Göran Persson congratulates Mid Sweden University | 2005 |
After a long wait and a lot of hard work, the Middle School finally became Mid Sweden University.
10 years as a university 2005‑2015
We celebrated 10 years as a university in 2015. Take part of our journey during these 10 years. What was our Crown Princess doing to upset the German press? What year did our first psychology students graduate? And how did it go with the campus Östersund's capped roof?
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Search pressure continues to increase | 2012 |
Prior to the spring semester 2013, the number of applicants for Mid Sweden University's courses and programs was record-high. In total, 14 650 people applied - an increase of 30 percent compared to...
Record high search pressure despite reduced supply | 2012 |
We have worked with creating educations with close links to working life and with anchoring in research.
Sudden increase in the number of degrees | 2005 |
Statistics can be interpreted in many ways. In 2005, for example, we could see that the number of students who graduated from Mid Sweden University had suddenly increased to 1557, which was about 2...
HUV celebrated 10 years | 2005 |
In conjunction with the Faculty Board for Human Sciences, HUV's, last meeting for the year, December 10, it was fitting to have cake talks to celebrate that the faculty, just like Mid Sweden...
Sweden's largest research project on outdoor recreation is completed | 2013 |
46% of Swedes have access to a pair of hiking boots. Virtually everyone cares about the public right. And we spend 100 billion (!) A year on outdoor activities. It and much more came to light at...
Connected research center is founded | 2005 |
How can the Earth's resources be saved by connecting more things to the Internet? It examines Professor Mattias O'Nils and his colleagues at the research center STC.
Kim Anderzon is one of five new honorary doctors | 2012 |
Kim Anderzon was - and still is - one of the country's most popular actresses. At the 2012 anniversary, she was appointed honorary doctor at Mid Sweden University. Other doctorate hats that year...
Should it be this difficult? | 2015 |
The name "Mitthögskolan" follows the school even 10 years after the university became a university. In 2014, the name "Mitthögskolan" was used in 61 articles online, mostly typing errors. There are...
Inauguration of CER | 2008 |
Bank, insurance, pension, property and audit. In Sundsvall many people are employed in these industries - and so we want it to continue. Therefore, CER, Center for Research on Economic Relations, w...
International students are welcomed | 2006 |
When Mid Sweden University opened up to international students, the response was immediate. No one was prepared for the amount of applications that came in.
130 exchange agreements with schools worldwide | 2009 |
In 2009, Mid Sweden University had exchange agreements with 130 partner universities and colleges around the world. Today the figure is considerably lower - a purposeful choice.
The Roof Blows off Campus Östersund | 2007 |
At 07.02 a.m. on 11 April, Thomas Fuchs telephone starts ringing. He is at home in his bathroom. “The roof is blowing off the library,” says the man on the other end. 17 minutes later, Thomas is on...
Cutting the Grass by Means of Horses | 2012 |
Suddenly, there is a snorting and the sound of hoofs echoing between the walls of the houses. It is the North Swedish Horses Hägg and Ejmer, pulling the groom Anders Finnstedt. They have come to cu...
The Student Union Membership No Longer Mandatory | 2010 |
As early as in the year 1667, membership in what was then known as the students’ nations was made mandatory, to make it possible to keep track of and supervise the students. This inspired the...
Former Journalism Students Win Golden Shovels | 2014 |
The Golden Shovel is a highly prestigious award in Swedish journalism – and at the Investigative Seminar in March of 2014, no fewer than two of the winners were former students at Mid Sweden...
The Sochi Winter Olympics and Paralympics | 2010 |
Proud as a peacock. It is easy to feel that way when you think about all the Olympic medals that the Swedish cross-country skiers won in Sochi. And at Mid Sweden University, we preen ourselves a...
Anders Edholm at the Vancouver Winter Olympics | 2010 |
When Anders Edholm started the Ski University in 1987, it was really only intended for girls. In those days, boys could get in through the sports platoon, but girls were not allowed to do the...
Economics studies and an Olympic bronze medal | 2006 |
Anna Ottosson had decided to retire from skiing within the next couple of years. She knew that the Olympic Games in Turin would be her last chance to win a championship medal. Still, she chose to...
Social Work Students Go to India for Field Located Education | 2015 |
For many years, social work students at Mid Sweden University have been able to go to India for field located education. The 15-20 weeks that they spend there open their eyes to what social work is...
Introduction of the Seven-Point Grading Scale | 2007 |
In connection with the Bologna University’s 900th anniversary in 1999, a group of European Ministers for Education gathered.
Design Collaboration with Japan | 2008 |
Can a nice-looking package make Japanese people buy meatballs? In 2007, Kristina Brink and some of her colleagues went on a study visit to Tokyo. It became the starting point of a collaboration tha...
Activities to attract more international students | 2009 |
In 2009, Mid Sweden University put extra focus on increasing the number of international students. It was a joint drive by both our faculties and the outcome was perhaps not as expected. But it was...
Intensive Courses in Swedish Very Popular | 2005 |
Eat, sleep and breathe svenska (Swedish).” This describes the very essence of the intensive course in Swedish that was held at Mid Sweden University for several years. The course was a part of the...
Mid Sweden University Ranked First by International Students | 2012 |
Pick-up service, Cinnamon Bun’s Day and “one way in” for all questions. These were some of the efforts that made Mid Sweden University number one in the list among international students.
Chinese student falls in love with “semlor” | 2009 |
The teachers at NMT had been busy all day, baking 200 buns, whipping cream and mashing almond paste. They were going to offer their students “semlor” or Lenten buns, buns filled with whipped cream...
The Educational Strategy for 2011-2015
If you want to be the best at cooperating with working life, it is not enough to send students on work placements. And if you want to be the best at e-learning, you have to dare to challenge old...
Konkurrenslyftet Begins | 2010 |
“Shadow a Student” was one of many highly appreciated activities during the Konkurrenslyftet project, which was intended to encourage more upper secondary school students to continue their studies ...
Fyrklövern is formed | 2010 |
Who said research results are just reports that end up on a shelf, collecting dust? Here at Mid Sweden University this is not the case, anyway. Thanks to activities such as those of Fyrklövern, our...
Lena Ivarsson Awarded the STINT scholarship | 2013 |
When Lena Ivarsson received the e-mail informing her that she had been awarded the scholarship “Excellence in Teaching”, she had to read it several times. She could not believe that it was true.
Malin Burman – from Student to Driven Entrepreneur | 2009 |
A year after she had been awarded her degree from the Risk and Crisis Management Programme, Malin Burman received an award called “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” at Guldgalan (the Gold Gala) in...
Stomach Illness at Campus Östersund | 2010 |
But what is happening? One by one, the people at Campus Östersund fall victim to a stomach illness. And soon it turns out that the whole town has been infected. Cryptosporidium has invaded Östersund.
The Risk Profile –Research Friday Mass Experiment | 2012 |
What places, situations and objects do children and young people regard as the most perilous ones? That is what the Research Friday mass experiment in 2012 – the Risk Profile – wanted to establish.
Mid Sweden University First to Introduce Easy Access | 2011 |
In order to get the researchers’ ideas out of their desk drawers – and to ensure that the research results would be of actual benefit – Mid Sweden University introduced Easy Access in 2011. We were...
Two Crucial Agreements for the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre | 2011 |
The success of the Swedish national team in cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver made curious gazes turn to Östersund. What was it that we did up here that yielded such...
Was Jesus Married? | 2013 |
“Jesus said to them: ‘My wife…’” The text on an antique papyrus fragment has caused a great stir all over the world. Was the man married?
Sports Tech Research Center is Opened | 2014 |
“Here, we will be able to conduct complete tests that are very close to reality!” says an ecstatic Mikael Bäckström. He is a professor and centre leader at Mid Sweden University’s newest research...
Breakthrough in the Manufacturing of Amorphous Metal | 2012 |
In the autumn of 2012, exciting things were happening at Sports Technology, the Department of Technology and Sustainable Development. In collaboration with the company Exmet AB, researchers were...
The Travels of Twilight-Fans Fascinate in a New Book | 2011 |
Every day, hundreds and sometimes thousands of people pilgrimage to two small American communities, Forks and La Push. These people are inveterate Twilight fans. They photograph the local school,...
Mid Sweden University Project Leader of the PISA Study | 2009 |
In 2009, Mid Sweden University is again entrusted by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education to continue to lead the Swedish PISA study.
The Research Strategy for 2012-2016
On page 2 of Mid Sweden University’s Research Strategy for 2012-2016, it states, among other things, that “the research at Mid Sweden University should be of high academic quality and be relevant t...
Mid Sweden University is Awarded Knowledge Foundation Environment Status | 2011 |
Finally! After a two-year qualification process, Mid Sweden University has been selected to be a Knowledge Foundation environment. Mid Sweden University is one of three higher education institution...
The Risk and Crisis Research Centre Opens | 2010 |
“Bringing excellence together” is the motto of Mid Sweden University’s Risk and Crisis Research Centre (RCR). At the opening in 2010, national and international contacts in the field were invited –...
The “Talking” Paper | 2007 |
“Talking” paper with embedded digital information – that you need only touch for sound to flow out of printed speakers. The information technology of the future was already here in 2007!
DEMICOM Becomes Mid Sweden University’s First Research Centre | 2006 |
Which posts do we share the most on Facebook? Which strategy is the most effective one during an election campaign? And how is an economic crisis covered in the media? The researchers at DEMICOM ha...
Online Research Centre is Founded | 2005 |
How can the earth’s resources be saved by more things being connected to the Internet? That is an issue Professor Mattias O’Nils and his colleagues at the research centre STC look into.
Opening of the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre | 2008 |
2 golds. 5 silvers. 4 bronzes. The cross-country skiers’ success at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics was historic. And it was at the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre (SWSRC) in Östersund that th...
Bo Hilleberg Awarded One of Five New Honorary Degrees | 2014 |
Mid Sweden University’s activities to create a profile for itself in outdoor recreation have been successful. Over the years, we have collaborated with the strongest outdoor industry trademarks in...
Benny Wins the Bronze Medal at the Researchers’ Grand Prix | 2014 |
How many people can, in just four minutes, describe their research in a way that is both entertaining and easy to understand – standing on the stage of a rock club? Well, there is at least one...
Jan Stenberg Awarded a Unique Honorary Degree | 2010 |
With fanfares, singing, music and a gun salute from the Jämtland Field Artillery, Mid Sweden University’s new doctors, professors and honorary degree recipients were celebrated at the annual...
The World Is Amazed by Stradivarius Research | 2005 |
When the Washington Post phoned Mats Tinnsten, he was truly surprised. – I never would have guessed that our research on the Stradivarius violin would have such an impact!
Bodil Malmsten and Bengt Saltin are awarded honorary doctoral degrees | 2006 |
On 22 September 2006, Mid Sweden University arranged its first Annual Celebration. Twelve new professors and five new doctors were celebrated with great splendour. Bengt Saltin and Bodil Malmsten...
Magdalena Forsberg and Lars Näsman are awarded honorary doctoral degrees | 2008 |
At the Annual Celebration in 2008, a six-time world champion in biathlon and a research-focused graduate engineer were awarded honorary doctoral degrees by Mid Sweden University.
Activities to Recruit More Students Yield Results | 2009 |
A new Vice-Chancellor with clear priorities and a number of attractive programmes meant that Mid Sweden University got a higher share of applicants than any other university for the autumn of 2009.
Starting Shot for the RUN Parliament | 2007 |
In February each year, the RUN Parliament is held. It is a highly appreciated initiative by Mid Sweden University. It brings chief education officers, school politicians and teacher trainers from o...
A Record Number of Journeyman Certificates at the Wood Academy | 2014 |
In May of 2014, a hard-to-beat record was set at the Furniture Making and Building Crafts Programme at the Wood Academy in Kramfors.
Mid Sweden University is Declared the Summer University of the Year | 2014 |
“Mid Sweden University admits more summer students than any other Swedish university and provides a good and serious range of courses.” In 2014, Mid Sweden University received the award “Summer...
Two New Exciting Programmes | 2009 |
2009 was the year when Mid Sweden University got two new, exciting programmes: the Criminology Programme and the Risk and Crisis Management Programme.
Mid Sweden University Signs the Magna Charta | 2013 |
When Mats Tinnsten travelled to Italy to sign the Magna Charta, it was an important statement – it demonstrated that Mid Sweden University will always work to promote the freedom in research.
First batch of psychology students | 2008 |
After a two-and-a-half year long process, Mid Sweden University finally got its own Psychology programme, which was a source of relief and happiness to everyone involved. The following year, the...
Skarp Åre starts | 2008 |
In order to strengthen Mid Sweden University’s profile in the fields of tourism, winter sports and outdoor life, Skarp Åre was started. The one-year education was popular and it was offered by the...
Sudden increase in the number of degrees awarded | 2005 |
Statistics can be interpreted in many different ways. For example, in 2005, we could see that the number of students who had graduated from Mid Sweden University had suddenly increased to 1557, whi...
Origo – a centre for learning | 2010 |
A large number of Mid Sweden University’s students are distance students and we are one of the largest providers of distance education in the country.
Mid Sweden University offers the largest number of summer courses | 2010 |
Environmental politics, leadership, games programming, economics, mathematics… And why not runology or mountain ecology?
The Summer University is Born | 2012 |
In the beginning, the Summer University was a faculty project within the education strategy, but the result was such a success that it soon became a part of the regular activities at the university.
Simulation Mannequins Used in Nursing Programme | 2012 |
A computerized, lifelike model of a human – one that can imitate our behaviour and our reactions. It sounds like science fiction, but it became very much a reality at Mid Sweden University’s nursin...
Miun Innovation opens | 2009 |
– Not all ideas result in a company. It is just as important that the researchers and students develop as entrepreneurs, and that they learn to let loose their drive and creativity, says Juliana...
Mid Sweden University is Granted the Right to Educate Head Teachers and Preschool Heads | 2012 |
In October of 2014, Mid Sweden University received the happy news that we would be one of six universities with the right to offer the National School Leadership Training Programme.
The German Press is Horrified at the Crown Princess’s Visit | 2011 |
How could Prince Daniel let the pregnant Victoria climb a steep ladder – in high heels? A royal visit to Mid Sweden University provoked strong reactions in the German tabloids.
A Two-Day Celebration When Mid Sweden University Opened on 10-11 February | 2005 |
On 10 February, the official and ceremonial opening of Mid Sweden University was held in Härnösand Cathedral.
Miun Almuni is Started | 2010 |
Mid Sweden University has much to gain from maintaining a good contact with its former students. That is why Miun Almuni was started a couple of years ago. It is a social and professional network f...
ARC13 – Assessment of Research and Coproduction | 2013 |
In 2013, around 50 international experts assessed 28 research subjects and seven research centres at Mid Sweden University. When ARC13 (Assessment of Research and Coproduction) was done, it was don...
Anders Södergren on Skiing and Studies | 2010 |
At Campus Östersund, we are spoilt when it comes to seeing the world elite of cross-country skiing. They study for exams, have a coffee, go roller skating, study some more… It is all work and no...
Anders Söderholm becomes principal | 2008 |
When Anders Söderholm accepted to become Mid Sweden University's principal, a young business was waiting for him. Now it has matured somewhat, but Anders wants to stick to the young.