Facts & Figures 2018

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 • International activities: Erasmus Mundus Action 2, ISP, Nordplus,

Erasmus+ • Centres and offices: Shanghai and Hanoi • Turnover 2017: SEK 6.7 billion (EUR 700 m) – about 70% research

and PhD studies: SEK 4.8 billion (EUR 493 m) • No of employees 2017: 6,887 • Facilities 2017: 395,000 square metres

Turnover and full-time equivalent employees 2013–2017

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5,000

6,000

7,000

2013 2015

No of full-time equivalent employees

Turnover, research (SEK m)Turnover, total (SEK m)

2014 2016 2017

4,000

3,000

2,000

Turnover, education (SEK m)

1,000

Grant income in 2017 by funding body. Total SEK 2,206 m.

Swedish Research Council 33%

EU 10%

Wallenberg Foundations 10%

Own foundations 6%

Swedish Research Council Formas 4%

Royal Institute of Technology 3%

Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research 3%

Swedish Cancer Society 3%

Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences 3%

Vinnova 2%

Forte 1%

Other funding bodies 19%

Swedish Energy Agency 3%

Income in 2017 by activity.Total SEK 6,741 m.

Bachelor’s and Master’slevel education 29%

Contract education 1%

Research and PhDprogrammes 69%

Contract research 1%

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 • 54% of research funded by external sources in 2017 • 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 2017 • Around 25 ERC grants • 25 new EU Horizon 2020 projects in 2017 • Peer reviewed scientific publications in 2017: 5,653 • No of PhD students 2017: 2,406. Degrees: 368 • No of teachers 2017: 1,770 full-time equivalents (41% women)

– including 585 full professors (29% women)

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5

10

15

20

25

Humanities and Social Sciences

+ Educational Sciences

Medicine and Health Natural and Engineering Sciences

Uppsala University’s share (%) of total contract value of free projectgrants allocated by Swedish Research Council 2013–2017

%

Swedish Research Councilresearch field classification

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

No of peer reviewed scientific publications 2013–2017

2013 2014 201620150

5,800

2017

4,600

5,600

5,400

5,200

5,000

4,800

Percentage of externally funded research and PhD education 2013–2017

2013 2014 201620150

55

2017

47

53

%

51

49

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 • 140 study programmes at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels • 1,900 freestanding courses • 40 different languages taught • 42,549 registered students in 2017 (24,253 full-time equivalents),

24% at Master’s level • Most popular programmes: psychology, medicine, law • Degrees conferred in 2017: 5,391 (50% at Master’s level) • 50 international Master’s programmes and nearly 750 freestanding

courses in English • Student exchange agreements with nearly 500 universities

in 50 countries • Around 1,600 incoming exchange students and 1,000 outgoing • 809 fee-paying international students in 2017

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2,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

14,000

16,000

Medicineand Pharmacy

Scienceand Technology

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Humanities andSocial Sciences

No of full-time equivalent studentsper disciplinary domain 2013–2017

Antal

4,000

12,000

No of Bachelor’s and Master’s exchange programme students 2013–2017

2013 2014 201620150

1,800

2017

Incoming Outgoing

200

1,000

1,600

400

600

800

1,400

1,200

Tuition fee-paying students 2013–2017

2013 2014 201620150

900

2017

No of individual students Full-time equivalent students

300

600

Antal

100

500

400

200

700

800

No of students registered in PhD programmeswith activity level of 1% or more 2013–2017

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

Humanities and Social Sciences

Medicine and Pharmacy

Science and Technology

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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• 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

• 42 new student-started companies in 2017 • Continuing education courses • Contacts with alumni – 24,000 alumni in global network • 400,000 visitors to Uppsala University’s museums and gardens

in 2017

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

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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