2. Welcome to Uppsala University

3. 3 disciplinary domains 9 faculties Turnover: SEK 7,1 bn (EUR 688)
Employees: Approx. 7,100
Premises: Close to 400,000 square metres
3 disciplinary domains
9 faculties
Approx. 44,000 registered students (corresponding to approx. 24,500 full time students)
A broad university:
Diversity and breadth – research and education in nine faculties
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Languages
Faculty of Science and Technology
Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Educational Sciences

4. Top 100
Ranking:
Uppsala University has been ranked among the top 100 universities in the world in two of the three major international rankings: Times Higher Education, QS World University Rankings and the ARWU (Shanghai Ranking).
2018:
ARWU/Shanghairanking – 63.
Times Higher Education (THE) – 87.
QS World University Ranking – 117.

5. This is Uppsala University
Gain and disseminate knowledge for the benefit of humankind and for a better world.
Meeting place for knowledge, culture and critical dialogue.
Develop new areas of knowledge through cross-disciplinary collaboration.
An Integrated education and research environment.
Open to the outside world.
Contribute to sustainable solutions to the challenges facing society.
Openness, responsibility and trust.
Act ethically and observe equal opportunities.

6. Strategic priorities Research infrastructure Internationalisation
Sustainable development
Quality assurance and enhancement
Equal opportunities
Collaboration
Strategic priorities
Uppsala University has a number of strategic priorities. Several of these are connected to official programmes and action plans, and for some the Vice-Chancellor has appointed special advisers who have the task of coordinating efforts in their respective areas.
Research infrastructure
Successful research depends on infrastructure of an internationally high standard in the form of experimental equipment, databases, libraries, collections and biobanks. Uppsala University hosts various infrastructure resources that are accessible nationally and internationally, and by the same token, researchers at the University make extensive use of infrastructure elsewhere in Sweden and abroad.
Internationalisation
Uppsala university will strengthen its position as a leading international research university. International collaboration is a means and a strategy for achieving higher quality research and education.
Sustainable development
Quality assurance and enhancement
Quality assurance and quality enhancement at Uppsala University shall contribute to safeguarding, strengthening and advancing the academic culture and its foundations. It shall accommodate internal and external quality requirements and contribute to fulfilling the University's explicit goals and strategies.
Equal opportunities
Uppsala University’s equal opportunities work will comprise an integral part of our organisation and will aim to increase the quality of our education, research and collaboration by ensuring equal rights and equal opportunities for all individuals.
Collaboration
Collaboration with the private, public and non-profit sector should engage all parts of the university and contribute to the developmen of society and as well as to the university’s vitality.
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7. Campus areas
Campus Gotland

8. World leading research
High share of government research funding – 50% external funding
Approx. 4,800 academic staff
Approx. 700 professors (30% women)
Around 5,100 publications per year
2,300 PhD students (47% women)
Around 360 PhD degrees every year

9. Strong research areas Energy and sustainable development
The digital society
People, culture and society
Life and health
Nature and evolution
Uppsala University stands out for its multiple areas of academic strength in which research, education and collaboration are integrally connected. This integrated approach applies along the entire chain from fundamental theory and experimental research to practical application through innovative ideas and perspectives with the potential to change society.
Quality and a capacity for renewal have manifested themselves over the years in increased welfare, better quality of life and new businesses. Good results are confirmed and reinforced by quality assessments and awards of external funding following peer review and in competition with other institutions.
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10. First-class education
Approx. 44,000 registered students, corresponding to approx. 24,500 full time students
Approx. 140 programmes and 1,900 freestanding courses
Education with a strong connection to research
51 Master’s programmes taught in English
Around 780 freestanding courses in English
Lifelong learning through continuing and further education.
Dedicated investments in high quality and stimulating study environment.
Educational development work and student participation.
An attractive choice for students all over the world .

11. Student life
Uppsala University boasts a large number of ancient traditions, symbols, and festivities that have become a natural part of academic Uppsala today.
For example the 30th of April, Walpurgis Eve – referred to as ‘Sista april’ or ‘Valborg’ in Swedish. It is the celebration of spring arriving in Sweden. In Uppsala it is also the largest student event of the year with the Donning of the Caps at Carolina Rediviva, student floats running the Fyris River, singing at the Gunilla Bell Tower and much more.
13 student nations (clubs): Gotlands nation, Gästrike-Hälsinge nation, Göteborgs nation, Kalmar nation, Norrlands nation, Smålands nation, Stockholms nation, Södermanlands-Nerikes nation, Uplands nation, Värmlands nation, Västgöta nation, Västmanlands-Dala nation and Östgöta nation.
Six students’ unions: Uppsala Student Union, Pharmaceutical Student Association, Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science Students, Uppsala Business & Economics Students Association, The Law Students’ Association in Uppsala, Rindi (Gotland’s Student Union)
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12. Collaboration and social benefit
UU Innovation
UU Holding
Contract education
26,000 alumni in the Alumni Network
Friends of Uppsala University
American friends
Fundraising
Collaboration is integrated in research and education and encourages interaction between academia, business and society. 
UU Innovation offers continuing professional development, facilitating contacts between students, researchers and business.
Forging contacts with alumni.
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13. Culture and cultural heritage
Museums, art, historical cultural sites, academic traditions, music, gardens. Uppsala University has unique cultural heritage collections and rich cultural offerings. All available to students, employees, alumni, the people of Uppsala and visitors.
Museums:
The Museum of Evolution
Uppsala University Art Collections
The Linnaean Gardens
Museum Gustavianum
Uppsala University Coin Cabinet
The Museum of Medical History
Uppsala University Library
Music:
The Royal Academic Orchestra
Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra
Uppsala Choir Centre
Student nation choirs

14. Historic Uppsala figures
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Our cutting-edge research and world-class educational offerings build on a tradition of knowledge with deep historical roots. Here are a few historic Uppsala figures.
Olof Rudbeck, Sr. (1630–1702), is one of Uppsala University’s most outstanding figures throughout the centuries. He was the son of a bishop from Västerås and entered the University at a tender age. Medical education was not especially advanced at Uppsala at the time, but the young Rudbeck made what has been called ‘the first scientific discovery by a Swede’, the lymphatic gland and the circulation of lymphatic fluid in the human body.
In 1660 he was appointed to one of the chairs at the Faculty of Medicine (at that time there were only two). He held the post until 1692, when he was succeeded by his son, Olof Rudbeck, Jr. On several occasions he was rector magnificus of the University.
As an expression of his ambitions in medicine, in the early 1660s he had a Theatrum anatomicum built, for dissections of human cadavers. This cupola with its sundial still today lends the building its special character.
Otherwise Rudbeck became best known for his book Atlantica, an extremely patriotic account of ancient history, today largely regarded as learned fantasies. But many other aspects of Rudbeck’s work have been of lasting value. For example, he arranged to have a botanical garden established (the present-day Linnæan Garden), set up boat connections with Stockholm, built bridges and aqueducts, etc.
Everyone living is Sweden have occasion every day to recall the last name of an Uppsala University natural scientist who was born in Uppsala in Anders Celsius. It is when we want to know how warm it is outdoors or indoors and look at our thermometers that often include the letter C, which stands for Celsius.
He did not invent the thermometer. It had been known for more than a century, in our country as well. Fahrenheit and Réamur had preceded Celsius, and there had been other proposals as well. But in 1741 he constructed a thermometer that was superior in its precision. It had a scale of 100 degrees, with 0 for the boiling point of water and 100 for its freezing point. A few years after it started to be used, Celsius died (1744). The centigrade scale was then reversed, and the thermometer as we know it today was created. It has been claimed that it was Linnaeus who lay behind this reform, but it was probably one of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science’s instrument-makers that came up with the idea.
Carl Linnaeus is one of the most famous Uppsala University professors ever. Linnaeus created the system for classifying and naming nature, and the foundation of his system is still in use today throughout the scientific world. ‘God created, Linnaeus classified’ has become an adage.
Not until the early 1870s was the first female student enrolled at Uppsala University. By royal decree women had been granted access to the universities.  Her name was Betty Pettersson and she came from the Baltic island of Gotland. After taking her degree she became a teacher.
In 1883 Ellen Fries took a doctorate in history. She was the first woman in Sweden to be granted a PhD. Many people praised her as a pioneer, but others were sceptical. One male academic teacher said that she may be the first of her kind but – he hoped – also the last. Ellen Fries continued to write works of history, including the book Remarkable Women.
Toward the end of the century there were more and more women students, making a total of 153 admissions for the 19th century. But their life in Uppsala was not untroubled. They were not allowed to take part in parties thrown by the student nations (student clubs), and it was long questioned whether they should rightly wear the white ‘student cap’.
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Olof Rubeck
1630–1702
Anders Celsius
1701–1744
Carl von Linné
1707–1778
Betty Pettersson
1838–1885
Ellen Fries
1855–1900

15. Nobel laureates Some Nobel laureates associated with Uppsala:
Allvar Gullstrand – physiology and medicine 1911
Robert Bárány – physiology and medicine 1914
Manne Siegbahn – physics 1924
The Svedberg – chemistry 1926
Nathan Söderblom – Peace Prize 1930
Arne Tiselius – chemistry 1948
Dag Hammarskjöld – Peace Prize 1961
Kai Siegbahn – physics 1981

16. Organisation UNIVERSITY BOARD Internal Audit Academic Senate
Vice-Chancellor’s Management Council
VICE-CHANCELLOR
University Administration
Innovation
Library
Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences
Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy
Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology
FACULTIES
Theology Law Arts Languages Social sciences Educational sciences
FACULTIES
Medicine Pharmacy
FACULTIES
Science and technology
Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS)
National Centre for Knowledge on Men’s Violence Against Women
Departments
Departments
Departments 16

17. Science and Technology
One faculty: Faculty of Science and Technology
Departments: Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, Engineering Science, Chemistry – BMC, Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Biology Education Centre, Cell and Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics, Organismal Biology, Earth Science
Other Facutly Units:
Botanical gardens
Swedish Biodiversity Centre
International Science Programme (ISP)
Upptech
Tandemlaboratory

18. Science and Technology
Turnover: approx. SEK 2,3 bn
Approx. 2,150 employees (250 professors)
Approx. 5,350 full time students
900 PhD students
145 PhD degrees
Around 2,200 publications per year

19. Medicine and Pharmacy Two faculties comprising eleven departments.
Faculty of Medicine
Departments: Public Health and Caring Sciences, Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Surgical Sciences, Women’s and Children’s Health, Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Medical Cell Biology, Medical Scieneces, Neuroscience
Faculty of Pharmacy
Departments: Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Medicinal Chemistry

20. Medicine and Pharmacy Turnover: approx. SEK 2,4 bn
Approx employees (225 professors)
Approx. 4,250 full time students
750 PhD students
128 PhD degrees
Around 2,200 publications per year

21. Humanities and Social Sciences
Six faculties: theology, law, arts, languages, social sciences and educational sciences.
Faculty of Theology:
Department of theology
Faculty of Law:
Department of law
Faculty of Arts:
Departments and Centres: ALM (Archives, Libraries and Museums), Archeology and Ancient History, Philosophy, History, History of Science and Ideas, Art History, Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, Literature, Musicology, Game Design, Centre for Gender Research
Faculty of Languages:
Departments: English, Linguistics and Philology, Modern Languages, Scandinavian Languages
Faculty of Social Sciences:
Departments and Centres: Business Studies, Economics, Economic History, Food, Nutrition and Dietetics, Government, Informatics and Media, Peace and Conflict Research, Psychology, Sociology, Social and Economic Geography, Statistics, Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Faculty of Educational Sciences
Departments and Centres: Education, Centre for Professional Development and Internationalisation in Schools, Forum for Community Engagement, Swedesd (Swedish International Centre of Education for Sustainable Development).

22. Humanities and Social Sciences
Turnover: approx. SEK 2,0 bn
Approx. 2,000 employees (260 professors)
Approx. 14,900 full time students
690 PhD students
90 PhD degrees Around 1,100 publications per year

23. Campus Gotland 20 departments and one centre (SWEDESD)
Around 2,000 full time students (50% on campus)
Strong research areas: energy, sustainable development, cultural conservation
On 1 July 2013, Gotland University College and Uppsala University merged, forming Uppsala University Campus Gotland.
All Uppsala University’s disciplinary domains are represented on campus.
The vision is to create a unique profile within Uppsala University.
The long-term objective is to increase the presence of students and teachers at Campus Gotland, develop the Liberal Arts programme, web-based education and collaboration with the surrounding community, regionally, nationally and internationally.
20 departments and one centre (Swedish International Centre of Education for Sustainable Development)
Department of Game Design, entirely based at Campus Gotland.
Friends of Campus Gotland
The Almedalen Library
Rindi (Gotland’s Student Union)
Almedalen Week

24. Internationalisation
Networks: The Guild, U4, Coimbra, Matariki, SANORD
Regional centres: Hanoi, Nordic Centre Fudan (Shanghai)
International exchange agreements with more than 400 universities around the world
Around 1,460 incoming exchange students, 1,100 outgoing exchange students
Uppsala university will strengthen its position as a leading international research university. International collaboration is a means and a strategy for achieving higher quality research and education. Uppsala University will take an active role in the global community, promote development, creativity and innovation and thus contribute towards global development.
International networks: The Guild, The U4 Network, The Coimbra Group, The Matariki Network of Universities, SANORD
Regional centres: Uppsala University’s office in Hanoi and Nordic Centre Fudan (Shanghai)
Nearly 50 Master’s programmes in English, 770 courses in English, a few Bachelor’s programmes in English
Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor. Advisory Board for Internationalisation

25. Infrastructure ESS Max IV Big Science Sweden SciLifeLab
Databases (i.e. Alvin, Uppsala Conflict Data Program)
[CAPTION: Ancient DNA Lab, SciLIfeLab, EBC]
Successful research depends on infrastructure of an internationally high standard in the form of experimental equipment, databases, libraries, collections and biobanks.
Uppsala University hosts various infrastructure resources that are accessible nationally and internationally, and by the same token, researchers at the University make extensive use of infrastructure elsewhere in Sweden and abroad.
Of the national and international initiatives that are prioritized by Uppsala University, the European Spallation Source (ESS) and Max IV are the most prominent. In support of ESS, Uppsala University has both the Ångström Workshop and the Freia Laboratory where new technology for large-scale experiments is designed and tested. Uppsala University is a member of Big Science Sweden, which will support Swedish companies to get in touch with international research facilities in order to be able to deliver advanced equipment and technical services to them. The consortium has one of four national nodes located at Uppsala University. SciLifeLab is a national infrastructure for molecular biosciences, with great importance for the development and maintenance of world-leading research in the life science sector, and is a collaboration between Uppsala University, Karolinska Institutet, KTH and Stockholm University. Databases and collections are further areas that are made available as infrastructure. Alvin (platform for digital collections and digitized cultural heritage material), Uppsala Peace and Conflict Database are a few examples of unique resources at UU.
Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor
Advisory Board for Research Infrastructure

26. Quality enchancement
[CAPTION: Visit by international experts in may 2017 (Q&R report).]
Uppsala University has a systematic approach to quality assurance and enhancement within education, research and collaboration.
Quality assurance and enhancement activities at Uppsala University aim at sustaining, developing and strengthening this academic culture and its conditions. It should meet internal and external quality requirements and contribute to achieving the objectives defined in the University’s Mission and Core Values document.
Activities:
Leadership development
Learning
Evaluation
The Q&R17 report
Between February 2016 and October 2017 a research evaluation was carried out at Uppsala University. Q&R17 is the third research evaluation at Uppsala University. Q&R17 has been a major undertaking, aiming to strengthen research at Uppsala University through a broad analysis of the functioning of its various research environments, with particular focus on the preconditions and processes that underpin research quality and renewal.
The report presents the findings of the extensive evaluation material, including results from the survey, bibliometric analysis, panel reports authored by the individual panels, a thematic summary of the panel observations, and recommendations from the Q&R17 project management team. The report identifies several strengths and prospects for future growth and development of Uppsala’s current research. The panel reports include numerous testimonies of the perceived strength and excellence of research environments and research at Uppsala University. The report also identifies several areas both internal and external to the University that require attention if Uppsala is to maintain its current level of performance and indeed to improve upon it.
A number of areas have been identified where action is needed if Uppsala University is to take steps towards reaching its full potential. These relate to:
* quality culture and control
* leadership and strategic renewal
* talent attraction and retention
* international milieu
* external collaboration and outreach
* research-teaching linkages
* organisation and infrastructure
Two actions emerge as especially critical and urgent, and should therefore be highlighted as university-wide priorities: the strengthening of the academic leadership’s capacity for strategic renewal, and the further development of career paths and career support. In addition to these, the report presents an overall list of recommendations that need to be thoroughly assessed for relevance and importance in each research environment, department, faculty and domain, as well as at the University level (including the administration). This will form the basis for a number of prioritised actions throughout the University aiming to further strengthen the international standing of Uppsala University.
Quality Advisory Board

27. Skills provision Career support and skills development
Charter and code
Skills development programmes
Qualifying positions
Programme for guest professors
The ability to attract and to create good working conditions for skilled academic staff is the most important factor for the University’s success in the international academic community.
Strategic actions include: Employees in the early phases of their career receive support through mentorship, advice in formulating applications and interview training. Appointment as an assistant senior lecturer is used as an entry-level position in a research and teaching career. Uppsala University recruits actively in strategically important areas. New employees and visiting researchers recruited internationally are offered support to help them become established. Mobility and international experience are to be taken into account when recruiting younger researchers.
Skills development programmes facilitate new career steps. Management training is obligatory for heads of department, as are courses in university teaching for teachers and courses in supervision for PhD supervisors. Skills development for senior academic managers is arranged in cooperation with international partner institutions.

28. Sustainable development
[CAPTION: Doctroal students at the Erken Laboratory near Norrtälje.]
Uppsala University is to promote sustainable development to help ensure that present and future generations enjoy a clean, healthy environment, fair trade, justice and economic and social wellbeing.
The aim is to stimulate commitment, initiative and innovation in the field of sustainability both within the University and in collaboration with other people and organisations.
Uppsala University has established an action plan for with focus on strengthening and highlighting aspects of sustainable development in research, education and student engagement.
Strong multi-disciplinary profile areas relevant for sustainable development are, among others, energy, sustainable material development, information and communication technology, life science and antibiotic resistance.
A sustainability council was established in In order to further strengthen the University’s research relevant to sustainable development, a five-year project has been established: Uppsala University Sustainability Initiatives (UUSI).
Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor

29. Equal opportunities
Uppsala University’s equal opportunities work will comprise an integral part of our organisation and will aim to increase the quality of our education, research and collaboration by ensuring equal rights and equal opportunities for all individuals.
Uppsala University is a place of work and study for over 50,000 people, a population equivalent to a small Swedish town. all students and employees must be met with an environment characterised by respect and understanding, regardless of sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, functional diversity, sexual orientation or age. For us, this is obvious. It is a matter of both fairness and quality. We work systematically to ensure we have the conditions for everyone to be able to work and study with us on equal terms.