Campus Västerås
The campus in Västerås is just a 15-minute walk from the Central Station, right between the city centre’s active life and recreation facilities. On the one side lie the old town and the city centre, with its wide range of malls, cafés, restaurants and other entertainment facilities. A stone’s throw in the other direction is the Rocklunda sports complex, with several arenas and sports grounds.
The entire campus was specially built for MDU, and is characterised by high ceilings, spacious, light glass surfaces, and lots of meeting places where students can socialise. Student housing is also situated In close proximity to the campus.
On campus you can find for example:
- The Student Centre
- The University Library,whose building received an architecture award
- Group rooms, halls and the large Aula Alfa and Aula Omega
- Restaurant and Cafe
- Student Health Care
- The student union's house, with its own restaurant and pub
Digital Campus Tour
Welcome to the Mälaren city of Västerås
OK so let’s face it. Västerås isn’t the biggest city you have been in. With it’s about 153 000 inhabitants of Sweden’s in total 10 million people it’s still the sixth biggest city in this country.
Being a smaller city has its advantages. Everything is rather close and bikes are the most common means of transportation. The campus in Västerås is close to the city center and just a 15 minute walk from the central station. There are clubs, restaurants and cafés and enough activities to suit all needs. Some examples are concerts, theater, cinemas as well as sports of all sorts.
And you’ve probably heard about the streets in Sweden covered in ice and snow during the winter? Well, you won’t get to see much of that in Västerås. The streets in the city center are heated through a collaboration between the city of Västerås and the energy company Mälarenergi.
In Västerås there are several multinational companies such as ABB, Amazon, Bombardier and Westinghouse. Apart from being collaboration partners to the university these companies are major employers constantly looking for talent.
