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Uppsala: 

Uppsala

Uppsala University: 

Uppsala University Research Education Collaboration

Uppsala University: 

Uppsala University International research frontiers Tradition-drenched student activities Interdisciplinary campus areas Living cultural settings High ranking in education, research and internationalization Active cooperation with business and community Oldest university in the Nordic countries - founded in 1477

Uppsala University in figures: 

Uppsala University in figures Education and research across three disciplinary domains Nine faculties 6 000 employees - including 4, 000 teachers/researchers Turnover bSEK 4 - 60% of which for research and graduate education

Nine faculties: 

Nine faculties Arts Educational Sciences Languages Law Medicine Pharmacy Science and Technology Social Sciences Theology

Campus Areas: 

Campus Areas Ekonomikum English Park Campus Centre for Evolutionary Biology Old Forum - Gamla torget Geo Centre Teacher Training Centre for Mathematics and Information Technology Rudbeck Laboratory Uppsala Biomedical Centre Ångström Laboratory

Research: 

Research Research on international cutting edge High quality and great diversity Interdisciplinary campus areas Investment in selected profile areas National and international research collaboration Venerable tradition of knowledge

Research in figures: 

Research in figures 4,000 teachers and researchers 500 professors – nearly 20 % women 5,000 academic publications per year 3,000 international collaborative research agreements 2,500 doctoral students 400 doctorates every year 100 licentiate degrees every year 50% of research is funded by external sources

Research Profiles: 

Research Profiles The Multi-Cultural Society Peace, Democracy and Human Rights Welfare and Health Drug Development Neurodegeneration and Neuroregeneration Public Health Disorders Materials Science Mathematics and Computing Science Educational Sciences Energy Biological Diversity and Evolutionary Biology Biotechnology Genomics/ Function Genomics IT Bioethics

Uppsala University Library: 

Uppsala University Library Sweden´s oldest research library More than 5 million books and serials 11,500 electronic journals 5,000 visitors per day 17 library units

Education in figures: 

Education in figures 40,000 undergraduate and graduate students ≈ 21,000 full-time students 35 programmes for beginners and 45 master programmes 2,000 single-subject courses 4,000 undergraduate and graduate degrees every year 2,500 doctoral students Student exchange programs with 500 universities in 50 countries

Student Life: 

Student Life Student Unions: Uppsala Student Union Pharmaceutical Student Union 13 Student Nations

Collaboration: 

Collaboration Uppsala University endeavours to strengthen the ties between the academy, business and society: Enabling the interplay between entrepreneurship and research Offering courses for mid-career education Facilitating contacts between students and business Forging contacts with alumni

Tradition and culture: 

Tradition and culture Oldest University in the Nordic countries - founded in 1477 Traditions of culture and research Eight Nobel Prizes Museums and music

Some Uppsala profiles: 

Some Uppsala profiles Jacob Ulvsson Carlolus Linnaeus Olof Rudbeck, Sr. Anders Celsius Nils Rosén Erik Gustaf Geijer Betty Pettersson Ellen Fries Gerd Enequist

Nobel Laureates: 

Nobel Laureates Allvar Gullstrand - Physiology and Medicine 1911 Robert Barany - Medicine 1914 Manne Siegbahn - Physics 1924 The Svedberg - Chemistry 1926 Nathan Söderblom - Nobel Prize for Peace 1930 Arne Tiselius - Chemistry 1948 Kai Siegbahn - Physics 1981

Academic Ceremonies: 

Academic Ceremonies Conferment Ceremony 400 new doctorates every year Inauguration of Professors 25 new professors every year

Walpurgis Night: 

Walpurgis Night The Last Day of April Student festivities with floats riding the falls, herring lunch, donning of caps, gala banquets at nations, etc.

Museums: 

Museums Museum Gustavianum Botanical Garden Museum of Evolution Linnaean Garden Linnaeus’ Hammarby Carolina Rediviva Collections of Art Museum of Medical History

Music at Uppsala University: 

Music at Uppsala University Choirs: Allmänna Sången La Capella OD - Orphei Drängar Choirs at the Student Nations The Royal Academic Orhestra Orchestras: Uppsala University Symphony Orchestra Orchestras at the Student Nations Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra Uppsala University Choral Centre

Organisation: 

Organisation