Our location Arctic Lule Circle 170 km south

Our location Arctic Luleå Circle 170 km south of the Arctic circle Luleå Sweden Norway Denmark Finland

Luleå University of Technology

Luleå University of Technology 46 % Education Facts about Luleå University of Technology § Founded 1971 95 MEUR 75 MEUR § Turnover EUR 180 million § 19 200 students § 1, 670 employees 54 % Research Space Main Campus Art&Media Wood Swedish School of Mining and Metallurgy 255 professors 487 teachers & researchers 694 Ph. D students § 70 research subjects in 9 research areas 30, 000 people have graduated from LTU, of which 15, 000 work in the region

2014 We offer study programmes in. . § § § Engineering Health science Music, media and theatre Social and behavioural science School of teaching Interdisciplinary studies 40 % 22 % 17 % 9% 4% 6%

Education Our 19 200 students study… § § § § § MSc in engineering BSc in engineering Other programmes in engineering Business administration, economics and social sciences Health sciences Music, media and drama Teacher education Interdisciplinary educations Singe subject courses 3 468 570 1 227 2 505 1 380 741 833 288 8 168 19 240 *About 600 exchange students are included in the total number of students

Strong research and innovation areas at LTU § § § § § Attractive built environment Effective innovation and organisation Future mining Renewable energy Innovative art and technology Sustainable transports Intelligent industrial processes Enabling ICT Smart machines and materials

Prioritized area ”Future mining” • Dept. Civil, Environmental & Natural resources, mainly • >12 research subjects • >20 full professors, ca. 50 senior researchers • >70 Ph. D students, 6– 10 dissertations/year • Turnover >200 MSEK p. a. 20% of the LTU budget

The ”hard rock-heavy metal” chain at LTU Find and characterize mineralizations and ores Exploration. Geophysics Ore geology Construction, extraction and maintenance Process and refine minerals and metals Mineral processing Process metallurgy Chemistry Operation and Maintenance Engineering Industrial production environment Sound and Vibration Fluid mechanics Geometallurgy Rock mechanics Rock engineering Remediation, environemental aspects of mining Applied geology Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Research funding from industry 23, 1% Anders Henriksson, sept. 2014 Källor: Universitetskanslersämbetets databaser, årsredovisningar

Centres - an excellent way of cooperation Examples: § FASTE-laboratory § Lean Wood Engineering, LWE § Process IT Innovations § Hjalmar Lundbohm Research Centre, HLRC § SKF University Technology Centre § Centre for Automotive System Technologies and Testing, CASTT § Centre for High-strength Steel, CHS § Centre for Distance-Spanning Technology, CDT § Centre for Innovation and e. Health (EIC) § Luleå Railway Research Centre, JVTC § Centre for Maintenance and Industrial Services, C-MIS § Nordic Wood Centre § Swedish Gasification Centre § Centre for Advanced Mining and Metallurgy, CAMM §…

The road to commercialization Within LTU Outside LTU Companies partly owned by LTU Holding Student or employee Business lab and incubator Venture cap Companies LTU Business ABI AB Lunova AB IPR • Catch and develop ideas • Idea verification • Financing • IPR support • Legal counseling • Evaluate business ideas • Help with start-up • Provide: • guidance in good business practices • creative office environment • business network. • Provide seed capital • Give business advice • Help find business partners

New companies related to LTU, some examples. . In Business. Lab: In Aurorum Business Incubator: • E-Secure (from LTU) • Behaviosec AB (from LTU) • KYAB (from LTU) • Snow Power AB (from LTU) • 3 e Flow (from LTU) • Absilion AB • Laminat (from LTU) • CVK AB (from LTU) • Bill tracking • Likolo AB • Dwayze – mobile services • D-Flow Technology AB (from LTU) • VTMS – Vehicle Tracking • Oricane AB (from LTU) • Management System (from LTU) • Netix AB (from LTU) • Revitrack (from LTU) • Tannak AB ( from LTU) • Solander SP – bio fuel Exampes of succesful business: - Marratech - sold to Google for 12 MEuro - Nordnav - sold to Cambridge Silicon Radio for 55 MEuro A number of new companies are entering the Business Lab, all from LTU

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