Skellefteå municipality
A Memorandum of Understandning on strategic collaboration between Luleå University of Technology and Skellefteå Municipality was signed in 2021.
The purpose of the collaboration
- Broaden and deepen collaboration to work to strengthen the municipality's development and the University's activities in education and skills development, research and innovation, as well as experimental environments and competence centers.
- Clarify how the parties can strengthen long-term and strategic collaboration in a number of areas to increase the competitiveness and attractiveness of both Skellefteå municipality and the University. The activities decided upon shall lead to increased quality in education and lifelong learning, in research and innovation, which in turn leads to sustainable growth and strengthened competitiveness for both parties. Collaboration 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 city
Skellefteå is one of the University's four business locations and is a University with strong business links that conducts regionally important education and prominent needs-based research. The operations in Skellefteå constitute a central part of the University's education and research in wood technology, electrical power engineering and distributed computer systems.
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