1. FACTS ABOUT MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY 2012-12-14Facts1

2. MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY 2012-12-142Facts Härnösand Sundsvall Östersund Härnösand Östersund Sundsvall

3. HISTORY 2012-12-143Facts 1842 Teacher Training and Nautical Education in Härnösand 1971 School of Social Work and Public Administration in Östersund 1977 University College in Sundsvall/Härnösand and University College in Östersund 1993 Mid Sweden University College 1995 Colleges of Health Sciences transferred to Mid Sweden University College 2001 Faculty of Natural Sciences 2005 Mid Sweden University

4. FACTS 2012-12-144Facts 15 000 Students 550 Independent courses 45 Educational programs 35 Master programs 235 Graduate students 1 000 Employees 58% teachers with a postgraduate education 927 Million SEK turnover ≈ US$ 135 million

5. DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2012-12-145Facts Proximity, Benefits, Curiosity: core values for development Education close to working life Research as joint action and venture out of the vision −Forests and mountains as resources for trade, industry and life quality

6. FOUR RESEARCH PROFILE AREAS 2012-12-146Facts Vision: Forests and mountains as resources for trade, industry, and life quality comprises Forest as a resource (research center FSCN) Industrial information technology and Digital services (research center STC) Health, Sports science and Sports technology (research center NVC) Tourism and Adventure (research center ETOUR)

7. OTHER CENTRAL RESEARCH AREAS 2012-12-147Facts Central areas of research Entrepreneurship and Business development Banks, Insurances, Pension Media and Communication Learning, Education and Cultural heritage Crisis and risk Subject-specific research Among other things research related to big and important first-cycle areas