Mälardalen University

{{Short description|Swedish university college}}

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| name = Mälardalen University

| native_name = Mälardalens universitet

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| image = image:Malardalenuni.gif

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| established = 1977

| type = Public

| city = Västerås (main campus) and Eskilstuna

| country = Sweden

| students = 18 000 (FTE)

| doctoral = 244

| administrative_staff = 1160

| president = Martin Hellström

| campus = Urban

| colors = Orange and White {{color box|Orange}}{{color box|White}}

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| website = https://mdu.se

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Mälardalen University (Swedish: Mälardalens universitet), or MDU, is a Swedish university located in Västerås and Eskilstuna, Sweden.[http://www.hsv.se/highereducationinsweden/highereducationinstitutionsheis/listofhighereducationinstitutions.4.28afa2dc11bdcdc557480002332.html List of higher education institutions] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120524171510/http://www.hsv.se/highereducationinsweden/highereducationinstitutionsheis/listofhighereducationinstitutions.4.28afa2dc11bdcdc557480002332.html |date=24 May 2012 }}, Swedish National Agency for Higher Education It has 18,000 students and around 1000 employees, of which 91 are professors, 504 teachers, and 244 doctoral students.{{cite web |title=MDU årsredovisning 2023 |url=https://www.mdu.se/download/18.c036a2118d8755d050b5c13/1708675031220/A%CC%8Arsredovisning%202023.pdf |access-date=28 May 2024 |website=mdu.se}} Mälardalen University is the world's first environmentally certified school according to the international standard ISO 14001.

In December 2020, the Löfven government proposed that the university has received university status from 1 January 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.regeringen.se/debattartiklar/2020/12/malardalens-universitet-starker-forskningen-i-sverige/|title = Mälardalens universitet stärker forskningen i Sverige|date = 14 December 2020}}