Facts & Figures 2019

Uppsala University is a meeting place for knowledge, culture and critical dialogue. Our mission is to gain and disseminate knowledge for the benefit of humankind and for a better world.

• Excellence in research and education across a broad range of subjects

• Sustainable solutions to the challenges facing society • Cross-disciplinary cooperation • Integrated educational and research environment • Active external collaboration • Balance between disciplinary breadth and depth, diversity

and specialisation, education and research, local, national and global roles

• Working environment and leadership characterised by openness, responsibility and trust

• Principles of collegiality and student influence • Activities characterised by equal opportunities, gender

equality and the equal value of all people • Core values: integrity and critical thinking, openness

and diversity, democracy and justice

This is UPPSALA UNIVERSITY

QUALITY since 1477

• The first university in Sweden – founded in 1477 • One of the world’s top 100 universities • Active, systematic quality improvements • Wide range of courses • Interdisciplinary campus areas • International Master’s programmes • Student exchange and research cooperation with universities

throughout the world • Key collaborative partner for business and society • International networks: U4, Coimbra, Matariki, Sanord, The Guild • Centres and offices: Shanghai and Hanoi • Turnover 2018: SEK 7.1 billion (EUR 688 m) – about 70% research

and PhD studies: SEK 5.0 billion (EUR 485 m) • No of employees 2018: 7,108 • Facilities 2018: 395,000 square metres

Income in 2018 by activity.Total SEK 7,061 m.

Bachelor’s and Master’slevel education 29%Contract education 1%

Research and PhDprogrammes 69%Contract research 1%

Research grant income in 2018 by funding body. Total SEK 2,312 m.

Swedish Research Council 34%Wallenberg Foundations 9%EU 9%Own foundations 8%Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research 4%Royal Institute of Technology 4%

Swedish Cancer Society 3%Swedish Research Council Formas 3%Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences 3%Vinnova 2%Forte 1%Sida 1%

Swedish Energy Agency 4% Other funding bodies 17%

Turnover and full-time equivalent employees 2014–2018

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Turnover, education (SEK m)Turnover, research (SEK m)

No of full-time equivalent employees

World-leading RESEARCH

• International cutting-edge research in nine faculties • Research addressing both fundamental scientific questions

and societal challenges • Strong research environments • Specialisation and multidisciplinary collaboration • National and international research collaboration • 55% of research funded by external sources in 2018 • Increasing research grants • Involved in three EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities:

EIT InnoEnergy, EIT Raw Materials and EIT Health • Involved in ten national strategic research areas • Large share of grants from Swedish Research Council in 2018• Around 40 ERC grants • 32 new EU Horizon 2020 projects in 2018• Peer-reviewed scientific publications in 2018: 5,099 • No of PhD students 2018: 2,342. Degrees: 363 • No of teachers 2018: 1,906 full-time equivalents (43% women)

– including 606 full professors (30% women)

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Humanities and Social Sciences

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Medicine and Health Natural and Engineering Sciences

Uppsala University’s share (%) of total contract value of free projectgrants allocated by Swedish Research Council 2014–2018%

Swedish Research Councilresearch field classification

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2007 201020092008 20152011 2012 2013 2014 2016

ERC projects EU projects excluding ERC

2017 2018

First-class EDUCATION

• Wide range of courses and programmes from undergraduate to doctoral level in nine faculties

• Lifelong learning through continuing education • Dedicated investments in high quality • Stimulating study environment • Educational development with active student participation • 144 study programmes at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels • 1,922 freestanding courses • 40 different languages taught • 43,910 registered students in 2018 (24,534 full-time equivalents),

25% at Master’s level • Most popular programmes: law, medicine, psychology • Degrees conferred in 2018: 5,320 (51% at Master’s level) • 50 international Master’s programmes and more than 780

freestanding courses in English • Student exchange agreements with 400 universities around

the world • 1,461 incoming exchange students and 1,072 outgoing • 1,120 fee-paying international students in 2018

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Medicine andPharmacy

Science andTechnology

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Humanities andSocial Sciences

No of full-time equivalent studentsper disciplinary domain 2014–2018

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12,000

Tuition fee-paying students 2014–2018

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700

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No of Bachelor’s and Master’s exchange programme students 2014–2018

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1,800

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600

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1,400

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No of students registered in PhD programmeswith activity level of 1% or more 2014–2018

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Humanities and Social Sciences

Medicine and Pharmacy

Science and Technology

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

• Knowledge exchanges with business and society • Interaction and partnership for mutual benefit with actors

in private sector, public sector and civil society • Organised collaboration platforms as well as separate initiatives • Examples of collaborative partners in the region:

Uppsala University Hospital, National Veterinary Institute, National Food Agency, Medical Products Agency, Geological Survey of Sweden, City of Uppsala and Region Gotland

• Life science cluster in the Stockholm–Uppsala region includes five universities, hundreds of companies, university hospitals and innovation support functions

• UU Innovation – organisation for supporting commercialisation and collaboration with the business community

• Uppsala University Holding – part-owner of companies in biotech, life sciences, materials science, space tech, renewable energy, social sciences and humanities

• 33 new student-started companies in 2018 • Continuing education courses • Contacts with alumni – 26,000 alumni in global network • 400,000 visitors to Uppsala University’s museums and gardens

in 2018

Benefiting SOCIETY

UniversityMain Building

The ÅngströmLaboratory

Uppsala Science Park

Uppsala BiomedicalCentre (BMC)

Geo Centre Campus Blåsenhus

Evolutionary BiologyCentre (EBC)

BotanicalGarden

English ParkCampus

Ekonomikum – Centre for Economic Sciences

MuseumGustavianum

Carolina Rediviva(Uppsala University

Library)

CampusGamla Torget

Uppsala Castle

Uppsala University Hospital

The Rudbeck Laboratory

InformationTechnology Centre

(ITC)

The Munken Block

SegerstedtBuilding

CAMPUS Areas

Campus Gotland (Visby)

UniversityMain Building

The ÅngströmLaboratory

Uppsala Science Park

Uppsala BiomedicalCentre (BMC)

Geo Centre Campus Blåsenhus

Evolutionary BiologyCentre (EBC)

BotanicalGarden

English ParkCampus

Ekonomikum – Centre for Economic Sciences

MuseumGustavianum

Carolina Rediviva(Uppsala University

Library)

CampusGamla Torget

Uppsala Castle

Uppsala University Hospital

The Rudbeck Laboratory

InformationTechnology Centre

(ITC)

The Munken Block

SegerstedtBuilding

Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty of Arts ALM – (Archives, Libraries, Museums) Archaeology and Ancient History Art History Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology Game Design History History of Science and Ideas Literature Musicology Philosophy

Faculty of Educational Sciences Education

Faculty of Languages English Linguistics and Philology Modern Languages Scandinavian Languages

Faculty of Law Law

Faculty of Social Sciences Business Studies Economics Economic History Food, Nutrition and Dietetics Government Housing and Urban Research Informatics and Media Peace and Conflict Research Psychology

Social and Economic Geography Sociology Statistics

Faculty of Theology Theology

Medicine and PharmacyFaculty of Medicine Immunology, Genetics and Pathology Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology Medical Cell Biology Medical Sciences Neuroscience Public Health and Caring Sciences Surgical Sciences Women’s and Children’s Health

Faculty of Pharmacy Medicinal Chemistry Pharmaceutical Biosciences Pharmacy

Science and TechnologyFaculty of Science and TechnologyBiology Education CentreCell and Molecular BiologyChemistry, BMCChemistry, ÅngströmEarth SciencesEcology and GeneticsEngineering SciencesInformation TechnologyMathematicsOrganismal BiologyPhysics and Astronomy

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