Malmö University was founded on 1 July 1998, when parts of Lund University located in Malmö – among them, the Faculties of Odontology and Education, to-gether with undergraduate programmes in Engineering – were incorporated into the new institution. At the time the government called particular attention to the ambition to facilitate the recruitment of students from non-academic backgrounds and to develop new problem-based learning methods. Also, the new university was not to be organ-ised along traditional lines with a structure based on subject oriented institutions.

Since its establishment in 1998, Malmö University has ex-panded rapidly, primarily in terms of bachelor’s and mas-ter’s level programmes, but also with regard to doctoral programmes and research. A number of new pro-grammes have been initiated at both first-cycle and ad-vanced levels. Ten percent of first-cycle programmes and half of second-cycle programmes are taught in English. 

Professional education and training dominates the cur-riculum. The teacher training programme is one of Sweden’s biggest and there are also large cohorts of students in nursing science and social work. Malmö University has built a strong reputation for training dentists, dental hygienists and dental technicians, and it offers B.Sc. pro-grammes in engineering for students seeking to specialise in computer science and mobile IT, mechanical engine-ering and materials technology, product development and design, or building technology.

CONTACT

Telephone: +46 40 665 70 00

Email: info@mau.se