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Uppsala University is a comprehensive international research university dedicated to advancing science, scholarship, and higher education. It is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world. Eight scientists at the university have been awarded the Nobel Prize. For more than 500 years, Uppsala University has been a distinguished seat of learning with rich opportunities for students and researchers at all levels.
Figures in brief
• Three disciplinary domains—Arts and Social Sciences,
Medicine and Pharmacy, and Science and Technology.
• Education and research in nine faculties.
• 40,000 undergraduate students.
• Student exchange agreements with 50 countries.
• 2,000 graduate students.
• More than 370 doctorates per year.
• Some 3,000 international collaborative research
projects.
• 5,000 academic publications per year.
• About 6,000 employees—about 4,000 of them teaching
staff and researchers.
• Uppsala University was founded in 1477 and is one of
the oldest universities in the world.