Medical Informatics Linköpings Universitet Sweden

The Division of Medical Informatics at Linköping University, Sweden was founded in 1973 as a part of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and is formally a part of the Institute of Technology but also affiliated to the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Research is specialized in developing methods and techniques for representation, storage, processing, communication and presentation of medical data and knowledge.

Courses are given in Medical Informatics on both the undergraduate and graduate levels at both the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Institute of Technology.

There are 13 employees, 6 of whom are Ph.D. students. The head of the Division is Professor Ove Wigertz, D.Sc., D.Med.

We are located at the University Hospital in Linköping, a large regional hospital with about 750 beds.