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

3. Luleå University of Technology

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

5. We offer study programmes in..
2014
We offer study programmes in..
40 %
6 %
22 %
2 %
4 %
17 %
Engineering
Health science
Music, media and theatre
Social and behavioural science
School of teaching
Interdisciplinary studies
9 %

6. Education Our 19 200 students study… MSc in engineering 3 468
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
19 240
*About 600 exchange students are included in the total number of students

7. 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

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

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

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

12. 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 eHealth (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 …

13. 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

14. New companies related to LTU, some examples..
In Aurorum Business Incubator:
Behaviosec AB (from LTU)
Snow Power AB (from LTU)
Absilion AB
CVK AB (from LTU)
Likolo AB
D-Flow Technology AB (from LTU)
Oricane AB (from LTU)
Netix AB (from LTU)
Tannak AB ( from LTU)
In BusinessLab:
E-Secure (from LTU)
KYAB (from LTU)
3e Flow (from LTU)
Laminat (from LTU)
Bill tracking
Dwayze – mobile services
VTMS – Vehicle Tracking
Management System (from LTU)
Revitrack (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

15. We like to KIC!