Linnaeus University

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Linnaeus University is a state university in the Småland region of Sweden. It has two campuses, one in Växjö and one in Kalmar. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by a merger of former Växjö University and Kalmar University, and has been named in honour of botanist Carl Linnaeus.HistoryVäxjö University began as a local department of Lund University in 1967. The department became an independent university college in 1970, and was granted full university status in 1999.Kalmar University was similarly a university college, founded in 1977. Though not a university by the Swedish definition, it had been entitled to issue doctoral degrees in the natural sciences since 1999.LogoThe university's logo is a stylized tree. The origin is a Linnaeus drawing taken from his 1725 publication Örtabok. While the tree is said to be a symbol for the month of May and to represent the power of growth, it also symbolize the university's ambition to be a global university with the region as its base and the world as its arena.Faculties and schoolsFacultiesFaculty of Health, Social Work and Behavioural Sciences. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Faculty of Business, Economics and Design. Faculty of Science and Engineering. Board of Education Science.SchoolsSchool of Health and Caring Sciences. School of Education, Psychology and Sport Science. School of Social Work. School of Language and Literature.School of Cultural Sciences.School of Social Sciences.School of Business and Economics.School of Design. School of Natural Sciences. School of Engineering. Kalmar Maritime Academy. School of Computer ScienceSchool of Physics School of Mathematics.