Years 2000-2009

2009

• The number who want to study at Luleå University of Technology increases by 500 people.
• 200 high school students from across the country visit the University's mini-courses to try out life as a student at Luleå University of Technology.
• Pia Sandvik Wiklund, leaves her post as Vice-Chancellor of the University and is replaced in September by Johan Sterte.
• Yukigassen, organised snowball fights in teamformation, premieres in Sweden. The competition is organized by students at Luleå University of Technology. Swedish championships in the sport for the coming year are planned.
• The division between male and female students at Luleå University of Technology is one of the most evenly in Europe.
• The programme Political and community development starts at Luleå University of Technology.
  

2008

• Luleå University of Technology obtains the right to award a degree in Business administration.
• After hard internal work, the university manages to reverse the trend and reports positive financial results for undergraduate education.
• The University Board decides that a review of the educational offerings will be carried out.
• A model with measures to get students to stay on their programmes is implemented during the year and quickly gives positive results.
• A Career Centre is inaugurated at Luleå University of Technology with the aim of increasing students' working life connection and facilitating entry into the labour market.
• A new research centre, the Centre for High Performance Steel, starts its operations and the purpose is to create new niche products based on high performance steel.
• Professor Harald Vogel is appointed Honorary doctor of philosophy.
• Former County Governor Lorentz Andersson is appointed Honorary doctor of technology.
• Jointly appointed by both faculty boards is CEO Margareta Jonsson.

2007

• LTU Innovation is established to support the commercialisation of ideas from the University.
• Teacher training programs celebrate 100 years.
• Bologna adaptation continues and all programmes have partially revised courses
• The number of programmes increases due to Bologna alignment, Master's programmes become Bachelor's and Master's programs.
• A new research and education strategy for 2009–2012 is prepared.
• Management decides on a new strategic map for research and education.
• External funding continues to increase.
• The total number of students continues to decline, with negative consequences for the finances.
• Archival counsellour Börje Justrell is appointed Honorary doctor of philosophy.
• Director Lars-Eric Aaro and Dr. Albert Ruelhi are appointed Honorary doctors of technology.
• Jointly appointed by both faculty boards is artist Erling Johansson.

2006

• The Master programme in Fire Protection Engineer starts and becomes a huge success with a high number of applications
  
• The Bologna adaptation of undergraduate education takes off and a new education and degree structure is introduced.
• Centres of Faste Laboratory and Lean Wood Engineering started its activities with funding from Vinnova
  
• The number admitted to the PhD programme will greatly increase, as well as the number of doctoral students
  
• The number of students continues to decline and new registrations fall by 10 percent.
• Director Kjell Sundvall is appointed Honorary doctor of philosophy.
• Professor Jiri Marsalek and Senior Vice President Planos Plegas are awarded Honorary doctorates in technology.

2005

• The University Board decides to move the Department of Health Science to Luleå.
• The increase in first choice applications continues. Engineering programmes increase by 40 percent compared to 2004.
• The Master’s programme in Architecture is established.
• The University’s research in tribology, mining engineering/metallurgy and distributed engineering and other areas is among the most prominent in the world.
  
• New research projects during the year include research on future digital archive systems and in the field of security analysis.
• Work begins on developing a new strategy for the University 2006–2011.
• Vice-Chancellor Ingegerd Palmér leaves and is succeeded in November by Pia Sandvik Wiklund.
• The educational program Civil Engineering in ergonomic design & production is selected as "Technology education of the year" by the Swedish Technology Companies association and receives a price of MSEK 1.5.
  
• Professor Elinor Ostrom is appointed Honorary doctor of philosophy.
• Professor Anna Sierpinska is appointed Honorary doctor of technology.

2004

• Focus on student recruitment and marketing due to the large decrease in the number of students admitted in 2003. The work includes strengthening the university's brand
• The number of first choice applications turns around and becomes the highest in the university's history.
• The Mining and Rock Engineering Research Center, HLRC, and the Rock Materials Research Center are established.
• Three new professorships in media are created
• The University of Culture changes its name to Popular Science
• Arena Risk & Safety and Arena Space are established
• Former governor Kari Marklund and opera singer Birgitta Svendén are appointed honorary doctors of philosophy.
• Professor Joseph Juran and CEO Carl-Henrik Svanberg are appointed honorary doctors of technology.

2003

• A major change process to form a new departmental and administrative organisation at the University begins.
• The NITS project starts to develop an IT strategy and a new University-wide IT organisation.
• Sharp decline in the number of applicants to the University.
• Arena Networks changes its name to Arena Management & Technology in Networks.
  
• Professor Hans Leygraf is appointed Honorary doctor of philosophy.
• CEO Leif Östling is appointed Honorary doctor of technology.
• Director Gunnar Liljedahl is appointed jointly by both faculty boards.

2002

• Four new media courses and a course in dispensing pharmacy are introduced.
• Arena Networks, Arena Innovative Engineering and Business, Arena Global Resources and Arena Lifestyle, Health & Technology are established.
• Unitas and Pedagogkåren are merged into Luleå Student Union.
• Luleå University of Technology becomes the first university in Sweden to be connected to the new nationwide high-speed network Gigasunet.
• Actor Staffan Westerberg is appointed Honorary doctor of philosophy.
• Director Carl Bennet is appointed Honorary doctor of technology.
• Jointly appointed by both faculty boards is Director Sam Nilsson.

2001

• The University celebrates 30 years.
• Centre for information technology in the construction sector, e-bygg, is established.
• Gallery Aurora is created for art exhibitions.
• Arena Media, Music & Technology and Arena Learning are established.
• Seven Nobel Prize winners visit the University and give open lectures.
• Music producer Bruce Swedien is appointed Honorary doctor of philosophy.
• Professor Douglas W. Fuerstenau is appointed Honorary doctor of technology.
• CEO Yngve Bergqvist is jointly appointed by both faculty boards.

2000

• Start of MRC (Mäkitalo Research Centre), a new international research centre with the task of developing the distance-bridging mobile services.
• Three students from Luleå University of Technology climbs Mont Blanc, 4807 meters high, th University's flag was with them at the top.
• The University Board gives the go-ahead for the University 2006.
• The King of Sweden opens the multimedia studio for distributed engineering, the only one of its kind in existence, on December 6.
  
• Funding for the Faculty of Philosophy increases in the budget bill from 11 to 23 million within a three-year period.
• Composer Bo Nilsson is appointed Honorary doctor of philosophy.
• CEO Thomas Nilsson and Director Jan Martinsson are appointed Honorary doctors of technology.