Education news
Here we present news items about SLU's education.
Doctoral award ceremony 2025
Doctoral award ceremony 2025 helena.pennlov@slu.se The doctoral award ceremony will take place on Saturday 4 October. At the ceremony new doctors, jubilee doctors and honorary doctors will be
LEARNSAVE Project
The LEARNSAVE project (Learning under Attacks – Sustainable Education at Risk in Ukrainian Universities), hosted by SLU and funded by the Swedish Institute (project number 01236/2023), aims to
ADVALUE project visit to SLU
The ADVALUE Erasmus+ project team from Uganda Christian University, Makerere University, Pwani University, and the University of Nairobi visited SLU on October 3rd. The team visited SLU as part of
Doktorspromotion 2024
Doctoral award ceremony 2024 helena.pennlov@slu.se The doctoral award ceremony will take place on Saturday 5 October. At the ceremony 47 new doctors, 4 jubilee doctors and as 6 honorary doctors
FFB Educational Adventure
In June 2024, several PhD students from the research school “Focus on food and biomaterials” at SLU visited several organizations in Switzerland, which are working with topics relevant to food and
Plant cell wall research opens up new opportunities for bioengineering
Secondary cell walls provide the plant with stability and protection against damage and pathogens. PhD student Félix Barbut from Ewa Mellerowicz’s group at UPSC and SLU has been studying the role of
Filling an educational gap – delivering expert knowledge on gender equality, diversity and inclusion in forestry to everyone
The world’s first Massive Open Online Course on Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) in forest-related sectors – ForGEDI MOOC - will premiere on 8 April on FutureLearn platform. ForGEDI
Global collaboration for animal welfare
Since the start of 2023, SLU has been one of the EU partners in a project called SuLAWe, led by Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HGU) in Germany. The project, which focuses on Sustainable Livestock
What does future education look like
SLU collaborates with higher education institutions around the world and actively participates in international networks and projects. SLU constantly enhances the international dimension and
International Student Barometer
The International Student Barometer (ISB) surveys approximately 120 000 students around the world. The latest results see the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) ranking first for
EU expertise in animal welfare
Elina Åsbjer and Galia Zamaratskaia from SLU participated in the steering committee meeting of the Erasmus+ capacity-building project "SuLAWe - Sustainable Livestock Production and Animal Welfare."
Nobalis
On December 13th the student teams from 5 Nordic and Baltic universities pitched their food and biotechnology related business ideas to an international jury at the NOBALIS Demo Day. The teams have