Campus Norrköping

“We want to understand why the world is as it is”

It is a fact that globalisation affects whole societies. But how does it do this? The students on the programme Global Studies want to understand why the world is as it is today, and how we can create a better and more just future.

LiU students pull together for Music Aid

From 13 to 19 December, Musikhjälpen, or Music Aid, will be under way in Norrköping – and LiU students are getting involved. Campus Skramlar (Campus Collects) is helping to promote all the events.

They will create immersive art in the dome

Visual artist and motion graphic designer Natalia Oliwak has been chosen for a position as artist-in-residence and will work together with LiU researchers in a unique project in the dome theatre of Visualiseringscenter C in Norrköping.

Friendship paved the way for their careers​

​Tomas Forsyth Rosin is a developer at Spotify; Emil Axelsson​has similar duties at Apple. They became inseparable friends while studying Media Technology and Engineering, an MSc programme at LiU.​

Technical Oscar for film industry improvements

Swedish company ftrack, with the three LiU alumni Fredrik Limsäter, Björn Rydahl and Mattias Lagergren at its head, has been awarded a scientific and technical Oscar for its project management system – a tool to improve the film industry.

Good supply of student housing

The supply of student housing is unusually good, both in Linköping and Norrköping. One reason is the pandemic, which has led to far fewer international students coming to Linköping University.

Successful mentoring project brings hope

Lower secondary school pupils with better grades, a prouder gaze, and enhanced self-confidence. These are the results of the LuMiNk academy. LuMiNk has been underway in Norrköping for almost six years, and plans to make it available to more pupils.

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Autonomous drone flight between Linköping and Norrköping in 2022

Two years from now, Sweden’s first test flight of an autonomous drone will be made between Norrköping and Linköping. LFV, LiU and IBG are collaborating in a project to demonstrate the societal benefits of drone-supported services.

SEK 81 million to research in science and technology

The Swedish Research Council has granted SEK 81 million to research at LiU. Twenty-two researchers have been awarded grants for projects in fields that include organic electronics, visualisation, and machine learning.

Master's students create exhibition about migration and covid-19

How is the corona pandemic affecting integration and migration? The students in the master’s program in ethnic and migration studies have studied this. The results are shown in an exhibition at Campus Norrköping.

Art installation The House reflect cracks in society

Until the end of October, a film sculpture entitled The House will be on display on Bredgatan in Norrköping. The artists who created the installation want to shine a light of the situation of many job-seeking immigrants in Europe today.

“Trappan” is moving

The final step towards a more unified Campus Norrköping centred around Campusbron has now been taken. Kårhuset Trappan has crossed Bergsbron and moved into Kåkenhus, into premises that will soon be ready.

Norrköping citizens invited to meet Test bed Kungsgatan

Do you want to help create a safe environment on Kungsgatan in Norrköping? Then please join us for a public meeting on September 10, 2019, to discuss your needs and ideas for creating a street that is safe and accessible for us all.

Upper-secondary pupils join researchers at LiU

How do you make nanoparticles and use them to purify water? Is it really possible to control plant photosynthesis? An advanced chemistry lab – what’s it for? What about a career in nanotechnology...?

New life for old mobiles

Sixty-eight mobiles and two tablet computers was the result when students on the master’s programme in design arranged a wake for old mobiles as part of their course. Some people find it difficult to say goodbye to an old friend.

Two simulator labs opened in Norrköping

Two simulation environments, for maritime applications and for air traffic control, have been built at LiU. “It may appear to us to be playing games, but it is everyday experience for maritime pilots and flight controllers”, says Jonas Lundberg.

Students looking for a missing person in Kolmården Wildlife Park

Someone’s lost in the Kolmården Forest and around 40 students must find him before he wanders into the elephant enclosure. They are using the electronic footprints he has made. Can they manage it? Indeed they can – and it doesn’t take them long.

A laboratory full of bright ideas

New ideas are always popping up and being tested in the Laboratory of Organic Electronics. Many have led to world-leading breakthroughs. The research focusses on storing energy in paper, coupling biology with electronics, and electronic plants.

Norrköping to support research into learning, traffic and smart forestry textiles

Four projects at Linköping University and one at RISE Acreo have been awarded funds from the SEK 5 million distributed by the Norrköping Fund for Research and Development in 2019.

77 new doctors to be promoted

The 2019 Academic Ceremony at Linköping University will take place on Saturday 25 May. Eighteen new professors, 77 doctors and seven honorary doctors will be honoured at the ceremony, to be followed by a banquet.