20 latest news in education

New record for the number of admissions to Luleå University of Technology

2021-07-16 13,835 people have been admitted to Luleå University of Technology's programs and courses that start in the autumn term 2021. This is an increase of just over 10 percent compared with the previous year and means that the university's increase trend of admissions continues. Luleå University of Techno...

Thesis project in Industrial Design develops reindeer herding industry

2021-06-29 Lisa Eliasson and Hatharat Silawiang, both students at the Bachelor Programme in Industrial Design Engineering, have developed a digitized, more efficient and more sustainable method for marking reindeer calves. – We have combined traditional methods and modern technology to achieve a sustainable so...

The subject teacher education is assessed as high quality

2021-06-21 UKÄ has reviewed the subject teacher education, specialization mathematics and social studies. Now the final result has come - UKÄ makes the assessment that the education is of high quality.
– I am glad that the work that has been done in has given good results. This provides the conditions for co...

Students participated in interior design project

2021-06-08 Four master's engineering students have been hired to design two areas in the Alfa building on the university campus in Luleå. Three of the students study The Master Programme in Architectural Engineering and the fourth study on The Master Programme in Industrial Design Engineering.

Swedish Waste Management Association's Scholarship for best degree project 2021

2021-06-04 Jasmine Nordenström, who studied for a master's degree in natural resources engineering at Luleå University of Technology, has together with two other students been awarded the Swedish Waste Management Association Scholarship for best MSc thesis in 2021.

Student projects are linked to the ski and snow lab

2021-06-04 During the year, a number of student projects were carried out in direct connection with the newly started ski and snow lab at Luleå University of Technology.

Digital ministerial visit on the corona pandemic

2021-06-01 EU Minister Hans Dahlgren and Minister of Higher Education and Research Matilda Ernkrans, spoke with students and management at Luleå University of Technology on Monday. The focus was on how students and activities experienced the situation at the university during the covid-19 period.

Filip Simán received Bergforsks award for best thesis

2021-05-20 Filip Simán has studied the Master Programme in Natural Resources Engineeringy with a focus on ore and minerals at Luleå University of Technology. In his thesis, Filip combined artificial intelligence, AI, with ore geology and for this work he won Bergforsk's award for best thesis.

Luleå University of Technology gives full throttle to the hydrogen society

2021-05-18 Luleå University of Technology is now making an extensive research and education investment in close collaboration with leading basic industries and energy producers. The focus is on hydrogen in industrial processes and energy systems. The core is the university's advanced pilot plant for large-scal...

Pedagogical competence provides assignments in Europe

2021-04-30 The Center for Educational Development at Luleå University of Technology has played an important role in the international project UNIVERSEH. Years of experience from educational development and media pedagogical initiatives have contributed to knowledge that the center now brings to Europe.

Successful leap towards higher education

2021-04-23 Teknikspånget ("The technology leap") is a successful initiative to attract more young people to higher technical education. Luleå University of Technology is one of the employers that accepts interns, and we are now looking for more supervisors for the next round.

Commissioned training meets the electricity industry's skills needs

2021-04-14 The good collaboration between Luleå University of Technology and the Swedish Public Employment Service in commissioned training for foreign-born engineers is being expanded. The training offer is supplemented with two new fast tracks in electric power and energy technology that will meet the indust...

Master Thesis Rewarded with Byggstenen

2021-04-14 With his master thesis work, "Waste in the construction industry: A case study of the production process for road construction", Axel Bergbom has highlighted how productivity and long-term sustainability can go hand in hand in the construction industry and has been rewarded with Byggstenen from Norr...

Luleå University of Technology first with gender equality education for engineering students

2021-04-13 According to a decision from the Vice-Chansellor, all educational programes at Luleå University of Technology should hav an introductory compulsory gender equality education during the first year of the programme by the autumn of 2021. The technical programmes started already in the autumn of 2020 w...

Successful exploration work at Boliden

2021-04-01 Students from the Master Programme in Natural Resources Engineering, Viktor Grundström Mattsson and Gustav Lood Stark, are currently working on an exciting exploration project for the mining company Boliden. The project has led to the discovery of a new sulphide deposit containing gold, silver, zinc...

Facebook supports the University's initiative Tech for Youth

2021-03-22 Facebook supports several initiatives at Luleå University of Technology to increase children's and young people's interest in technology and science. In the Tech for Youth initiative, schools can participate in technology challenges and collaborate with the university's students for remote-controlle...

Artificial hips at focus in new postgraduate education

2021-03-19 Luleå University of Technology is one of 5 European academic universities that may conduct advanced postgraduate education in biotribology. The program BioTrib - ETN is focused on friction, lubrication and wear in natural and artificial joints. The training, which is part-financed by the EU-MSCA Tra...

Gävle Symphony Orchestra collaborates with the Academy of Music

2021-03-18

Beautiful and sad to play on a stage

2021-03-15 Right now we can see Amanda Jansson in the critically acclaimed SVT series Tunna blå linjen ("Thin Blue Line.) She already auditioned for it as a student at the Theater Academy at Luleå University of Technology.
– What we do as actors may not be real, but we produce real feelings, she says.

Martin Ottosson is awarded the first scholarship

2021-03-01 Martin Ottosson, who studied the Higher Education Diploma Programme in Works Management in Civil Engineering program at Luleå University of Technology, is awarded the first scholarship.

Published:7 April 2020
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