Kiruna municipality
A Memorandum of Understanding between Luleå University of Technology and Kiruna Municipality was signed in 2020.
The purpose of the collaboration
- Deeper and broader collaboration to jointly strengthen the municipality's development and the University's activities in education and skills development, research and innovation, and experimental environments and competence centers.
- Clarify how the parties can strengthen long-term and strategic collaboration in a number of areas for in-depth cooperation.
- Increase the competitiveness and attractiveness of both Kiruna municipality and the University.
The activities decided upon shall lead to increased quality in skills development and lifelong learning, in research and in innovation, which in turn leads to sustainable growth and strengthened competitiveness for both parties.
Cooperation areas and concrete activities will be developed according to the needs identified in annual dialogues between the parties' management.
Cooperation on
- Skills supply and skills development
- Research and innovation
- Attractive university town
Kiruna is one of the University's four locations. The University has strong ties to the business community and conducts regionally important education and outstanding needs-based research. The activities in Kiruna constitute a central part of the University's space education and research. Luleå University of Technology has Sweden's only civil engineering program in space technology and several popular master's programs in the space field. Luleå University of Technology is Sweden's space university and provides Sweden's and Europe's space industry with manpower. Other important areas are education and research in the entire value chain of mining activities.
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