2021-12-16 Pia Sandvik has a master's degree and a PhD in 1997. She was appointed associate professor of quality technology at Luleå University of Technology in 2002, and after three years as vice - chancellor at Mid Sweden University in Östersund, she was appointed vice-chancellor of Luleå University of Techn...
2021-10-19 In a black and white photograph, he plays bass recorder in a small orchestra in a church cottage in Öjebyn. The year is 1976 and he has just driven the long way from Sollentuna to Piteå in his car bubble.
2021-09-01 When University of Luleå celebrated 15 years as a university, the 1000th student Sofia Kleve, then Hambraeus, graduated from the Master Program in Geosciences. Today she works at AB Volvo with operational quality and environment.
2021-06-05 ProcessIT Innovations, initiated by the business community and the universities in northern Sweden, is today a global platform for collaboration. Anders OE Johansson tells about the importance of thinking bigger than a research project.
2021-06-05 Birgitta Karlberg started at Luleå University College as a student in 1988. When she graduated, she got a job at the University and remained for 30 years. Luleå University of Technology has been an exciting and developing workplace, in both ups and downs. The best thing has been all the people she h...
2021-05-04 It was a coincidence that 18-year-old Elisabeth Sandin ended up at Luleå University in 1976. At that time, the Swedish Public Employment Service offered emergency work as an alternative for jobseekers, something she took up. Elisabeth ended up at the printing house at Luleå University, with no exper...
2021-04-28 In 1982, the master programme in Computer Science and Engineering started at the current Luleå University of Technology. Maria Häll was one of the students in the first class and the only girl among 29 boys. The decision to choose Computer Science and Engineering has meant that she has often been th...
2021-04-23 Torbjörn Hedberg has a PhD in mathematics from Uppsala University and is one of the first four teachers at Luleå University. In 1977 he was elected Pro-Vice-Chancellor and in 1979 Vice-Chancellor at Luleå University - a position he held for 14 years.
2021-03-30 In a brochure at Luleå University of Technology's 20th anniversary in 1991, it is stated in the caption next to a portrait of Erik Höglund: "Erik Höglund professor and" own product ". All those who have been at Luleå University of Technology for a long time understand exactly what is meant by those ...
2021-03-19 When Elisabet Kassfeldt received her doctor's hat in November 1989, she was the first woman to receive a doctor's hat at Luleå University of Technology. - It was a huge uproar with many running meters in the newspaper, she says.
2021-03-15 The creation of the Luleå University College, now Luleå University of Technology, was characterized by innovation and entrepreneurship, from its inception as at the time of construction. Strong business contacts, new pedagogical models and committed teachers are widespread. What was also characteris...
2021-02-22 Bengt Klefsjö came to Luleå in 1971 when the Luleå University College established and did not think about "how long" he would stay. He remained for 45 years.
2021-02-19 When Luleå University started in 1971, there were a few teachers from the start: Torbjörn Hedberg, Ulrik Sundbäck, Torvald Henja and Bengt Klefsjö. They were newcomers without so many Luleå contacts, but the university would become their family.
2021-02-16 Elisabeth Jonsson and Eva Forsberg were two of those who were first employed at the new university college in Luleå when it started in 1971. It was a wonderful time with community and warmth in a settler spirit that they will never forget.
2021-02-03 Rune Andersson became the first employee at the then University Unit in Luleå in 1971. At just 26 years old, he was recruited as head of the university administration.
2021-01-19 September 1, 1971, the gates open to Sweden's northernmost technical college. Across Regnbågsallén, Luleå University College's first 50 students march in. They will study the only programme there is at Luleå University College, a Master's degree in Mechanical engineering.
2021-01-13 As early as the end of the 1950s, a technical university in upper Norrland was discussed, but it was not until the spring of 1970 that the bill was adopted by the Riksdag. The Organizing Committee for Higher Technical Education and Research in Upper Norrland (NoTH) was appointed responsible for the ...