design • Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics • Molecular Biology • Physics • Plant Physiology • Science and Mathematics Education

31. Research centres • Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Physics • Centre for Fish and Wildlife research • Chemical Biological Centre • European CBRNE Centre • High Performance Computing Center North • Intelligent Vehicles for Off-Road • Umeå Centre for Interaction Technology • Umeå Marine Sciences Centre • Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre • Umeå Plant Science Centre • UMIT

32. Revenues Total revenues: 707 million SEK

33. Costs Total costs: 706 million SEK