Student News - Luleå University of Technology

News»

Vetenskapens hus closes temporarily

2020-11-18 From Monday November 23 until the end of the year, Vetenskapens hus will be closed to the public, except when the venue is booked.

An olympic champion, an astronaut and a professor are new honorary doctors

2020-11-12 Luleå University of Technology has appointed three new honorary doctors: cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla, astronaut Jessica Meir and Professor Dean Shepherd, an internationally leading researcher in entrepreneurship.

Jessica Meir, Honorary Doctor of Technology 2020

2020-11-12 Swedish-American NASA-astronaut Jessica Meir became famous to the world last year when she carried out three unique spacewalks on the International Space Station (ISS). One of them was the first all-female spacewalk.She is the first woman with Swedish citizenship in space.

Charlotte Kalla, Honorary Doctor of Technology 2020

2020-11-12 As Honorary Doctor, the cross-country skiing star Charlotte Kalla continues to inspire young people to follow their dreams, to work hard and make tough priorities to achieve them, but also to have fun along the way.

Dean Shepherd, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy 2020

2020-11-12 Professor Dean A Shepherd is an internationally leading researcher in entrepreneurship. He has made significant contributions to our knowledge and understanding of the decision making of individual entrepreneurs under high uncertainty, emotional stress and extreme conditions.

Scholarship Rune and Märta Ström Foundation

2020-11-10 Johannes Stenlund, at the Master Programme in Mechanical Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, was awarded SEK 15,000 in scholarships for good performance.

Scholarship Rune and Märta Ström Foundation

2020-11-10 Celina Falk, a student at the Bachelor Programme in Sociology, was awarded SEK 15,000 in scholarships for good performance.

"We have training sessions every day"

2020-11-04 Over 20 students in 8 different sports. The elite sports environment at Luleå University of Technology is growing, says leader and head coach Joakim Abrahamsson.

The Government's investment in Esrange of great importance to Luleå University of Technology

2020-11-02 The government’s investment of 90 million SEK over three years, is specifically meant to enable orbital launches from Esrange – in particular launching small satellites into low Earth orbit. This will also lead to more flight opportunities for LTU’s nano satellites just “next door” to the Kiruna spa...

Alumni of the year 2020: Helena Hed and Meleknur Alevcan

2020-10-28 Meleknur Alevcan has helped hundreds of elderly people with free therapy during the corona pandemic. Helena Hed has had a long and successful career at Sweco, and will soon be the new President and CEO of listed PE Teknik & Arkitektur.

Published:31 August 2016

Updated: 27 August 2020

By:Service Point

Edit page