News

• May 30, 2011

  Growth Engine – The success project for entrepreneurs continues

  The Growth Engine is Mälardalen University’s project, which offers to heads of Sörmland companies with up to 50 employees the opportunity of developing and growing. The initiative was taken last year and since the project has been a big success, the Growth Engine will continue for another year with new funding. Sparbanken Rekarne, Sparbanksstiftelsen Rekarne and Sörmlands Sparbank are investing SEK 500,000 and Eskilstuna Municipality SEK 200,000.

• May 18, 2011

  Two of the University’s international students have been appointed Global Swedes

  Two of Mälardalen University’s international students, Albert Franklin Bayeck and Mahgol Amin, have been appointed as Global Swedes by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As Global Swedes, they will represent Sweden in their home countries and function as ambassadors for Sweden and Swedish higher education.

• May 13, 2011

  Second place for MDH students in international competition

  Students Emelie Wong and Torbjörn Johansson from Mälardalen University, together with senior lecturer Magnus Hoppe, have won second prize for their well-presented project at this year’s Euroweek. In total, 150 students participated in the international contest, and 21 projects competed on the theme Water, which is where our students won their prize.

• May 03, 2011

  3.5 million to research leaders of the future at Mälardalen University

  The Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen) is giving out over 7 million kronor to newly-qualified PhDs who are considered to have the potential to become the research leaders of the future. Despite the large number of applicants, Mälardalen University succeeded in receiving almost half of the research money, 3.5 million, and is thus the higher education institution receiving the largest share from the Foundation.

• Apr 13, 2011

  MDH-students finalists in prestigious programming competition

  This year, on the second Student Contest on Software Engineering (SCORE), organized by the most prestigious conference in Software Engineering, ICSE'11 (International Conference on Software Engineering) MDH:s two student teams, running projects at Distributed Software Development (DSD) Course have reached the final and will present their projects at ICSE'11 on Hawaii in May.

• Apr 06, 2011

  New Vice-Chancellor focuses on increased research funding for our region

  Mälardalen University’s new Vice-Chancellor has started on her new job. Bringing experiences from the Ministry of Education and Research, Uppsala University, and Karolinska Institutet, she’s now embarking on her new mission. - It’s great to come to a well-run seat of learning with so much energy. With increased research funding, the University can develop even further, secure degree-awarding powers, and continue to be a key player both in the region and in national as well as international contexts, says Karin Röding.

• Mar 24, 2011

  Internationally leading researchers new honorary doctors at Mälardalen University

  The 2011 honorary doctors at Mälardalen University are Björn Stigson and Paola Inverardi. They have both made significant contributions within the areas of sustainable development and software technology.

• Mar 23, 2011

  Mälardalen University gets top marks by industry

  Today the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv) published their annual quality ranking of Swedish universities. Mälardalen University is ranked high in terms of relationships with industry, meaning that students can go straight from the academy into work.

• Jan 26, 2011

  MDH researcher Kimmo Eriksson popular on Kunskapskanalen

  Vetenskaprådet (The Swedish Research Council) regularly arranges seminars within the humanities and social sciences every three months. These seminars are broadcast on TV, in the series UR Samtiden, where they constitute a very popular feature. Each show is said to be watched by an estimated 20-25,000 viewers on Kunskapskanalen, to which should be added re-runs and other media.

• Jan 21, 2011

  Students from all over the world choose Mälardalen University

  Mälardalen University is popular among international students, and now it is time once again to open the University’s doors to students from all the corners of the world. On Monday, about 125 exchange students will arrive who have left their home countries to study in Eskilstuna and Västerås. The introductory week will include a visit to IKEA and traditional Swedish “fika”, among other things.

• Jan 18, 2011

  The University earns the right to educate subject teachers

  The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (HSV) announced today that Mälardalen University has been granted degree-awarding powers for subject teacher education for grades 7-9 and upper-secondary school (‘gymnasiet’).

• Dec 17, 2010

  MDH-researcher appointed Future Research Leader

  The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research has awarded the prestigious individual grant for Future Research Leaders to Mälardalen University researcher Thomas Nolte, 33. The prize money of 10 million kronor gives him the opportunity of strengthening his research group in embedded computer systems, at the same time as the award clearly puts Mälardalen University on both the national and international map of excellent research.

• Dec 15, 2010

  Degree-awarding powers at third-cycle level get the go-ahead

  As part of the Government’s investment in enhanced quality assurance in Sweden’s research programmes, higher education institutions have had to notify the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education about which specific subject areas research programmes are being conducted in and are awarding degrees for.

• Dec 10, 2010

  Karin Röding New Vice-Chancellor of Mälardalen University

  It is now clear that Karin Röding, currently University Director and Head of Administration at Karolinska Institutet, will be Mälardalen University’s new vice-chancellor. - I’m really looking forward to being vice-chancellor for such a well-run seat of learning as is Mälardalen University, Karin Röding says in a first comment.

• Dec 09, 2010

  Successful research in the spirit of Alva Myrdal

  For one and a half years, Gisela Mohr, professor in work and organizational psychology at the University of Leipzig, has held the distinguished position of Visiting Professor in Honour of Alva Myrdal at Mälardalen University. On Friday, 10 December, she will speak to representatives from Eskilstuna Municipality about her research and her impressions.

• Dec 06, 2010

  U.S. Ambassador visited Mälardalen University

  The U.S. Ambassador in Stockholm, Matthew Barzun, came to Mälardalen University last week to be inspired and make new contacts.

• Dec 03, 2010

  Consumers to be encouraged to wield their power on the electricity market

  Record-breaking prices for electricity have become more and more common during cold spells in winter. But what does it take for consumers to be willing to adapt their use of electricity to the supply? That’s what researchers at Mälardalen University are going to investigate in a large-scale project that received 5.5 million Swedish kronor (about €600,000) in funding from the Swedish Energy Agency.

• Nov 23, 2010

  The latest research in computer graphics presented in Västerås

  Interactive robots, 3D nautical charts and new search techniques for multimedia content – these are some of the points on the programme when for the first time Mälardalen University hosts a national conference in computer graphics on 25 and 26 November.

• Nov 12, 2010

  16 million for research at Mälardalen University

  In the stiff competition in the Swedish Research Council’s major call for proposals in the natural and technological sciences, Mälardalen University cashes in 16 million kronor during a four-year period. The money will go to research into embedded systems and mathematics.

• Nov 03, 2010

  Ingegerd Palmér elected Public-Authority Leader of the Year

  Mälardalen University’s vice-chancellor, Ingegerd Palmér, has been awarded the title Public-Authority Leader of the Year. The motivation for this award is as follows: “Ingegerd Palmér has integrity, the ability to inform and communicate, as well as the ability to set up and reach goals.” This is the first time since 2004 that the organization behind the award, offentliglistan.se, appoints a female public-authority leader as Leader of the Year.