Faculty of Science and Technology

Faculty of Science and Technology


Breadth and cutting edge

• Biology & Molecular Biology• Computing Science• Chemistry• Physics• Mathematics• Engineering• Teacher training• Design• Architecture


The faculty in numbers

• 3000 full time students

• 300 PhD students

• 800 employees

• 10 departments

• 3 institutes

• 707 million SEK in revenues


Education• Master of Science Programmes in

Engineering

• Bachelor of Science Programmes in Engineering

• Bachelor of Science Programmes

• University Diploma Programmes

• Pharmacist education programmes

• Design programmes

• Architecture programmes

• Master programmes


Institute of Technology

• 2000 students

• 7 Master of Science Programmes in Engineering

• 5 Bachelor of Science Programmes in Engineering

• 3 University Diploma Programmes

•Intense cooperation with trade and industry


Master of Science Programmes in Engineering, 5 years

• Biotechnology Engineering

• Energy Engineering

• Engineering and Management

• Interaction Technology and Design Engineering

• Computing Science and Engineering

• Engineering Physics

• Engineering Chemistry


Bachelor of Science Programmes in Engineering, 3 years

• Civil Engineering

• Energy Engineering

• ”Engineering Education Online”

• Mechanical Engineering

• Applied Electronic Engineering


University Diploma Programmes, 2 years

• Media Production

• Computer Networks and Communication Technology

• Process Operators

• Nature Guiding


Bachelor of Science Programmes, 3 years

• Biology and Earth Science

• Computing Science

• Life Science

• Physics and Applied Mathematics

• Environmental Health


Pharmacist education• Bachelor’s programme, 3 years

- given on Internet and at a number of places in Sweden and Norway

• Master’s programme in Pharmacy, 2 years- starts autumn 2010!


Institute of Design

• Named one the best design schools in the world by BusinessWeek magazine.

• Awarded as ”Centre of Excellence in Higher Education” by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education.

• More than 60 % international master students

• Educational programmes with distinctive professional ties.


Industrial design programmes

Bachelor programmes, 3 years• Industrial Design

Master programmes, 2 years

• Advanced product design

• Interaction design

• Transport design


Umeå School of Architecture

• Inaugurated autumn 2009

• A five year Architectural programme with an artistic inclination

• Master programme in Sustainable Architecture Production

• International profile


Master programmes in Science & Technology

Maths, Computing Science, Physics & Technology:

• Computational Science and Engineering• Computing Science• Robotics and Control• Physics

Biology, biotechnology: & chemistry• Ecocatch• Ecology• Geoecology• Molecular Biology• Plant and Forest Biotechnology• Chemistry• Environmental Chemistry


Doctoral studies

• 300 doctoral students

• 39 doctoral degrees

• 9 licentiate degrees


Cooperation with the business community

• Degree projects & project courses• Placements• Guest lectures• Educational visits at companies• Teachers & reserchers at companies• Industry-based doctoral students• Industrial Graduate School

Example cooperation – education


Students solve corporate problems

• Students from different engineering programmes cooperate.

• They develop a technical solution which is sought after by the business community.

• Both students and the business community establish valuable contacts.

Example cooperation – education


Staff

• 80 professors

• 130 senior lectures

• 83 subject teachers

• 33 postdoctoral research fellows

• 89 other teachers

• 222 doctoral students

• 71 administrators

• 130 technicians

Total: 815 employees

Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, received the Göran Gustafsson-prize in chemistry 2009, the highest national award for scientific research.


Prioritized research areas of excellenceThe Faculty has prioritized three

research areas of excellence:

• Biological Chemistry• Ecosystem Dynamics• Plant and Forest Biotechnology

Umeå University has also designated Applied IT as a strategic area of development.


Antibiotics from the Norwegian Sea

• Umeå University and the University of TromsØ

cooperate in the search for new antibiotics.

• They study extreme organisms from the Norwegian Sea to see if they contain molecules which can be used for new medicines.

Example of prioritized research area of excellence: Biological Chemistry


• LEREC is a research area which gives a comprehensive view of the dynamics in lakes.

• The researchers develop models for the ways in which environmental changes affect lakes.

• Research of the flow of phosphorus, nitrogen and organic carbon is combined with for instance studies of the effect of size variations in fish populations.

Environmental changes affect lakes

Example of prioritized research area of excellence: Ecosystem Dynamics


Mapping the genes of Swedish spruce

• Spruce is ecologically and economically the most important plant in Sweden.

• This project will for instance give opportunities to develop gene tests on different characteristics of trees, such as fuel value, frost and disease resistance.

Example of prioritized research area of excellence: Plant and Forest Biotechnology


Applied IT

• The area includes more than 150 talented researchers and doctoral candidates.

• Example of research areas: industrial IT robotics and control systems health care media signal processing interaction design

Strategic area of development


Strategic research areas supported by the Government

The faculty has the main responsibiltiy for two projects:

• Bio4Energy – Energy research• Climate effects of the Baltic Sea –

Marine Environment research

Researchers at the faculty are also part of the following areas:• Sustainable use of natural resources• E-science


Engineering science recruitment

• Umeå University has granted 60 million SEK to develop engineering science.

• 32 young researchers will be recruited to strengthen the quality of the Master of Science Programmes in Engineering.


Distinguished Young Researchers

• Umeå University is supporting young researchers with promising careers in their fields.

• 26 out of 70 researchers who was granted the award work at the Faculty of Science and Technology.

• The Department of Physics was notable in receiving a total number of eight grants.


Splendid cooperation

• The Department of Physics and the company Siemens cooperate to develop laser-based measuring instruments.

• The sensitive instruments can measure low percentage of pollutants in discharge emissions and exhaust gases.

Example cooperation – research


Technologies for future vehicles

• IFOR – Intelligent Off-Road Vehicles – has the goal to create intelligent off-road vehicles for forestry, mining and agriculture.

• It’s a cooperation beteween SLU – the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, and a number of companies, for instance Komatsu Forest, BAE Systems Hägglunds and LKAB.

Example cooperation – research


Organization


Departments• Applied Physics and Electronics• Chemistry• Computing Science• Ecology and Environmental Science• Institute of Design• Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics• Molecular Biology• Physics• Plant Physiology• Science and Mathematics Education


Research centres• Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Physics• Centre for Fish and Wildlife research• Chemical Biological Centre• European CBRNE Centre• High Performance Computing Center North• Intelligent Vehicles for Off-Road• Umeå Centre for Interaction Technology• Umeå Marine Sciences Centre• Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre • Umeå Plant Science Centre

• UMIT


Revenues

Education ResearchDirect government founding 248 252Funding/contract 5 182Other 20Total 253 Mkr 454 Mkr

Total revenues: 707 million SEK


Costs

48%

32%

3%

13%3% 1%

Wages

Management fees

Jointly university costs

Premises rental

Deprications

Financial costs

Total costs: 706 million SEK

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