About the School

Welcome to the School of Health, Care and Social Welfare. The School does research and education that focuses on professions in the field of health, care and social welfare. We have 3 000 students who are studying Caring Science with specialization in Nursing, Health Care Education, Medicine, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Public Health Sciences, Social Work, Sociology and/or Work Science.

At undergraduate level students are studying to become nurses, physiotherapists, scientists of public health, social scientists or trained social workers. We have educations on advanced level such as Midwifery program, several Specialist Nurse Educations, a Master programme in Leadership and Work Life Studies and a Master programme in Health and Care (given in English).

Mälardalen University received in June 2011 degree-awarding powers to start third-cycle courses and study programmes in the area Health and Welfare, which the School started in fall 2012.

The School has about 200 employees.

More information about the School

The new research programme has started

Mälardalen University is proud of

having been granted a research programme with degree-awarding powers in Health and Welfare. 22 doctoral students have been admitted to the Post-Graduate Programme of Health and Welfare and started their research studies in September 2012.

For more information, please visit the webpages of the research programme.

About the start of the new Research Programme of Health and Welfare at Mälardalen University

Nursing Programme in collaboration with Rangsit University, Thailand

In the summer of 2010 Double Degree Bilingual Nursing Programme (DDNP) started at Rangsit University, Thailand, in collaboration with Mälardalen University. This four-year degree programme gives these Thai nursing students a bachelor's degree in Caring Science. One of these four years is situated at Mälardalen University, where the first batch will arrive in January 2013.

The students will study methodology & concepts, Scandinavian welfare system, community health, cultural perspectives, elderly nursing and conduct their thesis.

This collaboration includes teacher exchanges with Rangsit University and the opportunity for Swedish students to study international health work at advanced level in Thailand.

Below you will find what the first intake of students think about there programme. And also the courses which will be offered the year at Mälardalen University (MDH).

Students at DDNP during their first year (pdf 2.8 MB)

Last updated: Jan 03, 2013

Published by: School of Health, Care and Social Welfare

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