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Bachelor's and Master's programmes
Our programmes cover a variety of subject areas and are strongly interrelated with the research environments of the university. You can expect education of very high quality and you will have close contact with your teachers and fellow students.
We design our study programmes in cooperation with business and society; guaranteeing the high quality of our education and making our students attractive employees.
At MDU you decide who to become after your studies.
All our international programmes are taught completely in English.
Bachelor's programmes
Analytical Finance
The Bachelor's programme in Analytical Finance prepares you for a challenging career in the international world of finance. By giving you a solid foundation in Mathematics you will, among other things, learn to do quantitative analysis of financial markets and manage financial portfolios.
International Business Management
The International Business Management programme is for you who want a career in the increasingly global and international world of business and who want to study in English together with students from all over the world.
The Chamber Music Programme
Whether you are an instrumentalist or singer, the Chamber Music programme will give you the opportunity to develop so that you can reach your full potential - both in chamber music and as a soloist. You will be studying with some of the country’s foremost music teachers in fantastic premises at Västerås Castle.
Master's programmes
Business and Marketing
International Marketing
This programme provides students with theoretical and practical in-depth knowledge with hands-on skills in International Marketing to build their future in academia, industry or other organisations. Critical thinking and analytical skills are practised in the program to prepare students to create strategies to deal with the fast-growing and changing marketplaces with intense competition.
Computer science
Intelligent Embedded Systems
In this programme you learn how to design intelligent embedded systems that are safe, reliable and can learn from and adapt to their surroundings. After your studies you can work as an engineer, project manager, system architect or programmer.
Software Engineering
In this programme you learn how to develop and maintain high-quality software systems that matches the increasingly demands of today’s digital society. After your studies you will be able to work as a software architect, developer or project manager in industry or as a researcher in academia.
Health and Welfare
Public Health within Health and Social Welfare
A Master's degree in the Public Health Sciences, within the field of health and welfare, will give you in-depth knowledge of how our everyday habits affect our health, as well as of preventive and health-promoting work. You will learn to follow the development of health as well as to identify the factors affecting our health. Sustainable development is a central and recurring theme of the programme.
Physiotherapy with specialisation in Behavioural Medicine
Physiotherapy with specialisation in Behavioural Medicine is based on the integrated knowledge of human behaviour in function, activity and participation as well as health-related behavioural change. The programme will prepare you for a successful career with advanced assignments concerning the health problems of today and the future, and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle.
Work Life Studies
The programme in Work Life Studies gives you a broad and in-depth perspective of work and introduces current perspectives on the development of organisations and management. You will develop knowledge of work environment and health as well as of health-promoting leadership and health-related efforts at the workplace.
Social Work
This programme gives you the opportunity to conduct change work and to improve your knowledge in national as well as international social work. Studies at the Master's level implies an opportunity for you to deepen your knowledge and broaden your career opportunities.
Mathematics
Engineering Mathematics
The programme will provide you with a broad and relevant knowledge of mathematics and its applications. This knowledge is in high demand since tomorrow’s technology depends on mathematical methods and calculations. The programme will give you knowledge and skills that will be useful to you in developing new technology, building a sustainable society or running your own successful businesses.
Financial Engineering
The Master's programme in Financial Engineering provides you with advanced qualifications in mathematics and finance, covering a wide range of topics from the management of financial portfolios to risk analysis in financial markets. As a graduate you will be in demand for senior positions in the international world of finance.
Music and Opera
Chamber Opera 1 and 2
The Chamber Opera education at Mälardalen University comprises two years of full-time study, advanced level. It is intended for you who have a passion to perform on stage, conveying opera through your singing. If you wish to develop yourself as a singer in this multifaceted art form, this is the perfect course for you
Technology and Engineering
Innovation and Design
In this programme you develop knowledge of innovation management, design processes and the importance of communication in innovation and design. On completion of your studies you can work for example as a project manager or an innovation manager.
Product and Process Development - Production and Logistics
This programme helps you develop knowledge of the most important issues in modern production and logistics systems. You learn to analyse, evaluate and optimise solutions that will enable you to develop the systems successfully and competitively.
Sustainable Energy Systems
Your cutting-edge expertise will be required in the transition from fossil to renewable energy sources and in order to meet the requirements of society utilising the energy in a more efficient way. As an engineer within the energy field you are attractive on the professional market. You could land a position as project manager or plant engineer in Sweden or abroad.
Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Development
Our world is under threat from climate change, overconsumption, and ever-increasing pollution. Are you interested in contributing to the solutions of these in a sustainable way? If so, then the online Master's programme in Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Development is a great choice!