Luleå University of Technology

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Luleå University of Technology or Luleå tekniska universitet is a university in Luleå, Sweden. It has five campuses, located in Luleå (the main campus), Boden (health sciences), Kiruna (space science), Skellefteå (wood technology and computer game engineering) and Piteå (School of Music).

Contents

1 History
2 Students' unions
3 Societies
4 Noted alumni
5 See also
6 External links

History

The university was founded on June 1 1971 at Porsön in Luleå as Högskolenheten i Luleå. The name was later changed to Högskolan i Luleå (Luleå University College) and in 1997 to the current Luleå University of Technology when it was given university status and now is known as one of Swedens top engineering schools.

Students' unions

As of 2005, there are three students' unions at the university, Teknologkåren (the Student Association of Engineering) [link] for students studying towards an engineering or other degree within the field of technology, Studentkåren vid Musikhögskolan i Piteå (the Students' Union at the Piteå School of Music) and Luleå studentkår (Luleå Students' Union) [link] for most other students.

The unions are divided into sections, each responsible for a number of academic programmes. They are run by a board of eight to ten students for no profit.

Luleå Students Union has the following sections:

SNS or Statsvetar- och Nationalekonomsektionen for political science and economics
Pedagogsektionen for teacher education
SySek or Systemvetarsektionen for systems science
EkSek or Ekonomsektionen for business administration
PuSS or Psykologi- und Sociologisektionen for psychiatry and sociology
JF or Juridiska Föreningen for jurisprudence
BofS or Bodens Förenade Studenter for students in Boden
LEKIS or Lärare och Ekonomer i Skellefteå for teaching and business students in Skellefteå

The Student Association of Engineering has the following sections:

Datasektionen[link] for computer science, space engineering, engineering physics and some other areas
Geosektionen[link] for civil engineering, rock engineering and related programmes
Industriell managementsektionen [link] for Industrial Management and Engineering
Kirunasektionen for students in Kiruna
Maskinteknologsektionen[link] for mechanical engineering and related programmes
Skellefteå teknologsektion for engineering students in Skellefteå
Doktoranderna for PhD students

Societies

LUDD, Luleå Academic Computer Society''

Noted alumni

Ulf Henriksson, CEO Invensys

Esther Jennings, Ph.D JPL

External links

[Luleå University of Technology] - Official site
[lulea.org] - Internet Portal for students in Luleå