News and events

Welcome to an extra-ordinary lecture with Professor Henrik Williams, Uppsala University on runic inscriptions, on Friday 27 September at 6:30 pm at...

International scholarship holders were welcomed to Uppsala University at a reception at the University Main Building on 12 September.

Shafqat Ahmad, researcher at Uppsala University, will receive the Rising Star Award during the European diabetes conference EASD in Barcelona start...

Joscha Legewie is awarded the Hans L. Zetterberg prize for his innovative studies within classic and central fields in sociology, including, race, ...

Currently on a two-year tour of the United States, the Vikings Begin Exhibition contains exhibits dating back some 1,300 years to the era prior to ...

Uppsala University is setting up a chair in artificial intelligence (AI). It will be funded with SEK 15 million, over five years, by the Kjell and ...

Uppsala University’s alumni network was closed for a few weeks in March while the old database was updated for a new alumni system. The new system ...

Each year, Uppsala University awards the title of Alumnus of the Year to an alumnus who has made an outstanding contribution to their professional ...

In the competition for research grants and more international students, the outcomes remain good. Today, when the University Board discussed the an...

The spotlight was on runes, Vikings and Swedish–American relations when Uppsala University welcomed alumni and friends to a lecture event at the No...

Sofia Wadensjö Karén, Alumna of the Year in 2018, is managing director of the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company (Utbildningsradion, UR) and ...

The noise level was intense at the Swedish Embassy in London when 60 Uppsala alumni, honorary doctors and guests filled the beautiful, Christmas-be...

Hi David Sumpter, Professor of Applied Mathematics, who has written the book Outnumbered: Exploring the Algorithms That Control Our Lives. Algorith...

Climate researcher Keri Facer from the University of Bristol will be Uppsala University’s third visiting Zennström Professor of Climate Change Lead...

Runic research at Uppsala University has received a donation of USD 15,000 from Swedish-American Myrna G. Smith. Part of the gift is a new contribu...

On 2 October, an alumni event on the major social challenges of the future was held at the Ångström Laboratory.

What do we need to be able to overcome the major social challenges of the future? Researchers from the Faculty of Science and Technology presented ...

A two-year Viking exhibition with 1,300-year-old artefacts from the time leading up to the Viking Age is currently touring the United States. The a...

The Alumnus of the Year distinction is being awarded this year to Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company Managing Director Sofia Wadensjö Karén. ...

Uppsala University maintains its position on the top 100 list when Times Higher Education (THE) ranks the world’s best universities 2019. This year...