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Umeå University
Umeå universitet
Logo of Umeå university
TypePublic University
Established1965
RectorProf. Göran Sandberg
Undergraduates25,550
1,250
Location
Umeå
,
Sweden
CampusUrban
AffiliationsEUA
Websitehttp://www.umu.se/

Umeå University (Swedish: Umeå universitet) is a university in Umeå in the Midnorth of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the 5th oldest within Sweden's present borders.

During the seventies the university became known as the "red university" due to a large number of student strikes and a large share of left-wing politically active students. Since then conditions have normalised and Umeå University now has about 28,000 students, including master and Ph.D. candidates. There are a little less than 4000 employees, including 256 professors.

Internationally, the university is known for research relating to the genome of the populus tree (Life sciences), contributions to the Gleason problem and function spaces on fractals (mathematics) and its school of industrial design which gives degree programs in English open to students from all of the world. It is also the biggest provider of distance education courses in the Nordic countries.

Umeå University has 7 faculties, with additional campuses in the cities of Skellefteå and Örnsköldsvik, with a total of over 28,000 people studying in 50 different programmes and 800 separate courses.

Faculties and Campus Schools

  • Umeå University has about 27,000 students and 3,900 staff, with seven Campus schools:
  • Faculty of Liberal Arts and Theology
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Natural Sciences
  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Technology
  • Faculty of Performing Arts (the Academies of Music, Art, and Theatre)
  • Faculty of Science and Technology. Research Centres:
    • Umeå Center for Molecular Patogenesis - UCMP
    • Umeå Plant Science Centre - UPSC
    • Umeå Life Science Centre - ULSC
    • Umeå Centre for Interaction Technology - UCIT
    • High Performance Computing Center North - HPC2N
    • Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Physics
    • Intelligent Vehicles for Off-Road - IFOR
    • Umeå Marine Sciences Centre - UMF


Notable students


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Umeå University Campus. Photo by Yogesh Bhole http://byoge.tripod.com

See also

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