Uppsala University

The applications to higher education in the spring are now in. The total number of unique applicants to Uppsala University is 55,051, an increase of 1.2 per cent compared with the previous year. The Law Programme has the highest number…

The majority of women and men in high political office are subjected to violence each year, and prominent female politicians are the most affected. The gender gap in vulnerability increases with the level of power: the higher in the…

The Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) has granted funds to a multidisciplinary research center which, under the leadership of Uppsala University, will conduct both basic and innovative research on strategic and critical metals and…

“Although the Swedish constitution contains a general statement on academic freedom for research, the fact that higher education is not included, combined with the limited wording in the constitution on the freedom of research, brings…

Despite scientific progress, unexpected and violent volcanic eruptions still occur − events that can have catastrophic consequences for people and cause great damage to society and infrastructure.- In our research, we have previously been…

Since it started in 2020, the Master's Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management has attracted the most applicants of all the engineering programmes in Uppsala. Management, engineering and computer science are seen as a winning…

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are expected to play an important role in the energy system of the future. This nuclear technology is also the focus of the national competence centre ANItA, which is led from Uppsala University. After a…

Research on immunotherapies against cancer has a twenty-year history at Uppsala University. The first clinical study began back in 2006. Angelica Loskog’s research group has tested the therapy on patients with pancreatic cancer in the…

The fossils of a 170-million-year-old ancient marine reptile from the Age of Dinosaurs have been identified as the oldest-known mega-predatory pliosaur – a group of ocean-dwelling reptiles closely related to the famous long-necked…

A new DNA study refines the picture of how different groups mixed during the European Stone Age, but also how certain groups of people were isolated. The study has been carried out by researchers at Uppsala University together with an…