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Mission statement

• SLU develops the understanding and sustainable
  use of biological natural resources.
• This is achieved through research,
• education and environmental monitoring and
  assessment.

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SLU in Sweden

• SLU has national responsibility
• for research and education in
• veterinary medicine, forestry,
• and landscape planning.
• SLUs main campuses are
• located in Umeå, Uppsala,
• Skara, and Alnarp.

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Vision
SLUs vision is to be a world-leading Life
Sciences university, characterized by

• top-ranked research and educational quality and
  creativity
• creativity and leadership within environmental
  monitoring and assessment
• attractiveness as an innovative partner in the
  green sector

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Altered environments require new knowledge

• Climate change greenhouse gases, fossil
  fuels, land use, water
• Global sustainability public health,
  protection against infections
• Agrarian industry on an international
  market population growth and a rising standard
  of living, increased demand for food and
  changing consumption patterns
• new eco-cyclical, climate-neutral products,
  more specialized raw-material and food
  production
• Urbanization nature and contact with
  animals for human well-being land as a source
  of recreation, rehabilitation and adventure
  tourism rural development

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SLUs Strengths and Profile Areas

• Genetic Resources and Biotechnology
• Animal and Human Health
• Climate and Ecosystem Change
• Sustainable Production Systems and the
  Management of Natural Resources
• Quality in the Food Chain
• Community Planning and Sustainable Development
  in Urban and Rural Environments

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Genetic Resourcesand Biotechnology
Animal andHuman Health
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Climate andEcosystem Change
Sustainable ProductionSystems and the
Management ofNatural Resources
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Quality in theFood Chain
Community Planning andSustainable Developmentin
Urban andRural Environments
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Strategic Focus Research at SLU 2009-2012

• Consequences of Climate Change for the
  Environment and Production
• Agriculture and Forestry, contributing to slowing
  the Greenhouse Effect
• Genetic Resources and Biotechnology
• Animal Health and Animal Welfare
• Natural Resource Management
• Rural Areas, Agrarian Industry and Industrial
  Development
• Landscape Architecture

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Organization
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Percentage of university activities
Environmental monitoring and assessment 9
Undergraduate education 23
Research and postgraduate education 68
Turnover 2 460 MSEK
Source Annual Report 2007
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Income
Turnover 2 464 MSEK
1 Financial
18 Operating income
55 Government grants
26 External grants
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Expenditure
Total expenditure 2 319 MSEK
24 Other operational expenses
61 Staff
11,5 Premises
3 Depreciation
0.5 Financial
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Staff
Total number of employees 2 600
Education and Research 37
Technical Staff/Administration 51
Postgraduate Students 12
Note that staff not belonging to the groups
Education and Research or Postgraduate Students
may be involved in teaching and research.
Source Annual Report 2007
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Strategic goals

• SLUs activities shall be characterized by a
• strong link between education and research of
• high international standards, and these
  activities
• shall take place in close collaboration
• with interested parties in the sectors concerned.

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Strategic goals research

• SLUs aim is to have a strategic foundation of
  front-line basic research to use both in
  developing its areas of responsibility and in its
  cooperation with other universities. This implies
  a basic knowledge development common to the areas
  of responsibility within, for example, biology,
  soil science, technology, and economics.
• SLU shall aim at problem-oriented applied
  research with strong relevance to its five areas
  of responsibility.
• SLU shall through its extended and improved
  research coooperation with industry and society,
  create the necessary conditions and knowledge for
  the development of innovations and new
  industries.

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Strategic goals education

• SLU shall offer undergraduate and postgraduate
  educations that
• are attractive to students
• meet high-level scientific standards
• match societys demand for vocational
  education
• In addition, SLU shall be a leader within its
  sectors in supplying
• further and commissioned education aimed at
  developing life-long
• learning.

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Research

• Advances in the six strength and profile areas
  are based on a bank of knowledge in basic
  disciplines such as biology, soil science,
  technology, and economics.
• 209 Professors
• 672 PhD students
• SLUs participation in EUs research programmes
  is extensive. In 2007 SLU participated in 65
  projects.

Source Annual Report 2007
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Education

• SLU has 3 634 full-time undergraduate
• students and 672 PhD students
• Professional degree programmes
• 26 MSc, BSc, and UD programmes
• 450 single subject courses
• Course packages
• Supplementary education
• PhD programmes
• Continuing education

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Education

• 1.4 student/instructor
• Close connection to research
• High employability
• Student influence
• External national and international evaluations

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Programme structure
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Examples of Masters Programmes

• Agricultural Economics and Management
• Animal Science
• Biotechnology
• Ecology
• Environmental Economics and Management
• Forests as a Natural Resource
• Soil and Water Management
• Sustainable Development
• Plant and Forest Biotechnology

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Courses

• SLU offers 450 single subject courses
• Major subjects
• Animal Care Science
• Animal Science
• Biology
• Business Administration
• Chemistry
• Economics
• Equine Studies
• Food Science
• Forest Management
• Landscape Planning
• Soil Sciences
• Technology

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Environmental monitoring and assessment
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Environmental monitoring and assessment

• The Swedish government has given SLU
  responsibility for environmental monitoring and
  assessment.
• SLU monitors the countrys forests, farmland,
  lakes and other watercourses, as well as animal
  and plant species, analyzing environmental trends
  and providing information to serve as a basis for
  environmental measures in a number of areas.

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Internationalization

• SLU welcomes
• an increased presence of foreign researchers and
  teachers in the activities at SLU
• more collaborative projects with foreign
  institutions and universities in areas of common
  interest
• an increased exchange of students, at the
  undergraduate as well as the graduate levels
• better opportunities for SLU researchers and
  teachers to spend time at foreign institutions

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Student exchange
SLU has co-operation agreements with 120 foreign
universities.
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Four faculties
Umeå Faculty of Forest Sciences Uppsala Faculty
of Natural Resources and Agricultural
Sciences Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and
Animal Science Alnarp Faculty of Landscape
Planning, Horticulture and Agricultural Science
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Faculty of Forest Sciences

• Turnover 466 MSEK
• 457 employees
• 48 professors
• 158 PhD students
• 752 undergraduate students
• 9 departments
• 2 educational programmes
• 3 Masters programmes

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Research areas

• Forestry, forest management and silviculture
• Forest biotechnology
• Management of mountain region resources
• Forest ecology and environment
• Forest economy
• Fish and wildlife

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Departments/units

• Umeå
• Forest Ecology and Management
• Forest Economics
• Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
• Forest Resource Management
• Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies
• Unit for Field-Based Forest Research
• Uppsala
• Forest Products
• Alnarp
• Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre
• Skinnskatteberg
• School for Forest Engineers

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Departments/units

• Centres
• Centre of Biostochastics
• Centre for Image Analysis (CBA)
• Center for Fish and Wildlife Research (CFW)
• Umeå Centre for Tropical Research and Education
  (UCTREE)
• Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC)
• UPSC Centre for Forest Biotechnology (UCFB)

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Education

• MSc in Forestry
• BSc in Forest Management

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Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural
Sciences
Turnover 960 MSEK 905 employees 88
professors 305 PhD students 1 081
undergraduate students 18 departments 14
educational programmes 12 two-year Masters
programmes, and 2 one-year Masters programmes
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Research areas
Ecology and crop production Soil, water and
environment Landscape and society Bio sciences
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Departments/units

• Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden
• Biomass Technology and Chemistry (Unit)
• Chemistry
• Crop Production Ecology
• Ecology
• Economics
• Energy and Technology
• Environmental Assessment
• Field Research Unit
• Food in Sweden (Unit)

• Food Science
• Forest Mycology and Pathology
• Forest Soils
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
• Soil Sciences
• Urban and Rural Development
• Unit for Applied Statistics and Mathematics

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Departments/units

• Centres
• Centre of Biostochastics
• Centre for Environment and Development Studies
  (Cemus)
• Centre for Fish and Wildlife Research (CFW)
• Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CUL)
• Competence Centre for Chemical Pesticides (CKB)
• Swedish Biodiversity Centre (CBM)
• Swedish EIA Centre
• Swedish Species Information Centre
• The Phytotron
• Uppsala Food and Nutrition Centre (ULC)
• Uppsala Water Centre (UVC)

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Education

• BSc
• Biology and Environmental Science
• Biotechnology
• Computer and Systems Sciences the environment
• Economics and Management
• Food and Health
• Rural Change
• MSc
• Agriculture
• Economics, Rural Development, Food,
  Soil/Plants
• Aquatic and Environmental Engineering
• Energy Systems Engineering
• Landscape Architecture

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Faculty of Veterinary Medicineand Animal Science

• Turnover 486 MSEK
• 399 employees
• 50 professors
• 166 PhD students
• 1 016 undergraduate students
• 8 departments
• 6 educational programmes
• 2 Masters programmes

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Research Areas

• Animal Health
• Animal Management
• Animal Welfare
• Food Security
• Public Health

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Departments/units

• Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry
• Animal Breeding and Genetics
• Animal Environment and Health Skara
• Animal Nutrition and Management
• Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health
• Clinical Sciences
• Equine Studies
• Reindeer Husbandry Unit
• Centres
• Centre for Reproductive Biology in Uppsala (CRU)
• Centre for fish and Wildlife Research (CFW)

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Education

• University Diploma
• Animal Nursing
• Equine Studies
• BSc
• Ethology and Animal Welfare
• Animal Science
• MSc
• Agriculture - animals
• Veterinary Medicine

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Faculty ofLandscape Planning, Horticulture and
Agricultural Science
Turnover 272 MSEK 245 employees 23
professors 43 PhD students 784 undergraduate
students 8 areas 6 educational programmes 3
two-year Masters programmes, 1 one-year
Masters programme
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Research areas

• Agriculture
• Horticulture
• Landscape

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Key areas/units

• Plant Breeding and Biotechnology
• Plant Protection Biology
• Horticulture
• Agriculture Farming Systems, Technology and
  Product Quality
• Rural Buildings and Animal Husbandry
• Landscape Architecture
• Landscape Management, Design and Construction
• Work Science, Business Economics and
  Environmental Psychology
• Omvärld Alnarp with
• Movium
• Partnership Alnarp
• Commissioned education
• Innovation support etc.

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Education

• BSc programme
• Countryside Management
• Vocational programmes
• Horticulture
• Landscape Architecture
• Landscape Construction and Management
• Agricultural and Rural Management
• Horticultural Management

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