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About this website and cookies

On the website www.mdu.se you will find information about MDU and our organisation. We use cookies so that the website will function as efficiently as possible for you as a visitor. On this page, you can read more about which cookies we use and you can change your choice of cookies.

Green website

The website uses Sitevision Cloud as a website publishing system that is approved as a green hosting provider by The Green Web Foundation.

This website is hosted Green - checked by thegreenwebfoundation.org

Cookies on www.mdu.se

A cookie is a small text file that the website saves on the device that you are using to surf on, such as your computer or mobile phone. The text file does not contain program code, is not harmful and does not contain information that can be linked to you as a private person.

We use cookies on MDU’s website to improve the website for you as a visitor

  • to be able to customise the content for the user and direct relevant information to various visitor groups
  • to collect and analyse visitor statistics
  • to show external content (such as videos).

MDU uses cookies on the Student Portal to identify the user during the time they are logged in. Please note that the Student Portal requires cookies to operate, if you have turned off cookies in your web browser you cannot use the Student Portal.

Turn off cookies

If you don’t want to accept cookies then you can turn off your web browser so that you automatically deny the storage of cookies, or that you are informed every time a website asks to store a cookie. Through your web browser, you can also delete previously stored cookies. Check out the help pages on the web browser for more information about this.

Managing cookies

You may change your choice of cookies anytime on our website by clicking on the button Manage cookies.

List of cookies that we use

Here is some information about which functions on the website require cookies and what types of cookies there are. There are two types of cookies:

  • a permanent cookie remains on your device for a set period of time.
  • a session cookie is stored temporarily in your device's memory while you are on a website. Session cookies disappear when you close your web browser.

We need to set a number of cookies as they are necessary for certain functions of the website to work and be secure. This is why you can't disable them.

Name: sv-cookie-consent

  • What: Stores consent for cookies.
  • Issuer: Sitevision.
  • Duration: 12 months.
  • Type: First party cookie.

Namn: mdu-user-consent

  • What: Stores consent for cookies.
  • Issuer: Mälardalen University.
  • Duration: 1 year.
  • Type: First party cookie.

Name: sprak

  • What: Stores display language preferences on the portal.mdu.se, webapp.mdu.se, and www2.mdu.se.
  • Issuer: Mälardalen University.
  • Duration: 12 months.
  • Type: First party cookie.

Name JSESSIONID

  • What: The cookie is used to tie the user to a session (your visit).
  • Issuer: Sitevision.
  • Duration: Session.
  • Type: First party cookie.

Name: SiteVisionLTM

  • What: Used to keep track of which underlying server the client must communicate with.
  • Issuer: Sitevision.
  • Duration: Session.
  • Type: First party cookie.

Name: what-input

  • What: Used to keep track of the current input method (mouse, keyboard or touch).
  • Issuer: Mälardalen University.
  • Duration: Permanent.
  • Type: First party cookie.

Name: what-intent

  • What: Determines which device has been used to access the website. This will allow the website to be formatted accordingly.
  • Issuer: Mälardalen University.
  • Duration: Permanent.
  • Type: First party cookie.

Functional cookies help us to provide improved functionality and customisation for the visitor.

Name: _hjIncludedInSessionSample_*

  • What: Records sessions used by UniBuddy.
  • Issuer: UniBuddy.co.
  • Duration: 24 hours.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: _hjSession_*

  • What: Records sessions used by UniBuddy.
  • Issuer: UniBuddy.co.
  • Duration: 24 hours.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: _hjSessionUser_*

  • What: Records sessions used by UniBuddy.
  • Issuer: UniBuddy.co.
  • Duration: 12 months.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress

  • What: Records sessions used by UniBuddy.
  • Issuer: UniBuddy.co.
  • Duration: 24 hours.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: aws.cognito.identity-id.****

  • What: Registers a Cognito ID to connect to Amazon. Used for the Student chat.
  • Issuer: Amazon Web Services.
  • Duration: Permanent.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: 76vrauqpma9et4fmdv8dnig9f4lastUiIsMinimized

  • What: Registers a Cognito ID to connect to Amazon. Used for the Student chat.
  • Issuer: Amazon Web Services.
  • Duration: Permanent.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: last10391089

  • What: Enables, for instance, the display of the most popular pages based on user and behaviour patterns.
  • Issuer: static.rekai.se.
  • Duration: Session.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: rekOrgRef

  • What: Enables, for instance, the display of the most popular pages based on user and behaviour patterns.
  • Issuer: static.rekai.se.
  • Duration: Session.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: rektabs

  • What: Enables, for instance, the display of the most popular pages based on user and behaviour patterns.
  • Issuer: static.rekai.se.
  • Duration: Session.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: sp10391089

  • What: Enables, for instance, the display of the most popular pages based on user and behaviour patterns.
  • Issuer: static.rekai.se.
  • Duration: Session.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: vds10391089

  • What: Enables, for instance, the display of the most popular pages based on user and behaviour patterns.
  • Issuer: static.rekai.se.
  • Duration: Permanent.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Analytical cookies provide us with information about how our website is used so that we can maintain, operate and improve the user experience.

Name: sv-web-analytics

  • What: Used by Sitevision analytics to collect webb statistics.
  • Issuer: Piwik Pro.
  • Duration:
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: sessionstarttime

  • What: Checks when a user last visited the page.
  • Issuer: static.rekai.se.
  • Duration: Session.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: ub_campaign

  • What: Records statistical data about a user's behaviour on the website.
  • Issuer: UniBuddy.co.
  • Duration: Session.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: ub_content

  • What: Records statistical data about a user's behaviour on the website.
  • Issuer: UniBuddy.co.
  • Duration: Session.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: ub_medium

  • What: Records statistical data about a user's behaviour on the website.
  • Issuer: UniBuddy.co.
  • Duration: Session.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

Name: ub_source

  • What: Records statistical data about a user's behaviour on the website.
  • Issuer: UniBuddy.co.
  • Duration: Session.
  • Type: Third party cookie.

More information about cookies

The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) has more information about cookies:

Information about cookies, the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (in Swedish) External link.