The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), founded in 1977, is the best agricultural university in Sweden and Scandinavia, with 290 teachers (including more than 140 professors), nearly 2,700 students, and a library of 8,000 books. The university has 290 faculty members (including more than 140 professors), nearly 2,700 students, a library of more than 80,000 books, and more than 700 periodicals. There are three faculties: the Faculty of Agriculture, the Faculty of Forestry, and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. The university studies biological and natural resources - things that are alive and growing. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences researches, teaches and understands that using our forests, environment, soil, animals and other resources in different ways brings us both opportunities for development and the possibility of putting us in a dangerous situation.