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On 7 October, it is 542 years since teaching began at Uppsala University in 1477. This first day of higher education in the city is worth commemora...

The Alumnus of the Year award is being presented this year to researcher, author, popular educator and science writer Emma Frans for her “tireless ...

At the end of September Uppsala university alumni and friends were invited to American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis to visit the exhibition “Th...

The Swedish Research Council has reached a decision on which applications have been successful in their call for Research infrastructure of nationa...

A major national research programme aims to study the impact of artificial intelligence on society at large and on individual behaviour. The Marian...

Uppsala University is ranked 102nd place among 1,400 universities throughout the world in the Times Higher Education (THE) ranking of the world’s b...

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...