Reinventing research and education

Linköping University

Internal issues

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Higher education in Sweden

• 50 higher education institutes

• 14 public universities

• Appr 300,000 full-time students

Organisation chart for Linköping University

Fourteen multidisciplinary departments

• Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL)

• Biomedical Engineering (IMT)

• Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKE)

• Computer and Information Science (IDA)

• Culture and Communication (IKK)

• Electrical Engineering (ISY)

• Management and Engineering (IEI)

• Mathematics (MAI)

• Medical and Health Sciences (IMH)

• Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM)

• Science and Technology (ITN)

• Social and Welfare Studies (ISV)

• Studies of Social Change and Culture (ISAK)

• Themtic Studies (TEMA)

Helen Dannetun, Vice-chancellor

• Professor of physics

• Vice-chancellor of Linköping University since 2011

Staff at LiU

Academic staff 151441%

Doctoral students 80722%

Technical staff 47713%

Administrative staff 84923%

Others 50 1%

Recruiting – a big challenge

• Every fourth researcher and teacher will retire up until 2016

• At the same time, LiU will grow by 20 %

• 500 qualified academics need to be recruited in the next five years

ProfessorAssociate Professor

Senior Lecturer

Lecturer

ResearchFellow

Postdoc

PhD position

AssistantLecturer

External recruitment

Promotion to a higher position based on established requirements of scientific and pedagogical skills

Career path at LiU

www.liu.se