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Template:Infobox Swedish University
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).
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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.
Students' unions
As of 2005, there are three students' unions at the university, Teknologkåren (the Student Association of Engineering) [1] (http://www.ltu.se/org/tkl/) 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) [2] (http://www.luleastudentkar.com/) 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[3] (http://www.datasektionen.com/) for computer science, space engineering, engineering physics and some other areas
- Geosektionen[4] (http://geo.studorg.ltu.se/) for civil engineering, rock engineering and related programmes
- Industriell managementsektionen for industrial management
- Kirunasektionen for students in Kiruna
- Maskinteknologsektionen[5] (http://msekt.studorg.luth.se/) for mechanical engineering and related programmes
- Skellefteå teknologsektion for engineering students in Skellefteå
- Doktoranderna for PhD students
Societies and traditions
- LUDD, Luleå Academic Computer Society
See also
External links
- Luleå University of Technology (http://www.ltu.se/) - Official site
- lulea.org (http://www.lulea.org/) - Internet Portal for students in Luleåsv:Luleå tekniska universitet