Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
| Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet | |
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| Type | Public University |
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| Established | 1977 (1775) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Peter Högberg |
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Administrative staff
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3 080 |
| Students | 3 935 (FTE), 2012) |
| 714 | |
| Location | Uppsala, Alnarp, Skara, Umeå, Sweden |
| Website | http://www.slu.se/ |
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Swedish: Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet) (SLU) is a university in Sweden. Although its head office is located in Ultuna, Uppsala, the university has several campuses in different parts of Sweden, the other main facilities being Alnarp in Lomma Municipality, Skara, and Umeå. Unlike other state owned universities in Sweden, it is funded through the budget for the Ministry for Rural Affairs. The University was co-founder of the Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) which was established in 2001.
The university has four faculties: Faculty of Landscape planning, Horticulture and Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agriculture Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science and Faculty of Forest Sciences. SLU had in 2012 3080 full-time staff, 3935 full-time students, 714 research students and 241 professors.
In the 2007 Academic Ranking of World Universities, SLU was ranked in 5-9 place in Sweden, 81-123 in Europe and 203-304 in the world.
The university was formed in 1977 by combining three existing separate colleges for veterinary medicine, forestry and agriculture, as well as some smaller units into one organisation. At the same time, the Veterinary college and Forestry college were moved from to Ultuna, which already was the main campus of the Agricultural college. The locations used by the two relocated colleges are today used by the .
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